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Tuesday, January 14, 2003 |  |
Tricks that Rock
Every once in a while, a new trick pops up that potentially changes the way Halo gets played among friends. (One that sticks in my mind is the Sidewinder Sneak - it forever changed CTF games on Sidewinder, and opened huge vistas for tricksters looking to explore the single-player game.) Now there's a new one... two players can share one powerup (overshield, invisibility, even a health pack). A week ago, *DeatH* mentioned that he had a trick to use one overshield for two people... he wasn't taken too seriously. Today, however, guy who doesn't post....too often tested this on many levels, in both single and multiplayer. He found it to be true, after all. (And he found it to apply to invisibility, including Infinite Invisibility, and health packs... the list goes on.) There's a short film, showing the effect on Rat Race... where you can take this is up to your imagination. (Louis Wu 21:51:55 UTC) (permalink)
Hide and Sleep
Warbow's Hide and Seek game, Round 3, is finally over. (It started on January 8.) Watch the short movie referenced in his announcement, and you'll understand why it took so long to solve the last image... (He's tired, it'll be a while before round 4.) Congrats, c0ld vengeance - a clean sweep of all five images! (Louis Wu 21:00:53 UTC) (permalink)
Swedish Halo forum opens
Tobias points out a new Swedish Halo site - Halo-Se. There's nothing there yet (but forums)... but he wanted to help build a community. (Louis Wu 20:46:01 UTC) (permalink)
The Skinny on Beta-Testing.
Periodically, folks show up on our forum, or in other gaming forums, and claims to know someone who's beta-testing Halo 2. Or they claim to be beta-testing it themselves. Dave Candland of Bungie made such a clear statement today explaining why these people couldn't possibly be telling the truth that we've added his explanation to our FAQ. From now on, when you hear someone spouting off about Halo 2 beta-testing... just point them here. Update: Thanks to Matt Soell, we added a rumor-buster about the supposed 'June 2003 release' of Halo. (It ain't happening.) (Louis Wu 20:01:50 UTC) (permalink)
Ar needs your help.
Not Halo-related... but it's community-related, and pretty important. Check out SilverBrin's post about forum regular *Ar-Isildur, and send along a card! (Louis Wu 16:19:27 UTC) (permalink)
They'll make you laugh, they'll make you scream
Fan Fiction backlog is now ALSO cleared out:
- Under the sergeant's cap, part 2, by Traumatised Marine
- Fallen Angel, part 4, by Gruntkiller/Covert
- Covenant Theater, part 1, by Alex Ross
- Dark Halo, part 1, by Wado
- In the Beginning, by HaloFanMan
- When Worlds Collide 2, by Gasmask
Interesting range of timbres today... (Louis Wu 13:31:48 UTC) (permalink)
Randy Pitchford talks Halo (a little)
Homelan Fed interviewed Randy Pitchford, of Gearbox Software, yesterday. For the most part, it's a discussion of Counter-Strike... but there are a few positive Halo tidbits, as well:
HomeLAN - What can you tell us about the status and progress of Halo for the PC at this point?
Randy Pitchford - Halo is going great. We'll be talking a lot about it soon. Playing Halo with a mouse and keyboard has been an awakening experience. The idea of playing Halo's multiplayer modes over the internet is equally exciting. Working on Halo has been teaching us much and has been a perfect match for our strategy that builds towards Gearbox's future.
Go check out the whole interview! (Thanks to Nick Danger for the heads-up.) (Louis Wu 13:16:42 UTC) (permalink)
Of Warthogs and Men
Pistol Poppers has put together a little movie called 'Valet Parking' showing what not to do with your warthog. 3:41, 6.1 mb, wmv format. We've decided we don't have the space for it, so if the link it's on is unavailable, you'll have to wait for the bandwidth restrictions to be lifted to grab it. (Louis Wu 09:42:04 UTC) (permalink)
A home for fiction
Eep - this should have gone up yesterday, I'm getting sloppy. Dispraiser writes that he's created a site to host his fan fiction pieces - you can check out Dispraiser's Fandom for stories, artwork, and rants. (The stories you can still get here, too, but the artwork is unique to that site.) (Louis Wu 09:36:26 UTC) (permalink)
Lots o' Wallpaper... and a heads-up.
We've got six new desktops for you (some in multiple sizes), which finally clears out the artwork backlog. Go visit the Wallpaper section! It's not posted yet, but in the next day or so, there'll be a new Artwork Posting Guidelines page up to address the currently growing issue of flooding. There are lots and lots of you who are snagging a screenshot off of Bungie.net, slapping some text on it, and sending it in as a Wallpaper or Miscellaneous Art submission. In the past, we've been really lenient in our rules... but the collections are getting too big. We're going to start turning away more artwork, in an effort to keep the overall quality of displayed pieces higher. Hopefully, the guidelines will help you decide if that cartoon you've made, with a thought balloon pasted onto a stock image of Cortana, is worth mailing in or not. (If you'd uploaded art in the last few days, and it hasn't been posted yet, chances are it fell under the new rules... you're welcome to send a followup message, but please don't resend the piece. Thanks!) (Louis Wu 00:23:04 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
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Not the ring. He's just a boy. |
Sunday's news in brief:
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Halo World adds content Halo Cover Art - Covered! mailbox sweep, first run Don't blame him - he had a fever. Took a little while... Spartan II dogtags - up for grabs |
