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Wednesday, April 4, 2001 |  |
Inside out and upside down
Harry Al-Shakarchi asks What if...
...it were the other way around: sitting in the jeep, you are in first person view, and on foot, third person...
Interesting question, Harry. :) (Thanks to Shacknews for the Planetside screenshots.) (Louis Wu 20:50:02 UTC) (permalink)
There IS a PC version, Virginia
We've received a bunch of mail today from folks who got email notification from EB World that the PC version of Halo was cancelled, and they could have their deposit back. Nick also posted a note to our forum about this issue. Matt Soell has once again jumped into the breach, and offered some words of encouragement:
The "PC Halo is cancelled, we have reliable information from inside Bungie/MS, let's all freak out now" story is still bogus. It was bogus a couple weeks ago, and the time before that, and so on. The next time it pops up, it will still be bogus.
Can't make it any plainer than that, folks... go read the rest of Matt's post for a few chuckles. (Louis Wu 20:01:02 UTC) (permalink)
Not the Game Show after all...
Marty O'Donnell popped into the R.net forums to clarify some facts about the ign.com edited movie we mentioned yesterday.
Not only is it an edit but the music was put in by the fine folks at IGN. They used the same tune for a couple other movies also. This was not released by Microsoft, nor shown at TGS.
I could have done a track like that... if I wanted to.
C'mon, Marty, tell us how you REALLY feel. ;) (Louis Wu 17:57:28 UTC) (permalink)
Halo featured in April's NextGen Mag
Thanks to Pallor, and Mat Noguchi, who both sent notice that the April 2001 issue of NextGen magazine has a 5-page spread (with pics) of Halo. We'll be doing our best to grab a copy soon... check it out for yourselves! (Louis Wu 15:14:53 UTC) (permalink)
It's not as bad as you think
Thanks to Aginor, who pointed out that Open Tech Support has a Grey Matter column today called 'Microsoft Didn't Kill Halo'. It's a lucid argument for letting Bungie get on with their jobs, without all the whining about how Halo is ruined... and that "instead of bashing Halo just because it is associated with Microsoft, you should realize that most of what you see is probably just a side effect of a game's evolution during development." Definitely worth a read. (Louis Wu 12:59:58 UTC) (permalink)
They love it in Melbourne
John the Replicant writes to say that his local newspaper, the Melbourne, Australia Herald Sun, reviewed up-and-coming console technologies, and focused on the Xbox:
The interesting part was that even though they didn't use a screenshot from Halo, the author wrote that Halo was by far the most popular game at the recent M$ GameStock. It states that people were climbing over one another to play the game.
It's always nice when the mainstream print press (that is, not the gaming press) notices Halo. Thanks, John! (Louis Wu 12:53:26 UTC) (permalink)
The first Halo game server starts up
Mike Larson writes to say that they've started up what aims to be the first and best dedicated Halo gaming server: HALOServer.com. There's nothing there yet (the site redirects to phiberoptix.com, a web hosting company), but they're configuring now. Guess it pays to get ready early! (Louis Wu 12:50:08 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
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Nearly-smashed poll at Gamespot Jeff K says don't buy a console Fan Fiction section updated New version of the Gamestock movie? Junkyard down but not out |
Monday's news in brief:
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Halo SETI Team 7 day stats posted Set sail for a different kind of booty Lord of thy presence and no land beside? Sanity returns |
