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November 3, 2005 Link to this post
Age != Maturity
Normally, there's enough content over the course of a week that the Tied The Leader Halo blog gets a single wrapup mention. We got mail from 3Suns, though, suggesting that a new article, 'Open Letter to the Timothy', deserved a mention of its own. Upon reading, I'd agree. XerxdeeJ points out that not every young player deserves to be lumped in with the screaming 'Timothys' made famous by 2old2play - sometimes, having young 'uns on your (older) team can be a good thing. Go read. (Louis Wu 15:29:08 UTC)
November 2, 2005 Link to this post
Narc Holds Forth
Narcogen, of Rampancy.net, was interviewed by Taso, of the High Impact Halo forums, and the result can be found in that same place. Where DID this guy come from, and what does he do now? Go read to find out. Thanks, Ducain. (Louis Wu 22:08:52 UTC)
November 1, 2005 Link to this post
Carved Styrofoam and Tasty Fishes
Joe Staten has written the third installment of his Great Hollywood Journey (the first piece was mentioned here, and the second here) - he's just returned from touring WETA's studios in New Zealand, and he sounds positively giddy. Go read. Then yell at Frankie for always hogging the credit. (Louis Wu 23:02:32 UTC)
October 31, 2005 Link to this post
Monday Missives
Fourteen new stories in the Fan Fiction section over the weekend. Go read! (Louis Wu 15:53:31 UTC)
October 30, 2005 Link to this post
Ringworld
MrHen pointed out today's Unshelved, a webcomic about libraries - it takes a funny shot at videogamers (and Microsoft, I suppose). Go read! (Louis Wu 21:10:27 UTC)
October 30, 2005 Link to this post
Of course, Cortana gets bashed.
Jillybean sent word that there was a 'small' Halo Story Page update. Dunno... looks pretty meaty to me! Go read. (Louis Wu 21:04:30 UTC)
October 29, 2005 Link to this post
Gritting Teef and Distracting Spazzes
Last night saw the release of the Weekly Update over at Bungie.net - Frankie dropped heavy-handed (and almost certainly misleading) clues about the pimpin' nature of their next project, discussed the rediculous overload on Noguchi's desk, and provided some encouraging words about the Halo 2 Soundtrack, Volume 2. There's also info on a pair of new, upcoming playlists on Xbox Live (the Insane Team playlist seems like it would do okay pulling some of the wilder gametypes from the old HBO HaloPC servers...), and some subtle pimping of the Blow Me Away charity auction (that Frankie and his pimping...). And more. Go read. (And oh, yeah... Frankie was first.) (Louis Wu 13:39:15 UTC)
October 28, 2005 Link to this post
Friday Fanfic
Wow. I looked on Wednesday, and there were only 3 stories in the Fan Fiction queue. This morning... there were 17. Busy Thursday, I guess! Go read. (Louis Wu 14:11:59 UTC)
October 28, 2005 Link to this post
Bargain Bin Costume
Halo Babies has put up a Halloween-themed strip today... I'm LOVING it. Go read! (Louis Wu 13:11:09 UTC)
October 23, 2005 Link to this post
Gettin' on IRC
KP has written up a rather comprehensive guide for IRC n00bs; if you would LIKE to hang out and chat with HBO regulars, but aren't sure how to go about it... go read this page. (It's aimed mostly at Windows-based chat clients... but the general ideas work fine with Mac clients, too. We'll be linking this in a more permanent location soon (but right now, I have to leave). (Louis Wu 19:02:11 UTC)
October 22, 2005 Link to this post
Destroying Rome in a Day
There's a nice interview with Matt Soell over at Gaming Nexus - he talks about Stubbs the Zombie, and though much of the info is already out there, there are a few new and interesting questions. Go read! Thanks, Rampancy.net. (Louis Wu 13:10:35 UTC)
October 22, 2005 Link to this post
Really bad coffee and wireless heaven
Bungie's Weekly Update is up - and while there's nothing ground-breaking in there, it's a nice read. Small details about the DoA pics (they're real, in case you doubted), teasers about the Xbox360 and its capabilities with respect to Halo and Halo 2, cool numbers about the Fight the Flood campaign, and a funky Mister Chief. Go read! Frankie, of course, was first, but I found it on my own anyway. (Louis Wu 03:28:53 UTC)
October 21, 2005 Link to this post
A book for getting under the hood
Blogcritics.com has reviewed Halo 2 Hacks, a new book by Stephen Cawood and published by O'Reilly. The book covers a wide range of 'hacks', from simple glitches to full-out modding of your copy of the game. I've been holding off saying anything about this book so far, because I think we'll be able to bring you excerpts from it... but that can be another post for another day. Meanwhile, go read the review, or check out the book at Amazon.com. (Louis Wu 19:33:08 UTC)
October 20, 2005 Link to this post
Zombie Talk
Narcogen put together some great questions, and got some solid answers, in an interview with Matt Soell, lead writer at Wideload Games. Everything from Halo engine choices for Stubbs to business model comparisons to details about the game itself got covered. Go read it! (Louis Wu 06:20:45 UTC)
October 18, 2005 Link to this post
McDonalds, Cheetos, and Teabags.
