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Thursday, September 8, 2005 |  |
Legendary, no deaths - watch it
I hesitate to mention this, because the files are enormous... but hey, what the heck. A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned that Cody Miller had completed the Twin Galaxies Halo 2 Bounty - complete Halo 2 on Legendary difficulty, with no deaths... today, he posted a note that the finished run had been uploaded to archive.org. There are two versions - a low-res, 800 mb copy... and a higher-res, 2 gb copy. (Yes, you read that right, 2 gigabytes. It is, after all, three and a half hours long.) QuickTime format. Amazing. Simply amazing. He makes it look almost easy... Update: For those having trouble with a direct download of the larger file, we've made it available via BitTorrent as well (with a chunk of seed bandwidth to boot). Remember - this puppy's 2GB large. (Louis Wu 18:22:26 UTC) (permalink)
Tourneys - always on
Couple of tournament newsbits for you: Chappelle writes to point out an ongoing series of tournaments at Survivor Halo (join up, win cash), and Chryton mentions a tourney coming up in Bowling Green, Kentucky on September 24th - registration is $30, top prize is a Pontiac Sunfire. What are you waiting for? Update: We also heard from LTL Legolas, of Larger Then Live [sic], who wrote to point out the LTL League, an online league that's free to enter. There are no prizes (at least not yet), but you can join for the joy of competition. Rules are here, signup info is here, and gametypes are here. (Louis Wu 17:35:35 UTC) (permalink)
Brownies
Eep - I didn't notice a Halo 1 montage by Llamaking over at Halo Planet - go watch for a lot of 3-shot pistol kills. (Louis Wu 17:27:19 UTC) (permalink)
MLG Info Overload
As MLG gears up for Seattle this weekend, you can go read Dyslexia's review of MLG Nashville, held a couple of weeks ago. It's nearly a blow-by-blow of IGS Monglers fight to the top of the heap - check it out! And while we're on the subject of MLG, synide sent us a small (5.3 mb, WMP9 format), heavily-compressed clip of Sundance DiGiovanni on G4's Attack of the Show a couple of days ago - he talks about why MLG is different than its competition, and a bit about how Halo 2 is 'a step back' in competitive gaming. You can grab it from our server. (Louis Wu 13:04:15 UTC) (permalink)
Sniper, Waiting
A couple of weeks ago, we showed you a pretty amazing picture created by Mike Hill. Bungie liked it enough that it was added to the Bungie Weekly Update that week. Well, Mike's back - and eventually it'll get added to the various art sections of this site, but again, I couldn't hold this shot. It's a sniper pose - he said it was a study, 'placid'... I disagree. You make up your own mind. There's a small version (142K, 585x422), a huge version (885K, 1928x1377), and a version formatted as a background image (318K, 1024x768). Enjoy! Update: apologies for those who tried early - the links were bad. They're better now. (Louis Wu 00:11:05 UTC) (permalink)
Briar's Armor - now for sale
Looks like Briar's Armor is finished - you can find it for sale on eBay. Starting bid is $1500 (reserve is not yet met), auction has a week to run. Remember - you can get closeup views of this armor at briarsarmor.com! (Louis Wu 00:10:18 UTC) (permalink)
Cnet's top 10 in 10
Cnet has posted an article detailing their choices for the top 10 games of the last 10 years - Halo (the original) came in at a fitting number 7. Thanks, prometheus. (Louis Wu 00:09:44 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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In The Ruins Filling in the cracks Not Just In The PC Version. Score Doesn't Even Matter Lego Halo Movie Trailer available New Playlists Are Up 1000 shirts a day |
Tuesday's news in brief:
