Butcher Talks Halo Networking
Chris Butcher talks about the difference between synchronous and asynchronous network schemes with regards to Marathon, Halo 1 and Halo 2 at How Stuff Works. Thanks HBO.
Rampancy
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| Halo 5: Advent (String... | cwhiterun | 06.07.16 |
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Rampancy Podcast
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| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 25: Destiny... | 03.05.13 |
| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 24: Halo Ann... | 04.21.12 |
| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 23: Halo Ann... | 06.26.11 |
| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 21: The Wint... | 04.18.11 |
Bungie, Jones Score Spike TV Video Game Awards Wins
Although the top honor of Game of the Year went to GTA: San Andreas, Halo 2 and Bungie did pick up two wins at the Spike TV VGA ceremony. Halo 2 won Best First Person Action game and Jason Jones won Designer of the Year. Thanks EyesNoMore at EvilAvatar.
Scarier Than Overdue Books
1UP has an interview with Tyson "Ferrex" Green about Halo 2, including his involvement in The Library level from the original game, and the tongue-in-cheek homage to it in Halo 2:
The Library was actually the first mission I was put on when I came here. But the thing that keeps me sane at night is that the library was mostly designed when I got here, so I don't blame myself for that.
GameSpot Posts Best, Worst Nominees For 2004
GameSpot has put up its list of nominees for the best and worst games of 2004, broken down into many categories.
Battle Of The Terrific Twos
Voodoo Extreme is running a Half-Life 2 vs Halo 2 poll, presumably as some kind of stress test. Right now HL2 is running away with it...
He Likes To Push The Buttons
..but not ride the elevator. Dark Helmet finds a way to get outside the underwater elevator in Regret.
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A Picture's Worth A Thousand Regular Expressions
Nothing directly Halo-related here, but there's an interesting interview at GamingGroove with Tim Sweeney of Epic Games. One of the topics mentioned was the balance between art creation and programming in games, and how emphasis is switching from the latter to the former:
A Wealth Of Embarrassment
There's a Guest Strip explosion on Stuntmutt's blog as Louis Wu clears out the stored strips. Stuntmutt just asks that unmodified AutoMagic strips be posted in the HBO forum instead.
Reading Between The Numbers
Major Nelson's collected some glowing sales stats for the Xbox, along with comparison points for the PlayStation 2. Among them are the fact that the Xbox increased its market share from 24% in 2003 to 37% in 2004, compared to the PlayStation 2's drop from 51% to 45% over the same period, and that Xbox software sales increased 77% year over year, compared to only 1% for the PlayStation 2. Of course, numbers like these also can prompt one to think.
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