Narcogen has grabbed hold of the Joe Staten interview published yesterday, wrapped it around some strawberries, sprinkled it with powdered sugar, and taken a few huge bites. Check out his analysis of the context behind the content over at Rampancy.net.(Louis Wu 14:43:21 UTC)
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Maestro Cyborg
Nafru submitted the second episode of Maestro Cyborg to the MPRRS for review – it passed. Maestro Cyborg is a live-action series, in which a government experimental prototype (in Nightmare Armor) is tasked with the capture of the enemy flag. They don’t need hosting, as this episode, and others, are available (in both WMP9 and QuickTime formats) at the Phat Ass Production Studios website. (If you’re a non-paying member, some movies might not be available yet – free content is out 2 weeks after paid content.) Go watch a cyborg struggle with moral quandaries! (And eat cookies!)(Louis Wu 14:14:46 UTC)
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Halo Pro content at Boost
3Suns ran across a whole bunch of MLG content over at BoostMobileGaming.com – interviews, recaps, the works. The site is really heavy on Flash content, so if you’re on a slower machine, beware. You can read an interview with Walshy, an article containing Tips from Pros, three writeups of MLG Chicago (here, here, here) more pro tips (specifically collected at MLG Chicago), and a Chicago recap/Orlando preview. Whew!(Louis Wu 13:49:53 UTC)
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Reading Between The Lines
Normally the very entertaining Halo Story Page is rather like the equivalent of the Bungie fan community putting on funny costumes, lounging in easy chairs and sipping snifters of brandy while contemplating the treachery of Cortana, the inscrutableness of Gravemind and the machismo of Keyes family officers of both genders.
Wait, it’s not the equivalent of that, it’s exactly that.
However, today they’ve got something a bit better than that. Yes, hard to believe, but they do.
Joe Staten, along with Frankie and Robert McLees, granted the HSP an interview that contains some silliness, some pretty solid information, and some heavy hints about the Halo Story.
Let’s sift through some particularly salacious morsels and read between the lines, shall we?
Click “read more” from the front page for the entire article.
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OoM Part 5 – The Last Chapter
The final chapter of Out of Mind, Rooster Teeth’s sideline into the world of Tex, has been posted for sponsors on their website. Yeah, I know they’re the big boys of Halo machinima… but man, the production values are astoundingly high on this one. If you’re a sponsor, go grab a copy. If you’re not, you should be able to download the low-res versions by Monday. I’m sad it’s over! (But happy that Season 5 is about to begin…) Thanks to halofreak1991 for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 02:48:41 UTC)
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Reading Between The Lines
Normally the very entertaining Halo Story Page is rather like the equivalent of the Bungie fan community putting on funny costumes, lounging in easy chairs and sipping snifters of brandy while contemplating the treachery of Cortana, the inscrutableness of Gravemind and the machismo of Keyes family officers of both genders.
Wait, it’s not the equivalent of that, it’s exactly that.
However, today they’ve got something a bit better than that. Yes, hard to believe, but they do.
Joe Staten, along with Frankie and Robert McLees, at the request of mnemesis and Finn, granted the HSP an interview that contains some silliness, some pretty solid information, and some heavy hints about the Halo Story.
Let’s sift through some particularly salacious morsels and read between the lines, shall we?
Click “read more” from the front page for the entire article.
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I know what you did last… week.
The Bungie weekly Update has been posted – and it’s full of quite a bit of varied stuff. There’s some interesting discussion (without details, of course) about Halo 3 progress, including some of the thinking behind objective-based multiplayer. (Yeah, if you’re one of those people who think Slayer is all there should ever BE to multiplayer, this isn’t for you.) There’s a preview of a gorgeous new piece of art that will be available soon at the Bungie Store. There’s an interesting tidbit about a new scale chart created by Robt McLees, for eventual use by WETA in their model-making endeavors for the Halo movie (I wonder if he could have saved any time by using the charts created by Stephen Loftus?). There’s a nice summary of the recent playlist changes, and how they’re affecting usage on Xbox Live. There’s some pre-podcast interviews to be heard with multiplayer guys… and there’s Pinkuh’s bizarre and scary Mister Chief – with tribbles in his armpits. What are you waiting for? Go read! (It’s at Bungie.net, of course, or in our Weekly Update Archive. Check out that animated icon…)(Louis Wu 01:11:17 UTC)
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Bungie Weekly Update
This week’s update includes news about our Podcast, some interesting playlist data and a couple of interviews and bits of art. All in all, I’d call it a pleasant, friendly update and a good send off to the long weekend.
