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Wednesday, December 21, 2005 |  |
A Matter of Perspective.
Eep, almost forgot. It's Wednesday, so it's time for another One One Se7en. Stuntmutt looks at another legitimate strategy in today's entry. (Louis Wu 20:40:23 UTC) (permalink)
Bigger than it looks
Stephen Loftus found some new information about the scale of Covenant Assault Carriers, and has therefore redone his UNSC/Covenant Ship Scale Chart. Those things are MONSTERS! (Louis Wu 19:47:38 UTC) (permalink)
This is what VoD is for.
Several members of 2old2play showed up at MLG Chicago last week - and Joel "doodirock" Albert wrote up their experience for the website. It was a pretty doomed attempt right from the start... but they made the best of it. Thanks to doodi and DSmooth for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 18:53:57 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Zero, Revisited
I was gonna let this one go... but everyone and their brother is writing about it, so I guess I need to say something. A couple of days ago we mentioned that Halo Zero, a fan-made sidescroller, was #10 on Gamespot's most popular game list. Yesterday, it shot to number 1 - and it's still there today. The reason I didn't want to say anything is because you're seeing synergistic feedback in action - the game is very high on the list of most popular games (and it's the only non-commercial game there), so people visit the page to see what it's about... which raises its popularity, which makes MORE people go look at it, and so on. It's a fine game - a pretty impressive effort for a fan-made product - but it's not the best game on the planet, and the expectations that are being built because of its position on Gamespot's list are unfair. (There are lots of forum threads over there about how crappy this game is - which it's not... until you start comparing it to Metal Gear Solid or GTA3 or WoW.) So: it's really fun that it's gotten to the top of the Most Popular list... but at this point, folks need to let it fall off again, or nobody will EVER enjoy it. (Louis Wu 18:46:11 UTC) (permalink)
Gunslingers all.
Tied The Leader is back, with a couple of extensive posts - and more, farther down. The most recent stuff: XerxdeeJ went to Chicago (writeup is still coming) , the TTL Gunslingers went looking for a fight on the 2old2play forums... and wrote up the results, and another Gunslinger wrote up a LAN event, complete with pictures. Good stuff! Thanks, XerxdeeJ. Update: looks like the MLG writeup went up just minutes ago... it's a huge photo-essay, and it's a great read. Check it out! (Louis Wu 14:43:08 UTC) (permalink)
Still Got It
PHW is mostly a Half-Life 2 related comic site... but the Weekday Strip involves characters from a number of games, and the most recent strip involves your friendly neighborhood Master Chief. Thanks, Vapor. (Louis Wu 14:29:44 UTC) (permalink)
Team Schooly D - For The Win
Sometime back in the Jurassic Period, Schooly D asked Pinkuh (who is part of his Halo 2 clan, Team Schooly D) if she'd make a poster for the clan. She said sure... not having any idea how much trouble it would cause her. It got finished last night, though, and she posted it on our forum. I've also added it to her gallery here at HBO. It's an awesome piece of work - check it out! (Louis Wu 13:52:34 UTC) (permalink)
Counting Angels on Pinheads
Now THIS is dedication. Nogard watched the Limited Edition DVD, and noticed that Joe Staten flips through a 160-page Halo 2 script on camera. He went to the trouble of transcribing as much as he could see - and posted it online. (It's an angelfire site, so even though it's a tiny page, it might go down - if it does, we'll put up a mirror.) This is intriguing just for the focus it must have taken. (Louis Wu 13:31:43 UTC) (permalink)
It ain't all filmmaking
Scifibrain.com interviewed Nathan Fillion, who played Captain Mal Reynolds in Firefly - turns out the guy's a Halo 2 fanatic. The interview eventually gets around to his filmmaking stuff... but the first chunk is ALL about Halo. Pretty funny! Thanks, Cornballer. (Louis Wu 13:28:49 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
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The Twelve Night Siege Hang 'em High... FEAR it. Ohio Tourney in January The Omen Duke's Da Man. |
Monday's news in brief:
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Definitely Addiction. Quit While You're Ahead Mash. Harrison Ford and Regurgitation H20 Updated Halo Zero - it's THAT popular. Sneaking In MLG Chicago Results MLG through the eyes of a non-pro A New Beginning |
