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Tuesday, May 4, 2004 |  |
I need driving lessons
Hehe - new Flash game from Z, of Xbox Ottawa; it's called Banshee Chase, and it's a top-down driving game (avoid the gravestones - yeah, I know they're not gravestones). It's tiny; we haven't asked, but we'd be happy to host this. At the moment, though, you can find it at Newgrounds. Go play! (Louis Wu 21:49:17 UTC) (permalink)
Best Shot - Taken!
The Gimme Your Best Shot contest for best HUDless screenshot, over at Halo Zone, has been won - check their front page for the top dog and the runner-up. Thanks to XLNC for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 21:06:43 UTC) (permalink)
Balcony Jumping - in a Shade
A few weeks ago, Ducain posted a vid showing him getting up to the balcony in the Maw hangar, in coop, using a warthog for lift. Yesterday, Dark Helmet showed how to get up there in single player - using a shade turret. It's 7.5 mb, in WMP9 format, and it's been mirrored by Ducain (using Mythica's bandwidth) - but I've also tossed a 5.8 mb QuickTime version up on files.bungie.org, for those who don't deal well with WMP9. This is a pretty impressive stunt! (Louis Wu 20:04:25 UTC) (permalink)
Dos and Don'ts
Yesterday, Red Loser did a great job of summarizing the Enkidu saga to that point. Today, he updated to account for the newest terminal (first noticed, it seems, by anoncreativeguy). There's plenty of Enkidu speculation spread throughout our forum, and other forums... but if you're confused, this is a pretty good place to start. (Louis Wu 19:11:59 UTC) (permalink)
HEK Tutorial - in readable HTML
Gearbox will be releasing Halo Custom Edition and the Halo Editing Kit very soon. In preparation for that event, Gearbox and Bungie released the HEK tutorial to a couple of websites so that fans could get a look at what they were up against, and maybe get started on external stuff. Unfortunately, the HTML of the original release was... well, shakey. Depending on which browser you decided to use to view it, you got somewhat random views of some sections. I've put in a solid chunk of work to make this package clean - I haven't removed the frameset
(which is, I suppose, the next step), but these docs will look pretty similar on any browser now, and (maybe more importantly) will look mostly like what their authors intended them to look like. It's coded to be a standalone document; that is, I could zip up the directory and make it available for download, and folks would be able to use it nicely offline. I'm not sure we have the bandwidth for this right now (It's a 40 mb package), but we'll think about it. In the meantime, peruse what's there, and get ready for the release of HCE! (Louis Wu 18:44:03 UTC) (permalink)
New Action Figures at EBGames
The 'Loot points out a new Exclusive action figure at EBGames - the Cobalt Master Chief. No pics yet, but it's shipping on July 13. They're also taking pre-orders for the Halo 2 Brute and the Halo 2 Green Master Chief, both shipping on October 11, according to EB. Is your collection complete? (Louis Wu 16:18:01 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Timer v. 0.7b1 released
Alerus of the One South Clan, has submitted info about an app called 'Halo Timer' - it keeps track of spawn timings for the various items on multiplayer maps. (It's currently missing Boarding Action and Chiron.) It requires MacOSX 10.3 to run. If you're always missing that Rocket Launcher by THAT MUCH, grab this! (Louis Wu 16:14:36 UTC) (permalink)
Nitrogen is good, no?
Calvin and Halo hits a half-century today - and in fitting tribute to 6-year-old humor, we have a... oh, go read it. (Louis Wu 16:10:58 UTC) (permalink)
tJY talks to HB
Apologies for the lack of news; I've been hard at work. First up: the Junkyard has interviewed the Halo Babies team; swing on by to read some interesting facts about how they came to team up and teasers of what's to come! (Louis Wu 16:08:35 UTC) (permalink)
Cortana, Shmortana
In preparation for the upcoming release of the Halo Editing Kit, Cortana.org has opened their HEK Tutorial section. Get a taste of what modders will be able to do once they have the official tools. (Count Zero 01:45:25 UTC) (permalink)
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