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I.M. Banks gets cyclical with T.S. Eliot
Hamish Sinclair notices a nice little bit of cyclicism in Iain M. Banks' Culture novel. The title of his latest book, Look To Windward, comes from a T.S. Eliot poem called "The Waste Land"... and this particular passage was quoted at the start of Banks' first Culture novel, Consider Phlebas. (Just to try and tie it all into Halo, another T.S. Eliot quote appears in the Cortana Letters.) Nice spotting, Hamish! (Louis Wu 20:32:47 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI team stats posted
Blam! Another SETI team bites the dust. The Halo SETI Marinesmove up to #55 in the Battle of the Teams. Way to go! Let's keep the pressure on. The Quake team are close. Can you feel them?Find out who's crunchin' and who's munchin' on the 24 hours stats page. (Wirehead 14:23:03 UTC) (permalink)
CGI has Bungie on gamebuilding
We got our hands on the June edition of CGI magazine which features a Bungie profile. Here's a quote:
"By developing the multiplayer mode first the whole team can get a good feeling for the world and how it works, and what needs to be added". Once the game in in production mode it needs then to be debugged, and it turns out that when push comes to shove "debugging is easier on a Mac OS than on the Windows OS".
(Wirehead 09:03:35 UTC) (permalink)
Doug confirms that second face is Shikai
In the midst of the chaos, info. While we let whatever's happening at the Core take its course, we'd like to pull out one nugget from the wreck that is the forum. Char the Pirate passed along that Doug Zartman confirmed that the sniper in the GameCenter shots is Shikai Wang, not Doug himself. The actual quote, on the off chance that all info at the Core is lost, was this:
In a letter to doug telling him what I liked about the shot i mentioned the snipers face (I congratulated him on it). He replied with this, "Thanks! I'd love to take the credit, but I gotta tell you (assuming you're talking about the Gamecenter screens) that that's a pic of Chucky and Shikai, one of the Halo artists. All of the team's faces are in one or another build of the game at this point."
Nice to have closure on that one. (Louis Wu 07:38:06 UTC) (permalink)
Fan Fiction and Miscart updated together
Wow, here's a first... We've had a submission of fan fiction, that comes with cover art! Ian Mankowski wrote a Halo-inspired story, then created artwork for its cover. You can find the pieces in the Fan Fiction section and the Miscellaneous Art section, respectively. (Both are quite good.) Thanks, Ian! (Louis Wu 03:32:50 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Center's Squad Section is recruiting
Got this from Recoil, over at Halo Center:
Halo Center is looking for some Halo squads to host. If you have a Halo squad site and you think it has what it takes to be hosted by Halo Center drop on by the Squad Section of Halo Center and send Recoil and email.
Go on and sign up! (Louis Wu 02:00:21 UTC) (permalink)
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