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Monday, October 3, 2005 |  |
It Isn't In The Nursery...
Today's One One Se7en looks once again at Stuntmutt's favorite weapon... and its effects. (Louis Wu 14:14:51 UTC) (permalink)
Monday Morning Reading
Must have been a little while since the last update - there are 17 new pieces in the Fan Fiction section today. Go read! (Louis Wu 13:43:59 UTC) (permalink)
Brutes in Bikinis
Game Informer has posted an article that claims that a character from Halo will be appearing in the upcoming Dead or Alive 4, and that it won't be the Master Chief (or a Warthog). At this point, this is in the Wild Rumors category, but if more info surfaces, we'll let you know. Looks like GhaleonEB was first out of the gate with this one. (Louis Wu 13:25:54 UTC) (permalink)
Gaming Excellence reviews MMP
The Multiplayer Map Pack is STILL being reviewed - Gaming Excellence posted a thumbs-up yesterday, giving the release a 9.1 out of 10. The extras got mentioned, but didn't seem to contribute to their scoring of the product at all. (This makes me sad, because things like the interview with the dev team are pretty darn cool.) (Louis Wu 13:21:47 UTC) (permalink)
Podtacular Ep 11 posted
PodTactacular Episode 11 has been released - this one's 30 mb, an hour and a half long, with tips on Backwash and the Battle Rifle (among other subjects). Go listen! Thanks, Spelchek. (Louis Wu 13:17:58 UTC) (permalink)
Is that an action figure?
Chris 'CPU64' Bryan dropped off a new render using new technique (final gathering, which calculates global illumination from rays cast from the object's pixels rather than from a light source) - the end result is pretty slick! (Louis Wu 13:13:29 UTC) (permalink)
Direct Download Mirrors for MGS
There are a number of direct download mirrors popping up for the Metal Gear Solid movie we released yesterday (though with reported download speeds in excess of 1 mbps, you might be better off with the BitTorrent links for now) - That Weasel has put up mirrors of both versions, and Roland dropped off a mirror for the WMP9 version. Given that these are out there, we'll add our own - here's one for the WMP9, another for the QuickTime. (For those who wonder, yes, we really do like the BitTorrent bandwidth savings; in the 18 hours since this video was released, something over 50 GB of it has been served to the public; HBO accounted for only 30 GB of that. If we reduced our output by 20GB every 18 hours, we'd save almost a terabyte every month. Not too
shabby!) (Louis Wu 13:11:39 UTC) (permalink)
Rockets On Prisoner - first winner up
That Weasel points out that although the Grand Finale Awards Ceremony for Rockets on Prisoner is still in production, a 'pre-release segment of the ceremony' has been released. Comes in four flavors, two sizes each for WMP9 and QuickTime. Download it, and see who won the Award for Best Trailer! (Louis Wu 12:58:22 UTC) (permalink)
UnReal and Halzred, together
The next step in montages - now we have trailers for upcoming montages at the beginning. I'm just waiting for the animated popcorn and candy clip... over at Halo2Forum.com, you can download UnReal's first montage (lots of sniping, lots of sticking), and it comes with a trailer for Halzred's Montage 3 tacked onto the front. The whole thing weighs in at 94 mb, WMP9 format. While you're there, you can grab a copy of MADDOG's Montage Trailer, a mix of Halo and Halo 2 footage, weighing in at just under 38 mb (WMP9 format). Thanks, Z. (Louis Wu 12:56:58 UTC) (permalink)
The Ark is recruiting
Another machinima project is recruiting - go visit The Ark if you're interested in helping out. They've got a script for episode one posted, if you want to see what you'd be getting into. (Louis Wu 12:55:35 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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Metal Gear Solid (Halo Style) More Elnea Artwork Matchmaking Playlist Weightings Gamespot's Best Launch Titles Kickin' it, old-school. |
Saturday's news in brief:
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Lost the Lead Promo MLG Goodies Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. I'm a GOOD guy! I Love Bees, Reordered - Parts 11, 12, and Afterword I didn't know Voltron drank coffee... |
