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Thursday, November 15, 2001 |  |
GameSpot UK adds some Halo content
GameSpot UK has repackaged the preview GameSpot (US) published two weeks ago (UK spelling, a final paragraph acknowledging that it won't be available in the UK for quite some time), and added a subset of the huge collection of screens Gamespot US put up last week. I suppose if you space it out... (Louis Wu 19:24:56 UTC) (permalink)
Salon's selective
Salon looks at the Xbox launch... and sniffs its nose. It sees the entire console as uninspired, with Halo and Oddworld as the only standout games, but doesn't think they're enough:
In the console space, where the potential audience is in the tens of millions, the field is dominated by instantly identifiable, engaging personalities, intrinsically linked to their parent console. Nintendo has Mario; Sega, at the peak of its console dominance, had Sonic the Hedgehog. And for its own billion-dollar system, Microsoft leads off with ... a guy in a boxy outfit with a title for a name, his humanity masked off by a faceplate of tinted glass.
Come to think of it, for a Microsoft product, this is the perfect figurehead. It's also branding suicide.
We respectfully disagree. You can read the article for yourself... thanks to septimus for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 18:56:25 UTC) (permalink)
FiringSquad looks at Xbox (and Halo)
Thanks to fate, who noticed new Halo coverage (and media) in a FiringSquad article on the Xbox launch. (Halo's section is 2 pages long, starting on page 4.) Included is a passel of screens (20-someodd, mostly stuff you've seen before, but with occasional interesting variations) and a 20 MB DivX-encoded AVI (no spoilers). This isn't their official Halo review - they said that's coming. They have more framerate issues than any other coverage I've read. Take a look! (Louis Wu 15:05:15 UTC) (permalink)
Soell to the point
Markus Tacker noticed this image on the webcam last night... either Matt has decided that answering the 'is it REALLY coming to the PC?' question has gotten to be too much, and is contemplating a particularly messy suicide, or he's preparing mentally for a voice role in the hush-hush Phoenix project. Or maybe he just likes to play with long sharp objects. Whatever the tru7h turns out to be, one thing's for sure... this post blows any chance I had of bonus Bungie goodies. Update: mnemesis sends in a couple of webcam shots from the same general timeframe - the first shows Matt and Mordia dueling... and the second (the last of the three, chronologically) shows... well, shows a disturbing event in progress. Let's hope it ended peacefully! (Louis Wu 14:15:08 UTC) (permalink)
Free game guides at TXB
TeamXbox is giving away 10 Halo Game Guides, from Prima Games - head on over to register to win one. WARNING - the sample tips in the article contain spoilers. (Louis Wu 10:19:55 UTC) (permalink)
Halo at home... finally
Our forum is starting to see stories of folks and their first Xbox experiences with Halo in their own living room. Nij and The Shrike seem to be the first forum-ites to report back... and the news is good. (Louis Wu 10:14:21 UTC) (permalink)
Chicks dig stories
Over at Xbox.com, Jacqui Kramer writes about hardcore gaming from a female perspective... and she loved Halo:
Here we have everything a grrl could want: Beautiful, sweeping landscapes with the perfect tinge of weather. Why, Jane Austen could be writing about this place: "Forsooth, it is winter, and I am here to turn the sweet white snow crimson with alien blood." (Or whatever color alien blood is these days.)
The article's a funny read - check it out. (Thanks to Allenthar for the heads-up.) (Louis Wu 09:58:25 UTC) (permalink)
Another Halo domain up for grabs
vladinn@msn.com lets us know that another Halo domain, halogame.com, is up for auction - starting bid is $500. Given that haloserver.com failed to sell for $61 last week, this seems rather steep... but hey - who are we to judge? (Louis Wu 01:39:56 UTC) (permalink)
Shadow animals?
Lophan points out a fun read - GamesFirst put up an article called 'Notes Scribbled in the Dark While Playing HALO'. That's exactly what it is... some of 'em are great.
Okay, this is silly. The Warthog should be able to climb this hill, but all it does is spin out. Oooh, pretty dirt clods.
Okay, that wasn't the best one, but I didn't want to ruin the ending for you. (Louis Wu 01:26:50 UTC) (permalink)
Miscellaneous Spartan
You want a piece of this? No7orious turns in a sketch he did in class in honor of (in his words) "Happy Halo's Eve!" Check it out in our Miscellaneous Art section. (Louis Wu 00:17:26 UTC) (permalink)
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