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Saturday, June 27, 2009 |  |
Fundfax Fairraiser - ENDING TONIGHT
Due to some unforeseen (and VERY unfair to Hawty) circumstances, the Fundfax Fairraiser (the fundraiser Hawty McBloggy set up for Marissa's Bunny) is ending quite early - tonight, at midnight, in fact. You've got just under 9 hours to buy some virtual raffle tickets, and make a difference in a little girl's life, and maybe win yourself some super-cool schwag. If you were planning on participating, but hadn't gotten to it yet (it was, after all, supposed to run through July 7)... now's the time. Sorry for the short notice! (Louis Wu 22:26:48 UTC) (permalink)
HBO's Music Page - Reborn
Occasionally, we get flak in our forum from people who complain that many areas of our site are out of date. They're right - many sections ARE out of date. This is because right now, we have a pretty limited staff (it's mostly me, except in an emergency), and maintaining the front page is pretty much all we can manage on a day-to-day basis. When these complaints come up, I usually take the opportunity to solicit volunteers - anyone who feels like helping out, we're happy to find work for you! We don't often get any takers on this - and I understand completely; the work to be done is mountainous, and often tedious. Not long ago, though, ElusiveEagle519 stepped up to the plate, and said he'd be happy to do some organizing. Have at it, I told him... and promptly forgot about it. (He'd either give up, in which case I'd be better off not getting my hopes up... or he'd come through, which would make me really happy, but didn't require further consideration until it happened.) He came through. He attacked our Music section, and not only brought a page that hadn't been touched since 2000 up to date, he did it with s7yle. It's a great summary of the history of Halo's music, the magic behind the team that creates it, the contributions of fans to the corpus, plus a roundup of all the interviews that the Bungie audio team members have given in the last 10 years (that are still accessible). Whoa! Go read it - and revel in the warmth of true fan love. Thanks, Daniel! (Louis Wu 02:37:09 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3: ODST/Halo 2 The beginning
jakebryant1330 has put together a video showing the start of Halo 3: ODST, using footage from Halo 2, Halo 3: ODST, and released trailers. Very nicely done! Check it out. 4 minutes long. Thanks, CaLL Me ZeNy.
(Louis Wu 02:34:55 UTC) (permalink)
urk in high heels? Hrm...
The Bungie Weekly Update is live, seeing as it's Friday night (well, Saturday morning in HBO-time, but Bungie's 7 hours behind) - this one's a fun read. Apparently, Nathan Fillion stopped by the studio - not to record dialogue, but to play some ODST and satisfy some fanboi fawning. (Nice pics) Also, details of upcoming changes next month to playlists, and the Render-to-Video service, and more! Go read. As always, we offer you the choice of doing so in our own Weekly Update Archive.
(Louis Wu 02:19:56 UTC) (permalink)
Trinity Requiem
It's been a while since we've heard from PraetoriaGuard... but they were a pretty loud community voice, back in the day. And at one point, they were building Trinity, a pretty ambitious machinima project. Well, Trinity never saw the light of day... but Eisen Feuer has released Trinity Requiem - a look back at what it was, and maybe what it could have been. 87 hours of footage will fly by in 6 minutes - don't blink. This works surprisingly well, actually; as I watched, I found myself being washed with waves of nostalgia. Go grab a copy - it weighs in at 113 mb, and it's being co-hosted by PG and us. (Links are on the PG page, but if it goes down for whatever reason, we'll put up local links.) (Louis Wu 02:09:31 UTC) (permalink)
TP Presents: How to Suck Less at Halo Vol.2 - Wraith
jake108 sent word of the next episode of Teabag Prevention - this one should help you kill with a Wraith (or kill one, if you need to). Go read up on how to hone those lumbering skills! (Louis Wu 02:05:58 UTC) (permalink)
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