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Halo: The Future of Gaming

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 06:59
by Paul
Sorry this went up a little later then normal.
So. Much. Post production.

I think it was worth it though. Truly a frightening specter of things to come. Big thanks to Ash for supplying her "Starcraft Voice" for the narration.

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 07:01
by tak197
not showing up yet.

EDIT: NOW IT IS!!! THANKS!!

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 07:19
by AmazingPjotrMan
That was brilliant. And sort of reminds me of the Animatrix.

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 07:38
by Misty
Image

Oh. My. God.
I have no words. That was just pure brillance. Image

If any were wondering if that was worth the wait... um, HELL YES IT WAS!!!

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 08:21
by Vicious
This is seriously one of the greatest video game mocumentaries I have ever seen in my life. I am beyond impressed by that video! :shock:

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 08:26
by korri
seriously amazing... its just amazing... words.. can't... describe.. it...

THANK YOU!!!!! seriously, if you had like waited a month and put up this video, it would have been worth it!

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 08:28
by Vicious
F.Y.I. Posted this video up at Penny Arcade forums, hopefully you guys can get some more site hits for this video! :D

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 08:34
by grey_painter
I find it disturbing to think there are people out there that believe the Halo series actually having that much affect on the world. Though I'd like to think there was a guerrilla movement of pc gamers playing new releases of Half-life, counterstrike and command & conquer who largely ignored the halo launches.

I enjoyed that quite a bit, especially the description of the tactics displayed after the giant x-box launch. My one complaint would be the flickering of the images throughout started to give me a little bit of a headache.

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 08:39
by Arjan
Never.. played.. any.. of.. these.. games.. *

The future frightens me :(

Cool video though!


* except for Pong in keen4..

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 08:47
by tak197
For those who say it isn't funny, I concede to that point. However, what it lacks in blatent comedic value it makes up for in incredible production value.

Your best comedic video to date? No.

Your best production video to date? It's up there.

BTW, HALOcaust was pure genius.

And Ash needs to get a job doing VO for TV, it really worked well, especially with the soothing voice over the images of war and destruction. Very "2001:A Space Odyssey"-ey.

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 08:59
by jtaylor
http://digg.com/videos/gaming/Halo_The_Future_of_Gaming
Digg it. It has the potential to do well.

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 09:15
by Yukikaze
heehee, visions of doom.

I especially liked the "Halo 5" jokes, and the taglines to all the post-H3 games.

The best part, though, was the first non-Halo game release in over three decades. Returning to our roots!

Also, yes, Ash's voice was perfect for the video.

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 09:23
by The Pious Flea
Wow. I thought that was Kathleen's voice, digitally altered.

Now that I know who it was, I can see that it's Ash. That's very impressive - she really sounds like a computer-generated AI.

***

"HALO 8 brings both an end and a new beginning as a perfect storm gathers."

I LOVE this line. It's so content-free, cliched, and perfectly evocative of advertising.

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 09:34
by wildcard
I've just watched this video while drinking a cup of coffee

BIG MISTAKE

I've only just managed to clean the stuff off my keyboard and screen :D

seriously great video guys - and I'm not even a halo player!

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 09:40
by The Pious Flea
Where did all of the stock footage come from? I note that there are virtually no cast appearances, except for Graham and Ash.

Did Ash do the cover art for Halo 5? It looks like her style.

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 09:47
by Kroze
[brag]I actually have my copy of Halo 3 already.... and I is a happy Kroze...[/brag]
BTW, nice vid...
And yes.. I sadly can see this happening easily..

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 09:54
by Evil Jim
What're you talking about? Halo 5 was the best in the series!

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 09:58
by emma
As someone who has never played the games, there was obviously some stuff that went over my head, but it was worth it just for the production. It was obviously not meant to be the most hilarious video ever, but it was certainly impressive!

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 10:01
by meisbored
Wow. Just... wow.
Freaking amazing video this week, well worth the wait.
This has the potential to usurp How to Talk Like a Pirate

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 10:02
by Corax
Halo sucks
the video was funny anyways
i didnt think the pong joke was funny

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 10:02
by Corax
meisbored wrote:Wow. Just... wow.
Freaking amazing video this week, well worth the wait.
This has the potential to usurp How to Talk Like a Pirate


only cause a shit load of noobs play halo and not real FPS games on the PC

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 10:08
by Master Gunner
*sigh* Corax, we get it, you don't like console games. I can respect that, being a hardcore PC gamer myself, but seriously dude, do you have to be such a dick about it?

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 10:12
by Lavos
Corax bitches about all the videos, just ignore him.

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 10:17
by Daco
i lol'd XD

Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 10:18
by emma
Guys, obviously Corax does this because he is cooler than all of you.

I mean, you'd think you'd figure it out...