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June 8, 2005 Link to this post
Outpost Coag Ep 8
Outpost Coagulation Episode 8 has been released - you can grab a copy at Treeskunk's website, or at HaloMachinima.com. 8 minutes long, and the voice acting continues to improve. Nicely done, overall. 56.4 mb, in WMP9 format. (There's something funky about halfway through that keeps me from being able to encode this as a QuickTime file - it plays fine, but it won't convert. Sorry.) According to the Treeskunk website, this might be the last episode for a while. Update: trigger119 wrote to say that although the main writer was going to be gone for the summer, he (trigger) would finish the last two episodes of the season, so there are more coming. (There'll also be outtake releases and such while Bzerker's gone.) (Louis Wu 14:42:27 UTC)
June 7, 2005 Link to this post
A Day at the Races - coming soon
Bloodmoon Studios is working on a new machinima project called 'A Day at the Races' - you can find the trailer for it on their website, or at That Weasel Television. The full movie (about 4 racers who have to deal with each other, as well as an evil villain) is coming soon. Check it out! (Louis Wu 09:50:06 UTC)
June 5, 2005 Link to this post
Squad 7 Promo
Sector 7 is putting together a machinima series, called Squad 7. The promo for the series (51 seconds long, QT format, 8 mb) is available on their website. Thanks, JPOGDNA (Louis Wu 19:58:07 UTC)
June 2, 2005 Link to this post
Harvest 2 Trailer
BloodSignature has released the Harvest 2 trailer, a trailer to the sequel to Harvest. 9.5 mb, almost 3 minutes long. You can grab it from their site, or from a mirror at halomachinima.com. Thanks, trigger119! (Louis Wu 20:39:03 UTC)
June 2, 2005 Link to this post
PraetoriaGuard mirrors
trigger119 wrote to point out that HaloMachinima.com has mirrored all of the PraetoriaGuard vids (including yesterday's Episode 3, both versions). Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 12:50:33 UTC)
June 1, 2005 Link to this post
28 Days Later
I'm breaking a rule because... well, because I want to. Last night, Jamie98s posted a movie on our forum - it's a remake of 28 Days Later, in the Halo engine. It's 25 minutes long, and does an amazing job of capturing the feel of the film. (It's abridged, clearly - but it uses the audio track from the film married to footage from Halo 2, and stays very true to the atmosphere of the original.) The movie is quite large (73-74 mb, depending on flavor), due to its unusual length. You can find a number of mirror links in Jaime98s's forum post - but most of them are limited in the number of downloads they'll support, so we're putting up several mirrors of our own (the rule I'm breaking is the 'no posting movies without MPRRS approval' rule).
WMP9 (72.5 mb): b.org 1 | mythica.org | b.org 2 | HBO Spartans
QuickTime (73.5 mb): b.org 1 | mythica.org | b.org 2 | HBO Spartans
Go watch this - there's a lot of work put into it! Update: trigger119 has made copies of both versions available at Halomachinima.com, as well. Thanks, trigger! (Louis Wu 13:36:56 UTC)
May 25, 2005 Link to this post
Outpost Coagulation Ep 7
Tactic let us know that Outpost Coagulation Episode 7 (Canook and Special forces) has been posted - you can find it at Tree Skunk Productions or mirrored at halomachinima.com (thanks, trigger119). Voice acting continues to improve, a new character (or two) gets introduced, the plotline moves forward. And oh, yeah... the warthog has a hangover. I'll toss up a QuickTime version in the near future. Update: There's a QuickTime version here, now (27.1 mb). (Louis Wu 09:31:16 UTC)
May 24, 2005 Link to this post
Lots and Lots o' Movies at GGZ
There is a rather large collection of new movies available over at movies.gearboxgamezone.com - mostly machinima this time around, and mostly in WMP9 format (though a few have QT options, as well). If you're jonesing for new video footage (and I can see how you might be, we've been pretty barren with respect to new releases recently), swing by and grab some! (Louis Wu 16:39:37 UTC)
May 19, 2005 Link to this post
New movies out of the MPRRS - sort of
Well, it's not working out like I'd expected... but yeah, we're still tweaking. The Movie Peer Review Rating System hasn't passed a film since May 8 - but I've taken to looking at the 'near misses', and I've got a pair for you to watch today. Bunker 27 is an upcoming Machinima series which looks to be following in RvB's footsteps - their trailer is 9.1 mb, 1:41 long, and shows potential. (WMP9 or QuickTime.) The Noobs, Experts, and In Between trailer is a short (sub-one-minute) vid that makes use of Halo Resolution sprites and came off pretty funny to me. (Several of the reviewers thought there was too much text to read.) This one's 3.7 mb, and also in WMP9 or QuickTime. And we'll keep working on the MPRRS to make it more consistent. (Let's be clear - I'm not saying it needs to be 'dumbed down'; I LIKE the fact that the reviewers take the quality issue seriously. I AM saying, however, that the guidelines we've given reviewers are nebulous enough that interpretations vary pretty widely. The Bunker 27 trailer was reviewed by 10 people, and passed by 8 of those. One of the two non-passing scores was dropped in our scoring algorithm - but the other was enough to bring the overall score below passing. I'd like to avoid this sort of situation in the future.) (Louis Wu 09:00:11 UTC)
