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Bungie don't like cheaters
SketchFactor has posted a note on the Bungie.net forums to address the recent allegations of cheating, with some guidelines about how to deal with it. Bungie is looking into the situation, and confirmed cheaters will be penalized, possibly with deletion of their Xbox Live account. Ouch! Read the thread for more details. Thanks, Brad Stephens. (Louis Wu 21:45:10 UTC) (permalink)
I wanna see what Cortana's wearing.
Top story on GTAGaming.com (a Grand Theft Auto website) is 'Vice City Gone Halo!' - six mods to help turn GTA Vice City into Halo. Weapons, vehicles, health, HUD, and a skin... check 'em out! (Louis Wu 20:18:53 UTC) (permalink)
The Halouvre
prometheus opened a new website yesterday - it's unique, in that all it offers is content that glorifies the environmental grandeur of Halo and Halo 2. Inspired by David Galindo's hudless tribute films, he made his own - 'Orbital Shock Trooper Tribute'. You can find a WMP9 version (7.4 mb) on his site (hosted by Mythica) or on files2.bungie.org - and I've put up a QuickTime version (9.2 mb), as well. Grab a copy - and look around the rest of the site! Nice stuff. (Louis Wu 16:50:43 UTC) (permalink)
Loading Times. Not The Only Thing That's Down.
One of the tradeoffs Bungie made in Halo 2 was an elimination of load times in-game... at the expense of some visual glitches during major scene changes. Stuntmutt looks at some side effects in today's One One Se7en. (Louis Wu 16:42:50 UTC) (permalink)
That didn't take long.
Goodness. There's already a Blood Gulch mod for Half-Life 2. That's amazing! (Driveable warthog, and everything.) Thanks, WonderWeasel. (Louis Wu 16:29:40 UTC) (permalink)
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) (permalink)
Halo Net News
An interesting grab-bag of articles from around the net this morning:
- Yale Daily News - Halo 2 interfering with grades
- Stuff (NZ) - Halo is 'about as close to a perfect game as you can get.'
- Winston-Salem (NC) Journal - Halo 2 is a must-have gift
- Austin360 - Big-Screen Halo 2 tourneys at the Alamo Drafthouse
- Washington Post - Op-Ed lamenting the rise of video games in general (and Halo 2 in particular) and their effect on study habits - thanks, Free at Last
- HowStuffWorks - Gift-Buying Guide lists Halo and Halo 2 as the 'gift of obsession' - thanks, Rip-Saw
Remember - if you run into articles that need a login to read, always try bugmenot.com first. (Louis Wu 14:34:35 UTC) (permalink)
I haven't seen THAT for a while...
Pcsme found a truly retro Halo-themed logon screen for Windows users at WinCustomize. It's so old, it's new! (Louis Wu 14:20:09 UTC) (permalink)
Superlative Artwork
We're getting closer and closer to clearing out the various art queues (though new data comes in every day). I just added twenty images to the Miscellaneous Art section - and there is some SPECTACULAR stuff in there. Go look! (One of my favorites is Paul Davies' 'Installation Unknown', though quite a few other ones made me catch my breath.) (Louis Wu 01:32:40 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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MSN to talk at GDC Holiday Cards from Bungie Konfabulator widgets - now for Windows, too New Toys. |
Saturday's news in brief:
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Games for the Holidays More candy for your desktop. Scenery in the round MLG gears up for 2006 Why let Bungie make all the money? Time's Top 10 for the year Weekly What's Update Multiplayer Emblem Generator |
