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Halo 2 Weekly Update
Ross Mills found a VERY old ActionTrip comic (September 2004 - two months before Halo 2 was even released)... looking back at the situation at the time (this was published right around the time that Halo 2 went gold - following an insanely busy 6 months in the Bungie offices), it doesn't make a lot of sense, but hey - it's a comic, and it's sort of Halo-related. (Louis Wu 23:53:22 UTC) (permalink)
Cortana action figure proof number 2
If you missed getting your hands on the last Cortana action figure proof (and I'm pretty darned sure you did), you've got another shot at it - another one has gone up on eBay. Current bid is just over $100 - auction ends in 2 days. Good luck! (Thanks to Dolbex for the heads-up... I hope I don't screw up his chances too much with this.) (Louis Wu 23:38:33 UTC) (permalink)
Prophecy Episode 1 Graphic Novel
Interesting. Lordstemplar1 stopped by to point out a PDF-ed Prophecy Episode 1 Graphic Novel - it's Halo machinima, filtered and comic-booked. Pretty fun! (Louis Wu 22:36:51 UTC) (permalink)
LifePod 4
MereCatfish writes to point out LifePod 4, now available for download. Discussion revolves around news before the release of the brute vidoc, including a community panel and a 'map of the month'. 30 minutes, 28 mb. (Louis Wu 22:34:51 UTC) (permalink)
Frankie talks to Xboxyde
Xboxyde has interviewed Frankie, with questions that range from Halo's origins to what's in store. No hard answers (of course), but an interesting read nonetheless! Looks like Urk was first with the heads-up. Update: It wasn't Xboxyde that interviewed Frankie, it was the XCN - the Xbox Community Network. This interview will be showing up on any number of European Xbox sites - for example, it's live at Totally360.com, as well. (Louis Wu 22:13:34 UTC) (permalink)
Stop bein' such a wuss.
As a Christmas present to you all, Captain Spark recorded one last batch of Halo 2 dialogue (he'd said a while ago that he was done) - you can find 13 new snippets, including the Cortana 'Leave me!' quote from the end of High Charity, in the Dialogue Databank. Enjoy! (Louis Wu 18:54:24 UTC) (permalink)
QuickTime Brute Goodies
I do this with some trepidation... but what's bandwidth for, if not to spend it profligately? Yesterday, we pointed out a couple of sites that had 720p versions of the Brute video documentary for download - but only one of those (GameVideos.com) offered a QuickTime version. And that QuickTime version had a few drawbacks: it was encoded using the h.264 codec (which is really cool, but beyond the power of many processors to handle properly), and it weighed in at 577 mb, leading a number of folks with full hard drives to despair. It also came in at a rather odd size: 1248x702 pixels. We're putting up a copy of that vid (with GameVideo's blessing) that has had all of these shortcomings rectified; our version is encoded with the Sorenson 3 Pro codec (viewable by anybody with a relatively current version of QuickTime), it displays at a full 1280x720 pixels, and it weighs in at 269 mb - big, but still 300 mb shy of the original. (Visually, it's identical.) For good measure, we're tossing in a half-size version (640x360, 88 mb) which has the added bonus of being watermark-free. (Our large version, having originated from the GameVideos file, contains the GV watermark.) Be gentle... (Louis Wu 18:19:22 UTC) (permalink)
Next Gen looks at 2006's screwups
Next Generation posted an article last week entitled 'Gaffes and Blunders in 2006' - amidst snickers about the Phantom console, and flying Wii controllers, you'll find, at Number 6, "When Hollywood Schemers Attack", a shot at the Halo movie situation. Thanks, 3Suns. (Louis Wu 16:42:36 UTC) (permalink)
Vidoc Transcriptions
Two separate transcriptions of the Brute Vidoc appeared on our forum yesterday - RC Master posted a transcript of all the spoken content, and Darkninja90 posted a transcript of all the action (with comments). If you want to see if you missed anything, or if you want to see if the vidoc is worth downloading, these might help! Update: Darkninja90 posted an update, with pictures. (Louis Wu 16:17:18 UTC) (permalink)
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