Frankie wrote up a summary of statistics about Halo 2 on Xbox Live - and while it's chock-full of the normal things you'd expect (like what percentage of arranged games are played on each map), it's also got just plain silly stats, like how much money would have been earned if every hour spent playing matchmaking had been spent, instead, earning minimum wage, or how much you'd make if you had a nickel for every game, or how close to Reach you'd get if you stacked a penny for every second played. (Well, maybe not that last one. But that's only because he didn't think of it.) He's also inordinately proud of beating everyone to the punch with the news - cause yeah, he POSTED it. But he's like that. Go read. Update: Skavenger found a few more facts you might be interested in... (Louis Wu 01:47:13 UTC)
October 17, 2005 Link to this post
Monday's Reading
Thirteen new stories for you in the Fan Fiction section. Go read! (Louis Wu 14:04:12 UTC)
October 16, 2005 Link to this post
Rumors, Rumors, and more Rumors
Oh, not again. Gamespot's Rumor Control has mentioned yet another viral marketing campaign, with the really, really, REALLY low-probability outcome that it's pointing to an August 1 2006 release date for Halo 3. Go read the Gamespot writeup for details - I'm too tired of this kind of thing to bother summarizing. (It's not clear to me that the viral campaign is even being run by Microsoft, yet - it's certainly not clear that Halo 3 is involved in any way - but I'd like to send a note to Microsoft's marketing department: you've mined the viral campaign vein for all the gold you're gonna get out of it. Move on.) Thanks to Black Six for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 16:00:50 UTC)
October 15, 2005 Link to this post
Poppin' Fresh
Well, the last 12+ hours have NOT been spent on Halo-related stuff; if you're really interested, there's a short journal entry over at RvB. That doesn't stop the news from rolling in, though. Frankie was first - no, wait, he WASN'T - in telling us about this week's Weekly Update... lots of Bungie minutiae, plus a few things that might be of interest to folks who just wanna know how this affects THEM. Things like... oh, well, the Leaderboards on Bungie.net are going away. (Yay!) Things like... a clarification of who's NOT responsible for the holdup on the Halo 2 Soundtrack, volume 2. You know. Stuff like that. Go read. More news tomorrow. (Louis Wu 05:20:25 UTC)
October 13, 2005 Link to this post
DO we really need punctuation?
Jillybean demonstrates that she's NOT just here for her coffeemaking abilities (which is a damn good thing, because her coffee will put hair on your back) - she's updated the Halo Story page again. Fun speculation about wide swaths of the Halo universe... go read! (Louis Wu 17:19:00 UTC)
October 11, 2005 Link to this post
The Pelican, under a microscope
It's been a little while, but Stephen Loftus has returned with a new article - this one takes an in-depth look at the Pelican dropship; dimensions, capabilities, and how it's been used in-game. Go read! (Louis Wu 12:18:59 UTC)
October 10, 2005 Link to this post
Clearing the FF Queue
Eleven new pieces added to the Fan Fiction section today - go read! (Louis Wu 13:30:45 UTC)
October 8, 2005 Link to this post
117 Words
The 117 Words competition came to a close last Friday - and tonight, the winners (and lots and lots of special mentions) have been announced. I must say - this contest was a fun one, not least because I had to do very little work for it... the quality of material this generated from fans was astounding. Go read Jillybean's post (with the shout-outs, both from her and from Stuntmutt), and then settle in and read the stories themselves. They rock. (These were just the ones judged to be the top 117 entries - there were many more entered.) And congratulations, of course, to the winners! (Maybe Frankie's first place finish will help him beat that flu after all...) (Louis Wu 00:31:19 UTC)
October 6, 2005 Link to this post
I Gotchyer 'Ready' Right Here
Narcogen seems to be fed up with the 'when it's ready' line (with reference to when a given Halo will ship) - he wrote a long rant about the subject over at Rampancy.net. The bottom line (which I think most of us can agree with) is that Bungie's games are "ready when they need to be ready" = there will ALWAYS be people who want them to ship sooner, and there will ALWAYS be people who want more development time, but Bungie's done a decent job (in spite of what detractors say) of releasing quality work when it needs to be released. Go read. (Louis Wu 14:46:34 UTC)
October 4, 2005 Link to this post
Tied the Leader - the weekly thing
XerxdeeJ stopped by to say he'd posted another couple of entries in his Tied the Leader blog - there's a great rant about 'skill', and what it means in a game of Halo 2, and a plea for advice on how to improve the XBL connection in his new digs. Go read! (Louis Wu 16:12:29 UTC)
October 3, 2005 Link to this post
Monday Morning Reading
Must have been a little while since the last update - there are 17 new pieces in the Fan Fiction section today. Go read! (Louis Wu 13:43:59 UTC)
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