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Tuesday, January 18, 2005 |  |
Game with Incubus
Another one of theose 'Game with Fame' events - this time, you have a shot to play online with Incubus. Visit their web page and register for a shot at 100 slots to play online on January 24. (There are also 10 runner-up prizes of their new DVD.) Thanks, DailyGame. (Louis Wu 20:01:02 UTC) (permalink)
Pete Parsons - Game Designer of the Year?
Wired Magazine has announced their nominees for the Sixth Annual Wired Rave Awards - Pete Parsons has picked up a nomination for 'Game Designer' for his work on Halo 2 (hehe). The Wired site itself hasn't been updated yet; it's still showing last year's awards. Thanks, ICDedPpl. (Louis Wu 16:50:34 UTC) (permalink)
The Sleeping Princess Awakes
There's a great interview with Kristen Rutherford, the actress who played Melissa (and several others) in last summer's I Love Bees ARG, over at TVG. Give it a read to see where the CREW was coming from. Thanks, Dolbex. (Louis Wu 16:24:30 UTC) (permalink)
Meet the Family
Machinima marches on - Stryke Force HQ, a series started up a month ago, has posted episode 2 on their video page. Lots of backstory, mixed with clean filmmaking technique - absolutely worth a watch! (This episode is WMP9-only at the moment, but I'm working on a QT version... the only issue is bandwidth.) 17.6 mb - go grab it! (Feenix started a thread about this in our forum - don't forget to shoot them some feedback!) (Louis Wu 13:48:16 UTC) (permalink)
Big cash at CeBIT
The World Cyber Games are coming to Europe March 10-13. Prize money on the line - 150,000 € (nothing to sneeze at). One of the tourney games: Halo 2, 1v1. Thanks to Marc, of Halo Universe, for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 12:16:41 UTC) (permalink)
Just another face at Zanzibar
Gavin Miller dropped us a note to let us know that the machinima series Them vs Us (first mentioned a couple of weeks ago) has a new website, a new forum, and two new vids up... with their first actual episode coming later this week. Go check 'em out! (Louis Wu 12:12:46 UTC) (permalink)
The Dangers of Console Modding
Lothar Hex writes to let us know that Halo gets a brief mention in today's Exterminatus Now webcomic. (Louis Wu 12:07:19 UTC) (permalink)
Ranking Done Right
Over on Xbox.com, Alex McLain writes about Xbox Live multiplay - and what makes it work. Halo 2's ranking system is held up as a model for other games. (Splinter Cell's stealth adn Itagaki's tournament play are also highlighted.) Thanks to Wolfy for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 11:48:08 UTC) (permalink)
TalkXbox Talks Halo
Two more Halo-related pieces over at TalkXbox - there's the second third of the Halo 2 vs MechAssault 2 comparison (we mentioned part 1 last week), and there's another strategy guide - Beaver Creek CTF. The first compares graphics and multiplayer features between the two titans (Halo 2 loses the former and wins the latter, according to TalkXbox), the second looks at a generalized form of HBO's favorite gametype (no-shields shotties on that map). Thanks again to 3Suns for both of these. (Louis Wu 11:42:05 UTC) (permalink)
Movies for everyone
Boatloads of movie tidbits today... but there's lots of stuff, so we'll take it as it comes. First up: mirrors. Richard Bentley added another mirror for the Team Sexy Release Night vid (I think there's enough bandwidth for that now :) )... and so did That Weasel - who ALSO mirrored all the rest of our Cutscene Library in his HBO Mirror section, as well as putting up a boatload of exclusive films in the Halo Exclusives section - stop by for your fill of Halo video goodness. (Louis Wu 11:32:20 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
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Talking to the Tricksters Video game sales end 2004 on a low point Up, Up, and Away! More bandwidth for Team Sexy Bonehead. Wallpaper to cover the cracks |
Sunday's news in brief:
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Happy to be here! Release Night in Erie, PA Sarge - full upper-body coverage Misunderstood and over-blamed Bob the Engineer Back - with RPGs |
