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Tuesday, October 12, 2004 |  |
Sleep works, too. Ask Rip.
It's almost, but not quite, the end of Tuesday - this episode of Calvin and Halo makes it in under the wire. (No guarantees on how long it'll be readable; our backup servers are both choking.) It's a big 'un... but then, the job Calvin is trying to do is a big 'un. (Louis Wu 23:29:10 UTC) (permalink)
Halo PC Tweak Guide
Team Radeon has put out a guide to Tweaking Halo PC - lots of information on making HPC run nicely on your computer. Check it out! (Louis Wu 19:57:38 UTC) (permalink)
Breaking Benjamin - in .WMA format
Soulblighta found another version of the Breaking Benjamin track off the Official Halo 2 soundtrack; this one's at the MSN Music site. He found the link in an Xbox.com newsflash. If you'd rather listen to the song as a .wma stream than a Flash animation, this is your ticket. (Louis Wu 17:30:44 UTC) (permalink)
Video Cornucopia
A whole passel of movies for you this morning: a couple of 'Where are we now?' vids and a promo for the Homefront mod.
- Hikaru-119's 'With Us' looks at where the Human race stands...
- kwdono04's 'The Final Countdown' recaps our views of Halo 2 from announcement day through the present...
- The Homefront team has released their Version 2 Video, a cinematic look at what's available in this Battlefield: Vietnam mod (and it looks pretty awesome).
Go grab the ones that interest you! (Louis Wu 13:51:50 UTC) (permalink)
Early Gameplay for Canadians
Bali, continuing to cull the best Halo 2 content from Xbox.com, points out a Contest for Canadians; as long as you're of legal age, you're eligible to Play Halo 2 before it hits the stores. Fill out the form (really, just click the 'sign me up' link) and boom, you've got a chance to be flown to Toronto on October 25th to play Halo 2 multiplayer with the band The Music - two weeks before everyone else. Not bad! (Louis Wu 12:19:38 UTC) (permalink)
The Best Laid Plans...
Red vs Blue Episode 39, kicking off Season 3, is now available for download. It's 8:45 long, and currently only available in Lo-Res formats (they haven't started the sponsorship stuff yet). QuickTime is 49 mb, DivX is 48 mb, WMP9 is 36 mb - and whatever format you grab, the whole thing is pretty durn funny. Go watch! (Louis Wu 11:12:48 UTC) (permalink)
A new reality show?
If you live in Southern California, Spike TV is looking for outgoing 18-30-year-old men and women who are crazy about Halo. Hmm... More details can be found in Konrad's forum post. (Louis Wu 10:54:44 UTC) (permalink)
USA Today profiles Halo 2 soundtrack
synide sent along a clipping from yesterday's USA Today newspaper about the Halo 2 soundtrack. There's one thing you gotta say for adding high-profile musicians to your soundtrack - it gets you mentioned in a newspaper with a daily circulation of more than 2.5 million copies. (Louis Wu 10:36:42 UTC) (permalink)
Gaming Gear for sale - to benefit kids
Interesting. There's a charity dinner being hosted by the Entertainment Software Association to raise money for a non-profit foundation that supports children's groups - and this time around, they're auctioning off a large number of items for the cause. There are a lot of items, so sorting out the Halo-related ones might be rough... but look around, there's everything from an autographed Halo Special Edition Xbox, to a Halo 2 Sergeant Johnson Personalized Outgoing Message for your answering machine, to a roto-molded fiberglass Master Chief figure standing more than 3 feet high. Remember - the money all goes to charity. Lots of folks sent this in - looks like Dusty was first. (Louis Wu 10:28:35 UTC) (permalink)
Site problems
To all the folks sending word that the Fan Fiction and Dialogue Databank sections have stopped working properly - we know. The tool that used to fix that problem has somehow broken - until we can get it fixed, these sections are spotty, at best. Sorry. (To stave off the inevitable offers - there's no way to move these sections to machines at other sites; we appreciate it when people try to help, but we've got to fix this one ourselves. Thanks!) (Louis Wu 10:18:08 UTC) (permalink)
If you're not buying Halo 2...
IGN continues its countdown to Halo 2 with an article about the competition - games coming out the same week as Halo 2. Games like Mario Tennis, and Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge. Hmm. (Louis Wu 10:15:28 UTC) (permalink)
Weekly Update Vid - QT, not squished
Took MUCH longer than I'd anticipated, but the aspect-corrected QuickTime versions of the Weekly Update movie are now available for download; your best bet is to snag one of the BitTorrent links for the Hi-res version, or a direct download for the smaller one. Thanks to all the hosts providing bandwidth here - this community ROCKS! (Louis Wu 00:01:32 UTC) (permalink)
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