:: Audio ::

Meet "The Man". His name is Justin R. Durban. And he is one talented S.O.B. His latest creation is a musical piece inspired by the character Master Chief in the game HALO.

Click on the link below to give a listen, or right click to download it. This is some really stunning work. I hope you will be as impressed as I am.

" Halo: Master and Chief " by Justin R. Durban

Also stop by Justin's website for a taste of his musical and graphical talents.

:: Update ::

Hey kids. Blackstar Productions has added a new link to our site. A friend of mine just happens to work at a company called Mad Doc Software that offers advanced AI consulting and development services located one town over from me. We haven't had a chance to hang out much, both being so busy... but we got together this past week and while catching up on lost time, he suggested I get in contact with "His People". :)

So if you get a chance, check out his site and his company that has worked on some big name game titles such as Star Trek: Armada II, Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest, Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna , and Jane's Attack Squadron. Hopefully this will be the beginning of a beautiful professional relationship.

:: HALO Lan Fest ::

Man, it's been too long since I updated anything on BSP. Does time fly. I figure I better do something now because when Mac/Halo comes out, I'm not going to get any work done at all.

Well, some local HALO players will be happy to know that I got the 'GO Code' on hosting another Lan Fest here. (For those who might not know, it was called 'Are You Big Enough' and it had a 40 foot projection screen to play on.) This one will have even more toys to play with, and hopefully Halo 2 will be out by then.

It is planned for Summer 2004, but to get you warmed up a bit in this cold weather; I made a little promo for it based on the "Kill Bill" film trailers. It's about 7 megs, mp4 (divx) encoded.

A Y B E II: Kill Claude video. (right click to download.)

:: HALO 2 Desktops ::

I had some free time to stretch my creative legs and play around with some old graphics programs I had lying around. Here are some of the results. Part original, part composite, all HALO. ;)

HALO 2 Desktop 1 - Ice - 1280x1024 - 230K

HALO 2 Desktop 2 - Fire - 1280x1024 - 230K

HALO 2 Desktop 3 - Water - 1280x1024 - 230K

:: HALO PC ::

New multiplayer levels. New vehicles. New weapons. All the old combat, evolved. The new HALO/PC game is right around the bend, but for right now, check out these new screenshots direct from GearBox, and our friends at halo.bungie.org.

Take a look at the gallery here: H.B.O. Gallery

Gearbox's Website can be found here: Gearbox Software

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