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Someone has to do it...
Thanks to bloodbeard [iG3], for pointing out a new MacHall comic at Inside Mac Games... poor Matt! (And where's his beard, anyway?) (Louis Wu 20:10:24 UTC) (permalink)
Second Xboxweb review
And the reviews continue... XboxWeb has put up a SECOND review - the breakdown was slightly different, but the final result (9.8) was the same. WARNING: There are major spoilers in the accompanying screen captures. We've added the shots to our database... but there's a spoiler warning on them. (Louis Wu 19:40:03 UTC) (permalink)
Taking M one step too far
Interesting... the Official Halo website at microsoft.com now has a warning page - you must state that you're over 17 simply to read the content on the (flash) site. Seems that this might be a little overboard - there's no violent content or swearwords on the site itself... (Louis Wu 18:29:14 UTC) (permalink)
Reviews roundup
Some older reviews have turned up - thanks to the news archive at Blue's News for these. Game Revolution looked at Halo a couple of weeks ago - they gave it an A. GamesFirst was not as impressed - Halo got 4 out of 5 stars (though the reviewer said it was a solid title - he was unhappy with the paucity of weapons, the lack of bots, and the lack of flexibility in gameplay). Game Nation liked it a lot, and gave it a 96/100. And finally, Gamesmania reprinted the review seen on the Electric Playground. All of these have been added to our Reviews page, and the new screens with the Gaming Nation review have been added to our Screenshots database. (Louis Wu 18:15:11 UTC) (permalink)
Gamers Pulse reviews Halo
Gamers Pulse has reviewed Halo - the review is very positive; the downsides were the darkness on some later levels and the lack of replay value in the single player game. (Obviously, the reviewer didn't see the value in repeating at higher difficulty levels...) Thanks to Narcogen, at Rampancy.net, for noticing this. We've added it to our Reviews page. (Louis Wu 16:52:52 UTC) (permalink)
Strip that ring!
Marcus Hellqvist sends us a new Halo desktop, with the ring acting as a negative strip. Check it out in our Wallpaper section. (Louis Wu 16:35:31 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI Team 14 day stats posted
Dink!... The Halo SETI Marines, neglected last week, have fallen another notch to 54th in the Battle of the Teams... and due to some sort of reset, the 3000+ units the team crunched since November 12 didn't show up at all on the SETI servers. Ouch! See how YOUR crunching is going on the 14 day stats page. (Louis Wu 15:39:47 UTC) (permalink)
Hi-res Joypad Covers
For those who wanted to see a larger shot of the blue cyborg on the French magazine Joypad's cover, Draikin has posted links to three higher-res versions (one of which is ridiculously hi-res). Perfect for extraction to make Wallpapers! Thanks, Draikin (and Bishop)! (Louis Wu 14:06:58 UTC) (permalink)
Reader reviews at GameFAQs
Poking around at GameFAQs, I ran across a section of Halo Reader Reviews. They range from 4/10 (from someone who seems to have played a different game than I did) to 10/10. Some laughs in here. (Louis Wu 00:41:24 UTC) (permalink)
Halo FAQ/Walkthrough available
Thanks to Erick Delgado, who pointed out a new Halo FAQ/Walkthrough (only the first two levels are up in the walkthrough so far) at CheatCC.com. It's also available at GameFAQs. Some of the info is a little shaky... but it's being worked on. (Louis Wu 00:36:39 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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Impressions from the Xperience Where'd that file go? |
Saturday's news in brief:
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Fan art inspired by Halo Two more reviews for Halo |
