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Wednesday, February 12, 2003 |  |
The Book's The Thing
There's an interesting article over at Publisher's Weekly about the emerging market for video game tie-in books. They're more than a gimmick (as the article makes clear), and they're a reasonable source of income, as well:
Sales for Halo and Resident Evil sell about a third of what the biggest science fiction titles, like those by Terry Goodkind or Robert Jordan, do, while second-tier titles, such as Orson Scott Card's novels or the Dune series, sell only twice as much.
I wouldn't have considered Card as 'second-tier'... but maybe he is, from a sales standpoint. In any case, swing by and read the piece! Thanks to Eric Trautmann for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 20:08:01 UTC) (permalink)
Milk it, baby.
mnemesis and cybrfrk both sent in links to articles about the Xbox Greatest Hits program (one at Yahoo, one at CNN) - the gist is that MS is slashing prices on some Xbox games. The reason it's Halo news, however, is because Halo is NOT being included in the 'Platinum Hits' program - according to Ed Bland, a sales director at MS, it's still doing very well at $49, so they're keeping it there. Way to go, Halo! (Louis Wu 14:56:02 UTC) (permalink)
Words fail me.
...Wow. I mean... wow. Update: upon consideration, I feel I should point out that at least two of these movies have pretty serious spoilers for REAL tricksters - they show things that might ruin one of the last remaining 'big' tricks left to do. Don't watch them if you're intent on doing this trick on an unhacked box. (Frogblast makes it clear which movies these are - this note is simply an attempt to help you resist the temptation.) (Louis Wu 11:58:02 UTC) (permalink)
The last of the stories - for a bit
The last Fan Fiction update for a couple of weeks:
- The Awakening, Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, by Bloodcider
- Survival Grounds Part 3, by mattˆ
- And Raise Your Head With Pride! Part 2 , by Arthur Wellesly
- HALO: The Marine Chronicles, by Gunnery Sergeant
- HALO: Missing In Action - Chapter 9 and HALO: The Assembly, by Hikaru-119
- Halo: Reunion from Destruction Part 1, by Frensa Geran
- The Battle For Sigma Octanus 3, by moniter101
- Fallen Angel: Part 7, by Gruntkiller/Covert
- Green Plants and Dinner, by Dispraiser
- Changes, by Mark Boone
- Under the sergeant's cap (revised) Chapters 1-7, by Traumatised Marine
There is almost 500k worth of text here to read - and the last update was 72 hours ago. Two of these stories (The Marine Chronicles and Under the sergeant's cap) are over 150k EACH - beware if you're on a slow connection. When the Fan Fiction section reopens, there'll be some new ideas for you all. (Thanks to all who've written - there have been some great suggestions, and you've given me lots to think about.) (Louis Wu 11:48:24 UTC) (permalink)
I only have A.I.s for you
Holy Magillicutty! Valentines goodies at B.net. Woohoo! (This one rocks.) (Louis Wu 02:25:34 UTC) (permalink)
Movie bandwidth provider offline
First Fan Fiction... now movies. Brian Towne writes to say that the mythica.org server is having disk troubles... it might be a few days before it's up and running again. The movie queue has just been delayed again... Please be patient. (Louis Wu 02:17:57 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
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IF YOU WRITE FAN FIC - READ THIS Butterfly Ball? What to know when you're writing Halo Action Figure Info Wasted Water, and Wallets With Legs Big Money in Michigan |
Monday's news in brief:
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More Self-Righteous Info Easter Egg Info February OXM Halo 2 info One month of the webcam Ooh, That Weasel... Self Righteous Team HBO - at Halo50K |
