Academy Awards Of Halo Videos

An anonymous reader writes "With the ever-increasing popularity of Halo videogame fan-videos and machinima, Cobaltnova.com has launched the first ever Rockets on Prisoner awards: 'Cobaltnova is proud to present the first annual Rockets on Prisoner awards that recognize outstanding achievement for Halo related movies. And you get to pick the winners!'. With the nomination process already complete, the online voting will continue until midnight (PST) on August 9th, before a certified public accountant will announce the winners. Those expected to do well include Randy Glass, maker of the famous Warthog Jump, the increasingly popular FTC collective, who have 6 incredibly funny and fresh videos, and, of course, the well known fan favorites Red vs Blue. Most of the videos can be found for judging by flipping through the six nomination categories, or numerous mirror sites."

Comments

Machinima?

[Kryptolus]

Please stop using that name.

It seriously does not sound good.
If someone used it in real life, wouldn't you have that urge to punch them? =/

Re:Machinima?

[LMariachi]

Yeah, totally unlike the mellifluous and sophisticated-sounding "Kryptolus."

Re:Machinima?

[jeffehobbs]

So very, very right -- but if someone started a "machinima blog", I'd want to punch them even harder.

~jeff

Re:Machinima?

[Superunknown_GP]

Yeah, and what the hell is a "Warthog Jump?" Is that something you can do in a Puma?

Woo hoo!

[Mikey-San]

A story about Halo fan videos and we got by without getting Slashdotted!

Bungie.org: 1

Slashdot: . . . Well, more than 1.

Fine, Slashdot. You still win, but we're gonna get you one day! HahahHAHAHAhaHAhAhaha! Ha.

halo as a game

[ozric99]

Without meaning to sound like a troll, I don't know what all the fuss is about Halo.

Sure, it has some great set-pieces, and the atmosphere is fantastic in places, but it's just too damn samey and repetitive.

Didn't Budgie present MS with a wonderful 6 hour game, and get a mandate from MS to extend it in a tiny amount of time, so they cut and pasted loads of rooms together to turn it into a 20 hour game? Sure looks like it.

Very much looking forward to Halo2 though ;)

Re:halo as a game

[quantaman]

Port Halo to GC and then we'll talk.

If Halo gets ported to GC I'd be too busy watching out for flying pigs to talk.

To all nominees:

[Anonymous Coward]

No matter who wins, remember, you are ALL losers.

I'd Like to thank...

[Grelli]

Wow, I really was expecting this award, I mean, thank you so much!
I'd like to thank my parents, for letting me live in their basement, jobless, for the last 4 years. Sure sometimes they got on my case, but all my hardwork and dedication has paid off. I'm sure the sight of my award bring tears to their eyes, just as it does to me.

Ultra slashdoting?

[SuperCal]

Is it possible that we just slashdoted an entire catagory of websites? I can't get anything that is remotely related to Halo movies...

Nothing compared to quake 1 movies...

[Orteko]

Some of these are entertaining, but nothing compared to the laughs you'll get from the good old days of quake movies.

Check out the: History of Quake movies

Then procede to download and be amused by:

The original and the best: Operation Bayshield!

And another hugely entertaining classic: Blahbalicious

A real award

[grungebox]

You know what's funny is that, if they released the winning video in theaters (all 5 minutes of it or whatever), it'd make more money than that J-Lo movie that just came out. Hell, maybe they should splice in Halo movies into future films, just to spice things up. "Oh, Ben, you're such hot foxy dude, no matter how bad you act!" "And you, J-Lo, are as - oh, jesus, where the fuck did that warthog come from?!?!"