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Tuesday, October 14, 2003 |  |
Fall Brawl in Rhode Island
Bloodgulch.com is hosting the Halo Fall Brawl, on Sunday, November 2, at 11:30. It takes place in Riverside, Rhode Island (just east of Providence), and costs $80/team to get in. Prizes aren't listed yet, but they'll include cash and schwag from Alienware, NVIDIA, Bawls, Dominos, Dunkin' Donuts... check it out. (Louis Wu 19:43:27 UTC) (permalink)
Mini-action figures coming soon!
Coming in November, from Joyride - 3" action figures, in 2-piece sets (jackal and MC, or red/blue MCs) and 5-piece sets (5 different-colored MCs, or MC, pair of marines, pair of jackals). It's almost time for battles! Thanks to krapshmeer for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 19:36:07 UTC) (permalink)
Halo City opens its doors
New Halo site out there: Halo City. info comes from programerz, a source of lots and lots of good info at the Gearbox forums... site gets thumbs-up from forum regular gwdpto. Clans who sign up today get access to a free Teamspeak server (for voice chat over IP). (Louis Wu 19:08:10 UTC) (permalink)
Yeah, next you'll say the phone rang.
Boxer is apparently looking for ways to rationalize his awful rocket-launching skills in online Halo PC play. To this end, he's even created a comic over at Subnova, going so far as to blame his uber-n00bishness as 'lag'. Pfft. (Okay, okay... it really IS a problem sometimes. But geez... did he leave himself wide open, or what?) (Louis Wu 18:26:14 UTC) (permalink)
Don't let him out of your sight...
Whoa - very cool. 1UP put up a new feature called '50 to Watch', a group of people they believe 'will help define gaming the most in the next 12 months'. They're (mostly) in alphabetical order, so the list isn't ranked, per se... but one of the 50 (Number 17, in fact) is Jaime Griesemer, lead designer for Halo 2. Thanks to Pallor, over at Subnova, for pointing it out. (Louis Wu 18:22:57 UTC) (permalink)
Free Dedicated Server on SeeMePlayMe
Got a note from the folks at SeeMePlayMe, a gaming/chat solution which now covers Halo (along with other games). Pretty cool stuff; The software is free (though there are advantages to subscribing), and one of the new features with respect to Halo is that you can set up your own dedicated server for free. You and your friends meet in a 'room', where you can chat, view each others' webcams, whatever... when you're ready, you can set up a private Halo server, with your own parameters (map, options, number of players, etc.) and get to playing. A screenshot of the interface is here. As the service becomes more popular, the number of days that non-paying members can create servers every week may decrease... but you'll ALWAYS be able to JOIN a game. (You also have access to the standard servers out there; SeeMeePlayMe can act as an alternative to the Gamespy server browser built into Halo, an alternative with a built-in chat option, for the 'we need a lobby' folks.) If your clan needs a place to meet, but doesn't want to deal with the hassle of collecting money from all members to pay for a dedicated server, this is an option you should definitely check out! Update: This page at SeeMePlayMe should explain what they're about, and what they offer. (Louis Wu 17:44:31 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Reviews all around
A few new reviews for you: Gamezilla says 'buy it', even though they were unhappy with the repetitive level design and steep system requirements, Jolt.co.uk gave it a 93% for fun factor, and Gamer's Pulse gave it an Editor's Choice Award although they were unhappy with performance issues. Thanks to Blue's News and Shacknews, via ash. (Louis Wu 09:52:01 UTC) (permalink)
There's A New Sheriff In Town...
Today's Guest One One Se7en is from b.org's own CYBRFRK, who looks at the newest weapon in the Halo arsenal. Yup... nasty toy. (Louis Wu 01:08:38 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
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Halo URL Another Halo ladder in Europe 4v4 tourney in Chicago BBC says Halo has problems I'm Guessing Here... A Lesson In Driver Safety Clearing out the backlog - again More words than Columbus ever wrote |
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