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December 10, 2004 Link to this post
Clan HBO - easing of the overflow
KP has posted a note on our regular forum, explaining how we're going to get around the 100 person limit on XBL clans - it points to a post on the Clan HBO forum wiht many more details. If you wanted to be a member of Clan HBO, and were frustrated by how quickly it filled up, go read this! (Louis Wu 21:39:19 UTC)
December 9, 2004 Link to this post
His dad's gonna be so mad...
Calvin is willing to hand over the planet for WHAT? Go read Calvin and Halo to find out. (Louis Wu 15:21:48 UTC)
December 7, 2004 Link to this post
Max Hoberman talks to Major League Gamers
This was posted yesterday - but Dolbex didn't make a lot of noise about it. Max Hoberman, Multiplayer and User-Interface Lead for Halo 2, answered a bunch of questions asked by MLG forumgoers over on the MLGPro.com website. Info about weapon balance, downloadable content, and Bungie involvement in the community are all addressed - plus lots more. One of the most interesting (and perplexing) answers:
WLT asks: "Why did you guys [take] out the fall damage?"
Unfortunately falling damage didn't play nice with the energy sword, which made it into the game pretty late. If you lunged at someone below you you'd get accelerated so fast that when you hit the ground you'd die. We had to make a last minute decision whether to keep it like this or to turn off falling damage in multiplayer. We'd been playing without falling damage for quite some time anyway, and it didn't bother us too much, so we chose the latter.
Go read the interview for much more info. Update: This interview is no longer avialable at MLG - but you can read a copy of it here. (Louis Wu 15:43:03 UTC)
December 6, 2004 Link to this post
The Junkyard looks at BOLL
Mhaddy writes that a new Spotlight article is up at the Junkyard - this time it's focused on BOLL. Wanna know what makes this guy tick? Go read! (Louis Wu 15:41:31 UTC)
December 3, 2004 Link to this post
Halo CE Movie Contest
Gearbox Software, EPG Servers, and Halo Maps have teamed up to present a pretty nice contest; create a 90 second video on the theme 'Play Halo CE', and win free dedicated server hosting for Halo CE and Gearbox schwag. The full details can be found over at the Halo Maps website. You've got December 31 to get your entry in - go read the rules and get started! (Louis Wu 21:21:17 UTC)
December 3, 2004 Link to this post
Dolls vs Doodz
This week's Halo Humpday Challenge pitted the Bungie Frag Doodz against girl gamers the Frag Dolls - a team of talented women who've shown themselves to be pretty deadly on the virtual battlefield. The game writeup was great... but the Frag Doodz website had me confused. (The Gamertags listed don't match the people pictured, for one thing.) Hilarious work, in any case. Go read about it! (Louis Wu 10:17:55 UTC)
December 1, 2004 Link to this post
Skulls at High Impact Halo
Ducain has whipped up a gorgeous little section with information about the 15 bonus Skulls strewn throughout the single-player game. If you don't know what this means, go read the page. If you DO know what this means, but have been looking for an easy-to-use guide (including levels, effects, and methods for finding - including video), this page is for you. (The info isn't new; it's been built up at HIH over the past few weeks. The PRESENTATION is new.) (Louis Wu 01:15:25 UTC)
November 30, 2004 Link to this post
Escapism and Playing God
Chris Butcher was interviewed by a hometown- er, home-country media outlet, the New Zealand Listener, about his current job at Bungie and how he got there. It's a pretty nice piece - go read! Thanks, Frankie. (Louis Wu 01:25:10 UTC)
November 27, 2004 Link to this post
Frankie, Do You Remember Me?
Bah. I spent far too much of yesterday taking care of business - I missed the day's One One Se7en. It was doubly relevant given the fact that Frankie skipped yesterday's Weekly What's Update because of the Thanksgiving weekend. Go read! (Louis Wu 18:25:37 UTC)
November 24, 2004 Link to this post
Wednesday Reading
Thirteen new pieces in the Fan Fiction section today - a bunch of poetry. Go read! (Louis Wu 09:55:56 UTC)
November 22, 2004 Link to this post
Da Funnies
Online comics - there are a few.
- Ross Mills pointed out Blue Screen of Life, a five-page comic based loosely on the lives of the Uni students he lives with. (He didn't draw it, but he IS in it.) The first two pages are pretty devoid of Halo content.
- w00tness has put up 3 new strips since we last checked in (first is here) - looks like the Covenant might have met its match.
- VG Cats has a new Halo-related strip up today - it's a quick guide to Halo 2, and... well, go read it. (Thanks, Trunks.)
November 20, 2004 Link to this post
Saturday Lit
Writers were pretty busy this week - 33 new pieces for you in the Fan Fiction section, posted in the last 4 days. Go read! (Louis Wu 15:22:30 UTC)
November 20, 2004 Link to this post
WWU
Frankie's second Weekly What's Update got posted tonight... except it's not Frankie, it's Chris Butcher and Max Hoberman answering questions. They talk a lot about the matchmaking system, so if you have questions, go read it - they might have answers for you! (Louis Wu 04:59:31 UTC)
November 19, 2004 Link to this post
We demand a rematch. In a couple of months.
