After a grueling, multi-hour effort to decipher my own code, I've managed to get the Database working more or less how I want it.
There are still some formatting errors inside some articles, but I'll be weeding those out as I find them... if you find that something isn't working right, it's probably because I have my hand stuck in the gears. Just give me a chance to pull it out, and try again in a few minutes.
An interesting tidbit from Jester (I think that's you, correct me if I'm wrong :) regarding a higher res version of the MWNY video. In response to this email:
I was informed that I should direct my request for a Halo Hi-rez to you......have fun wading through e-mails the next few days
Gamespot's Micheal Mullen replied:
Kudos to Maul for pointed out a new Halo preview at Gamecenter. No new pictures, alas, but some interesting tidbits in the article, including this estimate of completeness:
The developers estimated that they have finished only a third of the work necessary to complete the project, but what they have done so far is definitely a step in the right direction.
Only a third done...
One for you Ian M. Banks fans out there. Marathon's Story has posted a peculiar picture in the news today, no explanation or description given, save that it links to a new and interesting section about Culture influences in Halo. Definitely worth checking out.
Alright, I admit it... this is just a test post to see if a few bug fixes are working. Ye olde email box is a bit spare on news items, and thus the posts are reduced to pleas for news items and filler. Tragic.
Updater is working fine, though. About time, too.
Apparently, there's still a few quirks in the new news updater script... I think I've got them hammered out now, but watch for oddities in the news (dates out of order, mashed up posts, etc.). Thanks in advance for your patience over the next few days...
I've given it all the in house testing that I could, and now it's time to let the readers decide. You're (hopefully) looking at the new Core design, which should be a bit smaller and a bit faster than the old one.
Kudos to naelot t-cell, who pointed out the first sighting of the Halo banner on a site other than Bungie's: Blizzard's (by way of Mythology ;).
As reported earlier at halo.bungie.org, Bungie has posted a Halo banner on their bungie.com site, featuring that nasty jeep machinegun in action. Not a major thing in itself, but lets hope that banner begins appearing all over the web... kudos to the first non-bungie site spotting!