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Tuesday, December 10, 2002 |  |
Rate your gameplay
Glen Sanford has created a small program (unfinished at the moment) to rate yourself as a Halo player. Simply plug in the stats from the final screen of a multiplayer game, and it'll rate your skill (from 'Too bad to calculate' to 'Level 10 Spartan II'). Currently it only works for Slayer games... but at 28K for the download, what do you have to lose? (Requires Windows - not sure what flavors; I tried it on XP, and it worked fine.) Glen's looking for feedback; he wants to know if it's worth finishing. (Louis Wu 18:56:38 UTC) (permalink)
Halo/Oni musical tie-in
So a few days ago, I got a message from Bizkit522, a regular over at the IGN Halo board, mentioning the similarities between a couple of Marty O'Donnell tunes. Hurry, from the Oni Soundtrack, kicks in right after Konoko's uncle is killed, and and is a high-tension piece punctuated by quick violins. On a Pale Horse, from the Halo Soundtrack, plays in a couple of places on the Assault on the Control Room/Two Betrayals level(s), and kicks in when the action is about to heat up - it, too, is a high-tension piece punctuated by the same violins. In fact, if you listen, these are very similar pieces (although Hurry is a bit faster - in my opinion, the refinements for On a Pale Horse make it a better piece)... is this a tip 'o the hat by Marty to an older game, or did he just run out of music to use? He's given us permission to let you hear both pieces - you can decide for yourself. Feel free to post speculation on our forum.
- Hurry.mp3 (350K)
- On_A_Pale_Horse.mp3 (764K)
These were both ripped at a relatively low bitrate (80 Kbps) - you should really buy the soundtracks for the hi-res versions. (Louis Wu 09:47:25 UTC) (permalink)
To iGames or not to iGames
Although Jester and Psyrixx, two original members of the iGames Players Council, have recently stepped down because of differences with the iGames philosophy, the games go on. Round 2 takes place this Saturday, December 14. Get some details at Bungie.net. (Louis Wu 09:08:17 UTC) (permalink)
We've got mirrors - lots of 'em!
The Halo community, once again proving how much it rocks, has provided you, the viewer, with a boatload of download links for the new trailer for Brian Josselyn's Halo Movie. We've compiled them on the Halo Movie Trailer Mirrors page. (Louis Wu 02:13:57 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
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Ho Ho Ho Halo Movie Trailer Update Lots and lots of ff Sarge Goes Loony That ain't no angel... That Poor MC... Halo: The Movie... trailer Of Men and Machines Raising (Cash in) Arizona |
Sunday's news in brief:
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A Banner Day More Details Emerge Potential Spoilers |
