Slow Day
But I didn't need to do a news post to tell you that... just taking advantage of the lull to fiddle with the updater (hence the post) and catch up on some work. Apologies in advance for any lost forum cookies...
Rampancy
Death by intelligence.
Recent Videos
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
| Pathways Into Darkness Part 6 | 05.24.25 |
| Pathways Into Darkness Part 5 | 05.03.25 |
| Pathways into Darkness: Part 4 | 04.05.25 |
| Rampancy Returns - Halo 2 E3 Earth City De... | 12.28.24 |
| Pathways Into Darkness Part 3 | 08.10.24 |
| Pathways Into Darkness Part 2 | 08.03.24 |
| Pathways Into Darkness Part 1 | 07.27.24 |
Sheet Music
| Title | Transcriber | Date |
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| Halo 5: Advent (String... | cwhiterun | 06.07.16 |
| Halo 5: Blue Team (Str... | cwhiterun | 10.22.15 |
| Halo 5: Light is Green... | cwhiterun | 10.20.15 |
| Halo 5: The Trials (St... | cwhiterun | 10.12.15 |
| Roll Call - Price Paid | pimpnmonk | 06.02.14 |
| Behold A Pale Horse Fo... | pimpnmonk | 01.24.14 |
| Farthest Outpost/Mercy... | pimpnmonk | 12.30.13 |
Rampancy Podcast
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
| Sony Acquires Bungie (mp3) | 02.02.22 |
| Let's Play Mass Effect 3 #27 Final... | 06.02.17 |
| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 27: Craig Ha... | 05.08.13 |
| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 25: Destiny... | 03.05.13 |
| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 24: Halo Ann... | 04.21.12 |
| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 23: Halo Ann... | 06.26.11 |
| Anger, Sadness and Envy Ep. 21: The Wint... | 04.18.11 |
PCGamer Halo Preview
Following up the previous news item, Banzif took the time to transcribe and send in the text of the PCGamer Halo preview, to appear in the October issue. It can be read in a nice, generic text file here:
Pardon any spelling mistakes or typoes. Now, we just need to get the October issue and see these new screenshots...
Halo in October PCGamer?
Banzif writes with this tantilizing information:
There is an article on pg 40 of the October issue of PC Gamer that is about Halo. It includes some new screen shots and more info on the setting of the game.
Is this issue out yet? I need to check the store... keep an eye out for this one, folks! This could even be the beginning of the Halo exclusives in the gaming magazines (glory!).
GeForce256 and Halo
Kudos to Blackbeard and CalBear, who both pointed out an interesting article at Thresh's FiringSquad about NVIDIA's new GeForce256 accelerator. Mouth watering in its own right, the article is even more interesting for its inclusion of a section concerning Halo running on the GeForce256. Definitely worth checking out, even if there are no new images for us...
Halo Rising
Obitus pointed out that Halo is now at 18% of the vote in the PC Paradox poll, and still climbing. I guess seeing the number one item makes new people check it out and instantly fall in love...
Cortana Strikes Again!
We were wondering what she was up to, and now we know! After damaging my old Myth:TFL CD in a horrific car accident, I ordered a new one, and just today received it (despite the best efforts of the local post office staff). Throwing it in the drive, I noticed that it was a version 1.3 CD, obviously part of a new run.
The good, suspicious Bungie follower that I am, I immediately fired up the Find File and searched for invisible files. Suffice it to say I wasn't disappointed when I found this in a hidden text file aptly named Cortana :
Halo to Utilize Velocity Engine?
While browsing the articles on MacWEEK, I stumbled on this article about developer support for the G4's AltiVec unit, aka. the Velocity Engine. Lo and behold, Bungie Software is in that list.
Later in the article can be found some notes regarding OpenGL on AltiVec, though how much Halo benefits from this will depend on how Bungie supports OpenGL. Material for the FAQ, that's for sure...
Myst? MYST?!
Many thanks to Ricardo, who scanned and passed along this clip from a recent issue of PCGamer UK. Fortunately for them, their glowing praise of Halo at least partly makes up for their typo. Alas, that may not be enough to save them when the revolution comes...
Isn't This Subtle?
Kudos to the several readers who pointed out this undeniably interesting Halo sighting. I don't think many of us will ever be fortunate enough to see Halo on our own 22 LCD display, but hey, we can pretend.
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