May 18, 2005 Link to this post
Fall of the Covenant
trigger119 points out that Fall of the Covenant, his second machinima project, has been posted at halomachinima.com. It's available in four flavors - high and low-res versions in both WMP9 and QuickTime. (Size ranges from 50 to 100 mb or so.) It's the story of the final battle between Spartans and the Covenant - and the visuals are quite good. In fact, my only real criticism is that the movement of the entire movie is held hostage to the visuals; battle scenes are prolonged well past their comfort point in the name of arty slow-motion death. This gripe notwithstanding, the hudless filming and great choreography give this film some nice polish! Go watch. There are comment threads set up both on the halomachinima.com forums, and our own. (Louis Wu 10:09:31 UTC)
May 14, 2005 Link to this post
Miranda has been found
And the medium evolves. Motherstooth wrote to say that the search for Miranda is over - he's chosen Jenel Glover, of Fremont CA. He posted a short vid (WMP9 or QT) that includes the test line he had her read. (There were 17 applicants for the part... I'm thinking that if someone's looking for a 'niche' Halo 2 site, building a system that could put potential voice talent in touch with machinima projects that need it is a tool that's just screaming to be created.) (Louis Wu 11:19:01 UTC)
May 12, 2005 Link to this post
Balance of Power
The Codex, Episode 11, 'Balance of Power', has been posted at the Codex website. A solid episode, plotwise... it explores the relationship between the Praetor and the Cleric. There will be no episode next week; the top news post on the main page explains why. It's really nice to see a machinima team planning ahead! Go grab this episode today. Thanks, aardvark36. (Louis Wu 16:32:46 UTC)
May 12, 2005 Link to this post
A solution to bad voice acting?
Mother's Tooth sent along an interesting email this morning - and I wonder, now, what sort of repercussions this will have in the long run. He's looking for voice talent to play Miranda in his 'The Age of Miranda' machinima series; he'll supply a small script (10 words or so) to be recorded and judged. If there are enough applicants, he'll put it up to the fans; post the clips, let fans pick the best one. (Up front, in case anyone doesn't realize it - this is NOT a paying gig. It's for the love of the game, like any other machinima project out there.) If this works out, I could see the idea increasing the quality of voice talent across the board... voice acting is one of the weakest areas of machinima releases to date, and this idea could change that. If you're interested in applying, contact Mother's Tooth! (Louis Wu 13:41:56 UTC)
May 6, 2005 Link to this post
MPRRS news, and 2 new releases
Until recently, the scoring algorithm at the Movie Peer Review Rating System gave extra weight to smaller movies, on the principle that if it wasn't a hassle to download (or serve), it didn't have to be QUITE as good. We've rethought that rule... but tonight, there are two short films that made the cut with the weighting advantage. (They're the last two that will get through this way.) The first was actually released last week - announced, and hosted, on its own site. Necrosis Episode 1 holds the honor of being the first machinima to make use of the Dialogue Databank exclusively for its voice acting. You can grab the original WMP9 version (7.6 mb) or a QuickTime version (8.1 mb) from our server. Also, casuela submitted a trailer for an upcoming series known as 'Le Marche', a World War II-type movie. It's quite short, and quite small - 3.1 mb in WMP9 format, or 4 mb in QuickTime format. Give it a shot! Additional news about the MPRRS - it looks like we'll be increasing the pool of reviewers very soon; if you're interested in helping out, send us mail! (Louis Wu 02:34:12 UTC)
May 5, 2005 Link to this post
More Hi-Res Stryke Force
Last week, Stryke Force released hi-res versions of their first couple of episodes. People liked them - so they've released hi-res versions of episodes 3, 4, and 5. WMP9 versions are up on their downloads page right now - QuickTime links should be up soon. This is one of the more polished machinima series out there - if you haven't seen it, go grab copies! (And don't forget to stop by their forum and let 'em know what you think.) (Louis Wu 17:42:11 UTC)
May 4, 2005 Link to this post
How can you watch it all?
