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Sunday, August 22, 2004 |  |
Escaped Convict
Wow. Talk about dedication. [-TLG-]Madrox and Monoxide got a Hunter to the bottom of the pit in the middle of the underground cavern in AotCR. How'd they do it? They gave him a ride on a Banshee. Vid is 5.5 mb in WMP9 format, hosted by Madrox. I've put a QuickTime version up on files.bungie.org. (Both versions are a bit hard to see; vid is a tad washed out. You can certainly get the gist, though.) (Louis Wu 23:31:23 UTC) (permalink)
Homefront progress
Pballwizard points out a new update over at Homefront, the Battlefield: Vietnam mod. Map updates, mostly. (Louis Wu 16:23:36 UTC) (permalink)
Better than killing covies...
Carlo Zottman points out the blog of Boris Schneider-Johne, German Product Manager for the Xbox - he was at the German Games Convention yesterday, and got a pretty nice shot of the Master Chief doing "the hardest job of all time; handing out Halo 2 survival bags to journalists. Contents: energy drinks, deodorants and water pistols." Glad to see the Nightmare Armor contract in use! (Louis Wu 14:53:12 UTC) (permalink)
Awards, again.
Uriel points out that the Leipzig Games Convention website already has a Best of Show page up... and guess what took 'Best Xbox Game'? Go on... guess. (Louis Wu 14:45:24 UTC) (permalink)
The Hornet - in action
Hehe - d3fault_dot_xbe has taken one of Roger Wilco's concept models and begun to insert it into Halo CE. Nice! Heads-up goes to MasterGrief, who found it on the Gearbox forums. Remember - Roger Wilco created those models more than 2 years ago. Wonderful! (Louis Wu 14:43:50 UTC) (permalink)
eBay of Pigs
Wow. I've seen sleazy before, but this is pretty audacious. Some slimeball on eBay was selling a digital copy of Zoe's farewell wallpaper; he removed Zoe's signature from it (though not the bungie.net watermark), and was selling it (in DIGITAL FORM, it's not even a print) as his own work. (He cancelled the auction this morning, 'because of an error in the listing' - but it's still online.) In case it gets pulled, we've put up a local, static (no working links) copy here at HBO. Remember that you can get this for free (from the legitimate artist) over at Bungie.net. Make a note of the seller's name, and be really, really careful what you buy from him. Thanks to Fluffmiester for finding this. (Louis Wu 14:32:04 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 morsels at TXB
Art Vandelay found a nice thread over at the TeamXbox forums (though it would have been better if he'd actually added a link to the original information) - AcidSnow spent some of his precious playtime in a recent Halo 2 event TESTING the game, rather than just playing. Biggest tidbit: laying a plasma grenade on top of another one actually increases the blast damage (rather than having the second one thrown off when the first one goes, as happens in Halo). Interesting stuff! Go read. Update: More hands-on comments on our own forum, from Tempus Fugit. Remember, when you read his (and others') comments about 'roughness', that everyone's playing the E3 build - a build finalized over 3 months ago. And remember that the Bungie boys and girls have been working 100+ hour weeks for a while now. (Louis Wu 00:47:13 UTC) (permalink)
Aqua Chiefs Hunger Corps
VALENCE has taken Adult Swim soundtracks and Halo CE video and put together a film called Aqua Chiefs Hunger Corps. Decide for yourself whether it works. Video is WMP9 format, 7 minutes long, 9 mb large, hosted by Halomods. (Louis Wu 00:38:48 UTC) (permalink)
Hit and Run
Trigun sends word that a new Halo on Vacation comic is up at The 7th Revolution. Maybe it's me, but it seems like Halo: Resolution did that joke. A few times. (Louis Wu 00:26:12 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 Tourney in Seattle!
Dolbex writes from Downpour, the MLGPro tourney happening right now in Seattle. The big news? THey're currently hosting the World's First Public Halo 2 Tournament. That's right - Halo 2 is there, and being played, for money, on the floor. Go read about it on MLGPro.com! If you have a Video On Demand subscription from them ($20 for the 2004 season ticket), you can watch it live! (Louis Wu 00:21:49 UTC) (permalink)
Just a Movie
Devin Olsen points out a movie he and Gil made that's being hosted by Halomods - tricks and sniper kills. WMP format, just under 2 minutes, 9.3 mb. Take a look. (Louis Wu 00:13:46 UTC) (permalink)
Before anyone freaks...
GhaleonEB pointed out an article in the New York Times (registration required - free) in which the Times suggested that there will be a $5.99 monthly fee to play in Halo 2 tournaments online. Before anyone grabs their pitchfork and heads for Redmond... there is no additional fee to play Halo online; what the NYT is most likely referring to is the Xbox Live service fee ($5.99/month or $49.99/year) - a service wholly separate from Halo 2 (and one that supports many, MANY games beyond just Halo 2). Beyond that one potential misconception, the NYT article is a good read, contrasting marketing of video games vs movies. (Louis Wu 00:10:28 UTC) (permalink)
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