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Wednesday, June 26, 2002 |  |
Now that's just cool.
Inspired by a discussion on our forum, oldmano'theC drops off a desktop image with some pretty big intentions... check it out in our Wallpaper section. (Louis Wu 21:36:56 UTC) (permalink)
That Rescuing Weasel
And it's Weasel to the rescue! That Weasel Television mirrors 'Vehicle Fun' by Black_Jackal, '16 Minutes of Halo Fame' by Assassin X and HiTmAn 101, and 'Tournament' by Warbow (in both the original QT and a new, 9.8 mb .wmv) - if you're having trouble getting these files, go visit That Weasel! (The Tournament mirrors page has been updated with these links, as well as with Blackstar Production's mirror - it shouldn't be hard to get any more.) (Louis Wu 21:22:00 UTC) (permalink)
Honor is Rising...
New Fan Fiction from Shadow - Rise to Honor, part 3 is now available. Take a look! (Louis Wu 21:14:44 UTC) (permalink)
The evolution of a sketch
Apologies for the delay - a few days ago, we received a sketch of the Master Chief... along with a series of images showing how the final product came about. You can find this image (and its evolution) in our Miscellaneous Art section. Interesting! (Louis Wu 20:58:47 UTC) (permalink)
More music, yah!
Woohoo! 5 more musical outtakes, courtesy of Marty O'Donnell and the Bungie Online team - read all about 'em (and download 'em) from Bungie's Tru7h and Reconciliation website. Thanks to Clefton Twain for the heads-up! (With a little work, the Halo Love Theme Sketch could have made it into a Godfather sequel... okay, maybe not.) (Louis Wu 18:55:51 UTC) (permalink)
Warbow vs... who?
Movies, movies, and more movies... there's no guarantee that the main server won't simply melt, but we've put another massive film up at mythica.org - this time it's Warbow's 'Tournament'. It's... well, you should watch it, it's sort of hard to explain. It's 18 megs, in QT5 format, and if you can mirror it, we'd love to hear from you. In the meantime, you can find it on the web at mythica, and on Hotline at the Psyjnir Complex. (Psyrixx, you rock, too. :) ) These, and hopefully more, links can be found on the Tournament Mirrors page. Let the downloading begin! (Louis Wu 17:20:45 UTC) (permalink)
News from the Xbox front
Xbox news: Pallor points out a new book by Dean Takahashi called 'Opening the Xbox: Inside Microsoft's Plan to Unleash an Entertainment Revolution'. She hasn't read it yet, but has reason to believe that Bungie (and Jason Jones) might be discussed. Also - emildux points out an article at MSNBC.com that looks at Microsoft's willingness to stay in the Console War - a prediction of nearly 2 billion dollars lost in the next two years in the fight to dominate the market. Some interesting numbers in here... nice to know that Halo 2 will still have a console to play on by the time it arrives. (Louis Wu 04:22:33 UTC) (permalink)
Mongo Movie Madness
Feel the love. Yesterday, we posted our new Movie Posting Guidelines, to (regretfully) explain why we couldn't continue to find hosting for every single movie made by fans. Today, 3 new movies find non-HBO-related homes, and two movies get MORE homes. You guys rock. Okay, to business:
- Vector40, against his better judgement, risks tomorrow's dinner to bring you 'Vehicle Fun', by Black_Jackal - it's a 3 minute, 7 mb .wmv file showing lots and lots of vehicle flipping.
- Mad Cow risks the wrath of his cable company by setting up a server on a spare PC in his home, and providing bandwidth for a movie called '16 Minutes Of Halo Fame!'. Another .wmv, this one is (surprise!) 16 minutes long, and 27 mb big - it shows a series of gameplay stunts, with an unusual soundtrack; creators Assassin X and HiTmAn 101 discuss the tricks as they're playing. It has a 'reality tv' type feel to it.
- Dan Chosich points out his fifth offering (titled, straightforwardly, Halo Movie 5, but also known as Halo Assault) - 6 minutes of Blood Gulch carnage, nicely filmed and set to music. (For what it's worth, I'd say this is the best of his work so far...) It's available in four flavors - two QT5 versions, and two WMV versions, ranging in size from 30 to 65 mb.
- That Weasel, a longtime HBO bandwidth donor, provides homes for Scottish Hunter and the new H3 - links point to their mirror pages, which reflect the new entries. (Mad Cow has ALSO provided another home for H3 - and that's listed there too.)
All of these movies will make it soon into the Movies database... along with a couple of other recent releases we've neglected to archive. To all the hosters - you guys make this community hum. To the movie makers - it's wonderful to see that Halo inspires so many to such heights, and we're really happy our recent scaling-back hasn't hurt the creative spirit. Keep up the great work! (Louis Wu 03:59:54 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
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Monday's news in brief:
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