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May 31, 2006 Link to this post
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)
May 30, 2006 Link to this post
Halo Movie Timeline - The Real, and The Imagined
One of the downsides of running a relatively popular Halo fansite is that we hear all the rumors, many, many times... and I worry about giving those rumors extra credibility simply by acknowledging them. Sometimes, though, a rumor is so widespread that NOT acknowledging it seems pointless - a recent one, 'The Halo Movie has been pushed back to 2008' appears to be one of those. This first showed up on IMDb a few days ago - the release date had been changed from 2007 to 2008, without any explanation. It was mentioned several times on our forum (usually to responses of 'IMDb lets anyone edit their content - that's not trustworthy'), but yesterday, started showing up on bigger gaming sites (TeamXbox, Kotaku). None of this has been confirmed with anyone who actually knows anything - but common sense suggests it's probably true; as far as anyone in the public knows, not even a director has been chosen at this point, and the end of 2007 is just 19 months away. That's a pretty tight schedule for a film - if it has no cast or crew, or filming schedule. Hopefully, we'll get word of what's going on in the not-too-distant future... but in the absence of that official word, the internet will continue to oblige by filling the vacuum with rumors. (Louis Wu 12:24:42 UTC)
May 28, 2006 Link to this post
Nice Halo 2 Devmode Shots
synide took a bunch of pics using a screenshot trainer - Devmode in Halo 2 gives you some pretty incredible angles! They're all hosted at Flickr. (Louis Wu 14:52:55 UTC)
May 26, 2006 Link to this post
Tourneys in PA, OH
More tourney stuff: Paulie Danger wanted to let people know about a series of events in the Philadelphia area, starting in August - details are at the Console Wars website... and tish mentioned a 4v4 tourney in Cincinnati on June 10 - more details in that forum post. (Louis Wu 17:35:19 UTC)
May 23, 2006 Link to this post
Wearable Female Armor
Jared Morrison has begun work on a wearable MJOLNIR armor outfit - designed for his sister. He sent us a picture of the underbody of the chestplate, which he plans on fiberglassing down the road. He credits Chris Bryan with inspiration; if there's interest, he'll send along progress reports. Great start! (Louis Wu 12:41:41 UTC)
May 22, 2006 Link to this post
Legendary
Press Start to Play seems to be revisiting Halo quite a bit, now that the Halo 3 trailer is out - Friday's strip was Halo-related again. Thanks, Spec ops Grunt. (Louis Wu 10:39:51 UTC)
May 20, 2006 Link to this post
Arbiter
Yesterday, we added a larger-than-the-contest-thumb version of Bryn Casey's beautiful 'The Guardians' to his Gallery page - we need to do the same with the other artists who submitted new work for our t-shirt raffle. I'm going to start with Paul Davies' 'Arbiter', because, well, we've had a new image of his every day for the past three days - seems like a silly time to kill the streak. Plus, it's an astounding image that everyone should get a better look at. (Louis Wu 21:16:30 UTC)
May 20, 2006 Link to this post
KP 4 th3 w1n!
The Weekly Update is now up! Lots of juicy bits: new screenshot/desktop picture taken from the Halo 3 E3 trailer, a short interview with KP, his first official Bungie write-up: an eyewitness acount of KP's hazing, though the results show him doing the hazing, and a (temporary?) farewell to AdgTinMan, who leaves us a cool gift: a do-it-yourself 3D Mister Chief! (I'm not the Wu, he'll take care of loading the WWU to our own b.org database ASAP!) Update: You can now read it in our Weekly Update Archive, as well - it's even better there, because we've got the large versions of the game screens linked (the original doesn't). Much easier to read that way... (Ding 01:28:41 UTC)
May 19, 2006 Link to this post
Halogen update at ModDB
I'm not sure I understand this, but you'll find a small Halogen update at Mod DB (a screenshot and some story flavor) - that is, for some reason, exclusive to Mod DB; that is, you won't find this info on Halogen's website. ...okay. Thanks, crazedweasels. (Louis Wu 14:29:43 UTC)
May 16, 2006 Link to this post
Wait... is it fake?
There's been a screenshot purporting to be the UI of Halo 3 floating around for the past couple of days; Frankie posted a note on our forum yesterday that it was fake, but has since put up a note on Bungie.net to reach the much larger general Halo audience. To reiterate: It's Fake. (Louis Wu 19:21:20 UTC)
May 15, 2006 Link to this post
Miniature Halo Returns!
After a really, REALLY long hiatus (Page 25 was released in November, 2004), SESpider restarted Miniature Halo - you can find Page 26 and Page 27 in our archives. (To be fair, 26 was actually posted on our forum 2 weeks ago - it's just been a really, really busy 2 weeks.) (Louis Wu 15:24:59 UTC)
May 12, 2006 Link to this post
The Trailer, Dissected
One quick last post, before heading off to DeanFest 2006 - the Weekly Update is posted over at Bungie.net, and it's a doozy. It might just contain the most real information about a Bungie product, ever. Amazing collection of solid answers. Go read. (And then stop harping on the silly stuff in our forum, and start speculating about the REAL meat!) As always, it's available in our Bungie Weekly Update Archive, as well. (Louis Wu 23:44:39 UTC)
May 12, 2006 Link to this post
Announce This!
vivien molia pointed out a new Press Start to Play with a Halo theme - take a look! (Louis Wu 23:25:51 UTC)
May 11, 2006 Link to this post
Organized Halo 3 Content at R.net
Over at Rampancy.net, Narcogen has lost no time organizing the Halo 3 content out at this point; you'll find a new Halo 3 Movies page, containing local mirrors of the announcement trailer, a Halo 3 Articles page, containing local mirrors for Bungie's Halo 3 comments, and a Halo 3 Image Gallery, which contains both official screenshots and some interesting screengrabs that have been intriguing forumgoers everywhere for the last couple of days. Go look! (Louis Wu 04:42:59 UTC)
May 10, 2006 Link to this post
Screenshots for the BIG screen.
So... if you like the screenshots over at Bungie.net, but feel like they're not hi-res enough (they're only 1280x720, after all), or you're unhappy with the Bungie watermark... swing by the Xbox.com Press site, and grab the official press screenshots (70 mb, zipped). What do you get for those 70 megs? You get the 5 images in uncompressed TIFF format - 10-16 mb each - at the absurd resolution of 6400x3600. Wonga. (Louis Wu 13:28:35 UTC)
May 9, 2006 Link to this post
Halo 3 Content Now Up
For what it's worth: The Halo 3 content at Bungie.net is available. (Up until now, clicking any of the links in the Top Story or on B.net's home page simply redirected to the home page... but the section is now live.) The screenshots are all from the trailer (though they're considerably clearer than screengrabs), and the only wallpaper available is a 'Finish the Fight' one. The FAQ is worth reading - especially the bit about how the trailer is a real-time piece of work. That is: this trailer is NOT like the X02 trailer, which was rendered in-engine, but not in real time; this was recorded in real time, off stock Xbox 360 hardware. Yes, it looks that good. (Louis Wu 22:55:02 UTC)
May 9, 2006 Link to this post
Content for EVERYONE
Swing by Bungie.net - now back up, and with a pretty amazing top story. The announcement trailer is available for all - in QT and WMP9 formats (with more options coming soon, looks like) - plus Screenshots, Storyboards, Wallpapers, a new FAQ, an About page, and a new forum. WONGA. Go take it all in. Update: hmm... looks like the non-trailer content isn't actually accessible yet (I just get redirected back to the main page). Patience. :) (The movie links work fine, though.) (Louis Wu 19:57:36 UTC)
May 9, 2006 Link to this post
Beautiful Needler - the Video
A year ago, Archie Gates started creating Needler songs over at Gamespot. (Unfortunately, his profile is now private, so I can't link you there.) He's since created 4 (search our news) - and just recently, imSuck, of HollywoodHalo, submitted 'Beautiful Needler', a music video based on the first Needler song, to the MPRRS. The reviewers loved it. Go grab a copy. WMP9 version is 43.2 mb, QuickTime version is 41.9 mb. Awesome, classic song, perfectly synched to Halo action. Christina would be proud. (Well, okay, maybe not - maybe she'd be like 'OMGWTF', but she SHOULD be proud.) (Louis Wu 12:43:04 UTC)
May 8, 2006 Link to this post
Alonewinder
EchoZuluFilms has released Alonewinder, a HaloCE map designed primarily for the machinimas ALONE and Major Tom Diaries. It's a 13 mb download. (Sounds like it's sidewinder with new vehicles and weapons.) One of the new weapons is the Boomstick; it started life as a simple shotgun mod, but now is a totally separate weapon. Thanks, PsiMatrix. (Louis Wu 16:08:54 UTC)
May 3, 2006 Link to this post
Impressive Screenshot Tools
c0ld vengeance pointed out a pretty cool thread over at HaloMods - a month ago, xbox7887 posted a collection of information which (if you have a modded Xbox) will allow you to grab full-resolution screenshots of Halo or Halo 2. The pics are GORGEOUS. Make sure you actually READ the material provided before you bug anyone about this stuff, though. And no, you can't use this stuff WITHOUT a modded box. (Louis Wu 13:40:23 UTC)
May 2, 2006 Link to this post
No Online Halo Today
As noted on Bungie.net, Xbox Live will be down for most of today - in theory, they started maintenance a couple of hours ago (2 am PDT, 9 am UTC), and it will continue for the next 12-14 hours. This means no Halo 2 today. Don't bother Bungie about this - it's not their maintenance. Thanks to Skywalker DSP for the reminder. (Louis Wu 11:02:04 UTC)
April 27, 2006 Link to this post
Halo: The Covenant War
Ewen dropped us a note about a tabletop RPG adaptation of Halo he's working on called "Halo: The Covenant War." You can find some sample artwork for the miniatures in this blog post. Great start! (Louis Wu 13:50:02 UTC)
April 26, 2006 Link to this post
*OT*
Today's One One Se7en refers to a forum thread that blew up last week; it started with a simple question, and ended with some gaming philosophy. (Trust Stuntmutt to boil it down to a bad joke.) (Louis Wu 19:31:35 UTC)
April 25, 2006 Link to this post
Halo at E3 - rumor acknowledged.
Gah. I wanted to avoid this altogether, because it seems like it's better just to see what happens... but when rumors start showing up on CNN, you gotta pay 'em SOME attention. Lots of places have been hinting that E3 could be the first place where new Halo footage is seen this year - and now Chris Morris' Game Over column joins the list of hinters.
Expect to see the first footage from the next installment of "Halo," which might shift some focus away from the competition. (The game won't hit stores until 2007, however.)
'Expect' might be too strong an imperative... but it's certainly possible. Anyway, I've now acknowledged the rumor, so any more emails concerning it (from any site) will be blissfully ignored. (Thanks, ICDedPpl.) (Louis Wu 20:10:26 UTC)
April 18, 2006 Link to this post
Valley of the Forerunners, Part 8
Dennis Powers writes to point out that Part 8 of the Valley of the Forerunners is now available for download on the Halo CE Chronicles website. 8:17 long, available in WMP9, QuickTime, and streaming Flash, this part shows Harrington and the Marines a little more about what they're up against. If you've wondered why some of the episodes of this season seem to start and end in non-standard places... Dennis wrote up a short piece explaining the difference between 'Episodes' and 'Parts', and why this season is laid out as it is. Worth a read! (Louis Wu 18:11:13 UTC)
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