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Wednesday, October 20, 2004 |  |
John Wayne v Stuart Little.
Once again, the end of the day arrives, and the day's One One Se7en is almost passed over. Today, that would be depressing, because it covers a subject that inspired headlines like "THE DEATH OF XBL!" when it was first announced... and Stuntmutt's take was so close to my own I actually turned around to see if he had been watching me. (He'd need pretty good eyes, given that he lives about 3000 miles from here... but you never know.) (Louis Wu 22:42:52 UTC) (permalink)
International Shenanigans
Uriel has written a rant about the bungling of the Halo 2 LE release in Germany - apparently, a pretty bad job of estimating how many would sell was done. The language is not for kids, but the anger is universal. (Louis Wu 22:31:54 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Moo!
Another Halo 2 sighting in random web comics - today's Joe and Monkey drops the name. Thanks, The Tropical Storm. (Louis Wu 21:33:36 UTC) (permalink)
Art doesn't have to cost.
Want to see the artwork that made Halo as beautiful as it is, but think that $22 is too much to pay? Wal-mart is selling it for $13.83 - that's a couple of bucks cheaper than Amazon. (Realize that you're eating away at Eric Trautmann's royalty check every time you look for bargains, though...) Thanks, ZigZag Master. (Louis Wu 21:30:34 UTC) (permalink)
Silly old duffer, eh?
rockslider has added a Halo dictionary to his site - it's called 'Halo in a nutshell', and it's pretty dang funny. Go read some. (Louis Wu 21:27:56 UTC) (permalink)
Chance to win a Yellow Hog
Holly Wright, who owns littleplasticmen.com, a site that sells action figures, wrote to tell us about the HALO Forward Command Center (HALOfcc), a new subsection devoted to Halo, with news, giveaways, and of course, Halo action figures (both current and older). The deal that makes this newsworthy: from now through the end of November, customers will have a chance to win the Halo 2 Yellow civilian 'hog - it's a 'chase figure', which means there's one randomly inserted in every 5 or 10 boxes of toys. (In many places, workers pull the chase figures and sell them on eBay or to friends, and the general public never even gets a shot at them.) Check it out! (Louis Wu 20:52:16 UTC) (permalink)
Awesome browser, awesome game
kapowaz has put together a pretty fun wallpaper (preview here, 36K) that ties together the new Firefox web browser (final release is scheduled for November 9 - does that date sound familiar to any of you?) and a certain game you might have heard of. If you like it, it's available in 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x960, and 1600x1200. (Louis Wu 20:46:21 UTC) (permalink)
TalkXbox Reviews Plantronics
JMan of TalkXbox writes to let us know they've got a review of the new Plantronics Halo 2 Xbox Live headset over on their site. There's some good info in there, so check it out! (mnemesis 17:58:25 UTC) (permalink)
You know what I hate worse than pirates?
Okay, I'm back, but I won't be able to post news for several more hours - this afternoon will probably see a flurry of posts in the few hours before the timestamp rolls over to midnight UTC. Sorry about that. (And innumerable thanks to mnemesis, who kept the front page from being blank most of today, and Count Zero, who answered a BOATLOAD of mail.) That's not what this news post is about, though. It seems that someone has been posting info from the Halo 2 leak on various sites, using my name as the poster. Totally, totally uncool. I will NEVER post illegal information on ANY website - and if I've got breaking news about something, it sure as heck isn't going to end up in a comments section of another news site. For those who are offended that I would have done this - don't worry, I didn't. For the record - if you see my name attached to questionable info on a different Halo website, please, send me a note so that I can try and clear it up. Thanks. (Louis Wu 13:36:37 UTC) (permalink)
Ho! Ha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Lie! Stab!
There's a new B.Net Top Story, "The Bungie Guide to Game Modes - Part One: Swords". You've still got a few weeks to prepare yourselves, so get reading! Thanks to Anubis for the heads-up. (mnemesis 01:33:34 UTC) (permalink)
Rockets On Prisoner Results
Wolfy writes to let us know that the Rockets On Prisoner awards for 2004 have been decided. Check 'em out! There's some real entertainment in that bunch. (mnemesis 01:32:25 UTC) (permalink)
1.5 Million Trillion Bazillion
This was basically covered yesterday by noted globe-trotting gadfly Louis Wu, but enough people sent in mail noticing a particular bit of info in the latest press release for Halo 2. Apparently, over 1.5 million copies have already been pre-ordered. If you're one of those dedicated pre-consumers, you can sigh contentedly with satisfaction, knowing you've been counted. Me, I'm #137,204! (mnemesis 01:29:57 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie Store Updated
James Phelps noticed that the Bungie Store is now offering pre-ordering for three of the new Halo 2 figures. Now's your chance to ensure you get the Brute, the new MC, and the Warthog. Update: Doh! There's a new Master Chief Hoody, too. Thanks, Dave. The store's filling out nicely! (mnemesis 01:28:05 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
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Leaky Pipes Big Time A heads-up about a quiet time But Mom... A cool grand in Michigan I Love Bees - in the news again 60 Minutes Video, too Circuit City with a new (mini) screen That's what it looks like... |
Monday's news in brief:
