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Wednesday, June 21, 2006 |  |
Brevity is the soul of... lots of things.
There's a great rant by Ducain over at High Impact Halo, taking moviemakers to task for not staying focused. He's specifically talking about trick vids, but his words are equally applicable to other categories of films; I don't even want to think about all the times I've suggested that someone re-edit their video footage (to cut out unnecessary material, to focus on the important parts, whatever), only to be told that "well, I don't have the original content any more, so I'm gonna go with what's here." Making videos should be like almost any artistic endeavor - the first cut is almost NEVER worth showing the world. Go read Ducain's words - and if you're a content creator (video, artwork, fan fiction, whatever), take them to heart. (Louis Wu 18:08:24 UTC) (permalink)
Copy, Right?
Last week, there was a minor ruckus over some Halo content in the cover of a science fiction novel. Stuntmutt weighs in in today's One One Se7en. (Louis Wu 18:00:10 UTC) (permalink)
Halo vs Counter-Strike
spartanerik posted a link to a Newgrounds-based Halo vs Counter-Strike Flash. Go look. (Louis Wu 17:56:56 UTC) (permalink)
Earth City, by Shorewood High School
TraitorJoe (who has submitted a lot of music transcriptions to Rampancy.net under the name Poop Scoop) stopped by our forum last night to point out a video of his high school orchestra performing Earth City (from the Halo 2 Soundtrack, Volume 1). Great stuff - we're mirroring the WMP9 version (28 mb) and providing a QuickTime version as well (29.8 mb). Grab one and watch - they're great! Be sure to let him know what you think in the forum thread. (Louis Wu 17:41:39 UTC) (permalink)
No Elastics Required
Bungie's hiring again! Check out the Top Story on Bungie.net, and their Jobs page, for details on the newest Halo 3-related positions... and send 'em your resume! (Louis Wu 17:31:06 UTC) (permalink)
1.25 Mil for Top Gamers
Wow. Over at Gamasutra, there's a story about the new deals signed by MLG with the top Halo players - Team Final Boss and individual Tsquared; each of the five players involved will be paid a quarter of a million dollars to play exclusively in MLG competitions. Walshy's comment is great:
"Three years ago I never could have imagined that I'd be making more money than my parents playing video games!"
Interestingly, this news is not on MLG's own site yet. Update: It's now up at MLGPro.com - the contracts are 3 years, which makes the money quite a bit more reasonable. Thanks to ZoneManWilf for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 16:30:38 UTC) (permalink)
They're Heeeere
Heh - it's been a really busy morning (and will continue to be an insane day), but I'm posting this because we've already gotten over a dozen emails about it, and I want to stem the future tide. Today's Questionable Content (a webcomic I'd never heard of before, but apparently one widely read by the Halo community) has a subtle Halo reference in it today - last panel. The fact that this is strip 647 frightens me... it means I have a LOT of catching up to do. Looks like boristhespider52 was first with the heads-up. (Louis Wu 16:10:02 UTC) (permalink)
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