Month: March 2006

I’ve said a few times that I wasn’t going to promote Video Games Live any more… but I’m gonna go back on my word, because this seems pretty cool. We just got a press release announcing a meet-and-greet in San Jose, California this weekend – if you go, you’ll have a chance to meet (among…

I’ve begun the rather daunting task of thinning out the Miscellaneous Art queue; today, I’m putting up 30 images, which were submitted between December 29 and January 16. The queue is still large; please don’t freak out if you submitted work to us, and it’s not in this batch. I hope to continue clearing tomorrow…

OXM UK is reporting that the latest issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly (is it, by any chance, the APRIL issue?) discusses a plan by Bungie to have Halo (the first one) available online on Live Arcade before summer. I’m viewing this one with a MASSIVE salt shaker at my side until (unless) some corroborating evidence…

Heh – Rick sent us a pic of his Xbox, doing double duty as a drink smuggling device. (He says it’s still workable; he just took the parts out.) The lengths people won’t go to…

DropShock, the officially NSFW Halo Podcast, released Episode 13 last night. Discussion of comics, name rumors, and Live content. 33 mb, 70 minutes. Go listen!

spartanerik found a bizarre little Flash animation over at Newgrounds – Halo Mathness Demo. It wouldn’t run for me; I had to step through the dialogue at the beginning, one frame at a time… but maybe it works better on a PC. Answer math questions, kill Covenant. Oddness to the nth power.

Wow, awesome find. And1balla2829 noticed that there’s a new Halo novel listed at both ISBNdb.com, and Amazon.com. (Amazon also lists an 18-copy lot, for bulk orders, I guess.) The book is being published by TOR Books – whose website is woefully out of date, so there’s no info to be had there… so at this…

Jamie98s used a pretty cool technique in his recent ‘Mombasa Massacre’ film; he had battle scenes with many more than 16 fighters onscreen. He’s not the first to do this (ipushmycar did it in Biohazard, about a year ago, and I’m sure someone will remind me of other examples), but he’s the first to write…

The MPRRS passed two movies in quick succession this morning; the first we just posted, the second is called ‘Totally Random Act 4 – Playing With History’. It was submitted by KeyboardKiller, of Pothole Studios, and tells the story of a couple of friends who invent a time machine, and then try and figure out…

Se7en One has been experimenting with fully-rendered movies in 3ds max; his most recent offering is called ‘A Hole in my Soul’, and it’s a music video, with a Grunt band playing Aerosmith’s “A Hole in my Soul”. I love the concept, and I think it has great potential; personally, I wish the MPRRS had…

X1Zero found a few eBay auctions – there are a couple of the small Muckle Master Chief statues (here and here, same seller – Buy It Now prices are really high; remember that the last dozen or so of these to pass through eBay have sold for less than $200), and a new magnum. This…

SEspider posted an update about his Miniature Halo series – along with some links to recent artwork he’s done. Go read!

SteelGaribaldi found a pretty subtle Halo reference in an old Unshelved comic; given the discussions on video game violence we’ve had on our forum, this is pretty funny. Check it out!

Jamie98s has created another gorgeous piece; I’m starting to wonder if there shouldn’t be a fast lane for certain moviemakers, with respect to the MPRRS. This one is called ‘To Heaven’, and tells the story of one Spartan’s journey to heaven. Superb camera work, wonderful composition, and a perfect music choice. Absolutely worth watching. WMP9…

Demonelite wanted to put together a Halo graphic novel using in-game shots, modified in Photoshop – last night’s announcement of an official one prompted him to post his efforts so far. (There are higher-res versions in this post.) Fantastic stuff!

SteelGaribaldi noticed that Halo showed up in today’s Foxtrot. Heh.

Gah – and even one MORE! (Last one of the night – I promise. I have some green beer to drink!) enigMa sent a link to this YouTube vid – it’s a Halo dream animation he made for class. Pretty nice work!

And in case you’re not movied-out, you can swing by Halo2Forum, and grab a copy of shook on3’s montage. Really, REALLY heavy on the effects… but the sniping’s quite good, and there are a couple of very cool clips which use great machinima techniques in a pretty unique way, as far as montages go. 103…

I was totally wrong when I said the movie night was ending; there are more. Dennis Powers pointed out a St. Pattys Day tribute from EchoZuluFilms that I didn’t get to in time… go grab a copy now. 16.6 mb in WMP9 format, 18.3 mb in QuickTime format.

The Red vs Blue crew has been busy – Episode 76, ‘Two for One’, went up for sponsors a few hours ago. (That means freeloaders can grab a copy on Sunday, probably.) Sarge proves he’s not the pointiest chevron on the sleeve, Tucker is… well, I can’t tell you, and Caboose is sad. Very, very…