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Thursday, October 23, 2003 |  |
Halo on NVIDIA cards just got faster
NVIDIA has finally released non-beta versions of its release 50 drivers (52.16, to be precise). Performance in Halo PC improves by up to 58%, according to the official press release. Thanks, botman on our forum and Sean Johnson via email. This release is for Win2K/WinXP only. (Louis Wu 20:40:10 UTC) (permalink)
HBO regular wins SMPM tourney
Rapture mentioned on our forum that he and Diesel, from The Hushed Casket, won the SeeMePlayMe online tourney we pointed out yesterday. He also gave SeeMePlayMe some major props - he's looking for more folks to join him there for rockin' Halo fun. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 14:38:25 UTC) (permalink)
Split the difference - call it a 9
Paul Ryan points out two Halo reviews at Ace Games - an Xbox review that escaped us whenever it was published (they gave it a 10/10), and a new PC review (it got 8/10). They weren't written by the same reviewer, but it's interesting to see them side by side. (Louis Wu 13:27:37 UTC) (permalink)
See-Through You.
Aaron Claussen steps out of today's One One Se7en guest strip to look at the phenomenon from the outside. (Louis Wu 09:27:10 UTC) (permalink)
Stories, as well
11 Fan Fiction pieces today.
- The Point of No Return [H&R 16], by Jillybean
- Halo 2: The New Front (Chapter 2) , by System Failure
- Appocalypse-Sector 2, by FFEcho
- Marooned, Chapter 3, by Steve Ollett
- Derailed Part 10, by Dispraiser
- Earth's Fate: Chapter 1, by Sergeant B
- Evanangel (Part Three), by Jinkaiden-XI
- Plasma Burns and Bullet Shells-chapter 6, by Myth
- Countdown Earth: Hour Seven, by Mainevent
- New Lunar HQ: Chapter 3, by Fleet Admiral
- A Spartan Names James- Part 3, by ZePHyR wRaiTH
There would have been more, but a suprising number of authors believe the 750 word minimum is just for show, and can be avoided by padding their stories with garbage. It's there for a reason, folks. (Louis Wu 09:24:09 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday Reviews
Three new reviews today, courtesy of Blue's News (and Ash) - GameAxis, Gaming Age, and GameSpot AU. The first has something of a twisted view on the history of the game, but they loved playing it. The other two had the standard complaints (repetitive levels, steep system requrements, no coop). (Louis Wu 09:16:54 UTC) (permalink)
New goodies from Team Sexy
Team Sexy has added some extra films for their registered users; visit the forum, follow the Extras thread at the top. There's an alternate ending for their Red vs Who movie, as well as outtakes (both in Quicktime and DivX). There's also a slick desktop and an audio track for an upcoming film. Thanks to SexyJosh for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 08:24:11 UTC) (permalink)
It must be one o' them automatic boot shiners
Benny, over at XboxOttawa, has created another intstallment of Madda Cheeb, a Flash-based vehicle for his trash-talking action figure. It weighs in at 1.6 mb, and though it's not a substitute for the long-awaited FTC 9 (coming, they say!), it is pretty funny, and very nicely made. (Louis Wu 07:53:04 UTC) (permalink)
BG mod available from FilePlanet
Framerate writes to say that a mod of Blood Gulch he's created is now available on FilePlanet; it's a hexedited version of the map allowing the LAAG to fire plasma blasts and the pistol to shoot rockets. (At 13.7 mb, one wonders why folks don't just download the 46Kb BG Edit from Clan AKA to make their own...) (Louis Wu 07:31:14 UTC) (permalink)
CarnageReport is born
Dolbex, the mastermind behind Halo50K and a classy guy in his own right, has opened CarnageReport.com, a site devoted to tracking stats on Halo PC. Read the official press release, or just explore the site. Cool idea! (Louis Wu 01:04:12 UTC) (permalink)
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