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Seropian Interview at Gamefan
Yet another Seropian interview... this time with Gamefan. Not a lot new... but how many times can you say "we think we're doing the right thing" without sounding repetitive? Thanks to Luxor of Halo Vault for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 20:37:25 UTC) (permalink)
MS to buy Eidos?
Shugashack and Daily Radar are both reporting that Eidos is shopping around for a buyer, and Microsoft is high on the list. That monopolistic tendency just won't settle down, will it? Pax. (Crux Fidelis 15:11:53 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI Team 24 hour stats posted
Blam!... The Halo SETI Marines scrape into 48th place, despite heavy losses. Banzif and Maxaminus take top honors... but it feels wrong. Check the 24 hour stats. (Louis Wu 14:23:59 UTC) (permalink)
Site Traffic responds to news
Just for kicks, we compared our traffic yesterday to a random day last week. Seems like a lot of folks stopped by for the MS news. :)
| June 12 | | June 19 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Visits | 2890 | 7604 | |
| Total Pages | 5536 | 13,252 | |
| Total Requests | 32,291 | 77,352 | |
| Total Unique Visitors | 1754 | 4491 |
Why Microsoft can't be trusted
Robert X. Cringely, a columnist for Oregon Public Broadcasting (and the Public Broadcasting System), wrote an interesting article last year entitled "Be Careful What You Wish For." It suggests that being acquired by Microsoft is not always what the acquiree thinks it's going to be; it looks at Hotmail as an example. It's definitely worth a read by anyone who firmly believes that Microsoft will stay totally hands-off of Bungie. Thanks to Peter Kyme for the heads-up on this one. (Louis Wu 12:15:06 UTC) (permalink)
b.net chat transcript at R.net
Rampancy.net has put up a transcript of last night's b.net chat with Matt and Max. Some interesting stuff in there... seems like it was a little more freeform than the R.net chat earlier in the evening. A snippet:
Why not commit to games for Mac?
Jones is in charge of Halo, and is only willing to commit to possibilities. There's still a lot for us to learn, and we don't like making false promises. As for other games, it's impossible to say what platforms they'll be on. We made promises when we believed we were being completely honest. This situation changes the circumstances. At the time we didn't forsee it.
There's been an awful lot of ranting on our forum about Bungie's abandonment of the Mac market... It's important to remember that Microsoft is not saying "you can't do a mac version" here. (Louis Wu 11:38:41 UTC) (permalink)
Daily Radar interview with Jason Jones
Halo: Xbox Only? Jason Jones, Bungie's co-founder and the guiding developer behind Halo,talks about Halo and XBox in a Daily Radar interview. Here's a snippet:
Daily Radar: What platforms is Halo going to appear on besides the Xbox?
Jason Jones: To be honest, we haven't decided yet.
Daily Radar: Will it be possible to play multiplayer Halo on the Xbox? How many total players at a time?
Jason Jones: Absolutely, yes. And this isn't a promise, but I don't see any reason why the Xbox couldn't handle as many players in a game as a PC.
Daily Radar: Halo was originally designed to be played on a PC. What have you done to handle the transition to gamepads?
Jason Jones: There are a lot of issues, and we're nowhere near figuring out all of them, but we've been playing net games with Interact's Hammerhead controller for two weeks now -- that's similar to the PS/2controller: dual analog sticks, six buttons, four triggers, etc. -- and it's going great.
Daily Radar: Will multiplayer Halo only be playable on The Zone?
Jason Jones: Nope. Halo will be playable on bungie.net.
Thanks to Blue's News for the heads up. (Ding 11:11:57 UTC) (permalink)
The Mac strikes back!
The Mac strikes back! As reported on Mac OS Rumors, Foundation Imaging, the company that did Starship Troopers:Roughneck Chronicles TV show (Sci-Fi 6:30AM CST), is to replace all of their NT rendering machines with G4s. Why? They're faster. Halo fans will notice the similarity between the Roughneck TV show and Halo. Here's a few pics from their image gallery:
(Ding 09:30:01 UTC) (permalink)
R.net chat log updated
Thanks to a kind Hotliner, we've added most of what was missing from the R.net chat this evening. Some very interesting questions (and answers) early on... so check it again! (Louis Wu 03:06:25 UTC) (permalink)
IGNPC Interview with Alex Seropian up
Vincent Lopez, of IGNPC, got a chance to speak to Alex Seropian about the changes. You can find the interview here. (Thanks to Luxor of Halo Vault for pointing it out.) (Louis Wu 02:47:00 UTC) (permalink)
HL Chat with Max on R.net
The Question and Answer session on Rampancy.net's Hotline server got off to a rocky start, but eventually settled down. We missed the very beginning of the actual questions, but we managed to record a large chunk of the discussion. There are some interesting tidbits in here. Visit irc channel #bungie (on EFNET) for another go-round. Thanks to Max, for his graciousness! (Louis Wu 00:46:43 UTC) (permalink)
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