Narcogen is curious about Neill Blomkamp – is he the chosen director of the Halo film? If so, why hasn’t the announcement been finalized? If not, why haven’t his interviews been disclaimed? He also takes a look at the appropriateness of the choice, with a summary of arguments for, and against, Blomkamp as director. Check it out at Rampancy.net.(Louis Wu 13:14:41 UTC)
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Is Blomkamp A Good Choice Or Not?
Since an announcement at Xbox.com appeared and was just as quickly removed, the Halo community has been awash in discussion about the apparent appointment of Neill Blomkamp as director of the silver screen adaptation of Halo. Neither Microsoft Game Studios nor Bungie Studios have chosen to comment on the announcement, although Blomkamp himself has granted two interviews on the subject: one to Ain’t It Cool News, and the other a gracious response to two questions submitted by the Red vs Blue fan community, which was keen to know whether the movie would draw from the games or the novels (and from which of each) and also if there could possibly be any easter eggs in the movie for RvB fans.
Official Secrets And Common Knowledge
The withdrawal of the official notice as well as refusal to comment by Microsoft and Bungie would seem to smack of a premature announcement, rather than an erroneous one. If the later, Blomkamp would seem to be just going along with the joke, and having us on until such time as an official announcement is made. If the former, one wonders why Microsoft simply doesn’t ask Peter Jackson and Blomkamp from refraining from giving interviews until there is an official announcement.Click “read more” from the front page for the entire text.
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Is Blomkamp A Good Choice Or Not?
Since an announcement at Xbox.com appeared and was just as quickly removed, the Halo community has been awash in discussion about the apparent appointment of Neill Blomkamp as director of the silver screen adaptation of Halo. Neither Microsoft Game Studios nor Bungie Studios have chosen to comment on the announcement, although Blomkamp himself has granted two interviews on the subject: one to Ain’t It Cool News, and the other a gracious response to two questions submitted by the Red vs Blue fan community, which was keen to know whether the movie would draw from the games or the novels (and from which of each) and also if there could possibly be any easter eggs in the movie for RvB fans.
Official Secrets And Common Knowledge
The withdrawal of the official notice as well as refusal to comment by Microsoft and Bungie would seem to smack of a premature announcement, rather than an erroneous one. If the later, Blomkamp would seem to be just going along with the joke, and having us on until such time as an official announcement is made. If the former, one wonders why Microsoft simply doesn’t ask Peter Jackson and Blomkamp from refraining from giving interviews until there is an official announcement.
Click “read more” from the front page for the entire text.
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7 Reasons Why H2V > H2X
KP has written an article entitled ‘Top 7 Reasons Why H2V Rocks‘ in the ongoing Vistravaganza that is Halo 2 Vista week at Bungie.net – from enhanced visuals to custom content, this list will let you know why you want to be plunking down your hard-earned samoleons when Vista is released (and H2V is available). Check it out! (Also, the front-page icon for it is pretty cool.)(Louis Wu 02:02:04 UTC)
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Top 7 Reasons Why H2V Rocks
We’ve compiled the top seven reasons that Halo 2 Vista rocks. Some might say it even has the potential to rock ever so slightly harder than the Xbox original. There are some things you might expect such as the map editor as well as some new tidbits that you may not have known.
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Screenshots of Halo 2 Vista!
Bungie just finished setting up their Halo 2 Vista section on Bungie.net which includes lots of great hi-res screenshots of the upcoming game on PCs. Unfortunately no screenshots of the map editor yet, but hopefully that info will be released sometime soon.
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Screenshots of Halo 2 Vista!
Bungie just finished setting up their Halo 2 Vista section on Bungie.net which includes lots of great hi-res screenshots of the upcoming game on PCs. Unfortunately no screenshots of the map editor yet, but hopefully that info will be released sometime soon.
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Halo 2 Vista Section Goes Live
The Halo 2 Vista page has just gone live on Bungie.net! In it you can find a screenshot gallery, an about page and an FAQ that holds everything we’ve addressed thus far on Halo 2 Vista. Along with this update, the web team has also added the long-awaited search function that encompasses the whole site!
