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The massive Inside Job, a four and a half minute cutscene weighing in at about 200 mb in HD, is now up for downloading in the Halo 2 Cutscene Library. From a story standpoint, this one can’t be missed. From a gorgeousness standpoint, this one is up there with the best. Go watch! Thanks, as always, to Clan Infectionist and Wraith-Ops.(Louis Wu 21:17:21 UTC)

Ducain forwarded some interesting news from laser - looks like someone’s trying
to bring Halo maps into Goldeneye 007. Check out the Hang ‘em High movie!(Louis Wu 21:11:16 UTC)

A couple of months ago, someone (I can’t figure out who) pointed out this picture at Renderosity.com - a very nice render of a Halo landscape, built in Bryce. I asked for, and received, permission to add this to our Misc Art collection, from Orestes, the creator - but somehow, I never actually NOTICED the permission. When I was looking over the pictures we mentioned this morning, I noticed his mail - he pointed out that he’d done this, as well - a render of some banshees over a Terragen’d planet. We’ll add these to our queue - but check ‘em out now!(Louis Wu 21:05:29 UTC)