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Monday, May 31, 2004 |  |
GamesRadar Hands-on - a little late
GamesRadar put up their Halo 2 Hands On during E3 - but it wasn't until today that anyone in our community noticed. Thanks, Noman Husainie. (They claimed they were playing 6 on 6 - I was pretty sure all the rooms were set up for 5 on 5, but hey - what do I know?) (Louis Wu 20:45:10 UTC) (permalink)
How to be stupid, in public
Yesterday, we got word from haloruler33 that a rather bizarre auction was going on over at eBay. Someone who'd registered on Thursday had started an auction for a Halo 2 pre-release playable game. There was a bit of discussion in our forum about this - many people warned the bidders that this was likely not real. By yesterday evening, things had gotten out of hand; the bidding, which had been creeping up by $50s and $100s all day, suddenly started jumping by thousands. At 11:38 pm (PST), the bid had reached $100,000. By 15 minutes after midnight, it peaked - at $99,999,999.00. And that's where it closed, at 7:15 this morning. It's quite possible this page will be yanked by eBay - there's fraud on all sides, more than enough to go around - so we've put up a static (no working links) local copy. The exception is the Bids link - that works, and points to another local page. Bungie's been alerted - but I'm really doubting this is anything but a scam, in any case. (Louis Wu 20:37:01 UTC) (permalink)
The Clan Mark of Damocles
One One Se7en looks at clan markings, and why yours should be picked by a friend. (Louis Wu 18:58:52 UTC) (permalink)
...Nor By The Color Of Their Armor...
Late - but not TOO late; today's Halo: Resolution continues the Dada-ist storyline for another episode. (Louis Wu 18:56:50 UTC) (permalink)
Halosn.bungie.org down again
Once again, it seems we're having problems with our third mirror (the one that handles Fan Fiction, among other items) - I've rerouted all OTHER content, but Fanfic is down until we can get the problem fixed. Bad combination of hardware troubles and a holiday weekend - sorry! (Louis Wu 18:51:33 UTC) (permalink)
No, it's better than that. Better. No, better.
Tycho, of Penny Arcade, wrote up a nice review of the Bungie Fanfest at E3 last Friday (scroll down near the bottom) - they had a good time, it seems. (Looks like clarksbrother was the first to give us the heads-up - thanks!) (Louis Wu 18:47:07 UTC) (permalink)
Going Nowhere VERY Fast
A few days ago, I digitized a bunch of videotape submitted by Michael Coffing, and posted a whole passel of new scores on the Going Nowhere Fast leaderboard. Some he submitted just because there was no entry for that level, others because he had really nice runs. One run he posted, Silent Cartographer in 5:46, I was pretty sure wasn't going to be beaten any time soon. I was wrong. We received a new entry from Ducain this afternoon - and it shaves more than 20 seconds off that very impressive run from Michael. The time to beat for Silent Cartographer is now 5:24. Wow! (We'd show you the vid, but that would give away Ducain's secrets - and would probably result in some faster entries. You'll have to find the tricks for yourself!) (Louis Wu 01:39:39 UTC) (permalink)
Platform wars
A public beta of Aquaduct 2, an Xbox tunneler program for Mac OS X, has been released. The big news is that it's now compatible with XBConnect , so you're not limited to playing your fellow Mac users any more. Grab it and get fragging! (Count Zero 01:13:04 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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3D screenshot for folks who hate QuickTime I Thought IMAX Was The Other Guy... Lots of writing I gotta try that Feckless Cry idea Large vids showing... stuff. First Annual Enkidu Fanfic Contest - reminder |
Saturday's news in brief:
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Backstory... revealed obliquely? Site troubles I didn't know they could talk... Advanced Demand New Mombasa gets a shot Bacon-Flavored Marshmallows Frankie Meets The Matrix |
