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Saturday, July 23, 2005 |  |
Good to Play Together
Yet another one of those Top X lists - Gamespy put up a 'Top 5 Xbox Live Games' recently, and Halo 2 took the number one spot. Nice! Thanks, Promotheus. (Louis Wu 13:43:19 UTC) (permalink)
Life in General Episode 1
Yesterday, a fun Flash piece passed our Movie Peer Review Rating System - it's the first episode of 'Life in General', submitted by Tim Murray, and it tells the tale of four friends playing Halo. It weighs in at about 9 mb, and we've put it up on a page for viewing. Enjoy! (Louis Wu 13:01:03 UTC) (permalink)
The stats aren't so clear...
The Halo Humpday Challenge happened a bit late again this week - the Bungie guys played Xbox Taiwan this time around. Mintz found 4 matches, with Bungie winning
the first and last, but losing 2 and 3. (He missed this game, which came between his first and second game, and was won by Bungie... and this one, which came between his 2 and 3, and was won by Xbox Taiwan.) Shishka said that the writeup won't be up until Monday, but that Bungie didn't lose... as I see it, they won the first two out of three, and overall they won 3 out of 6. I guess we'll have to wait to see what's what. (Louis Wu 12:54:44 UTC) (permalink)
Yet another way to get the maps?
Okay, I've got no confirmation on this (my copy of OXM usually comes weeks after everyone else's), but Mars Man 0013 just wrote in to say that his copy just arrived... and the demo disc contains all 9 multiplayer maps! The cover price of a newstand issue with a CD is probably around $7 (I can't find it online, but the no-CD cover price is $5), so this is probably the cheapest way to buy these maps - even cheaper if you've got a subscription! The September issue will be on store shelves during the first week of August. Update: DeadGeneration passes along the info that the newsstand price of an issue of OXM is $10 - still less than buying these puppies online, especially if you've got more than one Xbox! (Louis Wu 12:38:32 UTC) (permalink)
The Trolls Come Out At Night
Hikaru, of Halo Arena, took some time out to ask KP a few questions. (KP can occasionally be seen forgetting to delete the 'KP' from the bottom of his 'Badmin' admin posts on our forum.) I can't believe there's no mention of that life-altering whiffle-ball game anywhere! Good read, otherwise, though. Except for the goats. (Louis Wu 01:32:49 UTC) (permalink)
Video Interview with Marty O'Donnell at GT
A couple of weeks ago, GameTrailers posted video coverage of the Video Games Live kickoff concert in LA - Geary just noticed that there's an interview with Marty O'Donnell from there up now at Gametrailers, as well. (There are a few other interviews, as well, for folks interested in the tour.) Marty mentions a super-secret guitarist who performed on the Soundtrack, with no credit (by choice) - hmm... (Louis Wu 01:02:30 UTC) (permalink)
Flowbee... hmm. I thought it was Nair.
Today's Weekly What's Update got an awful lot of its questions from a thread started by Frankie in our forum a few hours ago. Some of them are good, some of them aren't. The liquid Mister Chief is particularly disturbing. Overall, though, it's worth a read - and don't forget to take Frankie up on his challenge! (It's about a third of the way through.) Thanks to the billions and billions of people who pointed this out while I was at dinner. (Louis Wu 00:13:39 UTC) (permalink)
Lots of pretty pictures
Wow... that took a LOT longer than I'd expected - but the Wallpaper queue has been cleared out. 23 entries - 38, if you count all variants. Some are amazingly good. These have built up over the past two months in our uploads folder, our email, the forum... go see what you can find! (Be sure to check the ones you like - some have color and style variants hidden on the display page.) (Louis Wu 00:12:28 UTC) (permalink)
The Praeceptor
The Codex, Episode 17, has been posted over at their website... and man, this one's pretty cool. The Praeceptor has been awakened! Really nice video and audio effects... though I gotta say, I'm not particularly happy about how the battle went. 46-60 mb, depending on the flavor you choose. (Louis Wu 00:09:19 UTC) (permalink)
These guys are hardcore.
MLG has posted another Dyslexia interview - this time it's Havok and Acidian, a pair of rising stars. These are two of the guys from the much larger pool just outside the limelight... read the interview for a sense of what it takes to break into the 'big leagues'! Thanks, 3Suns. (Louis Wu 00:08:01 UTC) (permalink)
There are some who said- wait, that's not right...
Halo 2 CE is DONE! Swing by the EPGServers.com site to grab your copy... this puppy has been a LONG time in the pipe. Beautiful! Thanks, DevilsKnight666. (Louis Wu 00:05:32 UTC) (permalink)
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