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Monday, June 10, 2002 |  |
Halo Dog Tags on eBay
In Japan, Halo dog tags and a case were given out with very early copies of Halo. (You needed the dog tags to get in to the Halo Championship.) Now, thanks to Team Overkill, you're being notified that a set of dog tags and the case are being sold on eBay - current bid is $24.99, and the acution ends in 2 days, 9 hours... Update: Seems $24.99 was the 'Buy it Now' price - it's not clear to me why the auction wasn't listed as over when I posted this, but it is now. Thanks (again) to Deimos™ for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 18:37:41 UTC) (permalink)
100 Halo Tips on the Wall, 100 Halo Tips...
Cybrfrk, our friendly neighborhood Gameplay Tips section maintainer, sends word that
- The Tips database has just hit 100 entries
- He's just hit 35
Go peruse the database... and wish him a happy birthday while you're there! (Louis Wu 15:54:24 UTC) (permalink)
Press Scans up-to-date
The Press Scans database has been brought up to date again. Another Halo Ad added, along with some mad ravings in last month's Xgamer, and a very interesting article from the last issue of Xbox Nation. (These last two were both mentioned some time ago - March 26th for the XBN piece and April 24th for the Xgamer bit - but we needed to wait until these were off the shelves to post them.) Remember - the quote from Alex S. about the relationship between Halo and Marathon was addressed by Matt in the aforementioned thread. Update: A couple of months ago, Subnova put up scans of an interesting interview with Jaime Griesemer, Halo Designer. We were so caught up in not posting it before it was off the shelves that we forgot about it altogether. Deimos™ kindly reminded us - it's been added now. (Louis Wu 15:46:35 UTC) (permalink)
That's a lot of jeeps, dude...
Coolaid sends word that he's created a new Halo movie. It's pretty big (55 mb, zipped), in QT format. 6 and a half minutes long - mostly jeep flipping, set to music. You can find it on his Power Rangers clan site, or his friend's site. (Louis Wu 15:31:18 UTC) (permalink)
2000 Credits? I'll take one!
Clint Wilkes sends in a new Mastercard 'Priceless' parody - you'll find it in our Miscellaneous Art section. (Nice nod to Foxx Wolf's mom! And to Stormsinger, as well...) (Louis Wu 14:13:14 UTC) (permalink)
Interviews database updated (older material)
Thanks to Kurt Bergeron, who prompted us to update our Interviews database with the latest Matt Soell interview. We took the opportunity to add a few missing ones from farther back. There's still the issue of 'Off the Net' interviews... we're working on it. (Louis Wu 14:04:46 UTC) (permalink)
Nice fins...
One of these days, a new section will come online here at HBO - it'll house some of the cool mod-related artwork that's sprung up in the past few months. Until then, though, new submissions will continue to go into the Miscellaneous Art section... like this rendering of a Scorpion motion-tracking missile (described in 'The Fall of Reach', and featured in Stormsinger's upcoming Skyhawk model). Check it out! (Louis Wu 01:31:14 UTC) (permalink)
'Well, I just wondered, could I have a go?'
The oldest Halo convert? Foxx Wolf sends in an account of getting his mom hooked on Halo - she's 63 years old.
I spent a pleasant hour or so teaching her how to move around and play, what to do, the basic how's and where's of first-person games. She loved it! Despite her slower reaction times, and lack of any familiarity with the concept, she was smearing grunts all over the grass pretty quickly. I get the feeling she'll probably play while I'm not around!
Do you know any Halo players older than this? (Besides Marty, of course...) (Louis Wu 01:16:22 UTC) (permalink)
Mirror movage - didja get all that?
Night of the Living Mirrors... Vector40 writes to say that he's added The Repertory to the list of mirrors for the 'Evolution of Halo' vid. That Weasel writes to say that he's converted that movie to Windows Media Player format (it's now only 30 megs), and you can grab it from That Weasel Television. Brian Towne writes to say that the load on mythica.org for the Evolution movie has dropped enough that mirroring Dan Chosich's 'Halo: DV' movie isn't a problem... so we've added, deleted, and moved links. You should find the 'Evolution of Halo' mirror list and the 'Halo: DV' mirror list in order. (Louis Wu 01:12:14 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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Be vewy, vewy quiet... Halo Gameplay vid released Stories to read Dropped on their heads as babies Halo Carnage in Idaho Thank you very much... Another Evolution mirror |
Saturday's news in brief:
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Evolution of Halo hits the net Not your average crack-fueled speculation Halo's Star(s)... Halo - in the Top 20 of all time? |
