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Sunday, October 12, 2008 |  |
HBOFFPotW - and a Writing Charity Drive
Phædrus has posted the most recent Fan Fiction Pick of the Week - and offered an astoundingly generous challenge. For each of the top 10 stories submitted to the HBO Fan Fiction section that meets his guidelines ("Top 10" will be judged by him) before November 7, 2008, he will contribute $80 to one of two childrens' hospitals - Childrens' National Medical, in Washington, DC, or to John Hopkins Childrens' Hospital in Baltimore, MD. (If the winner doesn't have a preference, Phædrus will pick.) The guidelines are pretty simple:
- The fiction must meet all normal Fan Fiction submission rules
- Entries must have 'HBOFF: You're Doing it Write' at the top or bottom
- The entry must be at least 1500 words long (this is higher than the normal 750 word limit); no poems, unless the poem is 1500+ words long
- The submitter must be registered at the HBO Fan Fiction forum by November 7, 2008
- The submitter need not have submitted any stories in the past
- One submissions per person
If you can meet all of these requirements, get to writing, and help Phædrus spend $800 for two worthy causes - Child's Play, and the continued health of the HBO Fan Fiction collection! Update, 13 October: Phædrus has updated the rules - the ones listed now are valid as of noon UTC on 13 October - please make sure you've fulfilled the NEW regs, rather than the original ones. The total pool has increased, thanks to the generosity of others in the Fan Fiction Community. (Louis Wu 20:31:13 UTC) (permalink)
H3RPG Podcast two
Scotty let us know that the second Halo 3 RPG podcast is out - updates and questions about the game. 67 minutes, about 70 mb, mp3 format. (Louis Wu 18:01:26 UTC) (permalink)
Multiwinia Comedic Spoof Trailer
Dan the Stick pointed out a trailer for Multiwinia, a real-time strategy game with graphics inspired by early arcade games, which spoofs the Halo: Believe trailer. Really nice piece of work! (Louis Wu 15:53:12 UTC) (permalink)
Programmers needed for Halo Zero 2
quququ1 stopped by our forum to point out that the creator of Halo Zero, a 2D fanbuilt sidescroller, is recruiting for folks who want to help build Halo Zero 2. Read the post for details.
(Louis Wu 15:47:08 UTC) (permalink)
Music from recent Halo-related trailers
Davis Beutler ripped the music tracks from the Five Long Years Halo Wars Trailers (Part 1 and Part 2), as well as from the Halo 3 Recon trailer - some sound effects are included, but dialogue is not. Swing by his forum post for download links - he provided a link to all three, in .wav format, from Rapidshare (40 mb), and i've converted the files themselves to 192kbps MP3s (total size is about 8 mb) - your choice. He's working on transcriptions. (Louis Wu 15:39:17 UTC) (permalink)
More Bungie Recon Stuff
GameReactorTV filmed a short informational session given by Brian Jarrard and Luke Smith in Tokyo, about Halo 3: Recon - you can watch it on YouTube. Thanks, Kuroyume. (A different session was filmed by GameSpot - same general info.) (Louis Wu 15:36:58 UTC) (permalink)
Tapping at my bulkhead door
DarthCadeous501 reimagined Poe's "The Raven" in Halo terms - go read. (This is not the same poem that mendicantbias00 released two months ago.) (Louis Wu 15:34:03 UTC) (permalink)
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