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Friday, August 25, 2006 |  |
Charged Up.
Last week, Frankie mentioned (in the BWU) that Halo 3 has "lots of feel of the original Halo" - in the sense that you spend a chunk of your time exploring, for the sake of exploration. Many websites jumped on this comment as some sort of evidence that Bungie was admitting that they liked Halo better than Halo 2. Stuntmutt has his own take in the situation, in today's One One Se7en. (Louis Wu 18:18:58 UTC) (permalink)
Marathon Love
Okay, it's the Marathon symbol... but it's in Halo too, so it's relevant. Check out Spartan Jag's latest creation. (Louis Wu 17:45:39 UTC) (permalink)
Delivered by Superman.
_Wheels03 posted a couple of pics of his new Halo prototype faceplate, courtesy of Bungie - congrats again for winning the faceplate contest! (For what it's worth, this has got to be one of the fastest prize shipments I've ever heard of. Frankie saw the faceplate in the outgoing mail queue last NIGHT - and _Wheels03 lives halfway across the country.) (Louis Wu 16:48:52 UTC) (permalink)
H2V Gameplay vids from IGN
IGN has some more Halo 2 Vista footage from Leipzig - they call it 'off-screen', which either means 'filmed with a video camera pointing at the monitor', or 'filmed directly off the screen'. (The audio is clearly live, but the video's quite good; doesn't look very 'shakey'. Audio sync on the Midship clip is AWFUL.) You can't see the huge improvements in detail that you'd see if these were, say, 1280x960 vids... but you CAN see the cool smoke effects, and in a few places on Lockout you can see the great level of detail improvements at a distance. (Gameplay is... well, sort of lame. But again, remember, none of these people have played Halo 2 on a keyboard and mouse before.) Thanks to HaloPlanet for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 15:45:52 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Fanfic
Largest Fan Fiction update in a while - 22 pieces. Go read! (Louis Wu 15:03:24 UTC) (permalink)
The Hand of a Dead Man
New content over at Dead Man's Hand - highlights include the Playlist Psyche feature on Team Carnage and the 22 Questions on rapture. Thanks, Dweezle! (Louis Wu 14:17:57 UTC) (permalink)
Theme Variation Transcriptions
TheGarbageMan transcribed some of the work he released a couple of days ago - grab the jpegs if you want to play these! (Louis Wu 13:34:21 UTC) (permalink)
A closer look at the Blomkamp situation
Narcogen is curious about Neill Blomkamp - is he the chosen director of the Halo film? If so, why hasn't the announcement been finalized? If not, why haven't his interviews been disclaimed? He also takes a look at the appropriateness of the choice, with a summary of arguments for, and against, Blomkamp as director. Check it out at Rampancy.net. (Louis Wu 13:14:41 UTC) (permalink)
7 Reasons Why H2V > H2X
KP has written an article entitled 'Top 7 Reasons Why H2V Rocks' in the ongoing Vistravaganza that is Halo 2 Vista week at Bungie.net - from enhanced visuals to custom content, this list will let you know why you want to be plunking down your hard-earned samoleons when Vista is released (and H2V is available). Check it out! (Also, the front-page icon for it is pretty cool.) (Louis Wu 02:02:04 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
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H2Vista section opens at B.net Tricky Halo 2 Vista Not Ready for Prime Time Yet Blomkamp answers a couple of questions Halo 2 Vista FAQ Midship FFA in Germany Violence and Debauchery |
Wednesday's news in brief:
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White Lie. Beautiful Music Faceplate Contest - Results! Dirty feet are kind of a turn-on Lego Zanzibar - Help Needed! Faceplate winners - soon! A Slice of Pi Desolate |
