Machinima Awards Coverage At Machinima.com, Slashdot.org
This item at Slashdot points to coverage of the awards at the 2003 Machinima Film Festival, where Red vs. Blue cleaned up.
Death by intelligence.
Ling Ling Returns
As long as you aren't eating right now, check the Bungiecam-- looks like Ling Ling is back. We archived it, in case somebody moves the... jar. And we haven't thumbnailed it here on the front page, since some of you might not want to see it. For those of you who don't know, Ling Ling is... or rather was... a sort of mascot for Bungie, rather like the trapped Soul.
Professional Help
MSRVB?
MSNBC has a story on machinima that touches on Red vs Blue. They also mention Lenny and Larry Lumberjack, who apparently have a new film out. Always wondered what had happened to them.
The article also mentions that Half-Life 2 is supposed to have "special tools" specially designed for making machinima.
The Strong But Silent Cartographer Type
Halo Babies this weeks takes a look at the problems caused when the only available babysitter... is a Hunter. Thanks Mr. Smiley.
KillZone VS. Halo
KILLZONE:
Vehicles: yes
Nice guns: yes
nice AI: good, but not great
Good Graphics: no
multiplayer: no
HALO:
vehicles: yes
nice guns: yes
nice AI: yes
good graphics: great
multiplayer: yes(1-16 players)
clearly this "Halo killer" sucks compared to Halo, any first person shooter that doesn't have multiplayer SHOULD NOT SAY IT IS A HALO KILLER, simply because of that, don't touch KillZone
In Soviet Russia, Tetris Plays You
We don't always point out Stuntmutt's new One One Seven cartoons, mainly because (especially with guest strips included) there's just too darn many of them). However, today's was particularly interesting to us here at Rampancy headquarters because of our own connection to the former Soviet Union. As such, we thought some might be interested to learn a bit more about the genesis of Tetris, which was produced during the Soviet era.
Chelsea Bridge Spills The Beans?
Hmm. Well, just like Durandal before her, it looks like Chelsea's getting a mite impatient with the cyborg brain's predilection towards gunplay over logical thought. But at least you enjoy the killing, right? It's all about the killing. Thanks Louis Wu at HBO.
They'd Like To Thank The Academy
...but not quite yet. So far, Red vs Blue has only been nominated by the Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences in six categories: Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Virtual Performance, Best Writing, Best Editing, and Best Independent Film. Thanks Louis.
Its official the world is doomed.
Okay so I was searching through Yahoo News and I stumble upon what has to be the most condeming evidence that the world is doomed. Read this article first then come back to read my reply.
Okay so you've read it? Good.
Gamespy Poll Ends, And The Winner Is...
Today was the final day for the Half-Life 2's Gordon Freeman vs. Halo's Master Chief poll. And it appears that the vote has been split 50%-50% with a total of 43860 votes. It looks like MC can go toe-to-toe with GF again when HL2 and Halo 2 are released next year. In the meantime put those shot glasses down; time to take care of the babies with the green-visored helmets.
Red vs. Blue Fan Showcase
gfunk over at Red vs. Blue has put up a gallery of viewer-submitted items to keep everyone entertained in the gap between Blood Gulch Chronicles season 1 and season 2. The most interesting seems to be the Sarge MS Office assistant that appeared in one PSA; it seems Paul_NZ actually went ahead and made one.
We Hope That's Erasable
Mr Smiley sends word that Halo Babies has a new comic up showing the dangers of letting your guard down with a bunch of rowdy baby marines running around.
Halo is such a trend setter...
I guess its rather appearant to many Halo game players, that Halo has started a new trend. Whats this trend? Well, we have Intelligent AI, Vehicles, non-linear options, oh and realistic gunplay.
I find it hilarious that Unreal Tournament 2k4 (Yes, 2k4), FarCry, and Killzone claim that they are "Halo-Killers" just because they are ripping off things that Halo did first. After the other gaming production companies saw the success of Halo, they decided to do the same thing, and then claim to be original. Its funny how people like to over estimate their work, but not realize they lack the substance.
Ive watched the Killzone videos and seen the pics. It may claim to be a Halo-Killer, but it probably won't be. As it stands the only thing that makes Killzone look interesting is the bleak surroundings, but notice that every image and even in the movie there is always fog. Fog is well known to be as the perfect way to hide flaws with the engine, such as the fact of draw-in problems (pop up polygons!). They cant even use real pixel shaders to create textured effects for the love of gawd. PS2's hardware is way out of date by todays standards. Its got a friggin 4mb buffer!! Thats like having a jaguar with bald tires and no gas. The group that is creating this game dont even have a game to their name anyways. Friggin newbies.
FarCry however looks more interesting, but the fact that they claim to have the best AI in a game ever is hilarious, everything they claim to be soooo groundbreaking was in Halo, and Halo is far older than FarCry. And of course, wow, vehicles soooooo cool, never seen that done before.
Personally Id rather watch Killzone, and FarCry fall flat on their faces. Halo-Killers my butt, Halo 2 will mop the floors with these cheesy knock-offs. Halo 2 will crush them like a Scorp tank crushes grunts with its treads.
Just two articles for the moment
FarCry
I'd Like To See You In Chambers
RedvsBlue has put up its fifth and final Public Service Announcement for season 1; next week is the final episode in that season. After that, there will be a short break while they revise the site and make the Season 1 DVD. Thanks buzby.