Month: March 2005
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Immersion is a stupid word.
Every time I hear another game developer talk about “immersion” I want to vomit. Many horrible game decisions have been made in the name of “immersion.” Things like un-interruptive cutscenes, slow and unresponsive UI, annoying player character chatter,…
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Immersion is a stupid word.
Every time I hear another game developer talk about “immersion” I want to vomit. Many horrible game decisions have been made in the name of “immersion.” Things like un-interruptive cutscenes, slow and unresponsive UI, annoying player character chatter,…
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The Avenger
trigger119 writes to point out The Avenger, a new machinima film from Vypers.net. Currently you can grab a trailer in either DivX (13.8 mb) or MPEG1 (10.4 mb) formats from their website.
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GT 15 – A Modded LAN
GTJuggler filmed a modded LAN recently – the result is up on the Halo GT website. We’ve tossed up some mirrors for him, for both his QuickTime version (50.3 mb, mythica.org | bungie.org) and a WMP9 version (34.4 mb, bungie.org | mythica.org) (There’s a medium-res QT on his site we haven’t mirrored.) Pump up the…
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Floor Wax… or Dessert Topping?
Mat Noguchi talked a little bit about the decision to write your own code, or incorporate an existing package… and he talked about how sound guys are friendlier than code guys. Go read his weblog. Thanks, Cybrfrk.
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“It’s a ceremony!” “It’s psychotic!”
One potentially fun aspect of GDC is how easy it can be to get into arguments between those who know what they are talking about and those who think they know what they’re talking about. (That’s a bit of an oversimplification; it’s actually arguing bet…
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Two week update
By now, I’m sure you have all heard about the new content we (Bungie) are releasing as both DLC on XBL and as a separate DVD. I’m not going to step much into the debate other than to point out the main reason for the DVD: get the update and new content…
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“It’s a ceremony!” “It’s psychotic!”
One potentially fun aspect of GDC is how easy it can be to get into arguments between those who know what they are talking about and those who think they know what they’re talking about. (That’s a bit of an oversimplification; it’s actually arguing bet…
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Delta Squad Ep 3 Trailer
Chronic V1RU5 has released a trailer for Episode 3 of their Delta Squad series. They won’t be able to release the whole thing before the first of next month, for bandwidth reasons… but you can grab a 4.5 mb teaser right now (WMP9 format). Thanks, KingFarnox.
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Amateur Online league at MLG filling up
Recently, we mentioned the opening of a pair of online leagues over at MLGPro.com – looks like the Amateur league is already over half-filled. If you’re interested in playing in this, get over there and sign up!
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Anti-Cheating Website
Cheated online, but don’t know where to turn? Check out StopStandby.com, a website run by an extremely persistent webmaster who wants to help you get your story out. (Bungie has said that the Standby problem will pretty much disappear after the online patch they’re releasing in the next few weeks – but as TheSPFXmaN, Project…
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Two week update
By now, I’m sure you have all heard about the new content we (Bungie) are releasing as both DLC on XBL and as a separate DVD. I’m not going to step much into the debate other than to point out the main reason for the DVD: get the update and new content…
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Halo Action Figure Auction
Josh sent us email about an auction he’s got going on eBay – every Halo 2 action figure released to date (plus a few Halo figures, as well). There’s some rare stuff here – the Civilian Hog, several limited edition models… it’s a big package. (16 full-size figures, plus two mini packs, and a Halo…
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TheGhost’s Halo 2 Montage
TheGhost put together a montage video; halofreak4567 posted a link on our forum. It’s a nice montage – great timing, good gameplay – so we’ve mirrored both the original WMP9 version (23.1 mb, bungie.org | mythica.org) as well as a QuickTime version (23.8 mb, bungie.org | mythica.org). Grab what works best for you!
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What were they thinking?
Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, has written a piece looking at your options in terms of the new Downloadable Content announced yesterday. He suggests that the plan actually borders on common sense. (He means that in a GOOD way.)
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Halo 2v2 (plus racing stuff) in NY
On April 9, Xtournaments will be running a Halo2 2v2 tourney in Smithtown, NY – details can be found on this page. (They’re also running Gran Tourismo 4 Time trials for the Red Bull Driver Search on the same day – win a chance to race a real Formula 1 car!) If you live near…
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Pimp it
retsamolah has posted ‘Shameless Self-Promotion’, a montage vid in widescreen. 41.6 mb, QuickTime format. Not quite up to the machine-like standards of some of the pro players… but there are some nice kills. He’s listed a pair of mirrors in this post, and Hawk7886 added a third in this one. Gotta love Dire Straits soundtracks…
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Not So Common Sense – Coming Soon
Over on the Bungie.net forums, Overswarm has been making a name for himself with a strategy guide, presented in forum posts, called ‘Not So Common Sense’. He came to us with a proposal – that he codify this guide, organize it, and that we give it a permanent home here at HBO. Seemed like a…
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The return of an old favorite
Hawaiian Pig has revisited his RvB Set Pieces, with a new batch of 5 shots from recent episodes. Fun!