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Wednesday, March 9, 2005 |  |
Obsession is a fine thing
Jillybean attacked the forest of spam that is our Halo Story email queue, and extracted a few choice truffles hiding in the weeds. (There's also a tidbit from Finn in there - man, the whole CREW is hopping! Well, except mnemesis. He got into the cough syrup again last night, and I don't think he's awake yet.) (Louis Wu 22:09:26 UTC) (permalink)
Minature Halo Art Contest Results
SEspider posted a bunch of entries for his Miniature Halo Art Contest, and declared a winner. Nice work! (Louis Wu 22:05:58 UTC) (permalink)
H2O Updated
LunarShadow stopped by to point out that a new version of his H2O Stats Reader is out. Check the forum post for details and a download link. (Louis Wu 22:04:06 UTC) (permalink)
My own views on violence
Whee - tooting my own horn! The next installment of the CBS News 'Violence in Gaming' series has been posted - and it's me answering the questions this time around. Remember - as is true with all pieces in this series, the questions were answered without reading any of the other respondents' replies. This is starting to feel like a 'Pile on Jack Thompson' collection... but that wasn't the intent at all. (I didn't even know he was among the people interviewed when I answered these questions.) As always - discussion on our forum is great... but please stay away from general politics; limit the discussion to this topic (violence in videogames), in order to keep the flames to a minimum. Thanks! Update: oops, seems I lied. The last half of the second-to-last question WAS in direct response to Mr. Thompson's piece; it was added after the original interview, from an email exchange I had with William Vitka. The REST of the questions, however, were answered 'in a vacuum', with respect to other interviewees. (Louis Wu 19:34:39 UTC) (permalink)
On the internet, nobody knows you're an underdog.
AYB Fonzi, a member of the Str8 Rippin clan, has been interviewed over at MLGPro.com. (Interestingly enough, the interview was conducted over XBL, via headsets - nice!) An interesting story about a group of guys who came together over Xbox Live, and challenged the upper crusts of the Halo Pro scene. Give it a read - and be sure to check out the streaming footage from MLG Houston, kicking off this weekend! (Louis Wu 15:40:22 UTC) (permalink)
Yo' Elite Councillor.
Sarge meets up with an Elite Councillor in today's One One Se7en... and the results ain't pretty. (Louis Wu 13:54:37 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's Reading
Fourteen new stories for you in today's Fan Fiction offering - and a milestone for me; the first post that I can remember where I didn't need to delete a single entry! Wow. Go read. Update: There's a fifteenth now, because someone... made noise. (No, this will not become a habit.) (Louis Wu 13:50:59 UTC) (permalink)
The Art Flow Continues
There's another massive art update (Halo and non-Halo work both) over at Halo Babies today - some fun stuff in there! (Louis Wu 12:42:48 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 Cleans up in Q Awards
The Gamefly Q Awards (we mentioned these in January) were announced this morning at the Game Developers Conference - Halo 2 took hom Favorite Game of the Year, Favorite Xbox Game, and Favorite Shooter. Nice! You can read about it on PR Newswire or Yahoo Finance. (Louis Wu 12:24:29 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 Tourney in Canada, too
Turns out that National Xbox Tournament we mentioned a couple of days ago is not just Europe - it's happening in Canada, too. Thanks, Speny Honest. (Louis Wu 12:20:29 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
Monday's news in brief:
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Staff Increase Rumor: BUSTED European Halo 2 Tourney What do you NEED? Sniping. The Battle Begins Not as Lost in Translation The Spotlight Reopens |
