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January 23, 2002 Link to this post
When editors go awfully wrong
The January 2002 issue of PC Gamer UK (off the shelves as of yesterday) contained a Devil's Advocate column (238K) in which Kieron Gillen, Deputy Editor of PCGUK, raves about how Halo will NOT come to the PC (because if it did, the Xbox would fail, apparently - and if the Xbox fails, FUTURE good games will not be ported to the PC). Bizarre logic? Yes. But hey - it's in a mainstream UK gaming mag, which means a lot of gamers will read it... so it's worth knowing about. And in case anyone wasn't sure - he's completely, utterly, absolutely wrong about Halo not coming to the Mac/PC. It is. And that's that. Thanks to Berk for the scan! (One of these days, we'll even get our Press Scans page populated - there are a few dozen articles here which just need to be listed...) Followup: This should teach me to comment on unknown entities... Apparently, on page 42 of the same issue of PC Gamer UK was this passage:
Good news: ex-cover star halo is finished! Bad news: it's on the Xbox. Ignore grumpy Kieron's Devil's Advocate column (p.22), and take bungie at their own word: their excellent first person shooter will be arriving on the PC. The only question now is when and in what form. On the Xbox, it's a highly playable shooter with vehicles, with some sterling game design and gorgeous visuals. Give it us."
(They also gave it 5/5 for an Anticipation Rating.) The column, it seems, is often used for stupid arguments. Ah, well. Thanks to Griffon for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 06:51:05 UTC)
