|
Search the News Archive |
Spoilers are currently disabled. (All newsposts are visible.) |
 |
Friday, February 18, 2005 |  |
DC Aftermath, from MLG
MLGPro.com has released its Aftermath video from MLG DC. (synide says it's lame, but I think he's biased.) It's about 4 and a half minutes long, and will give you a taste of what MLG's tournaments are like. WMP9 is 34 mb, QuickTime is 33 mb. If you're a Video on Demand subscriber at MLG, you can grab a copy via that service now. If you're not, but you have access to BitTorrent, you can snag torrents from us (WMP9 and QuickTime) - we're supplying a healthy chunk of seed bandwidth, and the more people who grab this the better that situation will get. If you're not a VoD subscriber, and you have no access to BitTorrent, don't fret - we'll release web versions tomorrow, after the initial rush has been dealt with. Go get it! (Louis Wu 20:17:18 UTC) (permalink)
Speed Runs
lAbsolutel pointed out that his speed run of the level The Arbiter has been posted at High Speed Halo; quality's not great, but you can certainly see the action. While you're there, check out Flechette's amazing Uprising run; 2:25 from opening to closing cutscene. Wow! (Louis Wu 17:53:30 UTC) (permalink)
Desktop Shenanigans
We recently got a rather odd submission - Zytz grabbed a copy of Cortana's Core, a recently added desktop image created by Demonic Spartan, and altered the hue - a dozen times. All 13 images are in his Cortana's Core Mod Package (3.5 mb, zipped); the idea is that you use them as rotating desktops. If you're using MacOSX, this functionality is built into the OS; simply select the folder in the Desktop and Screen Saver pane, set the Change Picture menu to 5 seconds, and sit back to watch the trippy show. If you're a Windows user, you'll need to find a 3rd party program to use this; this one was suggested by the denizens of #hbo, except that the minimum cycle period is 15 minutes; sort of defeats the purpose. If you like melting, flowing wallpaper, and you think you can find a program that will implement it on your system, grab this package; it's definitely cheaper than LSD. Update: I didn't mention this product for Windows, because their website says that the free version is limited to 20 uses - but DSmooth wrote to tell us that that's old info, and that the free version is fine for this use. (Louis Wu 16:01:39 UTC) (permalink)
It's Miller Time.
Hehe - today's One One Se7en was originally scheduled to be a Wednesday strip, so that it could properly whinge about the Legendary Walkthrough chapter that had been released the day before. We did some shuffling recently, and I guess I screwed up. Pretend it's Wednesday. In fact, pretend it's Wednesday a few weeks ago, since the MC's still in Cairo Station. Gah. (Louis Wu 15:25:51 UTC) (permalink)
Friday, Text
Fan Fiction gets another 15 pieces today. Go read. (Louis Wu 14:14:36 UTC) (permalink)
NJ tourney tomorrow
NJHalo.com is hosting a $1000 Halo 2 tourney ($30 entry per person for 4v4 gaming) tomorrow (Saturday, Feb 19) in Dover, NJ. Check their post on our forum or their website for more details. (Louis Wu 13:55:19 UTC) (permalink)
Arbiter Tribute
Sniper 058 put together a six minute tribute to the Arbiter - mostly Legendary gameplay (the final scene was done in Heroic, because he didn't want the movie to last all night), interspersed with (nicely) overdubbed cutscene footage. Available in WMP9 (16.9 mb) and QuickTime (19.9 mb) formats. I probably shouldn't need to say this - but there are game spoilers here. (Louis Wu 13:48:06 UTC) (permalink)
Xbox Solution reviews Halo
Xbox Solution has reviewed Halo 2 - they gave it a 9.7/10. Took 'em this long because they couldn't put the controller down long enough to write. (Louis Wu 13:19:17 UTC) (permalink)
Cereal and World of Warcraft
There's an interview with StK, the top team on the Halo professional circuit right now, over at MLGPro.com. It's a pretty interesting read; they discuss how Halo 2 is different than Halo was, in terms of team competition, and what you need to do to be on top. It's all about teamwork and positioning - being awesome with a single weapon will no longer pull you through. Thanks, 3Suns. (Louis Wu 11:57:22 UTC) (permalink)
Mark me well...
New Halo Babies strip today - it's Friday. I gotta say - Baby Arbiter rocks. Go check out the new elite concept art, as well (link is in the same post). (Louis Wu 11:26:32 UTC) (permalink)
Talkin' bout poo
The Halo Humpday Challenge this week was between Bungie and the Pooflingers. Looks like it was ugly all 'round. Poor Frankie. Go read the details... thanks, Skedar. (Louis Wu 03:20:01 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
Wednesday's news in brief:
|
Two movie groups find a home Telling 'em what you think Cool pics at HB Halo 2 in New York LiL Poison - Starting Young Age Of Application. ODST vid - now via http Jumping for Joy - er, Halo |