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oTourneys kicks off
More online tournaments advertised over at Bungie.net – go read for all the details!(Louis Wu 18:53:56 UTC)
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Halo 2 Tournament on Xbox Live @ oTourneys.com
oTourneys.com
is proud to announce that we’re hosting a Free FFA Halo 2 tournament over Xbox Live on Saturday September 2nd, with prizes going out to the top competitors.
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Team US wins the 2006 Podtacular Season!
In the final battle of the first Podtacular Season Tournament, Team Us has won the trophy! GLewis has a great writeup in the forums about how the match went down. Big congratulations to the winning team:
Team Us
Queso Man
DrThom
GlewisThey’ll get their prizes shortly. There will be an off-season while we set up the next tournament season. We learned a lot from this season so the next time around will be new and improved. Feel free to gather your team together for when the season starts up again, lots of people have been doing that already in the forums.
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Team US wins the 2006 Podtacular Season!
Note: I’m sorry for the missunderstanding. This topic was supposed to be out along with all the other teams on it. So… Join me on congratulating on all other teams here.
Please check the season standings for the Season update. -DialpexIn the final battle of the first Podtacular Season Tournament, Team Us has won the trophy! GLewis has a great writeup in the forums about how the match went down. Big congratulations to the winning team:
First Place: Team Us
- Queso Man
- DrThom
- Glewis
- Painkilla05
Second Place: Team Noob
- Rusomi7677
- Chevelle65
- Sunny Lake
- JordanJr
Third Place*: Tri Pod Pros & xX1Shot1KillXx
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- Ciclonic
- Dialpex
- Samanator
- DaveySkills UK
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- SsJmoose
- Warior96
- Blobby88
- Stigmatic X
Third Place is now shared between Tri Pod Pros and xX1Shot1KillXx. The match was not played and the schedules of both teams went completely crazy in the last 2 weeks preventing the teams to come to an agreement on a date. Both teams played a great season and don’t deserve this more than the other. It’s only fair that we call this a tie for the third place. Thanks Tri Pod Pros and xX1Shot1KillXx.
They’ll get their prizes shortly. There will be an off-season while we set up the next tournament season. We learned a lot from this season so the next time around will be new and improved. Feel free to gather your team together for when the season starts up again, lots of people have been doing that already in the forums. Also, let’s all thank Dialpex for putting a lot of time and effort into running the first ever tournament season successfully!
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A Bit Late For Quality Control.
Sometimes, puns are so bad even Stuntmutt tries to distance himself from them. Witness today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 16:34:07 UTC)
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HoBoCoRe/Razorlyte Dual Montage
HoBoCoRe and Razorlyte got together to put together a montage – the MPRRS reviewers thought it was solid. Just under 6 minutes long – 65.2 mb in WMP9 format, 73.3 mb in QuickTime format. Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:03:24 UTC)
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Friday’s Fanfic
Twenty two new pieces (poetry and prose) in the Fan Fiction section for you today… check it out!(Louis Wu 15:36:44 UTC)
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Of ninjas, and hospitals
On our own forum, Darkneshasfallen has started a contest, as well – create the best ‘Halo 3 is like’ simile, win a drawing of your masterpiece. Check it out!(Louis Wu 15:12:47 UTC)
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ModHalo Contest – Cash Prize
Phil, from ModHalo, stopped by to point out a contest – build the best Halo model, win $175. Full rules and discussion links are in his forum post. You’ve got until October 1 to create your masterpiece – so get modeling!(Louis Wu 15:07:38 UTC)
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Halo News 5
Your favorite news team is back headed up by Chevelle65, with Algebra Cow and lx Fatality xl reporting from the newsroom. This time we’ve got some drunk drivers and a sneak peek at a hot new game show! More talk in the forums. Also I’m trying to get this hosted so we can put it in the podcast feed. Once I do it will show up in iTunes as well. Woot!
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It’s all about the latex.
mnemesis posted a note on our forum about a special treat we’ve got for you – a new interview with Joe Staten (with help from Frankie and Robt McLees), focusing on those aspects of the Haloverse that are important to story lovers. Some great stuff in there! (Some pretty weird stuff, too… those guys are odd.) Go read it!(Louis Wu 13:38:03 UTC)
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Halo News 5
YouTube version | iPod version
Your favorite news team is back headed up by Chevelle65, with Algebra Cow and lx Fatality xl reporting from the newsroom. This time we’ve got some drunk drivers and a sneak peek at a hot new game show! More talk in the forums. Big thanks to Louis Wu and HBO for hosting the iPod version of this episode for us.