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EDBIS previews Halo 2
EDBIS.com has previewed Halo 2; some questionable statements, but a preview is a preview. Info seems to come from a combination of online movies and print articles. Thanks to Battleground: Halo for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 15:22:03 UTC) (permalink)
Techniques for the HPB
Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, has begun a series of articles dedicated to helping those with less-than-stellar net connections still have fun playing Halo. The first installment of the High Ping Bastard's Guide to Halo, focusing on vehicles, is up now. This is worth a read, even if your connection is good; all of us have experienced lag on Halo servers, and some of the suggestions are as applicable to LPBs on laggy servers as they are to HBPs everywhere. (Louis Wu 15:16:51 UTC) (permalink)
Update shenanigans
Last night, Frankie posted the Weekly Bungie Update over at Subnova. The idea of the updates, beyond bringing a few morsels of Halo 2 goodness to the masses, is to introduce those very same masses to the various sites in the Halo universe. Lots of traffic is directed to the site by an update, and a certain percentage of those visitors stick around and check out what ELSE is available. During the yearlong period of Matt's Halo 1 Updates, a policy was worked out whereby the site receiving the update would have it, exclusively, from Friday night when it was posted through Sunday night. At that point, any site that wished to archive the updates was welcome to do so. Because of this policy, I declined to allow anyone to post the full text of the update in our forum last night, even though Subnova was having problems. However, this morning the site is STILL down, and some of the larger Halo sites have put the update online already - so I'm going to bow to common sense and suggest that if you want to read it, you visit Rampancy.net or the Junkyard while Subnova is still offline. (We have it, as well, but I'm going to hold off until Monday to post it; I simply don't feel comfortable doing it now.) I'm really hoping this doesn't change the way the updates have worked; I really believe that the spreading around of information (and bringing people to sites they might not otherwise have visited) is at least as important as the info itself. Long after these updates have been relegated to irrelevancy by the game's release, the sites themselves will be up and running, bringing you Halo goodness. Something to think about. (Louis Wu 15:10:45 UTC) (permalink)
Cheers
There've been a number of movie submissions recently that have gone back to the roots of Halo fan movies; gameplay (or sometimes just cutscene action) set to music. Normally, these would simply be passed over; they don't meet our movie posting guidelines, the concept isn't original, and (in most cases), the music is either poorly chosen or not integrated into the actual footage. However, these recent creations don't suffer from this latter problem... and I found myself enjoying watching them. For that reason, I'm going to release a few of them. This isn't an open invitation to submit hundreds more - we still abide by our standards most of the time. These are small movies, though, and in each case, brings something fun to the table. First up: a movie from Joe S., set to Cheers, by the Trytones. 3:29 long, 320x240, 11.5 mb, in QuickTime format. We're hosting this on our new files2.bungie.org. Enjoy! (Louis Wu 12:02:49 UTC) (permalink)
The Color of Love.
Today's Guest One One Se7en comes from Owen Walsh... and it's just disturbing. (Louis Wu 11:52:30 UTC) (permalink)
Play Halo, walk away with $15K
The CPL has announced the cash prize distribution for the Cyberathlete Extreme World Championships 2004, a 4-title tournament taking place at the end of July. The Halo portion has a total purse of $50,000, with $15,000 going to the winner. The entrance fee is 25% off ($60/head vs $80) until January 30. More details can be found on the CPL website. Thanks for the heads-up from CobaltNova. (Louis Wu 11:39:24 UTC) (permalink)
Didja ever wonder...?
Bren the n00b did some messing around with character swapping... came out with some interesting screenshots. (He also discovered that if you swap a Camo elite into Captain Keyes' body... he ends up behaving as though he's human. Weirdness.) (Louis Wu 11:15:22 UTC) (permalink)
Writing - but less
I can't explain it... but maybe it's not a bad thing. Fan Fiction entries today are only 7 (for a 2-day stretch).
- Out of Phase 4, by BlackValkyire
- The fight for Omega Centauri. Part 2: At the speed of fear., by Aonghus Maher
- The Tru7h, by Sherveen Mashayekhi
- I Shall Tell You, by Frensa Geran
- Something Wicked This Way Comes, pt. 1, by Silent Death Sorrow
- Survival of the Fittest: A friendship forged, by MasterCD
- Long Time Gone Part 9, by grylsy
Go read 'em! (Louis Wu 11:05:03 UTC) (permalink)
Receiving on Demand
A new Subzero Rivalries comic has been posted - as usual, artwork rocks. (The strip itself, this time around... lots of potential, but I thought the closer was weak. In its defense: the fact that I'm judging it at ALL says something pretty positive. :) ) Thanks to MarkHawk for pointing it out. (Louis Wu 11:00:25 UTC) (permalink)
Encrushenating? Encrushenating!
Frankie takes a break from the humilia..er, fun that the Winter Pentathalon certainly must be to post an article on Bungie.Net elaborating on recent Halo sales figures. Four million. That's a whole lot of pancakes. (mnemesis 01:23:22 UTC) (permalink)
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