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Sunday, June 26, 2005 |  |
MLG St. Louis - a nailbiter
Another great writeup over at MLGPro.com - thanks to 3Suns for the heads-up. Sounds like a pretty amazing tourney! (Louis Wu 23:56:41 UTC) (permalink)
Covenant Weaponry
Stephen Loftus brings us yet another analysis piece - this time by way of his connections with ONI. It's a look at Covenant Weaponry, as found in Halo. It contains a wealth of information, including physical parameters, weapon strengths, and general mechanics. Check it out! (Louis Wu 19:17:59 UTC) (permalink)
Shameless Showing Off
retsamolah has put together a fun montage - mostly it's to show KP jumping off various walkways on Lockout, I think (after taking slight damage from rets, so that rets gets the kill), but it's fun to watch. We're not hosting it - KP is, over at spartans.bungie.org. 49.2 mb, QuickTime format, nice matching of snipes to Mark Knopfler's awesome fingerwork near the end of the song. Do NOT watch this with the intention of rating skill, or because you like to denigrate folks who play in Team Training, or whatever - this is just for fun. Enjoy the construction - or don't bother watching it. (Louis Wu 17:36:43 UTC) (permalink)
The Video Game Revolution
There's a fun article over at Yes Weekly, a Greensboro, NC news magazine - it looks at a local gaming center, and extrapolates to how gaming in general has evolved and grown over the years. Halo 2 plays a pretty prominent role in the writeup. Thanks to demus, who pointed this out in our forum. (Louis Wu 16:37:12 UTC) (permalink)
Psst - wanna buy a statue?
docpan dropped by our forum with an offer; he's got a 6-foot-tall Master Chief figure he needs to sell, and he figured he'd offer it to hardcore fans before putting it up on eBay. If you're interested, stop by the thread, and see what's what! (Louis Wu 16:25:42 UTC) (permalink)
Coagulation Mod Released for HCE
Merecatfish points out that The Halo 2 Conversion Map Team (CMT for short) has released Coagulation, their version of the Halo 2 map for Halo CE - there's a thread devoted to the subject over at the Gearbox forums. There's a video, created by KOD_Legend, showing you what it looks like (65 mb, WMP9 format, really long) - they did some great work. Check it out! (Louis Wu 16:03:04 UTC) (permalink)
The Cup Is Not The Experience.
I haven't highlighted a forum post from Matt Soell in quite some time - partly because he hasn't been around (in a posting sense) for a while, but also because he no longer works for Bungie. However, he posted a note this evening that is worth a read by anyone interested in the marketing side of video games, and how it conflicts, sometimes, with what the 'fans' want. (I put 'fans' in quotes because they're generally people who believe they deserve the title more than the millions of people who bought Halo 2 BECAUSE of the marketing hype.) If you're new around here, Matt was the public mouthpiece of Bungie for many years, until his departure 2 years ago. He resurfaced about a year after that, at Wideload Games, the startup created by Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian. The man has a way with words, and a pretty grounded perspective on all of this stuff. Read it and let your blood pressure drop. (Remember that all of this is personal opinion; he's not representing Bungie, or Wideload, or anyone else but Matt in this post.) (Louis Wu 03:57:42 UTC) (permalink)
MLG St. Louis - Rockin'!
Apologies for the delay in this news; I've been unavailable for updates most of today. MLG St. Louis is fully underway now (day one is actually past), and there's a ton of content available at MLGPro.com. You can watch today's matches on their Video On Demand service - there's a writeup of the FFA Finals online, so you can see what you're getting into. Overswarm, who writes the Not So Common Sense Strategy Guide here at HBO, is doing commentary on the VoD streams... go listen! Thanks to synide for the heads-up. Update: eep - forgot, you can get full results for today's matches over at Team3D, thanks to F13ND. (Louis Wu 03:32:30 UTC) (permalink)
Saturday's news in brief:
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HBO Forerunners - Content out the Ying-Yang Kr4zed Montage Master Chief Suit - work continues No Scope King Terminal on your PSP What should come next |
Friday's news in brief:
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Now that just ROCKS. I'm Invisible! Buyer Beware The Oracle Speaks With Friends Like These... Fan Fic - rather suddenly Master Chief Model Offline Web Pages - on your PSP |