Well, except for LYING about the score on the first game [Update: he fixed this], the writeup Frankie posted over on Bungie.net about the whupping we took last night at their hands is relatively accurate (if a bit depressing). Go read about it - but realize I'm not nearly as old as Frankie makes me out to be. And the real reason Bungie won is because bentllama completely reversed his normal teamkilling behavior and actually went after his opponents, for once. (He shot me in the MIND a whole lot of times.) (Louis Wu 00:19:16 UTC)
November 17, 2004 Link to this post
Documentary Press Release
It's taken a week - but there's finally a news release about the Collector's Edition DVD that's bundled with the Limited Edition version of Halo 2 that focuses on the filmmaker, Film Oasis. Go read it - and learn a little bit more about the team behind this documentary. (Louis Wu 17:10:46 UTC)
November 16, 2004 Link to this post
Life on the Edge
Shadow, of Sector 7 Halo, wrote up his Midnight Halo 2 experience - go read. Thanks, Wolfy. (Louis Wu 14:42:14 UTC)
November 13, 2004 Link to this post
Frankie says... lots of stuff.
It's not a Weekly Update... exactly. It's a Weekly What's Update. This week... that means a reader Q&A. A pretty substantial one, too. Discussion of Halo 2 bugs (and potential fixes)... answers to common complaints... more. Go read! (Louis Wu 03:33:31 UTC)
November 13, 2004 Link to this post
I know what you did last summer.
Dan Chosich, longtime member of the Halo community and a fan moviemaker extraordinaire, lived a dream this past summer - and recently, he talked to Cybrfrk about it. The interview contains some pretty interesting info... go read! (Louis Wu 03:19:04 UTC)
November 12, 2004 Link to this post
BOLL tries a SmartJoy FRAG
There've been a few online reviews of the SmartJoy FRAG keyboard/mouse adaptor (search our news for links), but now BOLL has written one of his own. I trust this one - partly because I've seen him play, partly because there's less hype than I've seen in some of them. In any case, it's a new point of view. Go read. (Louis Wu 18:43:54 UTC)
November 11, 2004 Link to this post
Bungie vs. The World
Whoa. New article at Bungie.net - the Halo Humpday Challenge. Simply put, Bungie is taking on one group per week in a 3-game, knockdown, dragout fight, winner walks away with bragging rights. First on the chopping block - IGN.com. They... well, go read. Who's it gonna be next week? You'll have to wait and see! (Louis Wu 02:08:40 UTC)
November 9, 2004 Link to this post
Will the sequel live up to the hopes?
One more article for your perusal - Darren Waters of the BBC asks what made Halo so special? (It's separated from the rest of the articles because 1) he told me about it after I'd posted the rest, and 2) mostly, he asked me.) Go read. (Louis Wu 14:29:59 UTC)
November 9, 2004 Link to this post
When comments are misinterpreted...
This one is worth reading, too - though I'd hasten to encourage anyone choosing to participate in the discussion to STAY CALM and leave the fanboi-ism at home. Matt Hamilton pointed out a thread on the Free Republic website - the title of the lead-off article says it all: 'Microsoft video game "a damning condemnation of the Bush Administration"'. The entire premise is based on a reported comment by Joe Staten in Entertainment Weekly:
"You could look at it," Staten says of his Halo 2 storyline "as a damning condemnation of the Bush Administration's adventure in the Middle East."
(Realize that I gave you zero context for that comment.) The next 130+ posts are a stream of anti-Democrat rants that range from one-liners to multi-paragraph denouncements of Joe. Finally, at Comment 137, Joe himself steps in. Turns out the original reporter missed a small bit in that quote. It's the sentence immediately following the original quote, and it reads "But you'd be wrong." To this point, comments were popping up every couple of minutes... in the 46 minutes SINCE Joe posted, not a single person has piped up. In any case, Joe's comment is a nice insight on what the main plotwriter felt you should be able to take home from Halo 2's story... you should go read it. And maybe keep an eye on the thread, to see if any of the visitors who so harshly maligned Joe before they knew the score (and before they knew he'd show up) can swallow their pride and apologize... (Louis Wu 02:19:48 UTC)
November 8, 2004 Link to this post
OMG THAT'S TOO MUCH WRITING
Wanna be ready for Halo 2? Go read the MAMMOTH guide that Bungie.net just put up as its top story. (Mostly, it ties together all the pieces Bungie's written UP to now... but if you go back and read them all, you'll be late for your midnight appointment with a gamestore.) Thanks, DoctorEvol. (Louis Wu 22:16:12 UTC)
November 7, 2004 Link to this post
That Weasel in the Spotlight
Apologies for the lack of updates yesterday. A combination of factors (not the least of which was an 8-hour rebuild of my main work machine) kept me from posting news. On to the flood. Ryan 'Mhaddy' Matthews points out a new Spotlight over at the Junkyard - That Weasel, of That Weasel Television, holds forth on his life - it's quite long for a Spotlight. Go read! (Louis Wu 15:12:49 UTC)
November 6, 2004 Link to this post
The Library Loves Bees
The Library, a compendium of Halo information, has been updated again, this time with an I Love Bees section (including a summary of the game). If you've been waiting for someone to make it clear, go read! (Louis Wu 13:04:05 UTC)
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