More Halo Machinima out there: trigger119 points out Starship Troopers Part 1, hosted at halomachinima.com (though he'd be thrilled if anyone wanted to help mirror - this puppy is 109 mb), and gearboxgamezone.com has the Sponsors vs Freeloaders trailer (originally a contest winner, hosted at SvF.com in AVI format, GBGZ has it in WMP9 and QuickTime formats) and the Fallout Preview Trailer (another project from the guy who brought you Platoon), among hundreds of other vids. It's truly an amazing time for Halo video enthusiasts! Update: GrantBauer88, of the Necrosis Clan, has mirrored the original Starship Troopers, and Feenix, of That Weasel Television, has put up a smaller version (60.2 mb). Update 2: GearboxGameZone has put up two 320x240 versions of Starship Troopers that are much smaller - you can find them here. (Louis Wu 03:02:10 UTC)
May 3, 2005 Link to this post
FATALrecon Trailer
We got mail yesterday from Vampire Flight, who's posted a trailer to an upcoming Machinima project called FATALrecon over at HaloGrid.com. It's 28.2 mb, WMP9 format, and I liked it - so I converted it to QuickTime, using Apple's new H.264 codec. Grab the WMP9 from HaloGrid, or grab the QuickTime (QuickTime 7 REQUIRED, 27.5 mb) from us. Update: seems I might have been wrong; H.264 is really, really cool... but it's also really, really processor-intensive for heavily-compressed vids. Here's a Sorenson 3 Pro version (30.7 mb) that should be viewable by everybody, not just those with tricked-out G5s. Update 2: looks like Gearboxgamezone made their own QT version, as well - 28.6 mb. Multiple mirrors! (Louis Wu 13:14:06 UTC)
May 2, 2005 Link to this post
Necrosis Ep 1 released
GrantBauer88 posted a note that Necrosis Episode 1 has been released - you can find it on the Necrosis video page. It's the first Halo machinima I know about that takes advantage of our Dialogue Databank to circumvent the problem many projects have with less-than-professional-sounding voice acting. (At least, I'm ASSUMING the clips came from the Databank; there's no credit for them anywhere, so I suppose they could have been recorded independently.) 7.6 mb, WMP9 format. (Louis Wu 12:12:20 UTC)
May 1, 2005 Link to this post
Outpost Coagulation Ep 6
Treeskunk Productions has posted Episode 6 of Outpost: Coagulation. They're hosting it themselves, and Halomachinima.com has a mirror as well. 7:07 long, 39.3 mb, WMP9 format. Purple spaghetti? (Nice chase scene.) Update: Dennis Powers has mirrored the film, as well, and created a QuickTime version (43.7 mb), at movies.gearboxgamezone.com. (Louis Wu 14:48:17 UTC)
April 22, 2005 Link to this post
Stryke Force Ep 5 Posted
The Stryke Force team has put up Episode 5: "Guerillas in the Midst". Twists, turns, and an executioner I'd love to hire. They've got the original WMP9 up on their Videos page, and it's been mirrored at HaloMachinima.com (thanks, trigger119). I've also converted it to QuickTime, and made both versions available here: WMP9 (25.9 mb, mythica.org | bungie.org), QuickTime (22.9 mb, bungie.org | mythica.org). Go watch! (Louis Wu 17:58:55 UTC)
April 22, 2005 Link to this post
Halo CE Maps site grows
Dennis Powers writes to point out that Halomaps.org has moved, and split, and grown, and all sorts of things. The old address works - but it now brings you to the Halo CE website, haloce.gearboxgamezone.com. All movies have been split off (except for map demo movies) and are hosted at movies.gearboxgamezone.com. This covers not only Halo machinima, but Brothers In Arms material, as well. If you have content you'd like them to host, there's an upload link in the navbar. Keep an eye on this growing family of sites! (Louis Wu 12:32:39 UTC)
