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Sunday, July 31, 2005 |  |
Game Development talk
Chaos Recon pointed out a presentation, in PDF format, called 'Research in Game Development: Halo 2' - it looks at how different problems can be attacked, and what some of the pros and cons of each technique might be. It looks like this was presented at the Microsoft Research Asia Theme Workshop 2005, in Beijing, this past May, by someone named Hao Chen. (I don't know exactly who this is - the server hosting the bios for the conference isn't up at the moment.) A good read, for anyone interested in the tech behind the eye candy! Update: oops - Hao Chen is listed in the Halo 2 credits under 'Engineering' - my bad! (Louis Wu 22:44:42 UTC) (permalink)
Popular Halo Sightings
Vella pointed out that there's a really small Halo mention in the latest Wired - in the Found section (a 'Last Page' feature of Wired which shows 'Artifacts from the Future'), there's a shot of the crossword puzzle from an edition of the New York Times in 2019. 65 Across is 'First video game to nab Oscar: "______ 4"'... and the answer is filled in already, as 'Halo'. Heh. This is online at Wired's site. (Thanks to Dzejms, who reminded me I hadn't posted it yet.) (Louis Wu 19:04:41 UTC) (permalink)
Update: No maps on September OXM disc
A week or so ago, we got email from Mars Man 0013, stating that the 9 multiplayer maps were available on the September OXM bonus disc. Unfortunately, we've now received confirmation from both TURBO and Max Power that this info is not correct - there are no maps on that disc. You'll have to buy them the normal way, or wait until August 31 and download them for free from XBL. Sorry! (Louis Wu 17:36:46 UTC) (permalink)
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