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Marius Net Adds New Commands

A couple of new commands for Marius Net have been implemented:

.wank adds the currently selected player to your wank list. Players in your wank list cannot see games that you host. Use .wank again to remove the selected player from your wank list.

.wanklist displays everyone in your wank list.

These commands should prevent repeat offenders from finding your games and spoiling the fun.

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Access The Hidden Level In Myth III

Koga and others are discussing ways to access the hidden level of Myth III in the MWA forum. Since what is said within could be considered spoiler material, I won't give any details here other than it sounds very humorous.

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VoodooExtreme Interviews Matt Soell

Bungie's own Community Guy, Matt Soell, has been interviewed on VoodooExtreme on how it feels now that Halo is finally finished. They cover lots of topics, from the visuals to the fans' expectations, not to mention the challenges of making an FPS game's controls feel natural on a console:

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GameSpy Jumps On Xbox Internet Play Bandwagon

Quick on the heels of the announcement that XboxGW will allow Xbox users to play System Link games like Halo across the Internet, GameSpy Industries has announced that GameSpy Arcade is jumping into the fray with their own application, GameSpy Tunnel. They list Halo, Tony Hawk 2 and Nascar Heat 2000 as supported games.

Latest Version Of Vengeance "Really Sweet"

Okay, there were a few more words in there. But for those in the editing community chomping at the bit to make levels for Myth III with the new Vengeance editing tool, don't lose hope... it is still being worked on, and according to iggy popped on RHL, is in pretty good shape:

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No Mention Of Rumored Halo Add-on In OXM

XboxAddict has put up a page summarizing what's in issue #2 of OXM, due out in January. And although it's got a Halo trailer, it doesn't have a demo or any mention of the rumored add-on that Matt Soell recently denied existed. So this rumor was vapor from day one, apparently.

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Badlands Starts New Game, Makes M2 Maps Available

Myth 2 maps made by Badlands are now available at their site, according to a recent update. Also, the Chimera site that used to be hosted at Bungie is also there, although Chimera itself is not downloadable yet.

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Quickies From The Console Wars

ie Magazine reports that immediately after the Xbox launch in Australia, Microsoft committed several acts of vandalism in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, hiring Spin Communications to do street sprays -- graffitti. Xbox logos were sprayed on several buildings without the permission of the local city councils; Microsoft faces a $300 fine for the removal of each. Thanks Xbox365.

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IGN Finishes Off Halo Strategy Guide

The Halo Strategy Guide at IGN has had the last three chapters added. Thanks to Louis Wu at HBO, who points out that the easter egg in the game for finishing on Legendary difficulty is not included in the walkthrough.