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Saturday, July 1, 2000 |
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Marty O'Donnell clarifies some points about the E3 Halo movie Marty O'Donnell of Total Audio offers some points of clarification about the E3 Halo movie on our forums. Here's what the had to say: A few points of clarification: 1. The movie on the PCG CD is a copy of the full DVD movie from E3. The show at E3 also included Joseph Staten doing about 5 minutes of live game play, which was different every time. 2. Video and audio fidelity is better on the DVD than on the CD. The DVD also has 5.1 Surround Sound (which rocks). 3. All the voice actors are professionals, this is what they do for a living. Not a single member of the Bungie staff in the bunch.
Thanks Marty. (Ding 18:54:33 UTC) (permalink) 
Halo SETI Marines drop two places from #46 to #48 Dink! The Halo SETI Marinesdrop two places from #46 to #48 in the Battle of the Teams. While we've got 436 recruits we've also lost some big crunchers. Banzif is the latest to stop crunchin'. Unless we get more marines crunchin' units we're going to start losing out big time. Don't let the team down... crunch a unit today tomorrow it could be you! (Wirehead 16:35:14 UTC) (permalink) 
John Carmack speaks his mind on Xbox John Carmack gives his views on Xbox and the future of gaming on the PC in an IGN Xbox interview. Here's a snippet: IGN Xbox: Would you ever consider doing original content for a console? JC: There are some pleasures to developing on a console that you don't get on a PC, but I Would hate to leave behind the open-ended, flexible architectures we develop for the PC. IGN Xbox: If the Xbox provides the PC comforts of development, but the mass-market outreach of a console, what's to keep PC developers from jumping ship and making console-only games? JC: I could imagine it happening, but it will always be so trivial to make a PC "port" of an Xbox game that I wouldn't expect the PC titles to dry up at all. Microsoft is probably doing some arm-twisting to try to force exclusivity, but it probably won't hold for too long. IGN Xbox: Where do you see PC game development going in the age of next-generation systems? JC: The cornerstone advantages that PC's have over consoles is that they are much better mediums for communication between players, and for content creation.
Good to hear John's views on this. (Crux Fidelis 15:06:35 UTC) (permalink) 
Xbox technology-head speaks! Xbox technology-head, Seamus Blackley, discusses console hard drives and why developers are having an Xbox love affair in an IGN Xbox interview. Here's a snippet: IGN Xbox: Did you have the same problem convincing developers of themerits of the Xbox that you did convincing the general public? SB: No, I think that the main problem with consumers is that, to date, we have been primarily talking with developers. And the problem is talking to consumers and saying 'because the platform is so great for developers, and because they like the platform so much, you're going to see better games, and therefore you're going to be happy.' And that's kind of an awkward message to get out. Our decision all along has been to let the games speak for themselves, so as you start seeing games coming out, and we start to announce developers, and you start to see samples, that's when we're going to start talking to gamers, and talking to consumers about what it's going to be like. One of the things that we're very shy to do is over-hype Xbox at all. We have a very strict policy of under-promising and over-delivering, so we're not going to talk about how great it's going to be until we have something to show you.
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Future of the online Bungie fan community Matt Soell has a few words to say about the XBox, keyboards and the future of the online Bungie fan community on the Marathon's Story page. Will the Xbox have a keyboard? The PS2 will have one. As Hamish would say 'Veritatem Dies Aperit' or something. (Ding 14:05:14 UTC) (permalink) 
Halo-Net Shop Controversy Alan Stott of Halo Centerwrites to say he has posted a full explanation of events in the Halo-Net Shop Controversy. Having said all this they are still taking pre-orders for the Halo Stickers it seems? (Ding 14:05:14 UTC) (permalink) 
Game Guru: Reflections on Bungie and Microsoft Nate Birkholz airs his views on the situation between Bungie and Microsoft in a MacCentral article called Game Guru: Reflections on Bungie and Microsoft. Here's a great quote: Large publishers are, by nature, somewhat conservative, and they prefer to maintain a healthy measure of control. Most developers hear at first that things aren't going to change, but then the corporate babysitters, excuse me, "representatives" show up, and things start a slow slide. Other developers have successfully resisted the tides of change in similar situations, but it is exceedingly difficult. As a friend of mine at another company said months after his company were acquired by a large publisher, "My wife said she liked me just the way I was at first, and that she wouldn't try to change me; next thing I know I don't have season tickets to the hockey games anymore, but I do go to the symphony a lot, and my Camaro became a minivan."
The article is well balanced though with some serious comments about Microsoft's role, "killer apps", the loss of good friends. (Ding 09:44:16 UTC) (permalink) 
More Halo movie mirrors More Halo movie mirrors: 3D Action Gamers (Thanks Frans) Meccaworld (Thanks luxor) 3D Downloads Stomped JosephAW's site 18MB version for 56k users (gone now)
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Halo movie screenshots Haven't grabbed the Halo movie yet? Then never fear Bravehamster is here! Kudos to Bravehamster who sends the following good news: I brought the E3 halo movie into WMP and managed to get 30+ screenshots taken. Some pretty good ones in there, got all the major points of interest. Anyways, here's the link, for your readers who don't have the bandwidth to download the whole movie: http://www.bravehamster.com/halo/
Nice work. :) (Wirehead 08:17:46 UTC) (permalink) 
Halo movie mirrors. They're everywhere! Mirror mirror on the net... The E3 Halo movie has appeared on the net in a number of locations. Try here for now: Fileplanet. (Thanks Charles Fitzhugh) Battleground: Halo (Thanks Bounty) Halo Vault (Thanks luxor) Halo Center (Thanks Yrro)
More as we get them. (Ding 08:07:51 UTC) (permalink) 
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