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Thursday, October 18, 2001 |  |
Alternate server for 2 largest GS movies
Thanks to Korrupt, who has made the two largest Gamespot movies available on a personal server - these are numbers 1 and 5, and weigh in at 40 and 24 megs respectively. If you're having trouble with Gamespot's servers, give this a try! (Louis Wu 18:58:33 UTC) (permalink)
MS starts Xbox Usenet groups
Thanks to Harry Al-Shakarchi - seems Microsoft has started a bunch of new Usenet news groups, including microsoft.public.xbox.halo. Doesn't show up yet on my server... but I'll keep looking! Update: Thanks again to Harry "I'm planning to infiltrate every news post today" Al-Shakarchi, who noted that you can use Microsoft's news server to see this group. Not a lot there yet... (Louis Wu 14:35:43 UTC) (permalink)
Screen caps up
For those on slower connections, we've thrown up a page of screen captures from the movies. They're predominantly taken from the intro movie and the cutscene, since the PoA level was already shown quite nicely in the Staten/O'Donnell discussion video a few weeks ago. They're dark because... well, the movies are dark. :) Enjoy! (Louis Wu 14:11:47 UTC) (permalink)
More Marathon
B-Sharp noticed that the captain of the Pillar of Autumn has a Marathon symbol on his chest. Matches the one outside the ship nicely... While we're here, does anyone else think that the captain and Joe Staten could have made it into Spy Magazine's Separated at Birth column?
Just curious... Update: TomeOne did a little enlarging and clarifying, and ended up with this. (Louis Wu 12:22:48 UTC) (permalink)
Shortened intro at IGN
IGN Xbox has put up a shortened version of the intro movie - if 40 megs is too large for you, you can grab the first 40 seconds (it's only 1.6 megs) of it here. The rest of the films are in their Insider section - you need to pay to get 'em. (Louis Wu 09:43:46 UTC) (permalink)
More new wallpaper added
A handful of desktop images came our way recently - two more from Enforcer (variations on a theme) and one from [SE]Eye_of_the_Tiger. You can find 'em in our Wallpaper section. (Louis Wu 09:29:33 UTC) (permalink)
GM here we come
Rampancy.net is stating that Halo is currently being certified, and unless a major problem pops up, it should be certified as Gold Master. So: stick a fork in it - it's done. (Louis Wu 09:21:28 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Movie Overload
Holy mother of... Looks like the whole first level (and more!) has just been made available by Gamespot. 9 movies, a total of 115 megs if you grab the mpegs... I (obviously) haven't had time to watch 'em all... but the first couple are jaw-dropping enough. Bad news - Cortana's still the same voice as was used at E3, so those that didn't like her there will still not like her. Geez - stop reading and DOWNLOAD! (A huge shout out to Draikin for the heads-up.) Update for those who don't want spoilers: The first movie (the biggest) contains the opening sequence of Halo - the Pillar of Autumn entering the Halo system. (You'll see this first thing when you play the game.) The second through the fourth are gameplay sequences from the first level. The fifth is a cutscene - banter between Cortana and Master Chief, and the decision to abandon the Pillar of Autumn. The next two are more gameplay sequences on the ship. The last pair show splitscreen coop play on the Halo itself, but have very little action in them. They're good for a look at what splitscreen coop might feel like (green arrows over your partner's head, etc). On the page, they're listed from newest to oldest... so 'the last pair', for example, refers to Movie 17 and 18. (Louis Wu 02:26:43 UTC) (permalink)
No Monitors with the Xbox
Nice snag by Narcogen over at Rampancy.net - seems the FAQ that's up now at xbox.com is ruling out Xbox output to monitors:
Can the Xbox hook up to a Computer Monitor?
The Xbox video game system is intended for use with television sets. This focus allows gamers to enjoy the superior visual and sound capacity of high-definition and high-resolution television sets.
Ouch - that's a 180 from their old promise of VGA output... (Louis Wu 00:30:10 UTC) (permalink)
Mongo Fanfic
Never let 'em tell you Vector only writes one-liners. Though he's brief on the forum, his fiction's a little... meatier. His latest offering, the fourth installment of the Hawk Chronicles (it's really Chapter 2b, but who's checking?), can be found in our Fan Fiction section. Pull up a chair and get to it! (Louis Wu 00:08:27 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Halo showcased at wm.com Xbox = more bucks for Europeans Look out, Bob! No day-to-night shifts Time to question Marty Bigger != better |
Tuesday's news in brief:
