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Friday, October 21, 2005 |  |
Green plastic soldiers
Hehe - fan fiction from an IT guy. Brick, over at HushedCasket.com, reposted a story from back in the day... it's a fun read. Check it out! Thanks, rapture. (Louis Wu 23:36:44 UTC) (permalink)
A book for getting under the hood
Blogcritics.com has reviewed Halo 2 Hacks, a new book by Stephen Cawood and published by O'Reilly. The book covers a wide range of 'hacks', from simple glitches to full-out modding of your copy of the game. I've been holding off saying anything about this book so far, because I think we'll be able to bring you excerpts from it... but that can be another post for another day. Meanwhile, go read the review, or check out the book at Amazon.com. (Louis Wu 19:33:08 UTC) (permalink)
mtvU Gamers' Ball
Xbox Solution is reporting about the mtvU's Gamers' Ball, a traveling game tour that is stopping at various college campuses around the US, and offering cool prizes for winners of various tournaments (including a Halo 2 tournament). Check the page for more info. (Louis Wu 19:26:38 UTC) (permalink)
DoA4's Spartan 458 screenshots at Xboxyde
We've been unwilling to point out scans of the GameInformer article we mentioned last week, because our policy is not to provide access to magazine scans until the issue is off newsstand shelves... but if you swing by Xboxyde, you'll see the original screenshots those scans incorporated. I must say, Cairo Station looks pretty darn spiffy on the Xbox360! Thanks, Tempus Fugit. (Louis Wu 18:13:41 UTC) (permalink)
Players Bowl II
tyguy101a (the guy behind KissTheChief.com) stopped by our forum to point out a Halo tourney in Philadelphia on October 29th. (They'll be playing Madden 2006, too.) Registration is $30/40 (depending on when) for Halo 2, and top prize is $1000. More details are at Game Time Philly, the sponsors of the event. (Louis Wu 16:54:09 UTC) (permalink)
Saucee Montage 3.0
Saucee's third montage passed the MPRRS this morning - so you can grab a copy of it either in WMP9 format (43.3 mb) or QuickTime format (44.1 mb). Nice audio-video synchronization, and some funky video effects. Go watch! (Louis Wu 16:22:21 UTC) (permalink)
Actually, Just Dead.
Stuntmutt takes a look at the decision to use Spartan 458 in the upcoming Dead or Alive 4 in today's One One Se7en. He makes a compelling alternate case. (Louis Wu 15:48:58 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Fiction
Twenty-eight new pieces in the Fan Fiction section - busy week for the writers. Go check! (Louis Wu 15:43:44 UTC) (permalink)
Glenda Talks Stubbs to WGO
Over at Wideloadgames.org, there's an exclusive interview with Glenda Adams, Director of Development at Aspyr Media (the software house responsible for the PC and Mac versions of Stubbs the Zombie). It's quite technical, centering on the requirements needed to run the game, and why - looks like the video card minimums are gonna be pretty steep. It's a great read, also talking about what went into making this game work on personal computers, and how those versions will differ from the Xbox version. (I'm sad to learn that the PC/Mac versions won't ship with Co-op play.) This is only part 1, so keep your eyes peeled for more! Thanks, BattleCat. (Louis Wu 14:36:59 UTC) (permalink)
H2O Stats Reader v 1.1.8
LunarShadow has posted a new version of H2O Stats Reader, for aggregating XBL stats. Check out this forum post for details of the new stuff and a download link. (Louis Wu 14:17:54 UTC) (permalink)
A week and a half's worth of Podtacular
Wow. Looks like since they stopped telling us about them, we've completely missed the last few Podtacular podcasts. We mentioned Episode 12 on October 10... since then, they've released Episode 13 (Grenade Power and Burial Mounds), Episode 14 (Customs and Call-Ins), Episode 15 (high-quality update), Episode 16 (Coag and Combos), and Episode 17 (Customs and Call-Ins). Go catch up! (Louis Wu 13:45:13 UTC) (permalink)
EgoBoard
There's a new strip up at Halo Babies today, looking at the loss of leaderboards at Bungie.net. That's ONE way to handle the situation! (Louis Wu 12:57:48 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
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Halo: The Spartans, from Edgen Rad Halo 2 Speedruns Taming Team Hardcore RoP 2005: Best Male Performance Spitfire Zombie Talk MLG PwnCast Episode II The Sword is Down! |
Wednesday's news in brief:
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'Not For The Faint Of Heart.' WCG Group Drawing Completed New artwork at PolyMallet Mud-wrestling female ninjas Gladiator Evolved - for your iPod |
