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Sunday, September 11, 2005 |  |
Punk'd - Halo Edition
CJC pointed out a video he found on the MLG forums - it's a takeoff of the MTV show 'Punk'd', where Ashton Kutcher plays practical jokes on celebrity friends. The Halo version has tricks played on unsuspecting XBL players. I watched the first couple - it's probably funnier if you're there. The vid is huge - 148 mb, WMP9 format (it's 13 minutes long)... hosted at FileFront, so bandwidth shouldn't be a huge problem. (Louis Wu 21:25:54 UTC) (permalink)
Smaller version of Oddball at GGZ
Dennis Powers has posted a 320x240 WMP9 version of Bootstrap Boon's 'Oddball' - this one weighs in at 57.5 mb. If you haven't downloaded this yet, you can save 20 mb or so grabbing this one! (Louis Wu 21:11:50 UTC) (permalink)
Podtacular Episode 8
Foo Mo Jive points out that Podtacular! Ep 8 has been posted - they've interviewed Major Nelson in this one, and the Map of the Week is Gemini. 34.5 mb, MP3 format - go get it! (Louis Wu 21:08:21 UTC) (permalink)
H2Press.net updates toolbar for Firefox
Mike, from H2Press.net, writes to say that they've finished work on the Firefox version of their toolbar - more info can be found here. (Louis Wu 20:59:46 UTC) (permalink)
MLG Content Flood
Boatloads of content over at MLGPro.com right now - in addition to tons of results from MLG Seattle (including mountains of VoD footage), there's an interview with Team US Eh (recorded after MLG Nashville) and another with IGS Monglers (a team of top stars from three teams that came together to win MLG Nashville.). Thanks, Dolbex and 3Suns. (Louis Wu 20:57:25 UTC) (permalink)
Zyos spotlighted in the Houston Chronicle
Last Thursday, the Houston Chronicle put up a front-page spread (front page of the Entertainment section, that is) on Matt Leto, better known to Halo fans as Zyos. Nice read - and nice to see mainstream articles like this one about competitive Halo players! Thanks, CHRISVIOXXX. (Louis Wu 20:39:45 UTC) (permalink)
Gladiator Evolved
The second video offering we'd like to draw your attention to is something that passed the MPRRS yesterday. It was created by Andras Ostrom, It's called 'Gladiator Evolved', and it might be the best recreation of a movie scene in the Halo engine I've ever seen. The melding of audio from Gladiator and content from Halo 2 is astoundingly good; this movie covers the entire opening battle of the movie (all 12+ minutes of it), and it makes me want to go back and watch the real movie. Camera angles are awesome, timing is impeccable, appropriate choices for substitution are as perfect as I can imagine. This one's big (because it's 12:20 long)... but it's absolutely, positively worth the download. Grab it in its original QuickTime format (80.9 mb), or in WMP9 format (81.5 mb) - you won't regret it. (Louis Wu 14:14:46 UTC) (permalink)
Securing the Perimeter
It seems that my news catch-up is going to need to wait until this afternoon; there's too much family stuff to handle this morning. Before starting the carpentry and gardening, though, there are a couple of video bits you should watch. If you're a Red vs Blue Sponsor (signups are available again - $10/6 months will get you all the goodness), you can grab Episode 60, 'Fight or Fright', is available for download. (That link will work for the public soon - probably tonight or tomorrow - but we won't be posting another link for it, just keep an eye on it.) The writing just continues to get better - I'm loving this season. Go watch - you know you want to. (Louis Wu 14:03:43 UTC) (permalink)
Saturday's news in brief:
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Too many planes in too few hours PMS at EW Phoenix hinted |
Friday's news in brief:
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Fine, we'll post it. Happy? Oddball Pumped. Even if you're broke... Red vs Blue vs Green Video Games Live - Redux Friday Reading |
