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Monday, March 15, 2004 |  |
WE CANNOT POST SCANS OF CURRENT MAGS
Please - to the dozens of people sending us links to the hi-res scan of the latest OXM issue (with the new 'Snowblind' screenshot): our policy is exactly the same as it always was. We do NOT post images from, or links to, scans from magazine issues that are still on the newsstands. In this case, they're not even on the newsstands yet; the issue doesn't officially come out for a few days. Folks putting up scans are subscribers, who get the magazine early. Please don't take money out of the pockets of magazine creators; do it enough, and there won't BE any more magazines to scan. Bungie will be releasing a hi-res version of that picture on their website as soon as the latest issue of OXM is on the shelves... please, please be patient. (Louis Wu 20:35:58 UTC) (permalink)
The Pics Don't Stop!
The HUDless Screen Parade goes on. MereCatfish has submitted his own collection (along with a short movie of a teamkilling Gold Elite, who eventually commits suicide in remorse) to our forum, here. (Louis Wu 19:06:10 UTC) (permalink)
Multiplayer Death, Up Close
XLNC continues his mad HUDless screenshot posting rampage, this time focusing on multiplayer action. There are some GORGEOUS shots in here. Browse away. (Louis Wu 18:23:16 UTC) (permalink)
Streaming Halo Goodness
synide is starting up a new venture: haloTV. He intends to stream Halo videos 24/7 via winamp, eventually including big Halo matches shown live. For now, he's looking for suggestions for movies to include in the rotation. Add your thoughts to this thread. (Louis Wu 17:38:59 UTC) (permalink)
Like The Bit At The Start of Six Feet Under.
One One Se7en looks at the potential hazards of wielding more than one gun at a time. (Louis Wu 16:11:07 UTC) (permalink)
Who Knew He Was Waterproof?
Halo: Resolution gets stranger and stranger... who knew what 343GS got up to in his spare time? (Louis Wu 16:07:16 UTC) (permalink)
That Ballmer - he's a card
Bizarre find by Richard Watkins - in a speech Steve Ballmer made last fall at the Gartner Fall Symposium 2003 (it was the Microsoft Office System 2003 Launch), he said
We're working on the next version -- I hate to tell you this confidentially but I'll have to swear you to secrecy now -- we're working on the next version of Xbox right now and we're working on Halo 2 and Halo 3, the two newest versions of the game.
Now - remember, this is Microsoft's CEO; he probably doesn't spend a lot of time keeping track of projects that are several years out. And Bungie themselves have said that it's not certain that there will even BE a Halo 3 yet. And even if they WERE planning on a Halo 3, the chances that they were already into development on it last October (when the vast majority of the office was working on Halo 2, and the few remaining people were dealing with the very recent release of Halo PC and the problems it had at launch) are pretty slim. Given all this, the usual 'if it doesn't come from Bungie, don't believe it' caveats apply here... but it is interesting that Ballmer would make a statement like that at all. (Louis Wu 16:01:56 UTC) (permalink)
For Archival Justice
Like every OTHER Halo site on the planet, we've added last Friday's Weekly Bungie Update to our Update Archive. It comes in handy when you're looking for that corpse-humping reference... (Louis Wu 12:15:02 UTC) (permalink)
Practice all night, tourney all day
X Tournaments points out an interesting addition to an upcoming tourney; on saturday, March 27, they're holding a 2v2 tournament at The Game in Smithtown, Long Island. The night before, there's a Lock-In lanfest; show up at 11 pm, LAN all night (the doors are unlocked again at 9 am). The tourney is $40/team, the Lock-In is $15/person. More details can be found at the X Tournaments site. (Louis Wu 11:32:29 UTC) (permalink)
The Light of Octanus
Tony 'Octanus' Poitra, of Cortana.org, is the latest 'Spotlight' suspect, over at the Junkyard; head on over and see what makes him tick! (Louis Wu 10:40:06 UTC) (permalink)
Halo - via Warhammer 40k
A little bit ago, we got email from Shadow Forsythe, pointing out a pretty incredible site on Geocities - Frankie 'Deadpool' G. had been creating Halo miniatures out of Warhammer 40k models. I was seriously intrigued - but knew that a front-page link on HBO tends to kill Geocities sites in about 10 minutes. I contacted Frankie, and he gave us permission to host the content locally. (I hesitate to say 'mirror', since I poured his content into HBO's site template, and rewrote the html from the ground up. The text, though, is all his, and the pictures (the high point of the material) are unchanged.) Check out Pillar of Autumn, and be amazed, yet again, at what a Halo fan's dedication can bring about. (Louis Wu 02:12:42 UTC) (permalink)
Project Halo moves along
There's another Project Halo Weekly Update, posted on our forum. The high point is an early concept of what might become their theme song. Check it out! (Louis Wu 02:03:21 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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No .Comic without Subnova The Master Chief Invades Texas Guest Stars. Happy Birthday, Tina! Gamespot says Halo in the top 10 343GS - new, again |
Saturday's news in brief:
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Multiplayer Guide from an active group The HBO Forum. I'm what you used to be. The Green Man Cometh I wanna see the paisley MC |
