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Wednesday, January 30, 2002 |  |
The tricks keep coming
Two more submissions for the Gameplay Tricks page - Cal drops off a passel of pics showing the tippety-top of Damnation... and Phear X shows you how to get on top of the base beacon pole (which stands on top of the base) on Sidewinder. What folks won't try... (Louis Wu 17:21:30 UTC) (permalink)
Story page still alive
Apologies to all who've been writing to the Halo Story page - the crew seems to have run into time issues. Never fear, though, things will be back on track soon! mnemesis added another tidbit last night from Alan Wu - that Marathon link just won't die, and now there are other options for the bigger picture! Check out the Story page news... and don't hesitate to send along your wild ravings; nothing's being thrown away, so it'll be there when the team gets back to it. (Louis Wu 14:03:16 UTC) (permalink)
The Cole Protocol comes online
silverx10 writes to say that a new Halo fansite is up and running - The Cole Protocol has been ensuring the safety of the planet Earth since 2552. Currently, they have gameplay tips, character descriptions, and a couple of level walkthroughs. Content is going up quickly... check it out! (Louis Wu 13:57:07 UTC) (permalink)
First up... then down
Dueling Cartographers! Two different collections have been added to the Gameplay Tricks section - Team 7HR33 submits a movie showing a beautiful dismount from the top of Silent Cartographer... and Randy Glass gives us a cookbook movie that will have you driving the heights in no time. (Randy's page contains multiple mirrors for his film - thanks once again to the Psyjnir Complex for their hotline hosting!) If the submission rate ever slows down, I'll even get around to making the page more navigable! Followup: Randy has posted a pretty hilarious bloopers film (1:25, 4.8 MB), showing a bunch of the times it DIDN'T work... the last one had me in tears. (Where'd it go?) (Louis Wu 06:58:40 UTC) (permalink)
Another Halo review, Junkyard updates
Vector40, of the Junkyard, points out a newish Halo review over at Monolithic Illusions. Reading the text, you might get the impression that they weren't too impressed... but the final score was a 9.5/10. Go figure. We've added it to the Reviews page. (You know... while you're over at the Junkyard, checking out Vec's review news, you should take a gander at his newly remodeled Weapons Guide, the first step in a total overhaul of the Halo section. Lots to see!) (Louis Wu 05:42:00 UTC) (permalink)
Rocket Jumping Tutorial
Another stunt movie: Phear X has created a 13 mb, 1:41-long clip showing how to rocket jump to the top of Sidewinder. It's currently being hosted by Brian Towne, of mythica.org (Brian, you da man!) - grab it! (Looks like it's also on the Psyjnir Complex's Hotline server - you guys rock, too. ;) ) Eventually, this'll be added to the Tips and Tricks page. (Currently, we're swamped like you wouldn't believe.) (Louis Wu 00:41:12 UTC) (permalink)
I see a red video...
Kurisu has created yet another music video - this one's a little strange; lots of repeating footage. You can check it out (8 megs, .wmv format set to 'Paint It Black') at his site. (Louis Wu 00:33:26 UTC) (permalink)
Three more French Halo reviews
genohunter has pointed out a number of new French Halo reviews - Hard Gamers Consoles gave it a 94%, OverGame.com gave it 8.5/10, and HardGamers (more general) gave it a 92%. (He thanked Firfin for the heads-up for these.) We've added all of them to our Reviews page. (Louis Wu 00:26:45 UTC) (permalink)
Enormous numbers of screens added
A couple of months ago, GameKult.com (a French gaming site) put up their Halo review... since then they've added a mind-numbing 152 screenshots. Almost none of them show unique material - they're simply a nearly comprehensive look at the first four levels of the game. They are unique to GameKult, though, so we felt they should be in the Screenshots database here (we try to be comprehensive). Thanks to the wonders of scripting technology, I was able to add them without pain to myself... so if you are having trouble viewing them at GameKult, check 'em out in our database. (Louis Wu 00:25:59 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
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Outer Edge and XGR review Halo Dragula mirrored again Miscellaneous Covenant Potential Spoilers Renegade gets another mirror |
Monday's news in brief:
