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Thursday, March 21, 2002 |  |
MPZ Halo reviews Halo
fAt1, of MPZ Halo, has put up his review of Halo - he was... rather enthusiastic. The review itself says that you shouldn't expect a numerical score... but I pushed him; he gave it a 10.5/10. We've added it to the Reviews database. (Expect a rather large set of additions to the database sometime soon.) (Louis Wu 21:04:35 UTC) (permalink)
I want a windup warthog!
Halo action figures in the future? Matt Soell dropped by to point out that while the most recent attempt in this field failed, Doug Zartman (formerly known as the Voice of Bob, currently a MS employee) is working on finding another partner for this endeavor. Woohoo - plush Grunt dolls you can feed to your dog! (Louis Wu 19:16:22 UTC) (permalink)
Xen Gamers Halo review
Ran across another Halo review - Xen Gamers gave it an A, a few weeks ago. We've added it to the Reviews database. (Louis Wu 14:31:08 UTC) (permalink)
More Warthog Jumping - in Germany
Nico D., of Game-presse.de, sends word that Warthog jumping was so much fun, he had to make his own Warthog Jump tribute movie. It's in .wmv format, 4:30 long, and weighs in at 7.4 mb. Take a look! (Louis Wu 14:01:32 UTC) (permalink)
Blood Gulch... for Starcraft!
Goodness. Alan Wu sent in a map, created by friend Jonathon Cairns, of Blood Gulch in Starcraft format. If you play Starcraft, snag this! (There are a few easter eggs, so hunt around.) It's 80k, zipped. (Louis Wu 13:47:31 UTC) (permalink)
Punch it
Black_Jackal sends in Chapter 1 of his 'After Halo' story - you'll find it in our Fan Fiction section. (Louis Wu 13:39:28 UTC) (permalink)
Phoenix surfaces... but not really
Before this gets out of hand... Korps sent in this link to a page at Gamer's Logik, purporting to contain information about the upcoming Bungie game code-named Phoenix. Now, I don't claim to be completely 'in the know', but I did get the chance to walk through the Phoenix development room back in January of this year... and if the information on that page is accurate, Bungie threw out EVERYTHING they were working on just 2 months ago. (For those of you who have trouble with indirect statements: what I saw 2 months ago bore ZERO resemblance to the product described in the page above.) Take this at face value - I'm not a Bungie employee, and I don't have the inside scoop. Update: Seems Gamer's Logik has confused Phoenix, a Bungie game in development, with a mech title that FASA Studios (another Microsoft-owned gaming house) is working on. More info on that title will be coming soon... but rest assured, it ain't Phoenix. (It doesn't even use the Halo engine.) Thanks to Jon Kimmich, Halo's Product Planner, for the info. (Louis Wu 13:01:25 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Story Page gets an information infusion
Speaking of plots... the Halo Story Page got a MASSIVE update recently - the inbox has been cleared, for the first time in a long time. Mnemesis has retreated to his isolation tank to regenerate the brain cells lost in this endeavor - please read his work, so as to make the effort not in vain. (You might even learn something about the Halo story...) (Louis Wu 10:42:40 UTC) (permalink)
Maybe it should have been 'donut'
The Halo plot hole defined by this quote from Truth and Reconciliation:
While the Covenant had us locked up in here, I overheard the guards talking about this ring world. They call it... "Halo."
has been discussed extensively on our forum. (Why could Keyes understand what the guards were saying when the super-duper translator in our own suit can't even do that?) However, Master Chief IV used this line to ask an even better question - why, if Keyes is just now learning what the Covenant call this ring, does the screen behind him on the bridge of the Pillar of Autumn ALSO call it 'Halo'? (Yes, it's just a game. Bungie makes few enough mistakes like this, though, that it's worth pointing them out when they DO happen.) (Louis Wu 10:39:02 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Loki would be proud Long, sappy bandwidth thanks Potential Spoilers XBox Japan goodies for grabs Brain cells are for sissies Kroeger needs a leg Musical goodies available again Loads of Reviews added |
Tuesday's news in brief:
