Kudos to Avro for sending in scans of the PC Gamer Christmas '99 Halo preview, which appeared in my mailbox earlier this morning. They were full scans, so I broke with tradition and fired off a letter to PC Gamer asking permission to post them.
However, halo.bungie.org has already posted the article, so I'm just going to pull out a few highlights and then direct the rest of you in their direction for the entire article:
Kudos to Ricardo, who points out that PC Gamer is planning on previewing Halo in its Christmas 1999 issue. The information comes from this page, a preview of a preview mag. It's worth noting that, according to that page, this magazine came out two days ago... watch those magazine stores, people.
An interesting weekend? Halo has been previewed again in PC Gaming World, and halo.bungie.org has posted a scan of the article. The first paragraph sets the tone for the whole article:
SonicStorm sends word that Halo Network has started up a columns section. Only one column at the moment, regarding the technology used in Halo and system requirements, but there appears to be more on the horizon.
In a post at the halo.bungie.org forum, PC Action Editor in Chief Christian Mueller defends their Halo movie, responding to rumors that it was obtained illicitly and hinting at a North American release of the movie (or equivilent):
If you haven't seen the handstand yet, Synox points out that it may not come anytime soon: Bungie has asked that the pictures be removed from Halo World, and they have been.
Another round of kudos to Synox, who has pointed out a very cool series of screenshots at Halo World demonstrating the much discussed handstand sequence. Truly, your enemies shall know fear when they witness this awesome display of courage and balance...
I'm just kidding, of course. Synox followed up an earlier post about the new Halo movie with a second post stating that the movie may not be uploaded for at least six weeks, due to copyright issues... hmm.
Painful as it may be, we'll abide by that restriction until such times as a way around it can be found. Until then, cross your fingers and watch for that movie to appear somewhere else...
A day (or two) late, but here's the results from last week's poll, which saw almost five hundred votes cast and was a delightful example of the Marathon community rising up and crushing a poll. When asked what game they looked forward to spending their time on till Halo, voters had this to say:
