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A Cody Day In Hell.
Today's One One Se7en will make more sense... soon. (Louis Wu 18:43:32 UTC) (permalink)
It's a Mod, Mod, Mod World
Some interesting stuff going on in the HaloCE world... Halohoger has released a trailer for his upcoming Area 54 - you can grab it at HaloMods. And jahrain is working on a mod that remakes a village from 'The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time' - pics are up on the Gearbox forums. Thanks to MasterGrief for letting us know about both of these. (Louis Wu 18:35:20 UTC) (permalink)
Objective-based game lovers, unite!
Mothergoat is trying to compile a list of gamers that enjoy objective games, but aren't obnoxious Live-users. If you're interested, read his post, visit his forum, add your name. (Louis Wu 18:30:58 UTC) (permalink)
Yet more words
Twelve new pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section - go read! (Louis Wu 18:17:45 UTC) (permalink)
Free online tourney Monday
Matt Scalcione points out that HaloTournies.com is running a free tournament on Monday, May 2. Winning prize is a $35 EBGames gift certificate. More details can be found on the site. (Louis Wu 18:09:00 UTC) (permalink)
XBL integration at 2old2play.com
DSmooth writes to point out that 2old2play.com has set up a new service whereby you have access to lots of information if you link your gamertag on the site; a Friends list, wireless Friends list, stats integration, and more! Check out all the details. (Louis Wu 17:12:33 UTC) (permalink)
Sometimes, the hype is accurate.
Wow. This is a little off-topic... but not really. I've spent the morning running some tests with QuickTime 7, and the new H.264 codec. It blows away EVERYTHING I've used up to this point - I'm seriously considering making it the new 'default' QuickTime codec for HBO-released movies. (QuickTime 7 is a free download for all, though if you use QT6 Pro, you'll have to pay for a new Pro license.) This is mostly a heads-up. (Louis Wu 14:35:53 UTC) (permalink)
A nice tip o' the hat.
Lionhead Studios, creators of Black & White and Black and White 2, has put up a page with questions and answers for the developers about the making of B&W 2. If you scroll down to the section entitled 'Blooming and Trees', you'll see that the inspiration for this technique came straight from the original Halo. Nice! Thanks, HookMeUpImLocal. (Louis Wu 13:39:45 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie-signed Xbox for Auction
Shinesevens noticed a signed Xbox on eBay - there are 5 days left. This was brought to the Seattle fanfest the day Halo 2 was released, and has been signed by many Bungie employees. No bids, currently. Interesting collector's item! (Louis Wu 13:24:54 UTC) (permalink)
9th Map identified
rRootage scanned the display case for the new Multiplayer Map Pack - he found it on display at EBGames. It contains pretty solid confirmation that one of the remaining maps (almost certainly Backwash) is set in a 343GS-type swamp... which would pin down Frankie's last remaining hint word, 'Firefly'. The original post is here, with speculation - the actual scan is in this post. (This is news because before this point, 8 of the 9 maps were either released or fully described (look for the writeups on Luke Timmins' talk at the University of Utah for details on 4 of the 5 coming out in June) - Backwash was the only unknown, and many people speculated that it would be a remake of Damnation. Looks like that's not the case.) Update: Whoa. mnemesis noticed yet another box acronym. Get started! (If you don't know about Bungie and box acronyms... read this.) (Louis Wu 12:59:48 UTC) (permalink)
Halo PC Still Selling
HaloPC slips to number 9 on the Top 10 PC Games list for the week of April 10-16. The most amazing thing about this is that week is some 80 weeks after the game was released! Thanks, 3Suns. (Louis Wu 11:02:38 UTC) (permalink)
Magnum 1.1
mrsmiley was unhappy with the changes to the magnum in the recent autoupdate - his response is today's Halo Babies. (Louis Wu 10:53:57 UTC) (permalink)
Cairo Station Signage
Stephen Loftus has posted yet another in-depth study of Halo - this time, his focus is the signage of Cairo Station. Awesome job - and the pictures, all hand-done in Adobe Illustrator, are gorgeous! Check it out. (Louis Wu 01:01:25 UTC) (permalink)
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