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Monday, October 27, 2003 |  |
More on the Console/PC issue
Yesterday, we mentioned an interesting article from Mat Noguchi on the differences between console and PC programming. There's been a second part posted - and it, too, is quite informative. Thanks to Narcogen, at Rampancy.net, for noticing. (A more recent note suggests that folks are using this info inappropriately... remember, Mat's a programmer at Bungie, he doesn't work for Gearbox, and Halo PC support questions should not be directed at him.) (Louis Wu 19:32:42 UTC) (permalink)
HaloPC Online Tourney - in 6 hours!
Rapture reminds us that there's another SeeMePlayMe tourney (2vs2) on tonight; the festivities kick off at 7 pm Central time. The more teams that enter, the more months of a gold account are on the table... so sign up! (Louis Wu 19:26:38 UTC) (permalink)
Covering the bases, indeed.
Finn, unwilling to be shown up by mnemesis, has submitted his OWN mammoth Halo Story page update. Classical connections, books, chess... It's a pretty erudite update. Read and be illuminated! Update: Oops - both Finn AND mnemesis get credit for today's update; my bad. (They work well together, but I've found that fear and paranoia breed more productivity than kindness and contentment. Don't tell them.) (Louis Wu 18:40:30 UTC) (permalink)
GameDaemons server back up!
GameDaemons came through! The problem (the loss of the GameDaemons-hosted HBO dedicated server) arose from a series of bizarre events all occurring simultaneously - but the support staff worked overtime, and the problem is fixed. There are now TWO listed servers; both use the same password (again, just visit our forum for info), both are listed in the status page (and have links on our main page). The Subnova server MIGHT disappear, if they decide they need the resources back... but we're extremely grateful it was around during the downtime, and so, apparently, are our forumgoers. Go play! (Louis Wu 17:35:52 UTC) (permalink)
Worthplaying says it's worth playing
Quiet weekend for Halo reviews. The only one listed at Blue's News was the one at Worthplaying. It was written by someone who actually never played the Xbox version (or at least, never played it all the way through, campaign). Disappointment at system specs, disappointment about lack of Coop... but he was impressed by the solo AI, and enjoyed the immersion. There are 40 screenshots (though they're at 1024x768, not the listed 1600x1200), as well. (Louis Wu 16:16:08 UTC) (permalink)
HBO HaloPC Server back up!
Really, what else is there to say? It's back up, so feel free to hop on and get some good carnage in! (Ding 16:11:29 UTC) (permalink)
7 Boobs
Remember when Halo PC went gold, and Gearbox was posting tons of pics of that gold master in various places? One of them even found their way into One One Se7en. Gotta love the queue times... (Louis Wu 12:54:35 UTC) (permalink)
Do You Think It's Us?
Halo: Resolution provides reason number 2,342 why you should be happy Halo's not MORE realistic. (Louis Wu 12:44:09 UTC) (permalink)
Congrats, RvB!
Thanks to jayWHY, for noticing that Machinima.com has posted the results from Saturday's Machinima Awards 2003 (they'll be officially posted by Machinima.org later today). Red vs Blue's Blood Gulch Chronicles took Best Independent Machinima Film, Best Writing, and Best Picture - not a bad collection of prizes! (You can download most of the entries, including a whopping 487 mb, 4-episode version of Blood Gulch Chronicles, from FilePlanet.) (Louis Wu 11:53:02 UTC) (permalink)
Halo PC Server Status
You may have noticed that our Halo PC dedicated server has been offline for about 24 hours; we're having trouble figuring out what the problem is. In the meantime, though, our friends at Subnova have come to our rescue - you'll find a server called 'HBO-Subnova' in the ingame server listing now. The password is the same as the one we set up yesterday on the GameDaemons box (you can find it prominently displayed on our forum if you missed it), and the mapcycle is ROUGHLY the same (I'm ashamed to say I didn't save local backups of some of the gametypes or the init file). When we get the GameDaemons problem sorted out, we'll rename that server to HBO-GameDaemons, so that the two servers appear next to each other in the server listing. Additionally, the Server Status link on our main page has been updated with the new URL. Again, apologies for the downtime, and enjoy the hospitality of Subnova! (Louis Wu 04:13:42 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Ops opens its doors
Tycho, from Unreal Ops, dropped us a note about a new site he's started up called (not surprisingly) Halo Ops. It's a slick-looking site, and it starts off with a bang - an interview with Randy Pitchford, put together during the Halo PC Fanstock event that took place a couple of months ago. Some very nice background info in there - go check it out! (And keep an eye on the site; if he's anywhere near as devoted to it as he is to Unreal Ops, it's gonna be a serious player in the Halo scene.) (Louis Wu 02:26:11 UTC) (permalink)
The word from Reactor
mehve is back from Anime Reactor (we mentioned she was going last week), and has posted a quick summary of events at Bungie.net. Sounds like a more complete writeup is coming! (Louis Wu 01:57:14 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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