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CNN's Game Over column has a piece on a wishlist for Xbox 2 - top on the list is backwards compatibiliity, so folks can play Halo 2. Thanks, Byrne McLaughlin. (Louis Wu 21:37:10 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2: The Art of War
TalkXbox has started a series of strategy videos - an intro video promoting the series is now posted. Eisen Feuer, the new Strategy Video Maker at TalkXbox, let us know on our forum. (Louis Wu 21:31:22 UTC) (permalink)
Gaming - from a retail perspective
William Vitka's Violence in Videogame series at CBSNews.com continues with an interview with Hal Halpin, president of the Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association. This one's a little different than older ones in the series - the questions aren't the same, but the idea - to explore the effect of violence in videogames on our society - hasn't changed. Halpin's professional stance is predictable - after all, he represents game retailers, so it's not surprising that he opposes legislation that would ban the sale of videogames in certain markets - but he makes some interesting points.
Games that are marketed as violent and with gratuitous sex or violence in order to sensationalize, typically aren't good games and wouldn't sell if it weren't for politicians and the media hyping the title.
I wonder if the politicians understand this? Go check out the piece - it's an interesting read! (Louis Wu 20:21:22 UTC) (permalink)
Art Overload
Once again, I've been remiss at clearing out the various art queues around this place. I just processed the Miscellaneous Art queue - more than a month's worth of images in there, some ASTOUNDINGLY good. Somewhere between 30 and 40 images, depending on how you count them. Of particular note are the two movie posters done by Patrick Ballesteros for a Halo 2 tourney not too long ago. But they're not the only thing in there... go look at ALL of it! And to the submitters - thanks for your patience! Update: Oops, missed one. Liam Quigley's sketch has been added to the mix. Last one at the URL above. (Louis Wu 19:37:21 UTC) (permalink)
Konoko Pops.
So what happens when you're not up on 'l33t speak'? Read One One Se7en to find out. (Louis Wu 17:11:08 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday Reading
Nineteen new pieces up in the Fan Fiction section - growing by leaps and bounds... (Louis Wu 14:57:53 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday is Art Day at HB
Another large art update over at Halo Babies - Tina's posted her Dre'al images there, as well, plus many, many other creations. The Sexy Joe image is fantastic! (The MS Paint artwork is also really impressive.) Go look at all of it! (Louis Wu 14:42:29 UTC) (permalink)
Dre'al, Colored
Back in December, Tina Leyk sketched out Dre'al, her Elite fan character, on the Halo Babies forum. (We hosted a copy here, too.) It wasn't colored, though, because she didn't feel she had the right tools at the time. She's gotten back to it... and while she's not thrilled with the result, I think I can say it's GORGEOUS. (It's the last image on her art page; one of these days, I REALLY have to beef up the organization of her artwork; there's just too much of it to keep track of this way.) And Tina - Happy Belated Birthday! (Louis Wu 14:10:57 UTC) (permalink)
A viable strategy?
Today's Penny Arcade suggests who might be playing in tonight's Halo Humpday Challenge... Thanks, Ross Mills. (Louis Wu 13:52:23 UTC) (permalink)
Blogging - Halo Style
I've said for over a year that the web needs more Halo-based weblogs. prometheus felt the same way - and recently, Tru7h and Rationalization was born. The first entry deals with matchmaking. Go give it a read! (Louis Wu 13:49:48 UTC) (permalink)
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