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Tuesday, October 4, 2005 |  |
RoP 2005 - Best Music Video announced
That Weasel has posted a second segment for the Rockets on Prisoner 2005 awards - 'Best Music Video' nominees... and the winner. Available in 6 flavors (two sizes of 3 separate formats). Go grab the one that works best for you! (Louis Wu 20:37:20 UTC) (permalink)
Executive Producer for Halo Movie Signed
There were rumors floating around that Peter Jackson might be directing the upcoming Halo movie - today, Bungie's posted an article that might just floor you. Jackson is on board - as Executive Producer. That means WETA, the special effects house behind the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Jackson's upcoming King Kong, will ALSO be on board, creating the sets and effects that will bring Halo to life. Wow. Just plain... wow. Joe says he and Pete Parsons are headed down to New Zealand next week to meet with Jackson... if you had fears that Bungie would abandon the movie to the heartless Hollywood machine, put them aside. (Louis Wu 17:37:35 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Script Leak - Nah.
JW points out a story on Joystiq which discusses a purported leak of the Halo 3 script on a website known as Riches Will Rust. The poster is brand new to that forum, with no personal info shown... and the script itself shows itself to be... well, below Bungie writing standards is a nice way to put it. Anyway - the script is fake (that's from an official source, not just me), but that fact isn't stopping it from getting all over the internet today. Spread the word, if you can. Update: Frankie has now posted an official 'it's fake' note on Bungie.net, for those who were skeptical of the unnamed sources. (Louis Wu 17:31:57 UTC) (permalink)
Girls Play Halo Too Song
I'm lovin' it. Last night, Elnea recorded 'Blow Boys Away', a parody of Breaking Benjamin's 'Blow Me Away' in which she stands tall for the fairer sex. It's hilarious. It's available in MP3, Real, or WMA formats from her RvB Journal - but if you're not a member (and don't feel like becoming one), you're probably better off grabbing the mp3 from us. Lyrics are also up. I'm still chuckling. (Louis Wu 16:58:15 UTC) (permalink)
Tied the Leader - the weekly thing
XerxdeeJ stopped by to say he'd posted another couple of entries in his Tied the Leader blog - there's a great rant about 'skill', and what it means in a game of Halo 2, and a plea for advice on how to improve the XBL connection in his new digs. Go read! (Louis Wu 16:12:29 UTC) (permalink)
Halo in Texas
The Daily Toreador, a newspaper in Lubbock, Texas, has an article about a Halo 2 tournament held in a local church. It's a nice general-interest piece, with opinions (that will reach the general, non-game-playing public) about the upcoming consoles, and Halo's place in online gaming. (Louis Wu 14:35:52 UTC) (permalink)
Halo fans like their movies
Dennis Powers wrote to point out a milestone over at the Halo CE Chronicles - over 50,000 downloads of the series (and counting). Nice! If you haven't seen it, and don't feel like downloading each episode of Season 1 individually, he's re-released the season in two chunks; episodes 1-5 in one file, and episodes 6-9 in a second. Go look! (Louis Wu 12:39:33 UTC) (permalink)
Sentient Arts opens
Dan Chosich and Loren Judah, both longtime contributors to the Halo community, have put together Sentient Arts, a website devoted to giving artists a place to display their work. It's not Halo-specific (though I'm sure they'd accept Halo-related material) - but it's pretty slick-looking, and it's definitely a resource that many in this community could make use of. Check it out! Comments can go in this forum thread. (Louis Wu 00:40:51 UTC) (permalink)
Zoinks, Indeed.
Okay, so the DOA4 rumor we mentioned recently is true - it's the new top story at Bungie.net. I'm a little disturbed by the jiggly bits in the image in that story... but then, Frankie's never been totally couth. There's still plenty under wraps, but the bottom line is, SOMETHING from the Halo universe will show up in the next DOA game. More as we know about it. (Louis Wu 00:31:44 UTC) (permalink)
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