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One Player's View
Rob Farquhar points out his personal review of Halo - while containing a few minor mistakes (he mentions that Warthogs are the only vehicle available in multiplayer, for example), it's a pretty thorough and well-written piece. I'd disagree (strongly) with his opinion that the repetitiveness of several levels really detracts from the overall quality (despite the fact that there are many circular rooms, AotCR is STILL one of my favorite levels), but again, that's opinion, not fact, and all reviewers are entitled to their own. Take a look if you'd like to read an exhaustive overview of the game! (Louis Wu 17:55:43 UTC) (permalink)
Dust and echoes...
Early this morning, the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry for a scheduled 9:16 EST landing, within four days of the 17th anniversary of the loss of the shuttle Challenger. With it were lost its crew of seven. Our thoughts and prayers go out to them. (Count Zero 17:19:37 UTC) (permalink)
That Weasel is Back
That Weasel Television, a staunch bandwidth provider in the past for Halo movies, has put up a few of the most popular films released recently - all three Halo National Championship segments, both versions of Blair Halo Project, and In Too Deep. Swing on by and check 'em out! (Louis Wu 16:28:26 UTC) (permalink)
New Art by the Armload
A bunch of new desktops for you today, including one (from Germain Couët) that was submitted a couple of months ago, but got lost in the shuffle... and a pair of pretty cool ones from kL!p. There are 6 in all - check 'em out in our Wallpaper section! Update: Whoops, missed one. You can find M2's poetic entry in the Wallpaper section, too. (Louis Wu 12:11:14 UTC) (permalink)
Penciling in the new guy
Steve Hatch turns in a sketch of a Brute - you'll find it in our Miscellaneous Art section. (Louis Wu 11:49:14 UTC) (permalink)
Shikai Wang Interviewed.
A week ago, Bungie artist Shikai Wang was interviewed by the Australian official Xbox site - it's got some nice background info on Bungie's interviewing process, and a look at what was needed, artwise, to get Halo out the door. Check it out! (Thanks to Benjamin Swinbanks for the heads-up on this one.) We've added this (and yesterday's Chris Carney interview) to the Interviews database. (Louis Wu 10:53:27 UTC) (permalink)
Snazzy New Halo Trailer
Wow - this one's cool. We got mail from Brandon Jones, Director of Media and HomeGrown Content at GameTrailers.com - they've put together a pretty cool Halo trailer. It's available in both QuickTime 5 and WMP9 formats (23.1 and 17.9 mb, respectively), and covers most of the game in 2:40. There are spoilers in here... but overall, filmmaking quality is very high. Check this one out! (Louis Wu 01:57:52 UTC) (permalink)
Not Just Fighting Foos
Heh - disappointed with the 'NSync-related Halo sighting we posted a month ago, Brandon Thomas pointed out that Dave Grohl, guitarist for the Foo Fighters, puts Halo on the shortlist of hobbies (up there with skeet shooting and speeding in residential areas). That's a pretty wide swath of the popular music spectrum playin' Halo! Update: Jester reminds us that the latest Foo Fighters album (One By One) actually has a song called 'Halo' on it. (Louis Wu 01:51:24 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's news in brief:
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Bungie Comic Goodness He's just a simple man... More Bungie Schwag Mac Halo - now from MacSoft |
Thursday's news in brief:
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And Still MORE Stories Rock me, baby. Gamespy's Most Wanted Console Games Lots o' Pics |
