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Thursday, May 8, 2003 |  |
Don't kill the cops...
We've had a few interesting movies submitted recently. We can't put them all up at once, because we'd kill our kind bandwidth hosts... but here's the first one. Called 'Lethal Rage', it's a sordid tale of murder and gang violence in the city... all set on Sidewinder. Parts are rather dark; blame me, not Pico, the creator. (Well, the original was pretty dark in those places... but not quite THIS dark.) Sound issues are NOT my fault. :) 5:37 long, 26 mb big. QT format. If you can mirror this, please, let us know! (Louis Wu 23:17:27 UTC) (permalink)
Play Halo, win a shirt
Cool details from AEG, a PR firm that works with Microsoft:
Fragmasters and gamers alike are encouraged to get in on the Halo PC action at E3 for the chance to win a coveted Halo PC T-shirt. Gamers who attend E3, the annual video game convention taking place in Los Angeles from May 14 through 16, will get the first chance to play the new Halo PC multiplayer in the Microsoft booth (#1246). Winners of each four-player match will receive a Halo PC T-shirt and earn bragging rights over their friends. The competitions will take place throughout all three exposition days.
Nice! Gonna be a lot of people running around in Halo T's... (Louis Wu 23:02:31 UTC) (permalink)
Trivia Contest Details (online version)
Good news from Bungie, about the online version of the Trivia Contest to be hosted during the fanfest:
- Because they get screwed in almost all contests, international fans are welcome to participate in this trivia contest. If you win, Bungie'll be happy to mail the prize pack to wherever you live.
- Because 7-11 pm Pacific time is an inconvenient timeframe in some parts of the world, and because Bungie's already recognizing that international people will be playing along, the contest will be online here from 7 pm Pacific on Thursday (2 am Friday UTC) through 7 pm Pacific on Friday (2 am Saturday UTC). You are responsible for figuring out how that translates to your local time.
We've added some insanely hard questions, so the likelihood of multiple perfect scorers has dropped precipitously... but in the event of a tie, the winner will be chosen at random from the pool of leading scorers. All decisions made by management are final and not open to discussion. Don't mess with us - we'll send Ling-Ling to deliver you a world of hurt. (Louis Wu 18:12:04 UTC) (permalink)
Another online Halo choice
Snoppydude points out a new Xbox online linking tunnel, called X-Link Messenger. There's very little information at the website - but if we learn more, we'll let you know. (Louis Wu 09:40:46 UTC) (permalink)
Halo50K impressions
Team Overkill has put up a writeup of their Halo50K experience - go check out boatloads of pics and some funny commentary. (There's a big one coming from NOF, of Team HBO, as well; in fact, it's been online since last week, but there are currently almost 250 images loading on the single-page writeup... until we adjust this a bit, it'll kill both browsers and the server. Soon...) (Louis Wu 09:35:22 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo Lego Collection Grows
More Lego stuff, thanks to Fury Three: another Warthog design, and the first Lego Banshee published to the internet. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 09:28:56 UTC) (permalink)
Gettin' there, any way you can
When you absolutely, positively need to get there overnight, and the elevator just isn't working... BOLL to the rescue. Pretty funny stuff. (Louis Wu 09:18:33 UTC) (permalink)
Halo in the news at IGN
IGN has a couple of features that mention Halo. Their Top 100 Games of All Time (which still has the top 20 to post) puts Halo at #39 - thanks to the dozens of outraged Halo fans who pointed this out to us - and their 'Big Game of E3' article puts Halo 2 at #1 on the Top 25 Most Wanted List, based on fan data. (Thanks to Dan Carroll and Furiouspumpkin13 for the heads-up on this one.) So there you go. (Louis Wu 09:17:59 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Wisconsin tourney results The Road to Fanfest America's Biggest Halo Fans... revealed! Curl Up. A little Mac Halo news, too $2500 tournament in Arizona Pre-E3 Halo PC Madness |
Tuesday's news in brief:
