Well with a few hours there has been quote a few notable things to happen. Here's a quick briefing on them.
A Halo PC Server Stats Program
HBO spots a new program meant for Perl Object Enviroment has been released that can show the details of Halo PC Server games.
The Making of a Halo PC clan
My MacAddict issue has arrived, and as promised there is a Mac Halo preview , about 3 pages in length with a handful of screenshots, some of which seem new. Here's a snippet:
Mr Smiley sends word that Halo Babies has a new comic up showing the dangers of letting your guard down with a bunch of rowdy baby marines running around.
Well it looks like IMG has gotten its hands on a preview of Mac Halo. The preview is 3 pages long and contains a few screenshots, some of which seem new. The only problem is it doesn't really refer to anything specific to Mac Halo, its just more info for those who have been hiding under rocks. I am soooo jealous; someone send me a copy of Mac Halo darn it! Anyways its mostly a preview of the story and a little about the original development of Halo. Here's a snippet:
I guess its rather appearant to many Halo game players, that Halo has started a new trend. Whats this trend? Well, we have Intelligent AI, Vehicles, non-linear options, oh and realistic gunplay.
I find it hilarious that Unreal Tournament 2k4 (Yes, 2k4), FarCry, and Killzone claim that they are "Halo-Killers" just because they are ripping off things that Halo did first. After the other gaming production companies saw the success of Halo, they decided to do the same thing, and then claim to be original. Its funny how people like to over estimate their work, but not realize they lack the substance.
Ive watched the Killzone videos and seen the pics. It may claim to be a Halo-Killer, but it probably won't be. As it stands the only thing that makes Killzone look interesting is the bleak surroundings, but notice that every image and even in the movie there is always fog. Fog is well known to be as the perfect way to hide flaws with the engine, such as the fact of draw-in problems (pop up polygons!). They cant even use real pixel shaders to create textured effects for the love of gawd. PS2's hardware is way out of date by todays standards. Its got a friggin 4mb buffer!! Thats like having a jaguar with bald tires and no gas. The group that is creating this game dont even have a game to their name anyways. Friggin newbies.
FarCry however looks more interesting, but the fact that they claim to have the best AI in a game ever is hilarious, everything they claim to be soooo groundbreaking was in Halo, and Halo is far older than FarCry. And of course, wow, vehicles soooooo cool, never seen that done before.
Personally Id rather watch Killzone, and FarCry fall flat on their faces. Halo-Killers my butt, Halo 2 will mop the floors with these cheesy knock-offs. Halo 2 will crush them like a Scorp tank crushes grunts with its treads.
Just two articles for the moment
FarCry
Not really big news, but Halo is still in the top ten in the UK. Sadly, it's no. 8, and somehow StarWars, Colin McRae Rally, Mace Griffin, The Italian Job, and The Great Escape made it on the list. Crazy Brits.
OK, sue me for re-using the same bad joke inside of a week. There's an old adage about blood and a stone that applies to the results.
Anyway, there is a hotfix-- ahem, I mean, patch, for PC Halo that brings it up to version 1.01. There's no list of changes with it, and apparently the auto-updating feature of the game will also retrieve this patch.
Shishka at Subnova has posted a Halo PC Gametype FAQ, following up on the last (he promises) version of his PC Halo FAQ, version 3.1.
Louis Wu at HBO, with a tip from momo, and MacCentral have posted, along with Sphtman who pointed us to a markedly similar IMG story, that Mac Halo has now entered beta
We've added mirrors of the full PC Halo Dedicated Server (106 Mb) as well as the PC Halo Dedicated Server without maps (1.7 Mb) created by BOLL. HBO, as usual, has a list of all the mirrors and a mirror of the mirror list.
Well, lets see. I'm bored so I finally decided to login and see what I had available to me. Im a little disappointed at the lack of hot teen action, but I guess gaming will do for now.
I have a freind(not really) who likes school better than halo, and thinks that eternal darkness can be compared to halo, he likes max payne more than halo, hates the xbox, likes hitman 2 better than halo, didn't care to much about the in-game footage of halo 2 that I showed him, thinks that a game called Killer 7 wich wont be out for another year is better than halo and halo 2 and any game alive, he's a gamecube junkie that thinks max payne sold 1 million copies in 4 days, he hates all first person shooters, except timesplitter 2, and theres more gayness about him that i can't think of at t
PC Halo has been reviewed at: GamingNEXT, Telefragged, Gamers Depot, The Wargamer, GameSpot and
Alex and Darkman, also known as The Dream Team, took first honors at the Killtacular Classic; full results are at Killtacular.com.
Registrations for the Halo competition in Cyberathlete Professional League's Winter 2003 event starts today. 32 teams, first-come, first-serve. Thanks Blue's News.