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H2Vista section opens at B.net
Bungie has just opened a new section of their website – Halo 2 Vista. There’s not much there yet, except a FAQ and some screenshots – but the screenshots are GORGEOUS. I wanna play. (And oh, yeah… up in the top right corner of the site is a new search box. Hint – it works for everything – including the forum!)Check it out!(Louis Wu 18:44:56 UTC)
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Maw Halo PC Teams Tournament
The Maw will have another Halo PC tournament next month. This time, it will be a teams tournament. Any Halo PC player is invited to sign-up and test your skills.
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Tricky
It’s amazing – not only are Halo 1 tricking videos still being released… but folks are still coming up with new tricks! Over at High Impact Halo, BigGruntyThirst posted a variety vid recently that contained a trick I’ve never seen before – and actually, according to Ducain, it’s brand-new! Go check it out.(Louis Wu 13:53:38 UTC)
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Halo 2 Vista Not Ready for Prime Time Yet
At IGN, there’s a short Hands-on piece about Halo 2 Vista from Leipzig – they suggested that the gameplay we saw yesterday WAS using a keyboard and mouse (suggesting that the code in use at Leipzig is NOT from the latest sprint, as described by Matt Priestley on Monday – I suppose this isn’t surprising, if you think about it; they probably had to set up the Leipzig content well before now – and that code was reviewed just 5 days ago). On-screen indicators aside, the news from the IGN reviewers is that Halo 2 Vista feels… undone. In fact, they question why it’s being shown at all at this point. Interesting…(Louis Wu 12:17:27 UTC)
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Blomkamp answers a couple of questions
Flash2000, a member of the RvB fan community, had the opportunity to ask Neill Blomkamp a couple of questions, generated from that same community, about the upcoming Halo movie. Those questions – and Mr. Blomkamp’s answers – can be found in this RvB forum thread. (Joe Cool posted a link to an entry in Flash2000’s RvB journal – but that requires a login to read; this can be read by everyone.) Worth a look!(Louis Wu 12:00:32 UTC)
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Halo 2 Vista FAQ
Rapture’s getting a jump on things – he’s compiled a whole bunch of Halo 2 Vista information in a FAQ and Game Details document. If you were wondering whether you needed DX10, or how Halo 2 differs from Halo 2 Vista… this is the go-to document! Check it out.(Louis Wu 04:04:55 UTC)
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Walshy’s Montage Video
8:29 Minutes
From HBO
Everybody knows Walshy is good. Don’t you? After watching this video you will! Walshy lays the smack down on plenty of suspecting fools, with great editing done by Peridious. This montage is truly the cream of the crop. Enjoy!
PSP – 36.4MB
Pocket PC – 12.2MB
iPod – 15.1MB
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Midship FFA in Germany
Wow – swing by GameVideos.com for some fresh-off-the-show-floor footage of Halo 2 Vista in action at the Leipzig Game Convention in Germany. It looks like folks are having a bit of trouble with the transition to the keyboard, if you ask me… too many players shooting and not moving. To be expected with the very first day of play, though – check it out! Thanks to Mark MacDonald for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 02:30:26 UTC)
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Violence and Debauchery
This week’s Halo Humpday Challenge was against the Halo 2 Vista development team – and it looks like they’re busy actually CODING, because they let the Community team (which doesn’t do much except listen to people gripe about stupid new playlists) schooled ’em, 3 games to none. KP tried to play it off as a ‘Keyboard vs Joystick’ dealie… but basically, what happened was that they went looking for some group that didn’t play as well as they did… then challenged them. Go read all the details at Bungie.net.(Louis Wu 02:20:56 UTC)
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Walshy’s Montage Video
8:29 Minutes
From HBO
Everybody knows Walshy is good. Don’t you? After watching this video you will! Walshy lays the smack down on plenty of suspecting fools, with great editing done by Peridious. This montage is truly the cream of the crop. Enjoy!
PSP – 36.4MB
Pocket PC – 12.2MB
iPod – 15.1MB
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Keyboard vs. Joystick
For years this debate has raged in many a forum. Keyboard/Mouse or Joystick? We’ll run over the most common arguments for each as they relate to Halo 2 Vista. Then members of the H2V Dev Team took on the Bungie Community Team in an epic Keyboard vs. Joystick Humpday.
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White Lie.
I’ve been wondering how long it would take for someone to make a wordplay joke about the Halo Graphic Novel’s first story… figures it would be Stuntmutt doing it in a One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 20:11:57 UTC)
