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Monday, September 19, 2005 |  |
Podtacular Ep 9
Podtacular Episode 9 has been released - 1:22 long, 57 mb large. This one is all about snipers - sniping guide, sniping tips, snipe hunting. Available either from their website, or via iTunes. (Louis Wu 20:25:03 UTC) (permalink)
Strategy Guide Blog
lAbsolutel has started up a Halo 2 Strategy blog - you can find his suggestions on a variety of weapons in the first few posts. Comments can go here. (Louis Wu 20:22:00 UTC) (permalink)
Gary Larson's Lawyers Are On The Phone.
Stuntmutt reveals his secrets in today's One One Se7en. (Well, not that you thought he actually came up with these jokes on his own, or anything...) (Louis Wu 12:38:27 UTC) (permalink)
MPRRS - 500 in, 90 out
CYBRFRK pointed out that last night, the MPRRS passed the 500 movie reviews mark - 90 of the first 500 vids passed, an 18% approval rating. (This means that there were more than 400 movies I didn't have to watch or evaluate, saving me more than a full day's worth of watching time. If I could watch Halo vids for 24 hours straight, that is...) I'm pretty sure that the overall quality of released vids has increased because of the system - a number of films have passed through more than once, improving due to feedback and therefore reaching the public in a more polished form than originally envisioned by their authors. For this, and for the saved time, I say a hearty 'Thank you!' to the reviewers - this system wouldn't exist without you! (Louis Wu 12:28:53 UTC) (permalink)
The cleanup continues
You may notice the large red cross on the right side of this page - thanks to Boxer for giving us the idea to provide handy links for folks looking to help with the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. As a community, we're as strong as our actions! (Louis Wu 11:02:53 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's Reading
Clearing out the Fan Fiction queue this morning, there are now eight new pieces for you to read. So go read. (Louis Wu 10:42:13 UTC) (permalink)
Tied the Leader is back
XerxdeeJ stopped by to tell us that his Halo-related blog 'Tied the Leader' isn't dead, it was just on vacation while he kicked off his marriage. In fact, the top article right now is a recounting of the weekend leading up to that momentous event. It's a monster. Go read. (Louis Wu 10:22:42 UTC) (permalink)
Mommy Dearest (without the coathangers)
It's certainly not the first time I've seen it speculated that Dr. Halsey (who has never appeared in-game, only in the Halo novels) might be the mother of Miranda Keyes... but it's the most thorough examination of the evidence I've come across. Kudos, Dark One. (Louis Wu 10:15:34 UTC) (permalink)
Lost the Lead
Pinkuh announced a new webcomic this morning - it's called 'Lost the Lead', and it will chronicle her adventures in online gaming. (Halo will play a pretty big role, but it won't be ALL Halo.) Looking forward to it! (Louis Wu 10:04:38 UTC) (permalink)
Project 117: Trailer
Treeskunk Productions, the folks behind 'Outpost: Coagulation' and 'Lethal Tactics', have released a trailer for 'Project 117', an upcoming machinima film that follows the Spartan IIIs, a group hunted by the very people they were created to protect, as they try once again to save humanity. 22.7 mb, WMP9 format. Great camera angles. (Louis Wu 03:32:06 UTC) (permalink)
Spangdahlem vs Mildenhall - and then some
Fun article in Stars & Stripes - coverage of inter-base Halo tournaments within the British Royal Air Force. Those military Halo fanatics - they're everywhere! (Louis Wu 03:19:00 UTC) (permalink)
Now THEM'S some pretty pictures.
We showcase Bryn Casey's original artwork here on HBO, but he's far busier than just traditional painting and drawing. He also does some gorgeous rendering - you can see this work on Yayap.com. (Hit the fourth link in the navbar, and you'll get to the Renders page... the first two are amazing. Well, they're all pretty nice, but the first two are special.) If this news post does any damage, we'll host those files locally... because folks should see them. Thanks to Exiled Zealot for pointing them out. (Louis Wu 03:02:28 UTC) (permalink)
An old friend returns
Wow. rapture posted a note on our forum, alerting folks to the fact that he's resurrecting the HBO-COERCE HaloPC server for a couple of months - Battle Creek CTF Shotties, No Shields, Bay-bee! See you there. (Louis Wu 02:49:40 UTC) (permalink)
Do-gooders make the local paper
A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned a pretty cool charitable act - BoneKin was going to let his XBL performance decide how much money he was going to contribute to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Last week, apparently, this story was picked up by the San Antonio Express-News - nice! Thanks to N1NJ4, who scanned the paper article, and GreyThor, who found the online version. (Louis Wu 02:42:17 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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Digging through the rubble Ogre 1 Looks back at WCG Win Briar's Armor For Sale - Green This Time Halo Pistol Models, Prototyped |
Saturday's news in brief:
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Deadline closes in for Mackies No Halo Movie Director Chosen Yet Apples Rockets on Prisoner - delayed, but not dead MLG Seattle - Wrapped Up Inside The Actor's Studio Crazy old bats and pimpin' rides |
