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Homelan looks at Halo 2
Homelan Fed has put up a short impressions article of the E3 demo. Thanks, ash. (Louis Wu 20:44:03 UTC) (permalink)
Best of E3, says Tom's
Tom's Hardware Guide has put up a Best of E3 article, and Halo 2 took the Xbox category. w00t! (They did pick a rather unusual choice for best FPS, though...) Thanks, EA6. (Louis Wu 20:39:26 UTC) (permalink)
A view from the fest
Dan Chosich wrote up a great piece on the Fanfest weekend; good text, good pics, and a nice little movie to give you flavor. Check it out! (Louis Wu 17:10:37 UTC) (permalink)
Of renders, and inspiration
Roger Wilco has posted a note on our forum, explaining some of the backstory behind Special Delivery; if you liked the movie, go read what he has to say about it! He's also updated his random renders page to include some shots from the movie. I simply cannot imagine rendering a movie like that on a 300 MHz Celeron processor... I think he must have drawn the frames by hand. (Louis Wu 16:34:49 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2: The Game to Watch
BigBoy7791 found another CNN article (this time on CNN Money) from E3; it profiles 6 games to watch, and Halo 2 is the first. As BigBoy says, it's great to see video games showing up more and more often in the mainstream press. Halo 2 will likely have a 'first weekend' that rivals many movies, in terms of gross sales... (Louis Wu 16:16:28 UTC) (permalink)
And It's ODST Week This Week on HBO...
One One Se7en bounces back with new jokes. Okay, Old jokes. (Louis Wu 13:41:13 UTC) (permalink)
But Why Is It In Bill Gates' House?
Halo: Resolution finds an interesting box today... (Louis Wu 13:39:09 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Babies - new strip, movie
New content on Halo Babies today - first, there's a double-size strip that includes the Spoiled Sponsor winner (and The Vehicle That Wouldn't Die), and then there's a supercool video showing Lorraine McLees drawing a raffle prize at the fanfest - it's fascinating. Go check it all out! (Louis Wu 13:05:21 UTC) (permalink)
Xbox.com E3 Halo 2 stuff
There are a couple of Halo2-related vids in the plethora of new items at Xbox.com; there's an 8 minute video with Jenny McCarthy, where she talks to folks experiencing the Halo 2 demo, then weasels her way into playing herself, chatting up Frankie and Pete Parsons pretty good. (Look for Lorraine, Max, and SketchFactor in cameo roles.) There's also a video with Robbie Carbone, winner of an Xbox Live contest, getting Robbie's reactions to Halo 2. (You can read Robbie's full story here.) The downside to ALL of Xbox.com vids is that they're totally un-viewable on a Macintosh; this is pretty disappointing. These two vids can be accessed directly from their mms streams, though, and these DO work on a Mac; I'll have to pull these if Xbox.com complains, but for now, if the official interface doesn't work for you, you can see the vids here: Jenny McCarthy and Robbie Carbone. Thanks to Caligula Caesar for getting me started on all this stuff. (Louis Wu 12:12:19 UTC) (permalink)
The Complete Package
There's a new Halo 2 hands-on from Gamers.com - another satisfied reviewer. Check it out. (Louis Wu 09:44:21 UTC) (permalink)
New Wallpapers on B.net
Wow. Swing by Bungie.net and grab four new wallpapers; there's a simple but beautiful one involving the Halo 2 logo, and really nice versions of mehve's Fall of Reach, The Flood, and First Strike book jacket artwork. All four desktops were done by Zoe. Thanks, Tempus Fugit. (Louis Wu 00:40:25 UTC) (permalink)
A new wedding... and a 5-year anniversary
The Junkyard has turned its spotlight on David 'Narcogen' Josselyn, head honcho over at Rampancy.net. He discusses life in the former USSR, drinking, and getting tooled in Halo (by his wife). Go read it - there's lots more, he's pretty verbose. (Louis Wu 00:35:13 UTC) (permalink)
J Allard talks Halo, and stuff
Eurogamer interviewed J Allard; the subject of the interview is XNA, but Allard focuses a LOT on Halo (as an example game), and then waxes enthusiastic about Halo 2's presales.
I just think Halo 2 is going to tip our world upside down. I think nobody will go to work on November 9th, I think there will be fights in stores over the last copies, I think it will be one of the biggest pre-orders in the history of mankind.
Cool read. Thanks, Adam Daniel. (Louis Wu 00:01:29 UTC) (permalink)
Mapmaking reaches new highs
Frankie has written up a great piece on the Secrets of Zanzibar; as Frankie says, the map can change quite a lot before Halo 2 ships, so these secrets might not be in the final version, but just reading them will give you an idea of the depth of this new level (and, by implication, map design in general for Halo 2). Looks like first notice goes to Gruntsbane. (Louis Wu 00:00:05 UTC) (permalink)
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