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Thursday, December 6, 2001 |  |
Wall-hugging Hippos redux
What th... Matt Soell finally gives it up and explains his two-year-old comment about wall-hugging hippos... and you're left with a NEW question! (They were proximity mines, that never made it into the game... or did they?) (Louis Wu 21:21:04 UTC) (permalink)
Halo out of print?
Cesar Berardini, of TeamXbox, dropped us a note telling us that Amazon.com had informed him that Halo was not available:
We've recently learned from our supplier that the item you requested to be notified about, HALO, will not be available in the foreseeable future.
Whoa - a huge reseller like Amazon can't get more... does this mean they didn't print enough? (Louis Wu 21:02:14 UTC) (permalink)
Xbox Radio Giveaway
Pallor writes to say that a local radio station in Nashville, 102.5 WQZQ, is running a contest - they're giving away an Xbox a day until December 25. (They're calling it 'Putting the Xbox in Xmas'.) Since WQZQ is part of the Dickie Brother Broadcasting Network, there might be a radio station in YOUR town that is hosting a similar giveaway... (I couldn't find a linke to Dickie Brother Broadcasting anywhere on WQZQ's site, so you'll just have to do your own hunting.) (Louis Wu 20:57:45 UTC) (permalink)
Two new Halo reviews
Two new Halo reviews out there: The Armchair Empire gave Halo a 9/10 (citing framerate drops and a 'B-movie science fiction' plot), while GameOver gave it a 97%, even though they had a problem with a protagonist who could flip a tank over with his bare hands, but not kill instantly with a melee attack. We've added both of these to our Reviews page. Thanks to Narcogen, at Rampancy.net, for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 13:08:46 UTC) (permalink)
PDF Halo Guide at IGN
Thanks to Acrappa, who noted on Rampancy.net that IGN Xbox has put up a PDF Halo Guide for its Insiders. This is just the previously posted Halo Walkthrough, packaged up as a PDF document - in fact, the HTML version (available to all, not just insiders) has screenshots the PDF version doesn't have. Still, the search function is pretty nice... As a side note, IGN has reported that Thursday evening, for about 24 hours, they'll unlock the Insider site and let folks look around - they're hoping that the taste of what's available will get you to want to subscribe. Whether this tactic works or not, realize that you'll have 24 hours to grab whatever content you've heard about in the past that you haven't been able to see... (Louis Wu 10:09:10 UTC) (permalink)
New logo modification
We received a wet-looking Halo logo from Rob Cox - we've added it to our Logos collection. (Louis Wu 09:59:13 UTC) (permalink)
Console GotY poll at VE
Ryan 'Mhaddy' Matthews, curator of the JunkYard, points out that VoodooExtreme is hosting a new poll: 'Your pick for 2001 console game of the year?' Currently, Halo has 690 of 1591 votes (or 43%, handily outdistancing the second-place Grand Theft Auto 3, with 15%). If you haven't voted, make sure you do! (Louis Wu 01:35:25 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
Tuesday's news in brief:
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123 Xbox reviews Halo MS is okay with online hacks Playing with numbers Misc Art with spoilers PoA creator steps forward Tru7h and Recon updated |
