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Monday, August 25, 2003 |  |
Very Late 'Paper
Wow. It's been 11 days since we've updated our art sections. We've received 11 desktop images in that time for the Wallpaper section. Sorry for the delay! Update: Make that 10. We've yanked one because it's a tweaked version of an existing wallpaper - the author went to the trouble of asking the original creator for permission, was turned down, and SUBMITTED IT ANYWAY. People - don't do stupid stuff like this. (Louis Wu 22:16:01 UTC) (permalink)
Fire Team Charlie is back online
Benny, from XboxOttawa.ca, lets us know that not only is the site back up and running (it has been for a few days now), but all the FTC vids are available there again (in both DivX and QT formats). They're working on the next episode... but if you missed any of the first six, stop by! (Louis Wu 21:30:58 UTC) (permalink)
More offsite Halo art
Mrguy writes to point out that there's some Halo artwork at this website - and if you visit the site's console gaming section, you'll find some lan party pics. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 21:29:14 UTC) (permalink)
Halo takes best Xbox title in 2003 GAIA (German)
According to Marc, of Halo Universe, Halo has pulled down yet another award: this time, the VUD (German Entertainment Softwaer Association) has given Halo Best Xbox Game for the Games Awards for Interactive Achievement 2003. Not bad, given that it was released over a year ago in Germany! (Louis Wu 21:20:50 UTC) (permalink)
The weekend's stories
No Fan Fiction posted this weekend, due to too much Halo playing - here are the 19 stories that WEREN'T deleted:
- The Longsword[H & R 3], by Jillybean
- Soldiers of Heaven: Chapter 1, by Sergeant B
- Private Johnson, by Roo
- The Lost Colony Part Two: Orders, by xitWOUND117
- White Tiger is under attack!:A Marine's tale part 1, by Zak
- Shay's Rebellion: Down but not out., by Mainevent
- The Last Stand Of Humanity part 1 (new blood), by bloodsoldier3
- Another ONI Black File: Halo � We Got There First: Part 6, by Arthur Wellesly
- Another ONI Black File: Halo � We Got There First: Part 7 , by Arthur Wellesly
- Stranded at Home Part 6, by Dispraiser
- The Lost Colony Part Three: Welcomer of Destruction, by xitWOUND117
- Blue Squadron Chronicles , by Hunter_Killer
- A series of Wierd Events, Part Two, by Hunter_Killer
- The Rise and Fall of the Flood-Chapter 7, by BlackValkyire
- Alpha trilogy [part one], by Grey Wolf
- The Battle of Evermore Part 1: Ambush, by Gruntkiller
- Soldiers of Infamy: Part 1, by mr ninja
- Chapter One: Stranded Eagle, by Blue Jaguar
- Spectral Warriors: Prolouge, by Nightblade
Enjoy. (Louis Wu 15:48:27 UTC) (permalink)
Short vid from Saturday's carnage
Missed it last night - but it looks like Blackstar has put up a short video clip giving a taste of some of the gameplay at the Summer Slaying event on Saturday. (Handheld video, really dark space - and at the time it was filmed, only one of the two projectors in the garage (there were three, total, at the event) was running.) Heads-up goes to Rampancy.net, which has been doing a massive amount of updating recently - look around while you're there! (Louis Wu 13:58:50 UTC) (permalink)
Offsite Halo art
A bunch of Halo-related artwork over at Elfwood, including this comic, an interesting concept piece, a grunt, and a spoiler for those still waiting for Halo PC. (hehe) Thanks to Hamid Djangi for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 13:38:05 UTC) (permalink)
MXB gets a mirror
Tec[H]noGeeK has mirrored last week's MXB movie - there are boatloads of OTHER files at his site, too, you just need to register to see them. (It's free - he asks this so he can keep track of downloads.) (Louis Wu 13:32:05 UTC) (permalink)
R Gamer opens its doors
A new Halo site - R Gamer - has come online. The content is filling out... go take a look! (Louis Wu 13:21:37 UTC) (permalink)
PSA 3 up at RvB
I missed it yesterday, because we were pretty busy cleaning up... but Red vs Blue managed to resurrect the lost Public Service Announcement #3 from the failed hard drive, and it's now available to everyone (sponsors and regular visitors alike). It's pretty damn funny, on several levels. I nearly spit out coffee at the thought of a Milli Vanilli tattoo... (Louis Wu 12:52:28 UTC) (permalink)
UO looks at the Fanstock event
Tycho, from Unreal Ops (an Unreal fansite), came along on the Halo PC Fanstock event last week. He's posted his own impressions of the game (as well as three new screenshots, snapped from a beta build we were given) over at the Unreal Ops site. A nicely non-Halo perspective... go read it! (Louis Wu 12:10:18 UTC) (permalink)
Grand Theft Halo.
Ever since E3, I've been wondering how easy that Ghost hijacking trick's gonna be. Seems Stuntmutt's been wondering, too... check out today's One One Se7en. (Louis Wu 05:05:52 UTC) (permalink)
Don't you shoot that Ghost at me...
What happens when you drive your warthog too fast? Why, the wheels catch on fire, of course. (DivX and QuickTime formats, 15-18 mb.) Blood Gulch looks amazingly bleak... and the weapons mods are pretty hilarious. BOLL continues to turn out seriously entertaining hacking vids. (Louis Wu 04:17:45 UTC) (permalink)
My eyes are still burning.
Blackstar has put up a nice little photo gallery of yesterday's Summer Slaying lanfest here at HBO HQ. This screen says an awful lot about the skill of Geeoff; give him a pistol, you die. That simple. (I'm having trouble figuring out why SAAACK is 12th, though... I'm not 100% sure what they were playing there.) Comments can be found in this forum thread. (Louis Wu 03:26:59 UTC) (permalink)
The SkavMeister strikes again
A word puzzle was posted on our forum a few hours ago. It's not clear that the solution has been found yet, though folks have made quite a bit of progress... there some interesting stuff waiting for the first 3 correct answers, so give it a shot! (Louis Wu 03:10:57 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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Playin' Halo with Bungie and PA BWF gets to Gearbox's roots Revoke that man's license! CPL breaks down $30K |
Saturday's news in brief:
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Slugs. They're all slugs. MC's Back. That looks like fun, actually... A Dogfight by any other map would fly as sweet Microsoft focuses on Gephyrophobia Another Halo PC update at B.net |
