Month: November 2004
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Schwagtacular!
The Bungie Store has even more new stuff for you to covet. Now, the hotly-anticipated Art of Halo Coffee Table Book has been added, along with a few notepads. Go! Buy! Read! Write! Update: fullbore points out that anybody interested in getting an autographed/personalized copy of this book can buy one through Olympic Cards and…
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The inside of the offices
Robert Valdes, who recently interviewed Pete Parsons for the website How Stuff Works, has written up his experience in the Bungie offices. Nice read. Thanks, Rip-Saw.
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LAME! and Not Lame.
Couple of new articles for you – a nice writeup in the Washington Post (it had five paragraphs on the front page of the paper, plus an entire page in the middle section – web version requires (free) registration) – except for labeling Joe Staten as the ‘leader of Bungie Studios’ (I’m not sure Joe…
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343 Guilt O\’ Lantern Winners
On September 30, we announced the 343 Guilt O’ Lantern contest, looking for the best Halo-carved pumpkin of 2004. Entries flooded in – 86 of them – and on November 2, we posted the entire collection, and asked the Halo community to vote for their favorites. Over 4000 of you did, casting more than 18,000…
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Putting The c0ld In Vengeance
Stuntmutt exploits a fellow Brit in today’s One One Se7en. Just a few more hours…
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Eggs, Tricks, and Spoilers (oh my!)
We’ve already received more than half-a-dozen egg reports, or Halo 2 tricks – here’s the policy on those. I haven’t figured out how we’re going to handle Halo 2 tricks yet – but we WILL start posting news about them beginning on Friday. (This way, the European contingent won’t be TEMPTED to look before they…
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More on the Battle Guide
A few weeks ago, Ross Mills found a ‘Halo 2 Battle Guide’ on Amazon UK. There was almost no information. There’s now a cover photo and a synopsis – apparently, it will teach you not just to get through the room, but to be a better gamer. Still no word on when it will actually…
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Halo 2 Widescreen problems?
A large number of threads over at the Bungie.net and TeamXbox forums have sprung up in complaint at the way Widescreen mode works in Halo 2. Apparently, multiplayer, vertical-splitscreen mode is great… but in regular campaign mode, many parts of the HUD are offscreen to some degree. I don’t have time to check all the…
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Shunji talks death
Interesting article (and interesting comments) over at Mat Noguchi’s blog; a look at why some gamers might not appreciate the checkpoint system. Thanks, Ross.
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Halo Tribute vid
Btcc22, of TouringNet.co.uk, wrote to tell us that a Halo Tribute Video is online at his site. 61 mb, WMP9 format. 1:30 of screenshots, followed by 10+ minutes of single and multiplay footage.
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Truth to Mercy
Several people have sent in translations of the coded message in the ‘Conversations with the Universe’ booklet that comes with the Limited Edition of Halo 2. I’ve chosen KOPD’s version because it comes with a handy-dandy translator, and it’s already on the web… but thanks, too, to HeroicDarby and Ben Artes for sending in copies.…
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A taste of the strategy guide
Piggyback Interactive has put up a 12-page sampler of the Halo 2 Strategy Guide for download (3.8 mb, free registration required). There’s enough there to 1) spoil early levels for you, and 2) give you a decent sense of the quality of the guide. Some very nice work there! Thanks, Benn.
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Halo press around the net
First off, let me get some of the press out of the way. There’s a LOT of it. (Surprise, surprise.) I’ve broken things into categories; I’m sure there’s stuff I missed, and I’m also sure that some things are duplicated (many articles are syndicated, and picked up by other sites; occasionally, they’re not properly marked,…
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The floodgates open soon
There is an astounding amount of Halo news built up in the past 18 hours – I’ll do my best to wade through it later this morning. Just wanted to throw a note up to say the site is still alive, and faring well for its short respite from the grind. 🙂 You folks have…
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And then, “Fun With Dirt!”
I’ve always had trouble figuring out how to respond to detractors of Halo (and now Halo 2). On the one hand, it’s sold a crapload of copies. On the other hand, it’s hard to find a post on any forum about Halo that does not have its share of anti-fans.A…
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And then, “Fun With Dirt!”
I’ve always had trouble figuring out how to respond to detractors of Halo (and now Halo 2). On the one hand, it’s sold a crapload of copies. On the other hand, it’s hard to find a post on any forum about Halo that does not have its share of anti-fans.A…
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This is the Nostromo, signing off.
Okay, that’s it for today. As you may or may not have noticed, the Vote link for the 343 Guilt O’ Lantern is now offline – we’ll be announcing winners in the next day or two. News that comes in today may or may not get lost in the deluge – give us a couple…
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A Plethora of Words
Wow, has it really been almost a week since I posted a Fan Fiction update? Well, there are 27 new pieces in there for you to read… if you’re not too busy playing Halo 2, that is. Go get ’em!