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Thursday, February 7, 2002 |  |
Out of Halo - completely
Another first - Getting completely OFF the map on the level Halo. Folks have gotten to the tops of the mountains in the Reunion Tour section (and even ALMOST to the top in the Flawless Cowboy section, though the jeep loses power before you peak, and drops back down)... but nobody's documented getting OFF the map (into totally untextured areas) until now. Check out the pics in our Gameplay Tricks section. (Louis Wu 14:54:33 UTC) (permalink)
More vehicle antics
Cal has turned in another series of pics - this time, he's put 4 ghosts and two warthogs upstairs in a Sidewinder base. Pretty pictures (though less useful in multiplay than, say, filling a Blood Gulch base - there's no flag to block up here) - and some interesting physics glitches when a jeep gets stuck in the ladder well. Check it out in our Gameplay Tricks section. (Louis Wu 14:20:13 UTC) (permalink)
Difficulty symbols, bigger
We've gotten requests a number of times for pointers to the symbols used in the difficulty screens at the start of Halo (most recently, this morning). We'd put this page up back in October... but the images are somewhat small. To make life easier for those attempting to use these symbols in clan websites or the like, we've extracted them from the difficulty screens, and combined them for easy access. You can find them here. (Louis Wu 13:25:22 UTC) (permalink)
Two bottles of jack and a basket of twinkies
It's Cortana Day at Tru7h and Reconciliation! Bungie has put up new storyboards (for a major Cortana scene), Cortana voice outtakes, and an interview with Jen Taylor, the voice of Cortana! (The interview will show you a glimpse of Matt Soell's odder side... but it will also give you some good info on Jen, the Cinematics team (well, okay, that wasn't so good), and an upcoming movie Jen stars in.) Check it out. (Louis Wu 10:13:01 UTC) (permalink)
Another Warthog Jump mirror
The Warthog jump movie got a mention (thanks, Tarrsk) on Penny Arcade, among other places... my guess is, demand is not going to die down any time soon. (And download numbers are rather high, according to a couple of mirror hosters...) With all that in mind, we want to thank Dukeman330 for adding another mirror, for both hi and lo-res versions of the vid. All the mirrors that we know of can be found on our mirror list - hopefully, if you haven't gotten this yet, you can find it from one of these sites. (Louis Wu 09:49:26 UTC) (permalink)
Halo finalist for 8 AIAS awards
Rather than reword it badly, I'm just gonna shamelessly suck text from the AIAS site:
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) today announced the finalists for the 5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards. Halo: Combat Evolved for the Xbox, developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft, and ICO for the Playstation 2 (PS2), developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America, lead the field with finalist nods in 8 categories each, including nominations for Game of the Year, Console Game of the Year and Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year.
The 8 categories that Halo is a finalist in are: Game of the Year, Console Game of the Year, Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year, Innovation in Console Gaming, Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering, Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering, and Outstanding Achievement in Game Design. (Interestingly enough, Halo wasn't a finalist in any Sound or Story categories...) Looks like even the academics like this game! (Thanks to Gothmog for the heads-up.) (Louis Wu 01:47:50 UTC) (permalink)
The Doomsday awakes
MaxThndr turns in Chapters II and III of Halo II: The Ardan Landings - again, spoiler warnings for those who haven't played Halo yet. Check 'em out in the Fan Fiction section (or read the whole series at once). (Louis Wu 01:35:51 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
Tuesday's news in brief:
