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March 28, 2004 Link to this post
FBO offline for a bit
Before the emails start pouring in... files.bungie.org has been turned off for the next 4 days. We hit our bandwidth limit, and rather than incur a several-hundred-dollar overage fee, I've decided to simply take it down until April 1. Almost all the files available there are also available at mythica.org, and even the ones that aren't will be back on Thursday... so please be patient. Thanks! (Louis Wu 16:59:40 UTC)
March 26, 2004 Link to this post
Lanfest in MA Boonies
Trickster and longtime forum resident vshields ash has posted information about an upcoming Halo LAN at his local EB; if you live within driving distance of Lanesboro, MA (near the confluence of the Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York borders), you should consider stopping by the Berkshire Mall on April 17 to join in - you'd get to meet one of the most persistent Halo stuntmen out there. First prize is an Xbox and a Halo 2 coupon. (Fest starts around noon.) Comments can go in this thread. (Louis Wu 15:33:15 UTC)
March 26, 2004 Link to this post
A plate of writing, with a side of corn
Twenty Three pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section... but remember, 7 of them are Stuntmutt's Oh Thirteen series. It's not as overwhelming as it looks.
- OlahJust your average halo spoof, by Mr.Elite of Antioc
- Summaries of a Sanctified Crusade, by xitWOUND117
- Halo 2: Judgement Day Chapter 2, by Mibu Wolf
- Forever Credo certe ne cras., by Dispraiser
- Oh Thirteen Part 1, by Stuntmutt
- Oh Thirteen Part 2, by Stuntmutt
- Oh Thirteen Part 3, by Stuntmutt
- Oh Thirteen Part 4, by Stuntmutt
- Oh Thirteen Part 5, by Stuntmutt
- Oh Thirteen Part 6, by Stuntmutt
- Oh Thirteen Part 7, by Stuntmutt
- A Series of Wierd Events - Sequel, Part Thirteen, by Hunter_Killer
- Battle for Azura City, by Hell Starter
- A Series of Wierd Events - Sequel, Part Four [STERFRYE], by Hunter_Killer
- The Iron Hands of the Prophets (Part 5): Sword of Light, by MadJackal
- The Siege of Zion Base; Part Three: Revelation -Chapter 12, by Scimitarex
- The Siege of Zion Base; Part Three: Revelation - Chapter 13, by Scimitarex
- Nemesis, by Reiyou
- The Fall of Rye: Chapter 4: Death From Above, by teemus
- Operation: Stingray, by Nick Kang
- Civilian Assault, pt. Two- Beginning of a Suicide Mission, by ONI_operative_343
- Salvation Unlooked For Ch. 01: Journey to Hope, by Spartan99
- When It's Too Late For Prophets, by Flu
You WILL have to get started, though, if you want to be finished before the next batch... (Louis Wu 13:22:16 UTC)
March 25, 2004 Link to this post
I want backup from Foehammer
Wow, icanttype is converting the Truth and Reconciliation hangar to netmap; screenshots can be found here, on Halo mods. Looks fantastic! Thanks to Devin Olsen for pointing it out on our forum. (Louis Wu 01:56:04 UTC)
March 25, 2004 Link to this post
The Beauty of Halo - at 1600x1200
HUDless screens - there are lots, but some stand out. And CuBaNo is one of those who make the stand-out kind. His latest batch (17 shots) can be found here. There are a few doozys. (Louis Wu 01:40:05 UTC)
March 23, 2004 Link to this post
Lethal Rage 3
Pico has submitted Lethal Rage 3, a massive (10:11 long, 35.7 mb) tale of heroism and courage, of finding the strength within to carry on when all hope is lost... and, well, to act like an idiot when you win. Cinematography is awesome, storyline is great, and there are some very nice stunts. VERY nice. Watch this one. (And mirror it for us, if you've got the bandwidth - it's gonna be popular.) It's currently available in QuickTime format from Mythica.org and files.bungie.org, but if you want to put up a copy, send us a link, and we'll announce it. A DivX version will be coming at some point. Update: DOH! Pico had asked me to link to a thread he started last week about this, for discussion. I forgot. Luckily, he started a new one today; comments can go here. Update 2: Another couple of mirrors - enough to warrant a mirror page. We'll add more as they come in. Thanks, folks! (Louis Wu 17:54:20 UTC)
March 23, 2004 Link to this post
Hands-Free
Caskey has posted a new no-weapons mod over at HaloMods; the heads-up for us was the teaser screenshot he posted on our forum. Very cool! (Louis Wu 17:20:05 UTC)
March 23, 2004 Link to this post
Chronicles
Gutupio has taken the honor of producing the very first HUDless Halo movie; it's called 'Chronicles', and a 20.5 mb version is being hosted by Coerce.net right now. There's no dialogue, but it's not needed; the action tells the story. (Greens kill one innocent Red and kidnap another, a third Red vows revenge and wipes out most of the greens before rescuing his buddy... with some added twists, of course.) Overall, pretty well done. The current version is a 640x480 DivX-encoded AVI - when there's time (and bandwidth), I'll add a QuickTime version to the mix. Update: Gutupio clarified that 'Chronicles' simply describes the work, and the closest thing it has to a title is 'Entry 1'... and Narcogen has mirrored a copy over at Rampancy.net. Update2: a number of people have pointed out that the FTC vids are, for all intents and purposes, HUDless, and have been for months. While it's true that there is no HUD onscreen (and they've done an amazing job overall), the fact remains that the FTC vids are cropped, ever so slightly (64 pixels off the large versions); Gutupio's vid is the first to be released at full 4:3 resolution with no HUD. (Louis Wu 10:21:28 UTC)
March 23, 2004 Link to this post
X-Shots, Edition IX
Yesterday was a day for screenshots, I guess. There were dozens (over a hundred, I think) posted to our forum. I hate to say it... but the whole HUDless thing is starting to feel commonplace - and that makes me sad. In the midst of the mess, though, XLNC posted his own batch (Number 9) - and he showed me that there's still room for beautiful composition. That's a good thing. (Louis Wu 10:12:32 UTC)
March 23, 2004 Link to this post
Halo Stunts
We got mail from Blake about a movie he'd made, and posted. It didn't meet our posting guidelines, but our general policy is that if someone's willing to host the movie themselves, we're willing to put up a news post about it - so here you go. It's called 'Halo Stunts', it's 3:29 long, in WMP9 format, and weighs in at 5.4 mb. It's a bunch of multiplayer footage (splitscreen and coop) filmed via digital camera off a TV screen (that is, the TV is visible in the picture). Some of it is totally incomprehensible. If you pride yourself on having that completely comprehensive Halo movie collection, grab this film. (Louis Wu 09:04:01 UTC)
March 22, 2004 Link to this post
Screenshot dissection continues
Yet another analysis of the multiplayer screens - this time over at Echo-413. Click on the 'Media Mintz Article 2' link in the Community News section of the navbar to read it. (Louis Wu 16:46:35 UTC)
March 22, 2004 Link to this post
Buried under screenshots
Okay, the flood of screenshots on our forum is simply too much for me to keep up with. I guess I was planning to post a daily 'roundup' - but there are well over 20 posts with screenshots in them since the last time I posted; some people post a few, then follow up their own post with more, or start a new thread and post the same ones again, or even follow up a post with a second post that contains a subset of the first post. If I had an extra couple of hours a day to sort it all out, I suppose I could keep track... but I don't, so if you're interested, just scan our forum for 'screenshots' in the subject line. (I'll continue to point out the posts containing what I consider to be outstanding pics; even in this flood, there are some that are head and shoulders above the rest, and I'll make a point of bringing them to your attention.) (Louis Wu 12:58:55 UTC)
March 22, 2004 Link to this post
The Reactor Room - now with 800% more Spartans
WOW. Gil27 and Devin Olsen have created a multiplayer version of the Maw's Reactor Room - there is a short (25 second, 2 mb) film as well as a few screenshots in this forum post; no map yet for downloading, but we can hope! (Louis Wu 12:29:48 UTC)
March 22, 2004 Link to this post
Madda Cheeb - Amateur Golfer!
