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Slayer Chapter 1
hyokin stopped in with word of a new Halo 1-based machinima - Slayer. The first chapter is up now. The characters are from his Operation Respawn series, but this seems to be a self-enclosed story. (Louis Wu 18:45:10 UTC) (permalink)
Aesthetic Artist Interviews, Week Two
It's Friday, so it's time for another Aesthetic Artist Interview - this week jdars sits down with Dusty Boy T, and discusses the fine art of Campaign screens. There are 30 examples to mull over when you're done reading! (Louis Wu 17:35:29 UTC) (permalink)
MovieMania
New movies, courtesy of the Bungie Blog:
- CARmakazie put up another GooseTage - splatter central.
- Scarecrew has a montage that's just bloopers. I think he's been piggybacking on my Xbox LIVE matchmaking. (I gotta say, though, it's pretty impressive to stick yourself without bouncing the grenade off something, or throwing it straight up...)
- ALPHA PHEONIX put together a fun-to-watch vid showing the building of a pyramid on Sandbox, block by block. MAN, I wish Forging happened this fast.
Is that popcorn I smell? (Louis Wu 17:29:26 UTC) (permalink)
Kimo and Krunchy DualTage
Z pointed out a new DualTage at Halo3Forum.com - gameplay by Kimo and Krunchy, editing by Domino. About 10 minutes long. Nice gameplay and editing (though I had to turn it down a bit...). Take a look! (Louis Wu 17:20:22 UTC) (permalink)
The RFID Skull Project
Heh - VERY cool. a website called 'I Make Projects' contains information about a working, real-life Halo oddball skull, for use in Airsoft/laser tag games (or whatever). The skull contains electronics that read the RFID tag that each player wears - so you gain time by holding the skull close to your chest, with both thumbs in the eye sockets (so you can't shoot). You have to hold it in a certain way - I'd assume there's no easy way to trigger two separate tags at once. There are full details and a movie showing how it works, along with plans to make your own. Awesome! Thanks to Dan O'Neil for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 16:16:10 UTC) (permalink)
MLG/ESPN Top Ten #16
During the MLG Tournament coverage from the Meadowlands early this month, the latest iteration of the MLG/ESPN Top 10 was previewed - but if you weren't watching the streaming feed, you missed it. Not to worry - it's entered the archive, and contains another 10 amazing clips collected from MLG gameplay. Check it out! (Louis Wu 16:15:38 UTC) (permalink)
Mongoose Loves You
Jake108 let us know that Geekscape has posted their next Teabag Prevention article - this one covers the Mongoose. Read it and suck less! (Louis Wu 15:55:58 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Comic Update
Big comic roundup today, since Wednesday's came so early:
- ODS Steve #22 - Home was posted then. It's sad. Thanks, Hawty.
- Dennis Powers told us about Shipwrecked Episode 63 - Turmoil - movements in multiple storylines.
- The Catfish let Bungie.net know that 2501 Episode 41 is live - they're searching for someone special.
- anthraxgoon stopped in with word of X36 Chapter 2 Issue 11.
- Bloogyo announced the end of Episode 9 with the release of Rat's Nest Episode 9 6 - it's full of trash.
- TTL Demag0gue let us know about Reclaimer 178 - Unrest and Apostate. We're learning new names for stuff we already knew about.
- Elnea's posted Halo Action Figure Theater 170 - Now It's A Party. (And geez... it is.)
That should do it! (Louis Wu 15:51:24 UTC) (permalink)
Blackstone [Log 2] Trailer
Nabsuh stopped in to announce the Blackstone [Log 2] Trailer - it's pretty vague, but if you remember back to July of last year, when Blackstone [Log 1] was released, you might be happy to know they're working on continuing it!
(Louis Wu 15:50:13 UTC) (permalink)
Plan well before you take the journey
Psychophan7 put together some printouts for forging Sandbox; they're ideal for plotting your ideas on paper before committing to work. Details (and preview images of what you'd be downloading) are in his first post - download links for high-res versions are in this post. (Use local mirrors to save Pfordee's bandwidth.) Check these out if you're a forger! (Louis Wu 15:38:04 UTC) (permalink)
It's comfortable... but I'm not sure it goes with the drapes.
It's Friday, so it's time for Hawty McBloggy's Friday Caption Fun, now up to Round 43. Entertaining captions for last week's pic, coupled with a potential-rife new shot, make this a worthwhile stop this morning. (Louis Wu 15:24:55 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's Fan Fiction
Last week was light - but there are ten new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week... from poetry to Halo/Terminator crossovers. Go read! (Louis Wu 15:23:29 UTC) (permalink)
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