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Friday, October 5, 2001 |  |
New Wallpaper uploaded
Joker111481@aol.com sends us a monochromatic desktop for our Wallpaper collection. Similar to, but different from, an older submission by genohunter... check it out! (Louis Wu 20:36:48 UTC) (permalink)
Screenshot requests!
Wonga - we're probably too late, but you never know... Joseph Staten jumped onto our forum about an hour ago, and asked for requests for tonight's screenshot subject. It's likely that the job is done... but add to the thread if you'd like! (The update, if all goes according to plan, should be at Haloplayers tonight.) (Louis Wu 19:10:20 UTC) (permalink)
New Halo spoof available
Dorram posts on our forum that a new Halo spoof/rant has gone live - it's two and a half minute long MPEG, available as a 44 meg, 320x240 format, or an 8.4 meg, 144x120 format. Footage from a number of different films has been spliced together, and put to a new soundtrack, with a very cool 3D logo animation thrown in for good measure. Warning - the javascript on the page is pretty Netscape-unfriendly; I was unable to follow the movie link using Netscape (or iCab). Opera and IE work fine, though... A big thanks to Psyrixx and B-Sharp for their generous mirroring of this movie. (The mirror links hold a zipped version of the large movie - it's 32 MB.) Go take a look! (Louis Wu 15:57:52 UTC) (permalink)
Saving money, Bungie-style
A tidbit of good news, in the face of the disappointments yesterday: Matt Soell, in defiance of Microsoft corporate policy to milk gamers of every possible dollar, points out that the 'System Link Cable' that Microsoft packages for the XBox (sold separately for, generally, $15) is, in reality, just a 20' crossover cable. These are generally available for much less than $15 - for example, a quick web search turned up this company, selling them for $5. Interestingly, they're no longer listed in the hardware list at xbox.com. (Louis Wu 14:12:58 UTC) (permalink)
Coop = splitscreen, sorry
Details on gameplay continue to emerge - Rampancy.net gets confirmation from Matt Soell (via email) that cooperative mode is limited to two players, on a single XBox in splitscreen mode. This is the only multiplayer mode with this restriction - all others can handle up to 16 players with a maximum of 4 linked XBoxes, with no splitscreen requirements. (Of course, if you're putting 16 players on 4 boxes, you have to employ splitscreen... but you can play 4 players on 4 screens if you choose. Coop play, in contrast, cannot be played on two screens.) (Louis Wu 13:50:25 UTC) (permalink)
Fan Fiction - lost one, gained two
Lots of action on the Fan Fiction front today. Mr Bill Jr V has asked us to pull his story, 'The Answers', because he didn't think it was up to snuff... but he's submitted a new one, 'Escape', to replace it. Almost simultaneously, Jasper, whose last story came in back in May, dropped us another fun one - 'Elevator'. Be sure to use the comments system to let the authors know what you think! (Louis Wu 13:45:06 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
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What - no films?? It's MUCH older than last year Hmm... Gamespot pics are OLD Halo Developer Diary 4 at PlanetXbox New Fan Fiction Where's Ripley when you need her? More mirrors for the TeamXbox movie |
Wednesday's news in brief:
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German Fan Fiction... Ach! Movie list finally updated |