Benny, from Xbox Ottawa (part of the team behind the FTC videos) has submitted a new Flash game - Madda Cheeb: Golfer. We're hosting a copy here, but there's also a copy up at Newgrounds, which probably has way more bandwidth than we could hope to have. (It's big - over 4 and a half megs.) Wherever you play it - you'll find it's pretty tough stuff, but quite rewarding when you actually do well. Andrew started a thread in our forum, if you want to comment. (Louis Wu 04:46:46 UTC)
March 21, 2004 Link to this post
New pics from the Homefront team
Homefront, the Battlefield 1942 mod, has put up new pics of an elite, their new AR (the MC looks BIZARRE without gloves on), and the scorpion tank. This picture is a joke - they'll have him holding plasma weapons soon. (Good thing, too - Covenant would rather die than use human weapons...) Thanks to Spartan-39 for the heads-up on our forum. (Louis Wu 15:17:28 UTC)
March 21, 2004 Link to this post
Another screenshot analysis
Promodo answered the screenshot analysis over at Sector 7 with his own comments; you can find them (and respond to them) on our forum. I must say it surprises me that this much evaluation is going into this single screenshot... it's FAR more than went into the first multiplayer shot, and that, in my opinion, was a more interesting picture. In fact, I haven't seen this sort of interest since the dry spell (which had lasted a full year) ended in 2001. You never can tell, with fans! (Louis Wu 02:43:02 UTC)
March 20, 2004 Link to this post
Screenshot Analyzed
Wolfy, over at Sector 7, has gone to the trouble of writing up a full article on the new screenshot. (Louis Wu 21:12:49 UTC)
March 20, 2004 Link to this post
Now THAT'S what I'M talkin' about.
There have been so many HUDless screenshots recently, I was going to implement a policy of a single update each day, with all the links in it. However, there are two posts tonight by CuBaNo which simply demand personal attention. The second batch, especially, contains some of the best shots posted on our forum to date, in my opinion. The first post was here - and it's pretty good. The second post... wow. (Warning - these pics are pretty big.) (Louis Wu 03:13:29 UTC)
March 20, 2004 Link to this post
Content, Content, Content
The Bungie Weekly Update this week went to... well, Bungie. (NEPOTISM!) You can find Frankie's musings on the Underground, Bungie's very own public forum. It's short - but it's tasty. The tidbit on realism on 'an Earth level' left me drooling for actual gameplay... the bit about Jaime fine-tuning Enemy AI got me intrigued, and the bit about Marty had me laughing. And oh, yeah, the Mister Chief artwork hits new edges of quality. And if the update weren't enough, there's also (finally) a new, hi-res screenshot, the one that's been floating around the net for a couple of weeks in illicit magazine scans. All the arguments about 'is that really a needler?' and 'wait, who's falling?' and the like seem rather silly now, with a 1600x1200 reference piece to look at... what? You're still here? Why aren't you at Bungie.net, reading? (Louis Wu 00:56:30 UTC)
March 19, 2004 Link to this post
E3 2003 pics at Halo Universe
Marc, from Halo Universe, writes to say that they've uploaded some screens from the E3 2003 Halo 2 Demo trailer. In his words "for all who doesn't know the movie a duty and for all others a nice reminder..." Go remember! (Louis Wu 17:23:27 UTC)
March 18, 2004 Link to this post
Pretty, Pretty Pictures
Forum newcomer Mills has tossed up his own collection of HUDless screenshots - and there are some doozies in there. Go look. They're cool. (Louis Wu 10:21:38 UTC)
March 18, 2004 Link to this post
Halo Solitaire
Dr. Nick has created a replacement deck for the standard Solitaire game that comes with Windows; you can see a screenshot of the installer, and have access to download links, in this forum post. (Louis Wu 09:54:32 UTC)
March 17, 2004 Link to this post
A thousand words... times a lot.
The HUDless screenfest goes on. zarrel40 put up a few (one with a pretty cool transposition of the Threshold hologram), and MereCatfish continues his own posting spree. Nice stuff! (Louis Wu 10:43:53 UTC)
March 17, 2004 Link to this post
Can Halo Take Quake
The next Halo-related round of the Gamespy Title Fight starts today at noon, PST; Halo goes up against Quake in The Abandoned Base bracket. (The winner faces TIE Fighter, Super Metroid, or GoldenEye 007 - that last a game beaten soundly by Halo in round 1, but back with an extra life.) Don't forget to vote! (Louis Wu 10:34:58 UTC)
March 17, 2004 Link to this post
Space Invader Halo
MC117- has posted a note in our forum about a 2D game he's working on. There's a screenshot up at Halomods, if you're interested in providing feedback. (Louis Wu 10:19:10 UTC)
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