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Friday, January 26, 2007 |  |
Enjoying the Benefits of Bungie's Reflective Nature
A couple of weeks ago, Edge put their January 2007 article on Bungie online for all to read - and an enormous number of gaming news outlets jumped on a single quote from the piece - the one where Chris Butcher, expressing his disappointment with the gap between what he felt Halo 2 COULD have been and what it WAS, said 'we screwed up'. Today, 1Up's Luke Smith has posted an article in which Bungie themselves respond to the original article, and to the press reaction - it's worth a read, from anyone who saw just the feeding frenzy, and didn't really pay attention to the original piece. (Heck, it's a good read, period - for all of us.) Thanks to GhaleonEB for noticing. (Louis Wu 21:11:09 UTC) (permalink)
Being the Best - THEtom's thoughts
Over at MLGPro.com, Ogre 2 has written up his thoughts about being voted Best Overall Player by his peers. Thanks, 3Suns. (Louis Wu 18:28:40 UTC) (permalink)
Ding!
Stuntmutt looks at the problem with ringers in today's One One Se7en. (Louis Wu 16:21:59 UTC) (permalink)
Craft, not Art
Eric Trautmann was asked recently to review Lost Planet - and in doing so, he took a look at storytelling in general in videogames. In specific, he looked at Halo, and pointed out that there's a clear difference between 'story' and 'plot' - and Halo has more of the latter than the former.
There's no story there. The character learns nothing, changes not one whit, but instead merely moves through plot, and a derivative one at that.
(Before you get bent out of shape, realize that he's not saying Halo sucks - he's saying that stripped down to its essence, what makes Halo's singleplayer stand out is not the originality of the storyline, but the way in which it was implemented.) Great read, overall - many thanks to Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, for noticing it. (Louis Wu 13:13:45 UTC) (permalink)
Editing Contest Results Announced
On Wednesday, the Halopeño So Hot Editing Contest (announced in November, submission window closing in December) had its winners announced; Kanbo, who won second place, let us know a few days earlier, but the actual results page went up this week. Congrats to Jamie98s, Kanbo, and Devlin, for pulling in First, Second, and Third Place, respectively! Swing by the Halopen page to view the winning entries. (Louis Wu 13:01:33 UTC) (permalink)
ModTacular
Z wrote to point out the H3F ModTage - a video from Nastadon and Callous, showcasing a number of modded maps (and the weapons and vehicles that go with them). 154 mb, WMP9 format - swing by Halo3Forum.com to pick it up! (Louis Wu 12:51:23 UTC) (permalink)
Friday's Fanfic
Ten new pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section - go read! (Louis Wu 11:47:20 UTC) (permalink)
Mid-Air No-Scopes On Turret Jerks
There was a new Halo 3 Humpday this week, and it got posted last night. Once again, a coordinated team of Bungie employees went into Halo 3 matchmaking against 3 separate ragtag groups of whoever showed - and surprise, surprise, they won. (Good thing it's still early in the Alpha cycle, and they can keep that confidence level up...) The writeup contains screenshots of the tweaked Bungie.net stats pages; kills are now broken out by type, and separate track is kept of suicide/betrayal totals. Schedonnardus was the first to notice this publicly. (Louis Wu 11:38:27 UTC) (permalink)
EHS Plays Halo
PositronTF noticed another marching band playing Halo while browsing YouTube - it's unclear where this is (what high school, or even what state), but it's fun. (Some of the colorguards seem to be holding energy swords.) (Louis Wu 11:31:45 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
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GIA interviews KP Halo 3 Beta in Every Box of Crackdown? A table leg with bolted-on machetes |
Wednesday's news in brief:
