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Friday, April 7, 2006 |  |
Ask, and ye shall... be answered, mb
If you've got questions for Bungie, swing by Bungie.net and post 'em in this thread - Frankie will answer (some of) them in tonight's Weekly Update. Gogogo! (Louis Wu 20:04:55 UTC) (permalink)
Behind the Scenes with Joseph Staten
Joseph Staten, a graduate of Northwestern University, will be back at his alma mater on April 22 to talk about Halo, and the writing of its story. It's part of a full day of seminars from NWU alumni - the full day is $65 (with lunch), a half day is $45, and a single seminar is $20. (Unless you're a Northwestern student, in which case it's $5.) Registration deadline is April 14, a week from today - if you're in the Evanston, IL area, and you'd like to hear Joe talk about how Halo was made, sign up! Thanks to Mike Miller for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 19:58:45 UTC) (permalink)
Halo: Portable - now more portable
Mintz writes to point out the new content at Halo: Portable, which now supports the iPod and PocketPC in addition to the original PSP content - you can find Wedow and Vinny Jones' montage, in multiple portable formats, Bungie's interview with Burnie Burns, and a truly annoying welcome to Funkmon, who's joined the staff there. Go look. (Well, not at that last one. Especially if you're prone to epileptic seizures.) (Louis Wu 19:53:39 UTC) (permalink)
Under Cover of Night, Remixed
Peptuck found an interesting clip of a remix of 'Under Cover of Night' - read his forum post for more details. The full version can be purchased as part of a remix album. (Louis Wu 19:34:19 UTC) (permalink)
HaloCE Server List at HaloMaps
Halomaps.org has upgraded the functionality of their Halo CE Server list - you can see full map lists (to make sure you have them before joining), gametypes, uptime, and so on. Great stuff! If you're playing HaloCE online, this is invaluable. (Louis Wu 19:29:47 UTC) (permalink)
7 on the 7th... again!
It's April 7th... which means it's time for... that's right, another 7 on the 7th contest! (Yeah, as though we've been doing one of these every 7th.) Anyway, this one is fun; grab some Halo action figures, pose 'em up nice (keep it clean, we're going to toss entries that are obscene), write a funny caption, and send it along; if you're one of the top 7 entries, you'll win a fresh copy of the Halo 2 Original Soundtrack Volume 2, due in stores on April 24! What's more - these will be autographed by Marty O'Donnell! There's one twist; the theme of your picture needs to fit a track title from one of the three Halo soundtrack volumes. (If you need a list of titles, you'll find a link on the contest page.) Go read for a complete list of rules and regulations... and get to composing those figures! (Louis Wu 18:25:36 UTC) (permalink)
Put on your glasses, start sewing!
Captain Spark dropped off another 19 dialogue snippets - you can grab 'em in bulk from his site, or browse 'em in our Dialogue Databank. There's one that's unintelligble to me - and Spark didn't even try it, so he clearly couldn't hear it either. (If you can tell what the brute is saying, let us know.) And yes - there are still a TON of snippets from other submitters in the queue; once again, Spark's stuff jumps to the front of the queue solely because processing takes me a couple of minutes, instead of a couple of hours. I'm really sorry. Update: Marty clarified the full quote for us - it looks like the sample we've got is missing the first couple of words. Pretty funny quote, though! (Louis Wu 17:13:50 UTC) (permalink)
Happy birthday MPRRS
MPRRS has reached it's first 365 days of service. We have a living, viable solution that reduces work for Louis Wu and keeps the best of the best rolling for the community. As a side benefit we have also helped numerous movie makers increase their skills. Want to see some statistics, visit the forum posting. (Cybrfrk 16:14:19 UTC) (permalink)
Two Thousand And Se7en.
What's worse than random speculation about Halo 3? Random puns about it... go read One One Se7en. (Louis Wu 12:58:24 UTC) (permalink)
You Got Over Shield
A megaman Master Chief? It's Photoshop Phriday at Something Awful - thanks, Michael M. (Louis Wu 12:46:00 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Fiction
Sixteen new stories in today's Fan Fiction update... what are you waiting for? (Louis Wu 12:24:42 UTC) (permalink)
He needs a new crack pipe.
Narcogen adds still MORE to his 'rampant speculation' about what's next for the Halo series over at Rampancy.net - Part III looks at potential alliances and future actions. Go read! (Louis Wu 12:11:43 UTC) (permalink)
Warhammer crossover gets better press
Over at Bungie.net, you'll find a new Community Spotlight; Frankie got a bunch of information out of Iain 'Dalteth' Nelson, a Warhammer/Halo fanatic. The pictures in the article are the same as the ones you'll find in our Miscellaneous section (we actually have more of them) - but the interview material is pretty interesting stuff. (In fact, I've added a link to Dalteth's page here.) (Louis Wu 02:41:50 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
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Ascension Air Flight 114 Where we're going, from where whence we came Podtacular Ep 57 Count the Shells MC Goes Conning MLG PwnCast Eps 7 and 8 |
Wednesday's news in brief:
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The Outlaw Spirit FIRST Person Shooter. MLG Pro - It's where the (Halo) money is H2O Stats Reader v1.5.3 More Goodies at PGL's Miami Tourney Reading The Teabag Leaves Dual-Thumbstick Virtual Keyboards? |
