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Tuesday, October 8, 2002 |  |
Rockin' Warthog Jump Flick
The October cover disc of the Official UK Xbox Magazine contained a Warthog Jump competition. They solicited innovative warthog jumps from their readers, then rated them on Height, Landing, and Originality. The 18 jumps included in the video ranged from a score of 12/30 up to a pretty impressive 27/30. Even the duds are pretty funny. Yes, the Warthog Jump has been done a bit (hehe), but consider this a swan song to the genre. And the last jump has to be seen to be believed! (Thanks to Griffon for making this video available.) We'd LOVE mirrors - currently, you can find it at mythica.org and the psyjnir.com hotline server. It's 18.5 mb, in QuickTime 5 format. (It's almost 5 minutes long.) Enjoy! Update: Eclarap writes to say that Halo-Game, in France, has put up a mirror for this movie. Thanks, guys! (Louis Wu 20:02:24 UTC) (permalink)
MORE Wallpaper
Ross Mills sent in a desktop image he's been using for a while. It combines one of Bungie's wallpapers with a poem called 'The Reaper' - written by T. GhostWolf Davidson and used in a fake 'Cortana Letter' that circulated recently. (You can read more about the situation in this forum thread.) Ross' desktop, meanwhile, can be found in our Wallpaper section. (Louis Wu 13:17:01 UTC) (permalink)
Be Ready.
Continuing with the banner theme, Warbow sends in one of his own. You'll find it in our Banners section. Update: the image is considerably smaller now. (Louis Wu 12:58:37 UTC) (permalink)
more pics
Pair of new desktops avaiable... in our Wallpaper section. (Louis Wu 10:56:23 UTC) (permalink)
All the way or no way
Justin Bernard turns in another piece of artwork promoting the squad Delta Force - this time it's a banner. We've reduced the display size (so that it fits on the page), but the original is available as well. (Louis Wu 10:48:23 UTC) (permalink)
300dpi doesn't work on the web
FunkyCheesMunkey draws another Halo pic for our Miscellaneous Art section. (It's really, really big, so if you load it and see only white in your browser window, realize you have to scroll a LOT to get to any content.) (Louis Wu 10:40:25 UTC) (permalink)
Yahoo IM skin
Okay, I guess this is sort of Halo-related... Matthew Ramos created an Xbox Yahoo Messenger skin, and the MC has a prominent place in it. You can see a preview he sent of the skin in action (42K), or you can download the skin itself (172K). I'm not sure we're the best place for Instant Messenger skin collections... maybe in the future, if you have a skin you'd like the Halo community to see, you should find a skin archive site to house it at, and send us a link. Thanks! (Louis Wu 10:31:37 UTC) (permalink)
Football and Halo in Texas
Heh - in an article from the Houston Chronicle's Sports 2 section front page last Sunday, tossed into the middle of a pretty funny discussion of what happens when real-life football players run up against their electronic doppelgangers is a tidbit of Halo goodness.
On the other side of the room, a group of offensive linemen were involved in a four-player game of Halo, the most popular game in the locker room next to Madden. The game involves the deployment of a cyber-enhanced soldier whose mission is to keep a threatening alien race from Earth.
"I can't believe I killed myself," McKinney yells.
"I survived that crash?" guard/center Chad Overhauser says.
The game gained popularity among the Texans during training camp, when tackle Jimmy Herndon and Chad Overhauser brought an X-box to training camp.
Better believe it - athletes know where the REAL competition is. :) (Thanks to Alex "Atoyot" Philips for the heads-up.) (Louis Wu 10:06:46 UTC) (permalink)
TXB looks at Halo 2
Team Xbox has put up a preview of Halo 2, combining much of the info available elsewhere into one big easy-to-read story. Go take a look! (Louis Wu 09:07:21 UTC) (permalink)
Stories to read
Early-week Fan Fiction:
- Super Six Four, by Sarge
- The New Reach Campaigns Chapter 7, by Gasmask
- A New Enemy, by Matthew Edwards
- Wings of Death, part 9, by el_halo_diablo
- The Story of Halo, by Spec Ops Elite
- HELLJUMPERS, part 10, by Havok
- The Shadows, part 8, by Glenny
The Story of Halo is broken into two pieces in the database, due to limitations here... but the above link points to a full reading of it. (Louis Wu 03:13:24 UTC) (permalink)
Big money for winning at Halo
Live near Nashville, TN? Up for some Halo competition with $5,000 guaranteed on the line ($2200 for first place in the CTF competition, for example) at the end of November? Stop by the website of The Associates of Gaming Professionals, and read about their upcoming Halo tournament. $25 a head to enter; not bad for a shot at $2,200! (Thanks to b.net for the heads-up.) (Louis Wu 01:48:12 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
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Matt's playing with you. October POD posted Leaving drydock Dead Trees to Electrons Plethora of Pictures Just stay out of their way Duotone MC Fire! |
Sunday's news in brief:
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Wallpaper submission Writings... fiction and otherwise Halo Banner Cornucopia Another Instant Messenger Upgrade !!??!?%?*%! |
