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Thursday, January 4, 2007 |  |
Furhman can sleep anywhere.
The LANfest that took place here last week has now been written up on Bungie.net - KP got a little hyperbolic, but there are some great pics. I'd said the last time I'd posted about this LAN that I'd summarize the rest of the writeups at a later date - this seems like a fine later date. Blackstar posted a video slideshow of his photos (you can see the individual pics at Rampancy.net), Jillybean summarized her experiences in the Home of the Free, and rets posted a huge video of a 1v1 match against Schooly D. (If you all download this, you will likely crush his server; only grab it if you really want to watch it.) Finally, Mintz posted a writeup over at Hushed Casket. There will likely be one more post down the road - I've got a whole lot of photos to go into a bunch of galleries - but don't hold your breath for that. Once again, thanks to all who came, and apologies to all who should have, but didn't. (Louis Wu 23:27:45 UTC) (permalink)
VGL - Behind The Scenes (the beginning)
Over at GameTrailers, you'll find a trailer, along with the first of three full episodes, of a Behind the Scenes documentary about Video Games Live. This is only peripherally Halo-related, in that Halo is one of the pieces played during the concert, but it's pretty interesting if you were ever curious about how these guys got started, and why they're doing what they're doing. Thanks, DHalo. (Louis Wu 22:40:18 UTC) (permalink)
PGL Elites Championship
Jay "Ling Ling" Marrero writes to point out a pair of Halo 2 tourneys sponsored by the PGL at Otronicon v2.0 in Orlando, FL, coming up the weekend of January 13/14. Registration is $15 (with a paid Otronicon entrance), and the first place prize for each event is $1000 (with a bunch of other stuff on the line, as well). Check it out - and if you're going to Otronicon, jump in! (Louis Wu 14:39:04 UTC) (permalink)
Dashboard Themes - try before you buy
JeBr0nie noticed a new website called dashboardthemes.com; it's the first place I've seen that contains screenshots of all the Halo-related 360 Dashboard themes out there. (It contains a lot more than that, of course - but this is a Halo site, after all.) You can see all three Halo 3 themes there, as well as the Red vs Blue theme. It shows you what the themes look like with all the normal text that will appear over the images - really helpful. A nice resource! (Louis Wu 14:24:22 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 - eclipsed in 8 short weeks?
Several days ago, Major Nelson posted the Top Live Games of 2006 - broken out into 360 games, Arcade games, and Original Xbox games. There's no combined list, but the way it's written, quite a number of the people commenting on the post are assuming that MN is saying that Gears of War (the top 360 game) is the top overall game for the year - and most of them are wondering if that's a mistake. I've waited several days for a specific clarification, but although at least one Xbox staffer has chimed into the conversation, there is no refutation of the assumption, and in fact, if one reads the entire set of comments, one is left with the impression that Gears of War did, indeed, pass Halo 2 as the top Live game of 2006. I have trouble believing this, but in the absence of hard data, I can do no more than speculate. If true, it would be a stunning statement about the popularity of Epic's title; it hit the market just a few weeks before the end of the year. If false... one wonders why Major Nelson, or an Xbox Live staffer, doesn't simply say so in that thread. (Well, I wonder, anyway.) (Louis Wu 13:31:17 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie's Blue Harvest
IGN has posted a 2-page article discussing why Bungie is so secretive about Halo 3 info. There's not a lot here that isn't common sense - but it seems that common sense is a bit less common than one would hope, so if you're an Insider, go read. (If you're not an Insider, you can't see it anyway; summary is "secrecy keeps the game from being ruined for you".) Thanks to COwOnTheNews for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 12:59:29 UTC) (permalink)
After the War
Luke McKay added a fun little sketch to his Red vs Blue Image collection - we've added it to his gallery here. Don't make a girl a promise you can't keep... (Louis Wu 11:41:51 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Tuesday's news in brief:
