Author: Louis Wu

trigger119 posted a montage he made on our forum – it’s hosted on his halomachinima.com website. 35 mb, WMP9 format, called ‘Definitely Luck’. retsamolah gets killed a lot.

Phan7om has created a PSP-friendly version of Biohazard, an extremely popular machinima project. (If you’ve never seen it, and don’t have a PSP, you can find download links in this news post, from March.) Now, if you want to see this vid, but need it on the go… you’ve got it!

The Mexican Pirate posted a link to a video showing the Slipspace drive, as realized in the Freelancer engine. 3 mb – check their progress!

Count Zero has submitted a transcript of ‘High Charity’ – you can find it on the Halo Story Page.

GameTrailers.com has coverage from Video Games Live, the concert tour that kicked off in LA a few days ago. 31 mb, in either WMP9 or QuickTime formats. Thanks, Mr.Cynical.

Wow – Briar’s Armor got an update – check the top 5 shots on the Halo page. Nice looking stuff! Thanks, beetlecrazy12.

We’ve been getting a lot of mail, asking us when ‘Another Day at the Beach’ (the cinematic that can be found on the Map Pack disc) is going to be added to the Cutscene Library. Unfortunately, it’s not going to be. Bungie would like for this scene (and the Killtacular video) to remain, for the…

Gamespot has posted their review of the Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack at this point, as well. There’s a 2-page written review, or a 6 minute video review – your call. Thanks, KP.

Frankie’s back, and this week’s Weekly What’s Update is full of info about the new maps, cheaters, and a secret golf tournament. Go read!

Another MPRRS-passed film for you today – this one is a montage called Tag Team Roboto, amde by MikeMan27 and his buddy, Dan. This went through several iterations, getting feedback at each step from the system; the final product is light-years beyond the original submission. You can grab a WMP9 version (47.2 mb, mythica.org |…

Wow – this is a new one for me. 2old2play is hosting a LAN party in Chicago… and they’re charging $60 to get in. They’re shooting for 32 gamers (on 16 TVs) – but if they get more, they have a second venue that can handle up to about 70. And oh, yeah – you…

The Halo CE Chronicles have kicked off Season 2 with Episode 10, now available from the HCEC video page. Many new characters, but the focus remains on the Spartan and the station AI – very nice use of repurposed footage. Go check it out!

SanchezTheLlama put together a guest strip for CTF, a Halo-influenced comic (not all strips are safe for work, so careful if you go backwards). Do women on XBL have a harder time than men? You decide.

IGN has a Sniping Locations on Coagulation FAQ online – this is fan-written, and starts with the dubious information “Xbox Live = no fun”… but you might find some useful info inside. Update: looks like I mentioned this in January. Seems I wasn’t that impressed with it then, either – guess I gotta be careful…

How do you follow up your 343rd strip? With true cheese, of course. Go read One One Se7en – but don’t get carried away.

Jamie98s whipped up a nice little video (WMP9, 10.6 mb | QuickTime, 9 mb) showing some of the pretty stuff in Halo 2’s multiplayer maps. No plot – just pretty. The Jack Johnson soundtrack is a perfect fit, too. There haven’t been a lot of films passing the MPRRS recently – this is one. Go…

Twelve new pieces up in today’s Fan Fiction batch – go read!

The CPL Summer 2005 event kicked off yesterday; [HC] D-Man has put up a writeup on HALOChat, including links to pics, and a writeup on GotFrag. These guys are playing for a $10,000 purse – go check out the first day of action!

We mentioned Doug Godfrey a couple of weeks ago – he’s been working on some MC models based off action figures, instead of in-game stuff. He dropped by our forum last night to point out a short rendered animation (4 mb, DivX format) – he’s not sure where he’s going with it, but so far,…

Gamespot has posted seven new movies, showing gameplay on the new maps. ‘HD Quality’ downloads (yeah, right – they’re 480×360 MPEG1s) for Gamespot Complete members, streaming WMP9s for the masses. Check for the ’07/07′ posted date.