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Friday, October 7, 2005 |  |
Ring Tones.
Last week, In-Fusio got the rights to Halo mobile games and ringtones. Today, Stuntmutt points out the logical end result of this scenario in the most recent One One Se7en. (Louis Wu 19:20:17 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Fiction
Fifteen new stories up in the Fan Fiction section - should give you some nice weekend reading! (Louis Wu 19:12:44 UTC) (permalink)
Sponsors vs Freeloaders Ep 8: Fiat Justitia
Today's the day for Sponsors vs Freeloaders, I think. Last night, the trailer for Silver Stars/Purple Hearts was released - if you haven't grabbed it yet, hang tight. They've also just released Episode 8 of Sponsors vs Freeloaders - and WOW. GREAT cinematography, great effects (the coolest one is something you might not even notice as an effect - that's one of the things that makes it cool). The storyline continues to twist and turn, the acting is great. This series is turning into one of my favorites. The WMP9 version is up now on their website; it's pretty big (90 mb), partly because the episode is ten and a half minutes long, partly because they've tacked the SSPH trailer on to the end of it. Their site is being hit pretty hard, so I'm going to make the QT version available from our server until they get it under control - it's 88 mb. If what you really wanted was the SSPH trailer alone, in QT format - I'll put THAT up, temporarily, too (though you really should grab SvF 8, because it rocks). Both of these will eventually be available from the SvF/SSPH sites, and when they are, I'll pull the temp links. (And likely update this news post.) Go watch! (Louis Wu 17:57:21 UTC) (permalink)
Guest Speaker
Halo Babies has posted its final RvB runner-up strip today - I'm thinking mind-altering substances were involved. Thanks, mrsmiley. (Louis Wu 07:18:14 UTC) (permalink)
HaloCE content - now and upcoming
Wow. Dunno if this is gonna hold up, over time... but over at the Gearbox Forums, TheGhost has created a RAR file containing the HaloCE complete tagset - giving you "access to every biped, vehicle, scenery item, sky, SP tag, and ALL SP AND MP SCENARIO FILES." It's a huge package - 362 mb compressed, over a gig uncompressed - and that's AFTER he deleted the tags that already come with the HEK. It's been up for a day or so, and nobody from Gearbox or Bungie has complained - yet - so if you're interested in creating new content for HaloCE, this is a resource you shouldn't pass up. (Thanks, DHalo, for the heads-up.) And while we're on the topic of cool CE stuff, check out this thread - Kornman and Lightning have managed to get Campaign working in HaloCE, and will be releasing stuff soon. (Thanks, merecatfish.) Could this be enough to turn around the HaloCE community decline? (Louis Wu 07:13:13 UTC) (permalink)
Silver Stars/Purple Hearts Trailer
Sevenar Productions and Panda Productions (groups that make up a large chunk of the Sponsors vs Freeloaders crew) have teamed up to create a new, fusion machinima; Silver Stars/Purple Hearts is a blend of Halo CE and EA's The Sims 2, and tells the story of Project ATHENA, a nearly all-woman team of enhanced SPARTANS. (If you've watched any of the last few episodes of Sponsors vs Freeloaders, you've met four of these women already.) Cinematic quality is very, very high, as Halo machinima goes; the trailer is 1:45 long, and does an awesome job of drawing you in. Available in WMP9 format (12.3 mb) from the SSPH server, a QuickTime format version should be up by tomorrow ... check this one out. You won't regret it. Update: A mirror of the WMP9 version, as well as a streaming QT version, can be found at machinima.com. (Louis Wu 07:03:50 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
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Energy Sword... realized Art of Theo Prins Updated I Gotchyer 'Ready' Right Here RoP - Best Montage, Documentary Announced Jackson Fever Connection issues, and Halo Nation Podcast |
Wednesday's news in brief:
