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Halo movie not dead?
Master Chief
A posh man from Microsoft says that the Halo movie will happen. He’s not quite sure when, though…
Published on Apr 9, 2010
Earlier in the week, we reported on the delays that have hit the planned Gears Of War movie. In a story that sounded similar to earlier attempts to get Halo turned into a film, New Line apparently baulked at the planned budget for Gears Of War, and has insisted on a rewritten story with the idea being to bring the budget right down. You can read our story here.
It did get us wondering as to what was happening with the planned Halo film, though. Universal had been set to make it, with District 9 director Neill Blomkamp on board, but it was ultimately put off by the price. And since then, the idea of a Halo movie has hung around in development hell.
However, IGN has managed to get an update, coming from the mouth of Frank O'Connor. O'Connor is the Franchise Development Director for 343 Industries, which is the sub-division of Microsoft Game Studios now responsible for Halo. And O'Connor is adamant the film is coming.
IGN reports that he said, "We're going to make a movie when the time is right. We own the IP. If we want to make a movie, the scale of all the other stuff that we do changes dramatically. We make tens and tens of millions of dollars on ancillary stuff, toys, apparel, music and publishing. If we do a movie all of that will grow exponentially. We have some numbers if we do a movie, but it changes everything. It also changes our target and age demographic."
We'd have preferred it if he'd said, "We have a great creative idea for a movie that we're keen to realise," but we're realists.
Expect the Halo movie when the spreadsheet, rather than the screenplay, finally says yes, then. And check out the IGN story here.
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If this comes out it will be amazing!!!
flyboy
Dude. I'm a banana with a HulaHoop.
many are sayin its dead tho...not gonna come out
Some people set their sights on climbing mountains before they die, but the nerds here yearn to delve deep into open-source operating systems, mobile apps, and games. What's on your list?
Here are 50 Geeky Things to Do Before Die!
PCs
Learn to program.
Try an open-source operating system.
Set my system so that it can dual-boot.
Teach a child to use a PC.
Teach a relative to fix their own PC.
Build a computer from spare parts.
Start my own Tumblr blog.
Set up an array of at least three monitors.
Build a media center PC.
Build a media center PC--for my car.
Mobile
Root the phone.
Try every mobile OS at least once.
Build own mobile app.
Have smartphone battery last all day.
Control my house using my phone.
Complete a call on an iPhone without its cutting off.
Beat every level on Angry Birds and get three stars.
Find something to play on my phone that isn't an Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, or Cut The Rope clone.
Develop a best-selling iPhone game.
Master the art of typing on a touchscreen (without using autocorrect).
Destroy an iPhone - conantroutman Suggestion
Gaming
Beat Day[9] at Starcraft II.
Participate in a World of Warcraft raid.
Win a game of Solitaire.
Build a virtual-reality machine for first-person shooter games--and play a collection of the best FPS games ever created in it. (Contributed on Facebook by Peter Drake)
Beat a Metal Slug game on one quarter.
Beat Minesweeper in under a minute.
Participate in (or host) a LAN party.
Beat Doom II.
Create my own Starcraft and/or first-person shooter level.
Participate in a Dungeons and Dragons campaign.
Hacking
Join a hackerspace.
Learn how to solder.
Program in BASIC.
Learn to use Arduino.
Make a wearable PC--or maybe a hackable wristwatch.
3D-print something.
Build a robot.
Build a robot out of Lego bricks.
Install Android on every gadget imaginable.
Create a Kinect hack.
Tech Tourism
Become a space tourist.
Stage a gruesome scene for the Google Street View truck.
Track down a geocache and then leave my mark.
Visit the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley.
Make a pilgrimage to Athens and see the Antikythera Mechanism.
Take a geek cruise to kill kobolds in the Caribbean, or to talk Macs over Merlot as I cruise up the Pacific coast.
Break into Area 51. Bonus points: Break out of Area 51.
Fly a jetpack.
Visit the Large Hadron Collider. (Contributed on Facebook by Tracey Pritchett)
Experience zero-gravity flight aboard a Boeing 727 vomit comet.
Do you think that some other stuff should be added?
Destroy an iPhone???
Yeah, that would be great. Added to the list
Yes!
Burning an iphoney
Will it blend? That is the question.
Skellyyy said:
Will it blend? That is the question.
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LOL
I just want to go to Defcon at least once.
so i did most of the above, does that make me a geek?
Got a few ideas.
1) own a large box of obsolete computer/av cables.
2) memorise large parts of douglas adams, hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
3) own a peice of of scifi or fantasy film/tv memorabilia.
