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Wednesday, January 23, 2002 |  |
The Fun Stuff... again
Fun stuff updates: We've added a small note about yesterday's Gameplay Trick - a number of readers sent in a far simpler solution... yesterday's Easter Egg has been updated with a nearly complete list of translations... and a new Gameplay Trick entry has been added: Mark Levin shows, in a video, how to visit that infamous 'Lone Marine' on 343 Guilty Spark. Enjoy! (Louis Wu 17:16:41 UTC) (permalink)
When editors go awfully wrong
The January 2002 issue of PC Gamer UK (off the shelves as of yesterday) contained a Devil's Advocate column (238K) in which Kieron Gillen, Deputy Editor of PCGUK, raves about how Halo will NOT come to the PC (because if it did, the Xbox would fail, apparently - and if the Xbox fails, FUTURE good games will not be ported to the PC). Bizarre logic? Yes. But hey - it's in a mainstream UK gaming mag, which means a lot of gamers will read it... so it's worth knowing about. And in case anyone wasn't sure - he's completely, utterly, absolutely wrong about Halo not coming to the Mac/PC. It is. And that's that. Thanks to Berk for the scan! (One of these days, we'll even get our Press Scans page populated - there are a few dozen articles here which just need to be listed...) Followup: This should teach me to comment on unknown entities... Apparently, on page 42 of the same issue of PC Gamer UK was this passage:
Good news: ex-cover star halo is finished! Bad news: it's on the Xbox. Ignore grumpy Kieron's Devil's Advocate column (p.22), and take bungie at their own word: their excellent first person shooter will be arriving on the PC. The only question now is when and in what form. On the Xbox, it's a highly playable shooter with vehicles, with some sterling game design and gorgeous visuals. Give it us."
(They also gave it 5/5 for an Anticipation Rating.) The column, it seems, is often used for stupid arguments. Ah, well. Thanks to Griffon for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 06:51:05 UTC) (permalink)
7 new wallpapers
poena.dare #CP#g has uploaded 7 new desktop images, extracted from the Halo Game Manual (available online at Xbox.com) - they really do make nice desktops. Check 'em out in our Wallpaper section! (And Matthew - who's Howard Zimmerman, anyway?) (Louis Wu 06:36:50 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Update-a-thon
New stuff at Halo: Truth & Reconciliation, including a One on One with Halo's artistic lead Marcus Lehto, new outtakes and a new gallery section. Pax (Crux Fidelis 03:21:38 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
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Potential Spoilers How good are your eyes? Updated egg pic Solid squashing for add-on rumor Lan Pics from SF |
Monday's news in brief:
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Just hangin' out... I wanna see Cortana's! Halo SETI Team 14 day stats posted One Ghost, coming UP Potential Spoilers |
