Gaming Age Halo Preview
OK, I actually noticed this one myself earlier today, but Louis beat me to the punch posting it at halo.bungie.org.
Halo, as first released on the Xbox gaming console.
Death by intelligence.
Matt could tell us what they are working on...
Matt could tell us what they are working on... but then he'd have to kill us. In response to some complaints at the halo.bungie.org forum about the recent lack of new screenshots, movies, or juicy update tidbits, Matt Soell has piped in on why mum is now the word:
Weekly HALO Update
August 24, 2001 Originally at Halo.bungie.org.
Originally at Halo.bungie.org.
I'd always thought that things would be clearer towards the end of Halo's development cycle, but these days I struggle with a number of disturbing questions. What's the real reason Joseph keeps a fish named Admiral Tirpitz at his desk? Why do those voices at the beginning of the first mission in Halo sound so eerily familiar? Why is Doug Zartman obsessively reading the Marathon's Story page and looking for a copy of Musashi's Book of Five Rings? Will Marty ever stop screaming?
HALO Launch Party?
Matt stopped by and left a message saying that Bungie is considering a launch party for HALO. Chime your opinion on the bungie.net poll. The choice of cities currently is limited to New York and Chicago, but there is an option to let Bungie know that those locations wouldn't work for you. So if you are interested in this sort of thing, voice your opinion.
XBox Promo Magazine Scans
XBox Magazine Promo
I found a free mini-magazine at the local Electronics Boutique of the upcoming Official XBox Magazine. There's lots of cool information about the system, as well as a nice preview of HALO with some stuff that at least I have never seen before. Here are some highlights:
Weekly HALO Update
Yesterday I met a cat named Brian who said he's among the growing number of people who enjoy the jokes at the beginning of each Halo Update. I'mglad they're not a total waste of space, although for my money you can't get much better than A giraffe walks into a bar and says 'The highballs are on me' and I've never been nearly that funny. But humor is a verysubjective thing. A few days ago I was in a bar on the Sunset Strip, watching a man in a bathrobe conduct an imaginary orchestra on the sidewalk.