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Subject: Ilovebees and Halo 2 OXM demo
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I think that theres enough hints floating around to make a halo 2 demo in the august 24 oxm mag a possibility. First I would like to cite that A1exand3r's theory in his forum can solidly link ilovebees to bungie, especially considering the fact that they like to borrow material from their old games. Also, i saw a picture of an ad for OXM's aug. 24 issue in another forum and it includes halo 2 as included material. It never says what kind of material though. Also, as far as the wording of ilovebees, the whole classified medium bit seems very bungie-like and the part about it metastasizing in 13 days makes sense as far as magazine distribution is concerned because that seems like about par time for the magazine, or at least the demo disc, to go into production, which is very similar a process to the definition of metastasizing. Lastly, the fact that the mods restricted all conversations regarding it to the New Mombasa forum only reinforces the fact that it has something to do with halo 2, otherwise they probably would have stuck it in the underground. The countdown also ends at 6 am, which is probably when most newstands open. With the time zones though that may just be a coincidence, but it makes sense that the countdown would go to its initial release time.

  • 07.28.2004 10:23 PM PDT
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i have to agree there might be just a halo demo cause thats about when the newstands open and about the time of the month when a magasine whould come out :)

  • 07.28.2004 10:26 PM PDT
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actually i have to disagree metastasizing has to with sepretation or movement, normally of cancerous growth.

Metastatis:
change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=metastasis)

So it just be that the "infection of the website will go to another website"

  • 07.28.2004 10:47 PM PDT
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Don't even get your hopes up.

  • 07.28.2004 10:49 PM PDT
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I still don't think that a demo or game release will occur on the 24th, HOWEVER someone pointed out the interesting fact within the HALO 2 FAQ stating that Bungie won't release a demo before the game was released had been erased from the current FAQ. I don't know what it means, however it is very interesting that someone actively removed it from the site.

  • 07.28.2004 10:54 PM PDT

[color=white]I received my copy of the September OXM today.
The ad you're speaking of, for the special issue that "hits newsstands August 24th," includes preview information on all the games that are currently scheduled to release before December 31st this year.
That does include Halo 2, but may or may not include a demo.
Usually OXM's "special" issues don't include a demo disc (I'm referring to their annual Xbox hints "book" (really a thick version of their magazine, not a book)), but I like to believe anything is possible.
A demo disc with Halo 2 on it would certainly go a long way toward renewing my interest in the mag and its lackluster content of the past few months.[/color]

  • 07.28.2004 11:03 PM PDT
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I think there will be a non-playable demo on the disk if anything. I think that is more probable.

  • 07.28.2004 11:04 PM PDT
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[color=white] Yea, non-playable is highly probable, but everyones going nuts over an actual demo. Just because the ESRB rating was released doesn't mean they're gonna chuck a demo out for you to play.This is all just hype fuel, Halo 2 will not be playable on August 24th, and if it is I will cover myself in honey, and run like happily into a bee's nest.[/color]

  • 07.28.2004 11:08 PM PDT
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Zanzibar as a demo would definatly be a happy halo day for me. Even if I couldn't play with others I would highly enjoy getting a feel of the controls, physics, vehicles, weapons, destructible environments, and dual wielding.

  • 07.28.2004 11:23 PM PDT