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Tuesday, January 4, 2005 |  |
Detroit Free Press weighs in
The Detroit Free Press's Game Master choise Halo 2 as the Free Press Game of the Year 2004 - mostly for multiplayer. (There is a second article with input from other editors, on other games, as well.) Thanks, ICDedPpl. (Louis Wu 21:56:50 UTC) (permalink)
Widescreen video... end to end
TheTaintedOne has been working for some time on an 'end-to-end widescreen process' - a technique to capture Halo gameplay footage in true Widescreen mode. His proof of concept is a video called Rocket Festival - taking advantage of a funny glitch in how homing rockets deal with a target on a high point of land, he's melded nice video cuts with great music and an environment that really shines in Widescreen mode. There are two versions - a 7.2 mb WMP9 vid and an 8.2 mb QuickTime vid. (Both are a compromise for Taint - his original movie used anamorphic video (non-square pixels) for true Widescreen - but this requires Windows Media Player 9 on Windows XP to view; the Mac WMP9 ignores the rectangular pixels, and scrunches the film. He re-converted, after changing to square pixels, so that everyone could see the final product.) Comments can go in this (already lively) forum thread. (Louis Wu 21:20:10 UTC) (permalink)
Cutscene Library - The Story Progresses
Three new cutscenes for you in the Cutscene Library - Objects in Mirror are Larger Than They Appear (accidentally released a couple of days ago for a brief time), Shooting Gallery, and That Old, Familiar Feeling (the end of Sacred Icon). Get to downloading! (Louis Wu 21:10:40 UTC) (permalink)
Justification can be a bear.
Today's Calvin and Halo makes you think a lot about the uproar over the Rumble Pit Reset a few days ago. (Louis Wu 19:50:28 UTC) (permalink)
Xbox Gamers says: Halo 2 ROCKS
TricKy points out that Xbox Gamers has announced their 2004 Best Of awards, and Halo walked away with quite a few: Best First-Person Shooter, Best Xbox Live Game, Best Soundtrack, Best Story, Best Multiplayer Game, and Game Of The Year 2004. It also won a runner-up award for Best Graphics. Not too shabby! (Louis Wu 19:16:49 UTC) (permalink)
Of Roses, and Violets
The Junkyard's Bungie Tribute Poetry Contest has wrapped up - the winners have been posted. Swing by to read all the details (and the poetry itself). First heads-up goes to Jillybean, who got a cookie. (Louis Wu 15:03:56 UTC) (permalink)
CAL Halo 2 Season Kicks Off
HALOChat points out that the CyberAthlete Amateur League is starting its Halo 2 season - maps, gametypes, and preseason schedules have been posted. Get your game on! (Louis Wu 14:57:35 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 The Movie
WINBIG24 sent word about a trailer for download over at HaloMods. It was created by ShadowX, and it uses our Cutscene Library (and a War of the Worlds trailer) to paint a grim picture of invasion. 5.9 mb, in WMP9 format. (Might have been better to keep the widescreen aspect of the originals, though...) Update: Seems ShadowX posted a link on our own forum - silly me for not checking first. (Louis Wu 14:50:56 UTC) (permalink)
Heavy Stats Analysis
Tom 'Darkphibre' Mathews has created another Halo 2 statistical tool - this one sucks up all the data from a particular game (everything, down to the GameViewer), and dumps it into an Access database. He's got some examples of how the info can be used, as well as download links for the beta version. Swing by his forum post for more details! (Louis Wu 14:41:41 UTC) (permalink)
More Auction Madness
The 'sell Halo-related stuff at auction' phenomenon is exploding. Here's what we've heard of in the past day or so:
- A repainted Warthog, in 'Special Ops' colors (currently $45, 3 days left) - thanks, Penguin080
- Another resin statue MC (currently $25, 6 days left) - thanks, Helios
- Another 6-foot MC statue (Buy it now price of $1200, 6 days left) - thanks, Ross Mills
- A customized Halo 2 Central Xbox Jewel (NZ$1.50, 7 days left) - thanks, Sean
It's buy, buy, buy! (Louis Wu 14:27:46 UTC) (permalink)
Rumble Pit Stats Issue - Resolved
Frankie posted an update to the Rumble Pit Reset issue last night; they've decided to put stats to where they were before the January 1 reset. That means all the games played SINCE January 1 (through about 4 hours ago) will be wiped - but they decided that was preferable to resetting 2 months of stats. Thanks to all that wrote to us about this. (Louis Wu 14:05:31 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
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eBay Mania Rumble Pit Stats Reset - Oops... Cutscene Library Additions Holo Laugh. What the Chuck Skyscraper Bomb Planting Halo Wiki - now with Solo tips Halo News from the Wire |
Sunday's news in brief:
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Halo: Resolution Sprites Where's my round-trip ticket? Cutscene Library Grows Again Rumble Pit Reset - Glitch or Real? Nice plasma sword! Halo2: Love it Live |
