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Thursday, October 6, 2005 |  |
Energy Sword... realized
DOH! This was posted last night, I put it aside to add to the news today... then spaced completely. AutoDr created an energy sword from plexiglass and steel, and man, is it pretty! He's wondering whether there would be a market for these if he made more... hmm. There's always the Microsoft IP issue to worry about. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 18:28:32 UTC) (permalink)
Art of Theo Prins Updated
We've got two new images for you today from Theo Prins - "Into the Blue" is an interpretation of a Helljumper (funky mask!), and "Master Dodge" came from the ending of the E3 2003 trailer - originally it was going to contain the ghost the MC jumped out of, but Theo changed his mind. (Interesting, to me, how close this is to the Return to Sender cutscene - totally different situation, but same dramatic pose; I never noticed before that Bungie did this.) Check 'em out - this guy is GOOD. (Louis Wu 15:32:41 UTC) (permalink)
I Gotchyer 'Ready' Right Here
Narcogen seems to be fed up with the 'when it's ready' line (with reference to when a given Halo will ship) - he wrote a long rant about the subject over at Rampancy.net. The bottom line (which I think most of us can agree with) is that Bungie's games are "ready when they need to be ready" = there will ALWAYS be people who want them to ship sooner, and there will ALWAYS be people who want more development time, but Bungie's done a decent job (in spite of what detractors say) of releasing quality work when it needs to be released. Go read. (Louis Wu 14:46:34 UTC) (permalink)
RoP - Best Montage, Documentary Announced
The Rockets on Prisoner pre-release schedule continues - yesterday, Best Montage nominees (and the winner) were announced... and today, the first Main Category pre-release was posted - best Documentary. Go grab a copy and check out both the nominees - and the winner! (Louis Wu 13:32:47 UTC) (permalink)
Jackson Fever
There's news all over the net about the Peter Jackson/Halo situation. Tempus Fugit found a small video clip (WMP9, 12 mb) where Jackson, at X05, made a statement about how excited he is, over at Jeuxfrance.com. Spitvalve scanned the front page of the Dominion Post, Wellington's biggest newspaper, where the Master Chief takes up a HUGE chunk. (There's an online version as well, at Stuff.co.nz - thanks, Paradice.) And News.com.au has an article that has some quotes Donna Langley, Universal's production president, discussing how the Halo movie might be easier to bring to the big screen than the Doom movie was. (Thanks, DunnyPanMan.) I always get nervous when ANYTHING gets this much hype - it's hard to live up to unreasonable hype - but my guess is, things will settle down eventually, and then we'll see what we see. (Louis Wu 13:21:40 UTC) (permalink)
Connection issues, and Halo Nation Podcast
Wow. So for those who didn't notice, the internet broke yesterday. Two of the big boys (Cogent and Level 3) had a falling-out... and much traffic was blocked from getting where it needed to get. If you want to know more about this situation, you can read this Slashdot article (and its comments). Some people STILL can't get here. Anyway, that's by way of explanation for why today's news is coming so late - I couldn't get here myself until a few minutes ago. So: first up, there's ANOTHER Halo-based podcast, Halo Nation... they're already up to episode 3. This episode is just under an hour, and weighs in at 43 mb. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 13:00:47 UTC) (permalink)
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