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Saturday, June 3, 2006 |  |
HGN Preview - for everybody
The Halo Graphic Novel preview hit comic stores in the US a few days ago (Wednesday was the release date); I hadn't realized this, but it was supposed to be a freebie. My local comic store was charging $.99/copy (not much, but when you want to grab enough for your buddies in Europe...), and comic stores elsewhere were doing similar things. Our policy on scans is that we will not put them up until the magazine they're from is off the shelves - because we're not interested in eating into anyone's legitimate profits. In this case, however, it was supposed to be free to begin with. So we're making it free. The scans aren't super-high-res - but they're big enough to read, and that should be a start, no? Go read. Or download. This stuff rocks. (Louis Wu 21:35:10 UTC) (permalink)
Marine Sassy? Really?
Marty, taking pity on us poor fans, posted a list of all the individual characters in Halo 2, and the actors who played them. We've added this list to our Names behind the Voices page - thanks, Marty! (At some point in the not-too-distant future, there'll probably be some reclassification going on in our Halo 2 Dialogue Databank.) (Louis Wu 19:45:27 UTC) (permalink)
Knowledge
Dan Chosich put together a pretty cool montage of his E3/D3 (Dean's post-E3 lanfest) experience; it does a wonderful job of showing the insanity that is E3, and has a few Halo-related clips from the lanfest to boot. Two versions are available - a 'small' version, 87 mb, QuickTime format, 640x360... and an HDV version, 128 mb, 1280x720, H.264 encoding (be sure your computer is up to this before grabbing it). Presentation is spectacular. (Louis Wu 18:44:03 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 still on top on XBL
Major Nelson posted the Top Live Games lists again, broken out by platform (Xbox/Xbox 360)... but also pointed out that on a combined list, Halo 2 would be number 1, followed by all 10 Xbox 360 titles. Thanks, Smandon. (Louis Wu 18:36:47 UTC) (permalink)
VGL in Philly - Halo (and more) Onstage
A reminder - Video Games Live will be onstage in Philadelphia tonight, with lots and lots of extra goodies (including the chance to meet your favorite Halo soundtrack composers). tyguy101a, from the RvB community, swung by to invite people as well - if you're in the area, there are still tickets left... go! (Louis Wu 14:07:23 UTC) (permalink)
Xbox 360 Camera and Halo 3?
insaneidiot found this article that had been linked off the Xbox.com forums - it's a discussion of the Xbox Live Vision Camera, built by GestureTek, coming out this fall. The company that made it, according to the article
"earlier hinted something about the camera being put into use in Halo 3 gaming wherein once a player turns his/her head to a particular direction, the in-game camera will turn respectively, paving the way to innovative gameplay."
Some googling turned up the info that this claim was made during their presentation at E3 this year (sounds like they were down in Kentia Hall...). Until you hear more from Bungie, this is a rumor, nothing more - someone's idea of the potential of the device. (Louis Wu 14:01:57 UTC) (permalink)
QsK King's First Montage Trailer
QsK King submitted a trailer for the first montage from QsKGlobal.com - the MPRRS liked it. This is the rebirth of someone who was banned for plagiarism a while back; it warms me to see solid, non-stolen work being produced. (There are some very nice editing touches in this vid.) It's short - only 1:23, under 20 mb in both flavors - grab a copy! WMP9 version is 19.3 mb, QuickTime version is 18.5 mb. (Louis Wu 13:07:56 UTC) (permalink)
Memo 2 Bungie
Davidgojr put together 'Memo 2 Bungie: Halo 2 BS Montage' - a look at some of the humorous stuff that can happen on Xbox Live. Humorous, that is, if it's not happening to YOU. It's one of those 'you gotta laugh so you don't cry' things. Nicely filmed, and the MPRRS reviewers said yea, so grab a copy in WMP9 or QuickTime formats. (It's rather large - almost 110 mb - so be warned.) (Louis Wu 00:27:09 UTC) (permalink)
Tasty Weekly Update
The Weekly Update is up over at Bungie.net, even though they had a major power outage today (probably that enormous bank of cooling fans in the back going rampant) - info about Video Games Live (and PLAY!, a different series altogether, though you wouldn't know it from the way Frankie wrote it up tonight), plus much more about playlist changes, and some really tantalizing stuff about an upcoming documentary short. And a really cool ASCII Mister Chief. Go read! (Or read it in our Weekly Update Archive, where it's actually formatted better. OMG it's update 77!) (Louis Wu 00:16:31 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's news in brief:
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Enigmatic Observation. More Kind Words Fiction Friday Enjoy the future - today! Advanced Warfighter Halo Graphic Novel Preview now out Marty Talks Halo 3 at PLAY! |
Thursday's news in brief:
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Artwork, Updated Helix Canyon The Halo Brothers Tag Mario Melee Event Cortana, Breathing Deconstructing The Movie Process Halo: Marine Tales |
