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Wednesday, May 31, 2006 |  |
Marty Rocks. (And so does the rest of the team.)
The winners of our last 7 on the 7th contest have begun to receive their prizes - Geary posted a pic in our forum, and wigglepie13 emailed us a nice thank-you. All I have to say is thanks, Bungie! Update: And one more, from Sane Intolerant. Nice! (Louis Wu 12:38:59 UTC) (permalink)
There Are Other Alternatives.
Stuntmutt is no longer in Barbados, but it'll be a few days before the sunburn has healed enough for him to get back to cutting and pasting - so it's a good thing that there are still a few celebrity guest strips in the queue. Today's One One Se7en, for example, was created by Pinkuh, and features a joke so bad even Stuntmutt wouldn't take credit for it. Or would he...? (Louis Wu 12:12:26 UTC) (permalink)
Hunter Fireworks?
Rockslider plays with frozen hunters on Silent Cartographer - check the overview on our forum, and visit his Bad Cyborg site for full details. Whee! (Louis Wu 12:05:34 UTC) (permalink)
Gruntco Base Defense
Yesterday, another movie wound its way through the MPRRS - and once again, 9 reviewers said 'pass', one reviewer said 'not only will I not pass this, but I'll score it 35% below the average' - which pretty much guarantees a fail. (To be absolutely clear: reviewers don't see numerical grades from other reviewers, and every reviewer is fully entitled to his or her own opinion; the comments above were by way of explaining why I was releasing a film that hadn't passed the system we set up. It's ALWAYS within my discretion to override the reviewers... but unless there's a clear disparity, as in this case, I rarely do.) I watched it; the voice acting could use a little work, but the concept is solid, and the execution pretty funny. It's a submission by KingChuck and Team Conquest, and it's called 'Gruntco Base Defense' - and you can make up your OWN mind about whether it's funny or not. WMP9 version is 37.5 mb, QuickTime version is 36.5 mb. (Louis Wu 11:12:24 UTC) (permalink)
VGL Philly PR
The Video Games Live crew sent along a press release for the Philadelphia show - in addition to the show itself, there's a nice contest, and a meet-and-greet session with (among other game music luminaries) Marty O'Donnell and Mike Salvatori. Give it a read. (Louis Wu 10:31:28 UTC) (permalink)
BOLLing for soup-erman
Over at Bungie.net, there's a very cool interview with BOLL, a community member who tends to stand out if you pay any attention to community members. Go read about what makes him tick - I apologize that somehow, I can't find an original picture of his elite carving; I remember telling him to mail it to us as an entry for the Pillar of Art contest. (He decided it was too expensive to ship.) And what would a BOLL piece be without a cool Flash tidbit? Go read. Update: Heh - good to know at least ONE person kept that original stuff. Here's a screenshot of Battleground: Halo's front page (they're now HaloPlanet) when BOLL's carving was featured back in 2002, and here are the three cam shots (0902 | 0903 | 0904). Ah, memories... (Louis Wu 02:50:59 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
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Anatomy of a Work in Progress The Maw Tournament Major Nelson separates Xbox 360 titles Remembrance DropShock Ep 17 Halo Movie Timeline - The Real, and The Imagined |
Monday's news in brief:
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Aftermath The Last Invitation Podtacularness Video Games Live Update |
