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WATCH THAT VASE!
Whoa. RunningRiot managed to capture some pretty amazing footage in his living room... (Louis Wu 22:15:59 UTC) (permalink)
More Halo 2 Screenshots from Kikizo.com
Kikizo.com has put up a massive collection of screens - it's all content that's been seen in recent print articles, but it's in digital form. Very nice stuff. Thanks to Zero Flaw for noticing. Update: Higher-resolution versions of some of the renders can also be found at Eurogamer.net (thanks, R.net). You know, of course, that the appearance of all this content on various websites means we'll be seeing higher-res versions from Bungie themselves in the forseeable future... (Louis Wu 19:31:23 UTC) (permalink)
I Screen, You Screen, We All Screen for HUDless Screens
It's been a couple of months since the last batch... but XLNC is back with 10 new HUDless screenshots. These were taken using the detachable camera in Halo CE - which, unfortunately, only works when you're alone. (It's not networkable.) (Louis Wu 18:02:38 UTC) (permalink)
Quashing Typos Before They Matter
Before anyone goes overboard... 1up.com has recently overhauled their website, and one of the things that changed was the listed release date for Halo 2. (They currently have it listed as December 15, 2004.) Normally, silly release dates on random websites are ignored by us... but 1up is a pretty big site (they're the web presence for several major gaming magazines (Electronic Gaming Monthly, Computer Gaming World, Xbox Nation), and this listed date is newly changed, which might lend credence to the date even among people who normally would scoff. Not to worry - Bungie has confirmed (as of about 5 minutes ago) that the date has NOT changed - November 9th is still the day of reckoning. (Louis Wu 17:35:28 UTC) (permalink)
Windows programmers - win Halo 2
Djof points out a contest on Channel 9, site run by Microsoft programmers - the Summer of Express Coding Contest. Create a 'non-business' application using the new Express products, and win one of 6 Xboxes (which come with Xbox Live and Halo 2)! Details are on the contest page. (Louis Wu 17:29:32 UTC) (permalink)
Flying around New Mombasa
GUzz3re points out a thread on the Halo Revolution forum containing a new video showing off New Mombasa, the ambitious mod from Mrs Doublefire, NiTrOuSoXiDe, and company. Last time I posted a link to a New Mombasa vid, I got bombarded with email screaming about how I was making a beta leak worse. (I wasn't, according to the team leaders - but lots of folks didn't know that.) I haven't checked this time, but some posts by Mrs Doublefire at the Gearbox forums make it clear that he, at least, knows about the video, and doesn't seem to be angry that it's out there. It's a large WMP9 vid (640x480, 5:07 long, 36.2 mb), and it's mostly just flying around the level in detached camera mode - but you get a good sense of its layout. (Louis Wu 17:05:37 UTC) (permalink)
XboxOttawa says Bring It
Hehe - the Fire Team Charlie boyz have a whole bunch of goodies to give away, and they've finally settled on how they're gonna do it. Play 'em on XBC, 2v2, and beat 'em, and you win stuff. That simple! There are some very reasonable rules laid out on the contest page - go make sure you're not breaking any! Thanks to Dr Lime, at HaloPlanet, for pointing it out. (Louis Wu 13:30:15 UTC) (permalink)
One Entry That Won't Be Winning GNF...
Today's One One Se7en looks at our Going Nowhere Fast competition, and how Stuntmutt's run stacked up. (In truth, he's in third place, and had some pretty l337 moves near the start... as far as I can tell, he's still in the running for the grand prize.) That said, visual manipulation of photos of me automatically disqualify you from any meaningful compensation, so he's probably right. (Louis Wu 13:04:07 UTC) (permalink)
Observation Is Nescessary For A Succesful Mission
Sometimes, the obvious isn't really enough. That's what I learned from Halo: Resolution today, anyway. (Louis Wu 12:59:57 UTC) (permalink)
Green and Silver
A couple of months ago, Bungie ran a contest called the 'Launch Week Prizetacular' - they gave away cool stuff to randomly-selected B.net members. The second prize was a Limited Edition Xbox Console - and last night, rapture showed up in the #hbo irc channel with pictures. Seems Joyeuse finally received his prize, and posted up shots on the Gearbox forum. A Limited Edition Xbox... signed by all Bungie employees. How cool is that? (Louis Wu 12:56:22 UTC) (permalink)
No, YOUR Mom.
We got word from Dolbex about a fun contest sponsored by MLG: Impress 'Your Mom', win free entrance to 50k3. The details: come up with the coolest multiplayer move ever, and 'Your Mom' (one of the Been Mawed crew, and a staff member of the 50k3 event) will give you a free ticket, an MLG t-shirt, and dogtags. Full rules can be found on the MLG site. Deadline is 3 weeks from now... so get cracking! (Louis Wu 12:48:27 UTC) (permalink)
Cortana.org - RIP
Looks like Cortana.org has gone offline. A visit to the site gives a Denied message... and a visit to Forerunners.org, its parent site, shows a news post stating that it's officially offline, with an explanation coming sometime in the future. Our links page has been updated. (Louis Wu 12:33:15 UTC) (permalink)
Getting out of PoA - the easy way
MireL pointed out a glitch he found at Halo Online some time ago - it's possible to climb out of the Pillar of Autumn, into space, through an airlock door. (The top pane of glass is passable by bodies, though not by bullets.) Goatrope quickly filmed the glitch (DivX format, 1.7 mb - I've also put up a QuickTime version of roughly the same size), and others in the thread confirmed that it works on both Xbox and PC. There's not much to see outside... but it's still fun to find areas like this! (Louis Wu 08:52:50 UTC) (permalink)
HaloPlanet opens officially
Battleground: Halo has become HaloPlanet - an official Gamespy Planet site. A new look, tons of new content (check out the interview with NiTrOuSoXiDe), and lots more to come - there's a welcome message from the site directors explaining where they're hoping to go. Explore! (Louis Wu 08:12:09 UTC) (permalink)
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