Sigafoos let us know that WikiRiot 14 (34 mins, 13.7 mb) is now available. Master Chief fights… Batman?(Louis Wu 17:02:13 UTC)
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Getting from A to B
Last summer, Bungie’s Damián Isla gave a talk at the Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Entertainment Conference entitled “Dude, where’s my Warthog? – From Pathfinding to General Spatial Competence’. We don’t have audio of the talk – but the slides were pretty fascinating in their own right. If you’re interested in the techniques Bungie uses to make your enemies seem smarter, and more aware of their surroundings… give this a read! Some of the multistep slides are presented here as animated gifs; they’re labeled as such. If you see such a label, you should be patient an allow the image to fully load; they range in size from a couple of hundred K to about a megabyte, and you’ll miss some fun stuff if you page past them too quickly. If you find the in-page slide too hard to read, there’s a link to a larger version at the bottom of each page. Thanks to Damián for allowing us to host this – and to Veegie and Zechs GX for pointing it out in the first place!(Louis Wu 11:13:48 UTC)
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Frontline
Matt6908 sent us a music video for Pillar’s ‘Frontline’ – the MPRRS liked it, for the most part. Some fantastic action shots, and cinematic eye candy. Check it out! Available in both WMP9 format (37.1 mb) and QuickTime format (41.9 mb).(Louis Wu 11:02:39 UTC)
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Phys Ed – yeah, right
A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned a Halo sighting in the current issue of Wired Magazine – for those who don’t actually READ Wired (you should, it’s chock-full of good stuff every month), you can see this online at Wired’s site. Thanks to ChrisVioxxx for reminding me of this (which made me go check for the online version).(Louis Wu 10:58:47 UTC)
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Should have seen that coming
PlasmaFire pointed out an episode of the webcomic ‘This Side Up‘ that takes a subtle (okay, not so subtle) jab at Halo 2 recently. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 10:41:21 UTC)
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Tapping the Vein
Over the past month or so, a whole bunch of people known mostly for their presence in the Halo fan community have gotten jobs at Bungie Studios. For a lot of people, going to work for Bungie is a down-the-road goal, but the number of people hired from the fanbase has been meager for a while. Not any more. In rapid succession, Stosh (known mostly on the B.net forums), Cunbelin (an old-school fan for sure), Mrs Doublefire, and NiTrOuSoXiDe (the last two prominent members of the HaloCE community) have all started work with Bungie paychecks – I’m sure there are more I don’t know about, as well. Congrats to all these guys, congrats to Bungie for taking advantage of some of the fantastic talent available in the fan community – and to everyone who strives to get a position with Bungie… know that it’s possible!(Louis Wu 10:26:42 UTC)
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Controllers for GIs
Over at Halo3Forum.com, there’s a thread started by someone working at a military base in Kuwait – he’s looking for donations of used controllers and copies of Halo 2 (the conditions there are such that controllers don’t last long). Swing by and read the details – and help out if you can! Thanks, QuickTactical.(Louis Wu 20:28:39 UTC)
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I certainly wouldn’t tip him…
For those of you who like tribbles, we’ve put a higher-res version of Pinkuh’s Mister Chief pizzaboy in her gallery here. If your brain was warped by the medium-sized version you saw last night… don’t look at this.(Louis Wu 19:17:18 UTC)
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FanFic contest at UNSCDF
LoneRanger 2.5 stopped by to announce a new contest over at UNSCDF – it’s a fan fiction contest, and the top few winners will win autographed copies of Eric Nylund’s Ghosts of Onyx (and Eric has also agreed to help judge the contest). Full details can be found in the forum thread, and at the UNSCDF website.(Louis Wu 19:02:39 UTC)
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Sipping Brandy in Funny Costumes
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.
