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Djö Vu
In under the wire... Friday's One One Se7en continues the Gordon Freeman lovefest. Wonga. (Louis Wu 20:53:37 UTC) (permalink)
New background info at b.net
Last night, broony pointed out new renders and concept art at Bungie's Tru7h and Reconciliation site. I didn't have time to look for 'em... but he was right. (Last four images on the Renders page, last image on the Concept Art page.) Thanks also to Iceman1330, whose post today made me actually go looking for the new material. Update: Thanks again to Iceman1330, who convinced me that the last three Outro storyboards are ALSO new. (Louis Wu 18:54:24 UTC) (permalink)
Play Halo for free video rentals
Live in south central Connecticut? Got nothing to do tomorrow? Tommy K's (a video rental chain) is holding a Halo tournament at the North Haven and West Haven stores. $5 to get in, you get a free rental just for registering (so that's most of your $5 right there)... top prize is a year's worth of free rentals. Thanks to Konrad9 for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 18:49:10 UTC) (permalink)
Short server outage coming
Quick heads-up (which probably won't be read by anyone actually AFFECTED) - the datacenter this server is housed in wants to move the server to a different switch; we're looking at about 5 minutes of downtime, maybe an hour from now. If you visit then, and can't get in, you'll know why. (Alternatively, if you're reading this after about 3 pm EDT on Friday, and you couldn't get in recently, you now know why. :) ) (Louis Wu 17:55:51 UTC) (permalink)
I'm a gay robot.
Red vs Blue has released Episode 13 for sponsors - and I can't tell you much about it without spoiling stuff. Caboose, however, has proved himself to be dumber than toast. After sitting on the counter for a week. (It'll be available to non-subscribers on Sunday. Please - don't send us mail on Monday, telling us we forgot to mention this episode...) (Louis Wu 16:02:40 UTC) (permalink)
iGames and Killtacular Classic - like PB and J
Back in mid-May, we mentioned a tournament called the Killtacular Classic, put together by CobaltNova. Well, it seems like that tourney has joined up with iGames to become the Halo: Killtacular Classic, iGames National Championships. Looks like you'll get another chance to call yourself 'national Halo champion'! (Plus, if you win, you go home with lots of cash.) Thanks to andy for the heads-up. Update: Oops... looks like it's not finalized, yet. We've yanked the links, and the dates... they'll go back when things are more stable. (Louis Wu 13:21:38 UTC) (permalink)
IGN looks at graphics
IGN continues their Halo PC coverage with an article about Halo Graphics. (It's available to all, not just Insiders.) It includes a five-question interview with Randy Pitchford about the visuals. (They say 4, but there are 5. Weird.) Interesting tidbit - "I tend to run in 1600x1200, but the game can go higher." That's definitely new - at E3, 1600x1200 was max, and the game ran in slideshow mode at that res. Nice! Thanks to Infininja for noticing. (More Halo PC content coming tomorrow, they say.) (Louis Wu 04:15:24 UTC) (permalink)
HJP intro trailer preview thingy
Dinky writes that HaloJuggaloProductions has put up a new trailer for the HJP Intro Video (hey, I just write what I'm told) - WMP7 format, 6.8 mb. Go grab it on his site. (Louis Wu 04:04:09 UTC) (permalink)
Today on Wall Street
Xbox sales and marketshare are growing, according to Microsoft's "chief Xbox officer" Robbie Bach (quoted in this Reuters news article). Yeah, well, he would say that, it's one of the things he's paid to do. However, there was one interesting bit at the end:
"Bach said Microsoft's focus now is on more-lucrative game sales. The heavily anticipated "Halo 2" is expected next spring, and a sequel to the successful "Project Gotham Racing" is set for this fall."Notice that it's not perfectly clear who a spring release is "expected" by, but it's worth a mention. (mnemesis 03:52:57 UTC) (permalink)
Lime popsicles at 2:30 am
The ongoing Making of the E3 Demo series continues at Bungie.net with The Artists. A great discussion with Marcus Lehto, Dave Dunn, Shiek Wang, John Butkus and Nathan Walpole... read it and learn cool things! (Louis Wu 01:26:54 UTC) (permalink)
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