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Wallpaper Dumpage
This summer was pretty rough, real-life-wise... and then Halo 3 came out. Art submissions have suffered the worst from this; the Wallpaper and Misc Art queues haven't been touched for many, many months. I'm still working on the Misc Art queue (it's enormous)... but the Wallpaper queue is cleared out, I think. 84 new images - though I suppose you can't call most of them 'new', some were submitted 4 months ago. Be sure to check the images themselves; lots have variations you might like better than the originals. (I might have missed a few; I'll do a more thorough check soon. Please don't resend images you think we missed, it'll just confuse me. You're welcome to send me an email TELLING me I missed something; if it's still in the queue, I'll get it up soon.) Sorry! (Louis Wu 23:37:38 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Revolutions Trailer (v1.0)
Sharkiest pointed out a movie on Gametrailers done by Sabin17 - it's a remake of the Matrix Revolutions trailer using Halo footage. Great synching! (Louis Wu 22:05:26 UTC) (permalink)
Don't be the red guy.
Everything Awesome has 10 "Don'ts" for Halo 3 - some are screenshots, some are movies, all are pretty funny. (Louis Wu 22:03:56 UTC) (permalink)
The Riot #74
Second Foundation is now providing a live video feed of their recording of the Riot podcast, shown on mogulus.com. (I'm not sure how to find it, and there's no infiormation on the site itself, nor on Mogulus... but I guess this will become clearer over time.) The current episode, #74, filmed/recorded this morning, has news, a clan challenge, and an on-the-fly announcement from Obienator. Go listen! (Louis Wu 20:44:05 UTC) (permalink)
New material from Elnea
So Elnea's been making Halo art, movies, music, and comics for a while now... but she has this weird aversion to bandwidth help. She creates stuff that's WAY above the mainstream, quality-wise... but she doesn't want to be a burden, or something. Last night, though, she crossed a line. She posted remastered versions of five pieces of music... on MySpace. Yes, Tai Chi Knees now has a MySpace page. Okay, fine. Everyone who can tolerate that site is welcome to go explore her offerings there... but for those of you who are like me, who would love to hear these newly-produced (and amazingly polished) pieces WITHOUT having to visit MySpace - we're mirroring all five. Phooey to her, I say.
- I Want Master Chief (3.7 mb) | original news post
- Halo Unyielding 2 Cinematic Trailer Music (1.7 mb) | original news post
- Halo Unyielding 2 Battle Scene Music (8.2 mb) | original news post
- More Than Just a Voice (3.8 mb) | original news post
- MJOLNIR's Child (4.8 mb) | original news post
She's right - the remixes are amazing. (Compare old to new, if you're not sure.) 'More Than Just a Voice' really gets under my skin, and brings out - in a serious way - the relationship between Master Chief and Cortana that's usually discussed with sniggers. This is good stuff. And well worth spending bandwidth on. (Louis Wu 16:33:54 UTC) (permalink)
Halo to X-Plane - now Bigger
Mid7night returns to X-Plane Halo building - and adds the UNSC Marathon-class Cruiser, and the Covenant Assault Carrier to his fleet. The screenshots don't show very much - but based on his previous work, I'd say these are probably pretty cool! If you have X-Plane, go grab 'em. (Louis Wu 16:10:01 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Character Maker
This popped up on Google News; I don't know how well it works, since i don't have a machine I can install it on at the moment, but Shifu-Hacks has a small (200k) program that can show you various armor permutations. Looks like it runs on WIndows XP. (Louis Wu 16:07:26 UTC) (permalink)
Scanner psych
The Boston Globe has an article that suggests that playing games like Halo 3 increases your ability to spot threats quickly - and would be useful training for airport security screeners. How many of them would protest that training regimen, do you think? (Louis Wu 16:04:01 UTC) (permalink)
He's a hollow shell of a man.
LX925 fell into one of the generators on Snowbound... and lost his limbs. (A larger version of this screen can be found in his screenshots collection on B.net.) (Louis Wu 16:02:05 UTC) (permalink)
So Easy a Spartan Can Do It
Sean Somers ointed out a Halo 3 parody of the "So easy, a caveman can do it" ad campaign, created by mans1ay3r. It uses only static assets, and the animation harkens back to the old-skool Flash parodies of the late 90s - great memories! (Louis Wu 15:56:52 UTC) (permalink)
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