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Xbox LAN AZ fanfest pics
Xbox LAN AZ showed up in force at E3 and the fanfest; their fanfest pictures are now online. Thanks to Cybrfrk for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 19:07:53 UTC) (permalink)
Things it might be fun to meet in Halo 2
Miscellaneous Art, too, was submitted while we were gone. Three pieces - including a shot of Danung, a rockin' Grunt. Check 'em all out in the Miscellaneous Art section. (Louis Wu 18:17:00 UTC) (permalink)
Not Just for Marines Any More
Clearing out the desktop queue; there are 9 images built up since we left for E3 (two are variants, so there are only 7 visible on the main Wallpaper page). Some pretty amazing stuff this time around... (Louis Wu 17:42:53 UTC) (permalink)
Hamilton waxes sage
Gamespy snagged Hamilton Chu for a discussion of Halo 2, and it went live yesterday. It's a very nice piece; I particularly liked this bit of game development philosophy:
You want to give the player choice -- or, in a certain sense, the illusion of choice. As a designer, there's the one best experience -- in our genre, that is. There's one best experience you want the player to have. Usually you want to make it clear to the player what they're supposed to do, and sometimes if you're good they'll think they thought of it themselves.
Go read the rest of it. Thanks to Halo-Game's Eclarap for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 17:20:47 UTC) (permalink)
Hunk o' Burnin' Love
One of the articles that came out last week that we neglected to mention was a Halo PC piece at IGN PC. There's some tasty stuff in there... but the most surprising thing (to me) was this bit (in a list of things that are new in the PC version):
Flamethrower: You heard correctly. Though Randy didn't elaborate any, there will be a flamethrower in the game. How do you like that information? Flame on!
This was not visible at all in the multiplayer levels being shown at E3... I'm intrigued. Thanks to Da Loaph for reminding me I hadn't posted this. (Louis Wu 16:52:40 UTC) (permalink)
Flash Banshees
Evan Grant wrote to point out a small flash game he's made; there seem to be a few glitches (I could never figure out whether shooting was possible, and the score seems to remain zero no matter how many Banshees I avoid, and in some browsers moving forward quits the game), but it's pretty small, so loading it isn't too much of a pain. (Louis Wu 15:44:25 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Half-Life mod - up for grabs
Some time ago, BOLL started work on a Halo-related mod for Sven Co-op, itself a Half-Life mod. He's decided to give it away, because he no longer has time to work on it. You can read the details in the Sven Co-op forums... or simply download the existing package. Update: BOLL clarified that Sven Co-op actually allows custom models to be built right into maps; BOLL's project, although including custom models for monsters and weapons, is still just a map. (I think we're simply describing the same thing with different words... but he's right, we should be more accurate in the description. :) ) (Louis Wu 15:22:28 UTC) (permalink)
One One Se7en - times 7hree
Gah! We got behind because of E3 -I'm really sorry. There are three new episodes of One One Se7en for your viewing pleasure. (These are the episodes for last Wednesday, last Friday, and today.) I'll try and make sure this doesn't happen again. (Louis Wu 14:13:26 UTC) (permalink)
AGP E3 Trailer available
Dan Chosich created a 50 minute video for the AGP Spring Tournament this year... and has put up the trailer for it on his site. We were asked by Jay Umboh, the president of the AGP, to mirror this... and it's pretty dang cool, so that's exactly what we're doing. You can find a copy on Mythica.org, which has a bigger pipe than ever before (something we'll be putting to the test in the very near future...). Screensize is 720x405, filesize is 16.5 mb, duration is 1:30, and format is QuickTime. Enjoy! (Louis Wu 00:02:27 UTC) (permalink)
Greg Snook interview now up
Ross Mills, among others, pointed out that the Greg Snook interview we mentioned a couple of days ago is available for download at BreakManX.com. (The site was down from overload earlier today... but it's up at the moment.) I haven't had time to actually LISTEN to it - it's over three hours long, and weighs in at 85 mb, zipped - but it's had some decent reviews on our forum. Check it out! (Louis Wu 00:01:21 UTC) (permalink)
Brotherly Love
Nice find by Gholsbane; Mat Noguchi, Tools Programmer for Bungie, is represented in a pretty cool manner by his brother in this image. I like it! (Louis Wu 00:01:14 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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The Trailer Issue - Clarification Halo 2: Fantasy Seige Never-before-seen screens at a Danish site Fan Fiction doesn't stop for E3 |
Saturday's news in brief:
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Psst... wanna see more pics? Halo Programmer Greg Snook interviewed E3 Trailer Transcript - Corrected Bungie Trivia Contest - all done! Audio interview of Pitchford now up E3 images, take 2 |