April 17, 2005 Link to this post
Sex, Drugs, and Halo Pros (Part 1)
Team GAG created a documentary-type vid called 'Sex, Drugs, and Halo Pros, Part 1', an 8-minute condensed view of the team's road trip from Chicago to Houston to participate in the MLG tournament that took place there in March. Three guys, a car, a video camera, and a pro Halo tourney... it's a lot of fun to watch. Heads-up for those just looking for gameplay footage; part one covers getting to the tourney itself; there's very little gameplay at all.) If you visit their website, you'll find download links for hi-res (640x480, 73.3 mb) and low-res (320x240, 30.6 mb) WMP9 versions of this video. ConorOberst has mirrored the hi-res version - and to that we add our own mirrors (hi-res WMP9, mythica.org | bungie.org, low-res WMP9, bungie.org | mythica.org) and a QuickTime version, as well (hi-res, 59 mb, bungie.org | mythica.org, and low-res, 29 mb, mythica.org | bungie.org). This puppy's pretty big; if you have bandwidth to spare, put up a copy, and send us a link; we'll add it to this post! Update: Thanks to Feenix, who's added all four versions to the collection at That Weasel Television. Update 2: trigger119 writes to say that the two hi-res versions can be found on HaloMachinima.com. (Louis Wu 11:38:58 UTC)
April 14, 2005 Link to this post
The Avenger, Trailer 2
trigger119 wrote to say that a new trailer for The Avenger has been posted at halomachinima.com, in the Action/Drama section. (This is probably a good time to point out that the Movies section of that site has been rearranged by category, to make films easier to find.) The trailer is pretty short, and makes no sense to me... but it could just be that I'm missing my coffee or something. MPEG-1 format, 12.8 mb. (Louis Wu 16:48:53 UTC)
April 12, 2005 Link to this post
Purple and Pink - Mirrored
Yesterday, we mentioned a series of machinima vids aimed at promoting a Christian weekend retreat, as well as basic human kindness. Our link (and other links around the Halo community) caused a pretty large spike in their bandwidth consumption - to ameliorate the problem, we're mirroring the files for them. All vids are 320x240, QuickTime MPEG-4 format.
iGod promo med (6.4 mb, bungie.org | mythica.org)
iGod promo hi (15.5 mb, bungie.org | mythica.org)
Episode 1 med (7.2 mb, mythica.org | bungie.org)
Episode 1 hi (17.5 mb, mythica.org | bungie.org)
Episode 2 med (9.9 mb, bungie.org | mythica.org)
Episode 2 hi (24.3 mb, bungie.org | mythica.org)
Episode 3 med (7.5 mb, mythica.org | bungie.org)
Episode 3 hi (18.3 mb, mythica.org | bungie.org)
These are pretty nicely done - if you didn't see them yesterday, watch them now! (The original website contains extras like credits and scripts, as well as upcoming bloopers, outtakes, and behind-the-scenes footage. Use our links for the big-bandwidth stuff, though. Thanks!) (Louis Wu 16:37:29 UTC)
April 12, 2005 Link to this post
The Fall of the Covenant Trailer
trigger119 writes to let us know about a trailer for Fall of the Covenant, a new machinima film he's working on; you can grab it in WMP9 format at halomachinima.com. 13 mb, 640x480. Movie coming 'Summer 2005'. (Final product will be in the 20-30 minute range.) (Louis Wu 15:47:32 UTC)
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