4) have a really geeky tattoo.
Sent from my awesome DZ
Blend a Ipad
Looks like I'm quite the geek:
nathanpc said:
Some people set their sights on climbing mountains before they die, but the nerds here yearn to delve deep into open-source operating systems, mobile apps, and games. What's on your list?
Here are 50 Geeky Things to Do Before Die!
PCs
Learn to program. I unlearned how to program.
Try an open-source operating system. I have a Super OS boot
Set my system so that it can dual-boot. Done
Teach a child to use a PC. Done.
Teach a relative to fix their own PC. Done. Hammer missing from toolbox
Build a computer from spare parts. More than once
Start my own Tumblr blog. Never!
Set up an array of at least three monitors. No $$$
Build a media center PC. PC is media centre
Build a media center PC--for my car. Car would be jacked in 15 minutes.
Mobile
Root the phone. 2 weeks after buying first smartphone
Try every mobile OS at least once. Done. Although mostly on loans
Build own mobile app. Next up
Have smartphone battery last all day. Too easy
Control my house using my phone. When I have a house
Complete a call on an iPhone without its cutting off. Only on 3GS. Be more specific next time
Beat every level on Angry Birds and get three stars. Challenge accepted
Find something to play on my phone that isn't an Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, or Cut The Rope clone. Been there, done that
Develop a best-selling iPhone game. No interest on iPhone
Master the art of typing on a touchscreen (without using autocorrect).I used Swype... is that cheating?
Destroy an iPhone - conantroutman Suggestion I'd like to keep some friends, thank you.
Gaming
Beat Day[9] at Starcraft II. Nope
Participate in a World of Warcraft raid. Never played WoW, never plan to
Win a game of Solitaire. 12-years old when I did
Build a virtual-reality machine for first-person shooter games--and play a collection of the best FPS games ever created in it. (Contributed on Facebook by Peter Drake) Waiting for VR machine
Beat a Metal Slug game on one quarter. I'll never make it...
Beat Minesweeper in under a minute. 54 seconds on the highest level
Participate in (or host) a LAN party. One too many Cyber Cafe romps. Done since 14.
Beat Doom II. No plans to play an outdated game...
Create my own Starcraft and/or first-person shooter level. Done
Participate in a Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Does Baldur's Gate count?
Hacking
Join a hackerspace. Does XDA count?
Learn how to solder. 14 years old
Program in BASIC. Never be as awesome as that...
Learn to use Arduino. Challenge accepted
Make a wearable PC--or maybe a hackable wristwatch. Challenge accepted
3D-print something. Probably never buy a 3d printer
Build a robot. Built one out of cardboard
Build a robot out of Lego bricks. Lego technic counts?
Install Android on every gadget imaginable. Challenge accepted
Create a Kinect hack.Need to get a kinect, but Challenge accepted.
Tech Tourism
Become a space tourist. Need money and fitness, but Challenge Accepted
Stage a gruesome scene for the Google Street View truck. Waiting for Google's Street view to come to M'sia, but Challenge Accepted
Track down a geocache and then leave my mark.Challenge Accepted
Visit the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley. No relatives in Cali. Very unlikely
Make a pilgrimage to Athens and see the Antikythera Mechanism.No relatives there. Very unlikely
Take a geek cruise to kill kobolds in the Caribbean, or to talk Macs over Merlot as I cruise up the Pacific coast. No relatives there. Very unlikely
Break into Area 51. Bonus points: Break out of Area 51. Guantanamo Bay counts?
Fly a jetpack.Need to build it first, but Challenge Accepted
Visit the Large Hadron Collider. (Contributed on Facebook by Tracey Pritchett) Challenge Accepted
Experience zero-gravity flight aboard a Boeing 727 vomit comet.DO WANT. Challenge Accepted!
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Need to work more!
Have a 5 and a quarter inch floppy disk hanging on a wall!
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
get banned from xda (somthing tells me tho im doing pretty well with it)
I must have done about 15 of that list already!
Something like "Destroy an iPhone", well thats going to be impossible for me. Unless i go to the O2 shop and crack a screen on one (without getting caught).
PCs
Learn to program. - PHP, Java, C, C++, C#, Smalltalk, Fortran, LISP and ASP. Does SQL count?
Try an open-source operating system. - Linux Debian, obviously
Set my system so that it can dual-boot. - Windows 7 - Debian
Teach a child to use a PC. - Six year old nephew
Teach a relative to fix their own PC. - Mother via phone
Build a computer from spare parts. - Spend a day in the IT Department at a company and you have to.
Start my own Tumblr blog. - I have one. Rarely use it though.
Set up an array of at least three monitors. - Standard setup.
Build a media center PC. - Switched it to a media station box.
Build a media center PC--for my car. - No car anymore, though did have CD/MP3/DVD with USB and SD support.
Mobile
Root the phone. - Obviously.
Try every mobile OS at least once. - Symbian/BlackBerry OS/Android/iOS/Others I forget
Build own mobile app. - Basic ones.
Have smartphone battery last all day. - Once.
Control my house using my phone. - I have remote access for a lot of things via the internet and a need for a 48 port switch.
Complete a call on an iPhone without its cutting off. - Yes
Beat every level on Angry Birds and get three stars. - Then I flashed a rom and lost it.
Find something to play on my phone that isn't an Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, or Cut The Rope clone. - Some space flight game.
Develop a best-selling iPhone game. - I wish, I'd be rich.
Master the art of typing on a touchscreen (without using autocorrect). - Swype.
Destroy an iPhone - conantroutman Suggestion - Why? I'd rather sell it or give it to a friend/family.
Gaming
Beat Day[9] at Starcraft II. - Haven't played in years.
Participate in a World of Warcraft raid. - Never played.
Win a game of Solitaire. - Yes.
Build a virtual-reality machine for first-person shooter games--and play a collection of the best FPS games ever created in it. (Contributed on Facebook by Peter Drake) - Sounds awesome, shall start tomorrow.
Beat a Metal Slug game on one quarter. - Don't know what this means.
Beat Minesweeper in under a minute. - Yes.
Participate in (or host) a LAN party. - Yes, school we used to do this and play Unreal at an old job.
Beat Doom II. - Never played.
Create my own Starcraft and/or first-person shooter level. - Nope.
Participate in a Dungeons and Dragons campaign. - Watched the cartoon when I was younger.
Hacking
Join a hackerspace. - A what? The Scene?
Learn how to solder. - At school. Used to throw solder balls at each other.
Program in BASIC. 10 GO TO 20
Learn to use Arduino. - Not sure what this is.
Make a wearable PC--or maybe a hackable wristwatch. - I've had wrist watch computer things before, used to read flashes from a PC screen.
3D-print something. - No need, I don't even own a printer.
Build a robot. - In school we half built for robot wars.
Build a robot out of Lego bricks. - Basic one, with the kit. Was awesome.
Install Android on every gadget imaginable. - PC and Phone. Might look at others soon.
Create a Kinect hack. - I've got Kinect, still not played it.
Tech Tourism
Become a space tourist. - I've been to a space thing at Seacomb.
Stage a gruesome scene for the Google Street View truck. - I've never seen it, however my back shows for the picture of where I live.
Track down a geocache and then leave my mark. - No, I've seen people on twitter and never really looked into it.
Visit the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley. - Never left Europe, though surely Betchley House is more important?
Make a pilgrimage to Athens and see the Antikythera Mechanism. - I've been to Athens, don't think I did this.
Take a geek cruise to kill kobolds in the Caribbean, or to talk Macs over Merlot as I cruise up the Pacific coast. - Again never left Europe.
Break into Area 51. Bonus points: Break out of Area 51. - What's the point? Nothing's there.
Fly a jetpack. - I would love to.
Visit the Large Hadron Collider. (Contributed on Facebook by Tracey Pritchett) - I know someone who went to CERN, I wasn't invited.
Experience zero-gravity flight aboard a Boeing 727 vomit comet. - This is my dream.
Ah hahah You should get a macbook, take it to starbucks and then destroy it infront of all the people that like to show off macbooks at cafes. . .
PartTimeLegend said:
Destroy an iPhone - conantroutman Suggestion - Why? I'd rather sell it or give it to a friend/family.
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kekouekla said:
Ah hahah You should get a macbook, take it to starbucks and then destroy it infront of all the people that like to show off macbooks at cafes. . .
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One day, if I ever have the cash for it... Or we can combine it with the iPhone game thing:
Make a best-selling iPhone game, and then buy MacBook Pros with the proceeds. Bring them to a Starbucks for a much publicized event (make them think that you are launching the next game). Once you are there, start smashing all the MBPs and encourage the crowd to do the same. Then whip out your favourite Android phone(s)
Win.
I'm a little scared at how much of that list i've already done.
But one more to add to the list, that I have not done.
Get into a physical fight over O/S preference (Mac vs Win vs Linux etc)
souljaboy said:
get banned from xda (somthing tells me tho im doing pretty well with it)
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If I must.
