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Monday, January 26, 2004 |  |
Four kills a minute... forever
Wow. Rapture posted a screen from a Halo PC game last Friday... this was about 5 hours in. That's a LOT of kills. (Louis Wu 22:14:19 UTC) (permalink)
Mac software piracy - and a Mac Halo demo
There's an interesting article on software piracy (and how it relates to Mac gaming) over on Yahoo news today. Peter Tamte participated in a round-table discussion on piracy, and reiterated that in the month since Mac Halo's release, more people have stolen it than bought it. "From what we've been able to extrapolate, the lost sales are already in the millions." This is pretty bad news for gamers in general; if a software company can't make any money selling its product, it's not going to MAKE any products... and there won't be any games to pirate. (This argument has been scoffed at in the past - but in those days, pirated copies were a relatively small fraction of the total copies out there, not more than half the total.) Buried deep in the discussion is a nugget that might make some Mac gamers happy:
"Now that Halo is finished and has been updated to version 1.03, Tamte said that MacSoft is focused on bringing forth a demo version of Halo."
This is good news for gamers who've been wanting to TRY Halo, but haven't wanted to plunk down $50 to do so. Thanks to Sep7imus for noticing both the article, and the demo mention. (Louis Wu 15:05:50 UTC) (permalink)
Halo for cheap - in the UK, too
Yesterday, we mentioned that Circuit City is selling Halo for $19.99. kapowaz pointed out that Tesco, in Great Britain, has made it available for £19.99, as well; still more than the US price, but a significant markdown from its normal rate in GB. Never been a better time to buy Halo - on EITHER side of the Atlantic! (Louis Wu 14:07:43 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 Updates db updated
We've added last Friday's Bungie Update (originally at Subnova) to our Frankie's Bungie Updates database. There's a small note over at Subnova explaining the problems this weekend; it was a hardware problem, not a network or software one. Here's hoping it doesn't happen again! (Louis Wu 13:24:07 UTC) (permalink)
Weapons... at a remove
Rampancy.net has put up the second part of its 'High Ping Bastard's Guide to Halo' - this one focuses on Weapons. Again, there is information in here of value even to those on fast connections; lag in Halo PC is an unfortunate fact of life, and while it's worse for dialup (or faraway) visitors, it's present for ALL of us. Thanks to Narcogen for the heads-up (and for writing the article). (Louis Wu 12:48:08 UTC) (permalink)
Number One One Se7en
So the buildup to One One Se7en number 117 has been pretty big; last week's (Stuntmutt-drawn) strips have all been teasers for it. Several people on our forum speculated that it would be tied, somehow, to the Plinth of Art announcement we made yesterday... but it was noted that main strips don't come out on Sundays. (I was amused that the Sunday strip that DID comment on the Plinth of Art, and that preceded the 117th strip, was number 17... you just can't get away from that stuff.) Anyway, the fact of the matter is, Stuntmutt DID go all out for this one. It's a special 4-page comic; I'm pretty sure he takes the prize in 'Halo on Legendary at Lightning Speed'. Go check it for yourself... (Louis Wu 03:06:19 UTC) (permalink)
Sword Battle, part 2
SESpider has sent along Page 13 of his Miniature Halo comic. Way cool the way weather in the comic tracks weather in the US in the present day... (Louis Wu 02:42:57 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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Sniper in the hills Halo - for cheap Another pair, set to classics Judgement Day Homefront 1.1 beta patch Project Halo Update Presenting... The Plinth Of Art Results |
Saturday's news in brief:
