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Friday, February 6, 2004 |  |
Excuses
There's a new poll running over at Subnova - 'Why haven't you bought Halo for PC/Mac?' (Yes, there's an option for those who HAVE.) Go vote! (Louis Wu 22:15:51 UTC) (permalink)
HBO on IRC
A number of people have asked us, over the years, to set up an HBO IRC channel, for folks who feel that the forum moves too slowly. Thanks to the good folks at Homelan... we are happy to say we can now accomodate. The channel name is #HBO, the network is irc.homelan.com, the atmosphere is pure HBO. Come on by! (If IRC is registered for your browser, this link will get you there.) (Louis Wu 21:13:26 UTC) (permalink)
Homelan Xtreme On-Demand
Over the past few weeks, HBO visitors have been able to try out our pair of Homelan-hosted Halo PC servers. The feedback we've gotten has been almost universally positive; folks love the low-lag, high-performance servers, and like the fact that they're geographically spread; it's great to have more than one option when trying to connect and play. Homelan has just rolled out Homelan Xtreme On-Demand, a service aimed at developers and publishers... but if you've got the need for scalable gameservers, it's worth a look! Thanks to Narc, at Rampancy.net, who found it at Forerunners.org. (Louis Wu 18:20:46 UTC) (permalink)
So, You From Around Here, Baby?
Red vs Blue has posted Episode 23 for sponsors - you know where to go. Seems like filler, for the most part... setups for next week. (There ARE a few funny lines, of course...) Thanks to Ross Mills for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 16:48:30 UTC) (permalink)
Is that your ping... or your momma's weight?
Rampancy.net continues with another segment of The High Ping Bastard's Guide to Halo - this part (Part Four) focuses on etiquette. It's quite bulky (the lack of whitespace might intimidate some readers), but in general, it has good advice about how to deal with a low-bandwidth connection, in relation to other players. Check it out! Update: Who says Narc doesn't respond to requests? Whitespace has been added; the article is no longer intimidating. (Louis Wu 13:29:16 UTC) (permalink)
Oh My Aching Sides
One One Se7en finishes up the guest punster series... thank goodness. (This one was already done by rapture, anyway.) To make up for it, Stuntmutt is going to create another 4-page run-through... this time, though, it's going to be a runthrough of Frogger. (Louis Wu 13:20:30 UTC) (permalink)
Mr. Handy Man
That Orange MC is pretty swift... check out today's Halo: Resolution. (Louis Wu 12:45:22 UTC) (permalink)
Reload!
Those crazy guys at Fire Team Charlie have put up another Flash shooter; take out the enemy MCs before they take YOU out. It's pretty tough - I didn't play very long, but my score was only 2375; there are folks in their forum with scores over 7000. it's fun! (Comments can go in this thread.) (Louis Wu 11:55:33 UTC) (permalink)
Elevation
I keep forgetting to put this in the news... but WhoKnew announced a new Halo movie that his clan (Alpha Base) has put together. It's called 'Elevation', and they're hosting copies in both WMP9 and MOV formats. It weighs in at 16 or 17 mb, depending on the version you get. Modded action - pretty fun flamethrower! (Louis Wu 11:37:03 UTC) (permalink)
Project Halo leaders interviewed
Ryan 'Mhaddy' Matthews, of the Junkyard, pointed out an interview with CJ Scaminaci and Sam Bantner, the leaders of Project Halo: Webwar Evolved, a 3D FPS/strategy game based on Halo. This is a really ambitious project, as the interview will make clear... good luck to the whole Project Halo team! (Louis Wu 11:29:50 UTC) (permalink)
Poppy Seeds
Steve "Poppy" Cattell has started up a new comic on our forum - he says he'll be posting new ones every week or two. Nice beginning! (Louis Wu 11:21:31 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
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Please Stand By... Like Bloodwake, except good. Calvin would be proud. Cortana Gets Shirty(2) Preemptive strike Stories Stikfas Master Chief Pictures, Part 1 Hard-rockin' Fan Music |
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