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Wednesday, June 22, 2005 |  |
Riding the Bullet (blocking) Train
Continuing their series of one map preview per week, Bungie has put up an in-depth look at Terminal - its strengths, its weaknesses, the best Starbucks kiosks in the station. Wait - that's not right. But the rest of it is. Go read! Very cool graphics - screenshots, closeups on scenery items, even a map. (Louis Wu 22:07:09 UTC) (permalink)
Free magnets from EBG
Davidgojr writes to point out that EB Games is giving out free Halo 2 Maptacular Map Pack magnets; he sent along a scan (242k). In his words: "The magnet itself is on the left side of the dotted line. It's hard to tell from the image but each of the three spartans as well as the rocks and wording are raised, textured areas to give the magnet a sort of 3-D feel to it." Go get one! Update: OscarGordon writes to say that they're not just at EB Games - he's seen them at Gamestop, Gamecrazy - they're everywhere. Go get 'em! (Louis Wu 20:31:21 UTC) (permalink)
Ultimate Slayer
We got word of a vid called 'Ultimate Slayer' - it's a 7:24 long machinima... of sorts. It's actually the story of a Team Slayer game in Coagulation. Nice filming, and some funny moments! The actual vid is 113 mb, but it's stored in zipped format, and the download is only 56 mb. DivX 5 format. Go grab a copy from the Final Supremacy website. (Louis Wu 20:14:59 UTC) (permalink)
VGL Announces Tour Dates
Video Games Live, the upcoming concert tour involving video game music, has announced 17 new dates, with tickets going on sale this Friday. You can find the full press release in our misc section. Looks like I'll be in Boston on August 22! Update: whee... the PR company has asked for a 'recall' on that press release. Sorry about that. Dunno WHERE I'll be in August, I guess. More when we know it. Update 2: Minor corrections have been made, the press release is back online. (Louis Wu 18:07:10 UTC) (permalink)
Rockets. Not A Precision Weapon.
Last week, Stuntmutt commented on the unintended side effects of one of the more powerful weapons in Halo 2. A lot of people were confused. Today's One One Se7en is another try at the same message. (Louis Wu 13:40:30 UTC) (permalink)
Pro Players Talk
F13ND, over at Team3D, has written up a pair of articles - an interview with Ogre 1, one of the top pro players, and a series of interviews with 4 top players (the same five questions to each), in preparation for MLG St. Louis. Go read! (Louis Wu 13:04:05 UTC) (permalink)
Girls on Live - is it worse than boys get?
J. Paradise over at Daily Game, has written up part 1 of 'Confessions of a Girl Gamer', in which she talks about the abuse she takes online due to her gender. Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, has written a retort - it's not that he approves of the behavior she deplores, it's that he doesn't believe she's any more abused than male players. Interesting pair of reads. (Louis Wu 12:55:52 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
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2old2type podcast ep 3 Master Hot Stepper Noobs, Experts, and In Between - redux Lost Time Sanctuary and Turf, in living color |
Monday's news in brief:
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Stryke Force Ep 6 Teaser Now that's just...odd. T and R - done. Moving up to the Big Leagues Storm Gaming Tourney Who's Got You? First Drop n00b. Project Torlan Closing A sigh of relief |
