Some of you have doubtless wondered why we haven't covered one or two articles in the past couple of days. I've been searching the Internet high and low for post-E3 previews, opinions and other articles on Oni and Halo and have compiled a large listing to save you the need to search. Some of these have probably been posted about at HBO and other sites but others have not yet been mentioned, as far as I know.
I found this advertisement in Game Developer magazine's April 2000 issue a little while ago but at the time was somewhat busy with E3 preparations and other things. This would have gotten to several interested (and potentially talented) individuals just before Game Developer Conference 2000. Working at Bungie? Who could pass up such an opportunity?
Seen first at Battleground: Halo, 3D Action Planet is holding a poll to determine What should win best action game of E3? Halo is currently winning with a landslide 54% but I don't think the fans of other games will be snoozing for much longer. Make sure you get out there and vote!
The general gaming site Computer Games Online has just front-paged a combined Halo & Oni preview that was last published on the 13th... however Hamish of the Marathon's Story page points out that they're recycling information from the Halo preview on the 23rd of July. Could it be that they're a bit overloaded trying to catch up after E3?
The Bungie.Net website has posted a link to a new survey being done regarding online communities. Since the Bungie fan community is one of the more unusual and eccentric such groups on the 'Net, methinks we should definitely have some representation there. If you're interested, then please participate.
If you've been participating in the Bungie fan community for the last couple of weeks then you've probably been aware of the curious link at Bungie.org's main page. Many speculated for awhile that it could have something to do with the coincidental degradation of the Core before its relaunch as R.net.
The tru7h was finally revealed as Freewill announced the creation of bs.bungie.org, a Bungie sightings archive.
A pair of new E3 wrap up articles, pulled smoking from my x-ray addled laptop. Mostly just more details on the Halo and Oni demonstrations, with a few things here and there that I forgot the first time around. Both, along with all the others, are posted in the Articles section, or you can go directly to them:
Just a quick update from the floor, courtesy of GameWeek's poorly defended computers. Same shows and demos as yesterday, though we'll have another two articles up tonight or tomorrow, for Halo and Oni both.
Additionally, according to the buzz around here, private showings of a new game have been going on behind closed doors. While we're unlikely to see it or extract any details short of shedding blood, the general feeling is that it will succeed in being cooler than Halo... whoo? Stay tuned.
