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Wednesday, March 13, 2002 |  |
Pushing the limits - again
Four new inclusions for our Gameplay Tricks page - some pretty cool stuff. Frogblast/Metafire does some serious Library exploration, brad discovers a bizarre little bug related to spawning, and Gabe Harris shows us how to build body bridges. (Oh, man, what people are gonna do with that...) Check 'em all out! (Louis Wu 22:26:50 UTC) (permalink)
Another montage video mirror
Dave Riley, of Fan-service.com, has added another mirror for the Montage Video. You can grab the movie here. (20 megs, remember...) (Louis Wu 17:49:10 UTC) (permalink)
The Egg Page grows
Three months ago, it was discovered that a piece of music written for the Bungie game Myth could be heard from a difficult-to-get-to spot at the end of Assault on the Control Room. Recently, it was learned that the same piece of music could be found in another, also-difficult-to-get-to spot at the start of the same level. We've added this information (including video documentation) to the Easter Eggs page. Interestingly enough, that particular piece of music, in sheet form, showed up on the Bungie webcam almost a year ago - does this mean we can date the inclusion of this particular pair of eggs? (Louis Wu 17:21:54 UTC) (permalink)
Nokia madness for ALL to hear
Akira has actually translated the Nokia ringtones discussed yesterday into a .WAV file, so even folks WITHOUT Nokia phones can hear it. (He also provided step-by-step instructions on creating this tone for your Nokia phone that's easier than the manual way.) And to think, my phone just rings... (Louis Wu 17:08:02 UTC) (permalink)
Nice info about Lagrange points
Frogblast was exploring (the net, not Halo) and stumbled across this forum post - the image leads back to this nicely done page at a NASA site. If you're still confused about Lagrange points (Halo occupies one around Basis), take a look! (Louis Wu 16:22:31 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Ringtone Translation
Firfin, of Halo-Game.com, has translated the Nokia ringtone information submitted by Rage Reset into standard tones - I tried it, and didn't hear the Halo theme... but my meter was probably off. Take a look! (Louis Wu 16:00:06 UTC) (permalink)
What programmers write when nobody looks
Heh - the digging has started. Someone hacked around with their Halo disc, and found some interesting strings buried deep in the code - check 'em out. Evidence that cheats ONCE existed, at least... and some pretty funny (if colorful) error language. Definitely PG-rated for strong language. Thanks to Ray Rose for the heads-up on our forum! (Louis Wu 15:46:10 UTC) (permalink)
More messing around with Frozen Marines
Not long ago, we added an interesting One-Shot from Bonk, showing a rather unusual pose for a marine. Recently, he's added an article to his site, iBonk.com, showing the full experiment - this is another example of the Frozen Stuff bug, but there's a movie, and a step-by-step reproduction guide. Check it out! (Louis Wu 15:27:18 UTC) (permalink)
Say goodbye to the Aussies
It's Launch Day in Australia... thanks to that International Dateline, they're a few hours ahead of Europe. Stores should open in 7 or 8 hours... and then I'd guess we won't see our Australian friends for a few days. Wish 'em luck! (Louis Wu 15:15:26 UTC) (permalink)
Mirrors for the Montage Video up
Ask and ye shall receive. Three kind bandwidth mavens have proffered up connections for the newest Halo vid - we can call it the Montage Video. You can grab it at:
- Mythica.org (Thanks, Brian!) - HTTP
- The Repertory (thanks, Vector40!) - HTTP
- Psyjnir.com (Thanks, Psyrixx and *Ar!) - Hotline
More when we hear about 'em! (Remember, this puppy's 20 megs large, 320x240 in .wmv format, and just under 4 minutes long.) Be sure to option-click or right-click the http links - otherwise, you might get a load of junk on the screen. (Louis Wu 05:29:47 UTC) (permalink)
French Halo review at Halo-game.com
Halo-Game.com, a French Halo site, has put up a Halo review. I can't really add it to the Reviews database, since it has no score I can assign... but they seemed to mostly like it. :) (My french isn't good enough to figure out more than that, and without an overall rating, I'm just guessing.) If you read French, though, check it out! (Don't bother with Babelfish or Google's translators, though... they'll just make you laugh.) Update: Due to popular demand (hehe), they've added a summary section - and Halo pulled out a 19/20. Not too shabby! We've now added this review to the Halo Reviews database. (It's review 77...) (Louis Wu 03:59:42 UTC) (permalink)
Lizard sacrifices, oh my!
Chapter 4 of Corbantis' 'The Tides of War' showed up tonight - go read it in our Fan Fiction section. (Louis Wu 03:47:51 UTC) (permalink)
Big new movie, looking for mirrors
A few days ago, Dan Chosich posted to our forum about a new movie he'd made. The problem was, he put it up at Angelfire, which severely restricts the number of downloads this will ever see. It's basically a collection of clips of fun/entertaining gameplay, an interesting (if somewhat disjointed) montage with some pretty cool sights. It's also rather huge. (Just under 20 megs, in .wmv format) So: we're calling for mirrors, again. If you can handle this, drop us a line - if the Angelfire site is down, we'll give you another location (or upload it for you). Thanks! (Louis Wu 03:27:34 UTC) (permalink)
New Halo Music (and more)!
Whoa. Ruzhyo noticed that TeamXbox has some extra goodies to go along with the new Xbox skin for WMP for Windows XP - and while the Halo skin in their goody pack is windows-only, the music tracks aren't... and there are three new (never-released-on-the-web) Halo tracks in there! (Windows Media Player format, of course.) The package is a bit over 4 megs - and worth the download! (Louis Wu 03:14:29 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
Monday's news in brief:
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Bizarre pics from bizarre players Thumb Bandits fingers Halo Fanfest action, webcam-style More FF than you can shake a shotgun at She's goin' down! |