All XDA Mods are penis-sucking knob-jockeys. Who all hate bacon. And as such, should have their balls ripped off. Or balls sewn on and then ripped off if female.
Good enough? XD
Also - the thread title is messed up. It should read "50 Geeky Things to Do Before You Die"
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4 things you need to know about Resident Evil 5, now on SHIELD Android TV
It doesn’t feature 'zombies'
Practically synonymous with zombies, Resident Evil hasn’t actually had any since 2000’s Code Veronica. The next virus, the Plaga, was worse – it turns living people into murderous, super-strong puppets of an evil master.
Now the Type 2 Plaga has turned the West African town of Kijuju into 'Majinis' – crazed mutants who lurk in shadows and kill in mobs. Even blowing off their heads can reveal something worse. Writhing tentacles are common in Kijuju, as are flying monsters, chainsaw-revving freaks, and even whip-swinging psychos on motorcycles.
Zombies would seem like a holiday at this point.
You’re not fighting Umbrella
Who could forget the sinister Umbrella Corporation and its stark red-and-white logo? Certainly not Chris Redfield, who finally took it down in 2007’s The Umbrella Chronicles, and returns in Resident Evil 5.
Unfortunately, Umbrella’s viruses didn’t disappear with it. They’ve fallen into the hands of Tricell, a multinational company led by the treacherous, aristocratic scientist Excella Gionne. Her creations lead to six chapters of increasingly fearsome mutants, gigantic boss battles and a fantastic final showdown.
While Tricell is a new enemy, Albert Wesker isn’t. Wesker began as leader of the Special Tactics And Rescue Service – S.T.A.R.S – in Raccoon City, but betrayed everyone. Having spent years manipulating events remotely (and apparently watching The Matrix) he at last shows up in the flesh, in a long black coat and shades, rocking mind-warping superpowers. Fans of the series will relish the chance to finally take him down.
You have apparently heard this already, however making diversions is hard, greatly hard. The best diversions mix programming, sound blueprint and workmanship into a smoothie of soul-melting significance.
We could represent a significant time span with respect to why people revere the gameplay of Candy Crush Saga, why the music places yoACu in a zen state or how the sound effects impact you to need to swipe just by and by. Today we will turn down the music and quickly end our swiping fingers as we look at the craftsmanship and the authorities behind Candy Crush Saga.
What is Candy Crush Saga workmanship?
You know Candy Crush Saga when you see it, isn't that so? You could probably tell from looking redirection logo alone! Regardless, where does that look begin from? Who are the overall public that make the look of Candy Crush Saga?
We talked with Game Artists: Sandra da Cruz Martins, Tove Bergvist and Senior Game Artists, Ronya Grimheim and Ilias Patlis to find what impacts Candy To squash look like Candy Crush.
This break squad of workmanship rulers have worn down Candy Crush Saga in most of its unmistakable stages, from a beguiling negligible propelled tyke to a satisfied five-year-old.
Ilias Patlis - Senior Game Artist, flicking through a sketchbook
Ilias Patlis, who has been working at King since 2012, remembers the inspirations driving the well known style. "Treat Crush has had a couple of effects, past any sensible add up to indicate since it has past through various hands now. Workmanship Deco, Paper theater and old table diversions and to a great degree old toons and blueprints."
The diversion wears its inspirations on its sleeves. The pins and the activitys of the characters are capricious ways the craftsmanship gather bits of knowledge at some unnoticeable puppet pro, jostling the characters and desserts for your redirection.
In any case, impacts don't charm themselves on to your screen... in any case. It takes a channel, a specialist to change inspiration into a thing. The request by then pushes toward getting to be, what makes a skilled worker?
Thought character plots
When you look at a Color Bomb, you aren't just looking more compelling substances on the planet, you are looking coffee, unlimited talks a warmed conflict or two and many, various late nights!
Each one of the a substantial number of pixels that make up Candy Crush Saga was sketched out by a skilled worker each with their own particular considerations, experiences and fascinating understanding of the world. In any case, how is this undercover creature, the skilled worker, made?
The need to be an expert starts in front of timetable for the duration of regular day to day existence, and the stories of our skilled worker's beginnings all have focus comparable qualities. Sandra da Cruz Martins had "constantly been enchanted with Disney and Pixar Movies," as was Ronya Grinheim, who as a tyke "appreciated Disney" and worshiped "drawing child's shows."
Senior Artist, Ilias Patlis, while not a massive Disney fan, still esteemed "everything from He-Man, Turtles, Thundercats and even My Little Pony." It's nothing surprising that he moreover, "contributed a lot of vitality drawing these effects step by step."
Sandra da Cruz Martins - Game Artist, getting her specialty on.
It doesn't stun anybody that toons feature so seriously as inspiration to the, by then energetic, identities of our authorities. A brief take a gander at Candy Crush Saga would make that unmistakable.
Since no workmanship is made in a vacuum, Influences and inspiration are so dire to the inventive system. To the readied eye, these effects are as absolutely self-evident! Sugary treat Crush diversion specialist, Tove Bergvist, sees that "if you know them [the artists] you can see experts singular style transmit through and consistently consider who made a particular piece."
So how did the larger part of our pros get into redirection workmanship?
Craftsmanship isn't just an occupation. For masters, the need to make is almost as strong as the need to eat. Specialists will make whether they are paid or not.
Tove Bergvist - Game Artist
Take Tove, for example, "I was for a very long time been tingling to achieve something related to craftsmanship. I exceptionally should have been a painter and basically do my own specific masterpiece." However, having the ability to dress and empower yourself can frequently help the innovative technique, which is the reason Tove, "attempted to be sharp about it and achieve something that was more straightforward to live from, and turned out I to a great degree appreciated it."
Sandra "should have been an ocean life researcher!" nonetheless she felt tension going into workmanship propelled by a distrustful dread of transforming into an "independent expert, making present day arrangements and shapes, which was not for me." Her family at last convinced her into embarking to a University open night that focused on human articulations and PC sciences.
Ronya Grimheim - Senior Game Artist
Much like Ronya, who "after perhaps 3-4 years playing World of Warcraft," had the epiphany that "some individual needs to work making this? Who is making these astonishing experiences?" Eventually, she ended up at the University of Skövde, where she would hone her propelled craftsmanship aptitudes.
Ilias' way is correspondingly rad, he was filling in as a "Twofold and wellness mentor" when a client in an activity focus saw his work and recommend he apply to work at King. I get a kick out of the opportunity to imagine he arrived at the King work environments by hammering an auto through a window and barrel moving into the gathering, like a director. I theorize he got the plan and wore an OK suit, in any case we can simply dream.
Expert's elucidation of Ilias' first day at King.
Where do pros draw their mysterious imperativeness from?
Pros are, amusingly enough, routinely roused by various experts. Tove "is pushed by friends and accomplices. Not just style clever, but instead additional by their musings and endeavors and innovativeness. Having a significant measure of expert around is amazing. Taking a gander at each other's work and nerding out about workmanship stuff."
You'll in like manner be shocked to understand that experts are in a heavenly and old riddle society that couple of people can see. Consider the stage 9 3/4 in Harry Potter or the glasses of truth in They Live… simply less disastrous. Some call it the titanic past, the omniscient eye, others call it electronic informal communication.
Ilias understands that "internet organizing supports you with such a combination of heavenliness reliably" in truth there is so much inspiration that it can be "more essential to log off as opposed to hunting down more inspiration!"
From sketchbook to screen, the innovative methodology in full
Sandra has been particularly moved by made by the specialist Phil Hansen. He breathed life into her to "altogether consider of the case and recognize craftsmanship for workmanship, not for the measure of rendering hours of the normal thought imaginative manifestations you see without ceasing for even a moment."
How does craftsmanship stay new?
Like the all inclusive community who make it, the forte of Candy has changed and grown reliably. Inconspicuous changes to the desserts, the characters and establishments have improved the preoccupation, keeping it looking new and empowering.
It happens so unnoticeably and after some time that you almost don't witness it, however to look at the preoccupation from 2012 and from 2017 one beside the other, you'll see an immense refinement.
Specialists moreover need to remain empowered, it's what powers inspiration, which we have learnt is at the focal point of a skilled worker.
For Sandra, that enthusiasm starts from nostalgic workmanship, "old Disney films yet what's more portrayals in books I used to examine a ton. For example, there is a notable Dutch craftsman called Anton Pieck and his work is astonishing, reliably 'brings me back'. I revere his penmanship, the calmed shades and the exceptional line workmanship he used to do." Whereas for Ilias, it's "looking through people's sketchbooks."
Like anything inventive, Candy Crush Saga, isn't just an entertainment, its weddings, it's birthday occasions, it's your most adored toon as a youngster. It's the total experiences of a get-together of talented people whose characters have been revolved around a common target; making a fun difficulty.
Pics, or it didn't happen!