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Saturday, July 31, 2004 |  |
GTA :: Sin City Update
The Halo-based Grand Theft Auto conversion has been renamed to GTA :: Sin City. This information, and a few other tidbits about the past week, are available in the Weekly Update posted on their forum. (Louis Wu 20:08:20 UTC) (permalink)
82 mb of Maw Goodness
The final winning run in our Going Nowhere Fast contest, Trefitch's Maw sprint, is now available via Direct Download from the GNF Status page. If you're not one of the 900 people who have already grabbed this 82 mb file via BitTorrent - now's your chance to get an HTTP download. It's a gorgeous run... check it out! (Again - announcement of the Grand Prize winner should be sometime in the coming week.) (Louis Wu 19:57:05 UTC) (permalink)
Inheritance a Go
Back in May, Kris Kristensen, director/producer of an upcoming film called 'Inheritance', stopped by various Halo-related forums (ours included) to ask folks to sign a petition showing interest in the film. (He appealed to the Halo fanbase because one of the stars of the show is Jen Taylor, the voice of Cortana.) Apparently, the push was successful; a couple of days ago, he posted a note on the HaloPlanet forum stating that the movie will be distributed between November 2004 and February 2005. (The responses he got were split between indifference and titillation about the mention of 'graphic sex' in the Director's Cut version - it's a little disappointing to see no real support for the film itself.) Thanks to TankRamp for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 19:46:16 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 Wallpaper all over the net
Shacknews pointed out Halo 2 wallpapers at TeamXbox and IGN Xbox, all based on the recently released super-hi-res Halo ad. (The same sorts of wallpaper has been created by HBO visitors, currently in the woefully backlogged Wallpaper queue - for example, Ducain whipped up a batch a week ago (and another batch a couple of days later)... we'll do our best to get these up and posted soon.) Thanks, Ash. (Louis Wu 18:59:17 UTC) (permalink)
Saturday Storytelling
Seven new stories in the Fan Fiction section today (updates take more work now, because of the new comments section, so it's easier if I do them when the batch size is smaller). Go read! (Louis Wu 17:48:22 UTC) (permalink)
What Works, So Far
Jake 'Evergreen98' Billo has written an article over at the Junkyard looking at the changes in gameplay, from the release version of Halo through the current prereleases of Halo 2. If you read this, and choose to comment on it, remember that 1) the Halo 2 builds we've seen/heard of so far aren't finished, and 2) Halo has been out (and playable) for almost 3 years, while the longest anyone has ever been able to play Halo 2 without signing a Non-Disclosure Agreement is about 3 hours. (Louis Wu 16:28:34 UTC) (permalink)
How Stupid ARE People, Anyway?
Some moron is selling the domain name 'ilovepees.com' on eBay, claiming it is guaranteed to generate 1 million hits in the first week, due to the popularity of the ilovebees.com site. Starting bid is $1,000 and the Buy It Now price is $50,000. Personally, I have to say... if this actually sells, I hold out little hope for the human race as a whole. Thanks to Starman343 for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 15:52:01 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie's Euro Dash
This week, the Bungie Update is not a normal update - it's a special Bungie.net feature that covers the ins and outs of getting a game going in the European market. Typically fun Frankie read. So go read, already. (Louis Wu 01:39:37 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's news in brief:
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Banshee Handling IV Movies, movies, movies Rivalries Rage On The Joy Of Socks. Contact Halo Maps up and running Unreal Chief Fan Fiction Comments are Back Another Dew Writeup |
Thursday's news in brief:
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No more Halo for Trautmann - really. Short People Got No... The Case for Switching Keyes - Directly |
