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Tuesday, May 30, 2000 |  |
Moviemakers rejoice!
Hugh Hancock points us to a post-E3 report with a different flavor than most... what impressed the folks at Machinima.com most about Halo was its potential for use as a movie-making tool. This has been a topic of interesting discussion on our forum, and others... here's a group that wouldn't normally be interested in Halo, finding the same excitement. While they may or may not have the details right, this comment piqued our curiosity:
...but the announcement of the show as far as I was concerned was that Bungie would be shipping the game with a fully-featured "demo editor". An editor they used to create the gameplay movie shown at E3 itself, no less.
This is news to us... noone else at E3 has reported this fact (although Doug Zartman said in an October chat at World Without Borders that Bungie planned to release tools... but plans can change). In any case, the Machinima.com article is quite a good read... go check it out! (Ding 18:09:43 UTC) (permalink)
PCXL scans available
Took us a while, but we're finally able to bring you the Halo articles in the May and June issues of PC Accelerator. Mike Salmon, Editor in Chief (okay, ex-EIC... PCXL has officially closed down), has given us permission to put these up for your viewing pleasure. Without further ado:
Thanks, Mike! (Be sure to check out Mike at his new job over at Daily Radar.) (Louis Wu 17:31:25 UTC) (permalink)
No joy in usenetville
More info on the alt.games.halo newsgroup mentioned by Simon Brownlee... seems someone screwed up royally. There was no proposal posted to alt.config, which means that many newsservers will ignore the group as "unofficial". There's no valid "Approved" line in the newgroup control post (the post that actually starts the group), which means that MOST servers will ignore this group. (We've posted the newgroup control message, as it appeared on Simon's server.) And unfortunately, it means that a sanctioned Halo newsgroup will have to choose a different name than alt.games.halo... since that one is now taken. A great big rasberry to "Toolbox", who did such a wonderful (not!) job with this. On the upside... there's a link to HBO as the place to go for "more information about Halo". ;) (Louis Wu 15:22:05 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI 24 hour team stats posted
30 units behind alt.comp.hardware.overclocking... will the Halo SETI Marines climb another notch tomorrow? Even though the SETI servers seem to be losing several hundred of their units every day, they still persevere... It's CRUNCH TIME! Jjaro Tech knows it... do you? A warm welcome to Forty-Two and Psyche911... and welcome back to WA2FAST! Check the 24 hour stats. Pax. (Crux Fidelis 14:16:07 UTC) (permalink)
alt.games.halo newsgroup started
A bit earlier than some expected... but an alt.games.halo newsgroup has been started.(It may or may not have propagated to your local server by now... be patient, if it hasn't.) Yet another place to discuss the nooks and crannies of the Halo universe! Thanks to Simon Brownlee for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 12:03:12 UTC) (permalink)
=NAV=Shadow looking for modellers
=NAV=Shadow writes to let us know that he hopes to put together a short 3D movie of Halo this summer... but he won't be able to manage it alone. He's looking for 3DS MAX modellers who might be willing to help out... contact him if you think that's you! (Louis Wu 00:40:07 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
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Fan Fiction page updated Halo SETI 24 hour stats posted More E3 Halo scans... these are BIG! |
Sunday's news in brief:
