Halo 2 updates: Game patch now, maps April 25th and June 28th Bungie is overhauling its wildly popular first-person shooter with its second auto-update. While the update addresses the standard bugs and glitches most patches do, it will also tweak several elements of gameplay. The biggest change gamers will see is in the weapon balance. The first batch of new multiplayer maps for the game, originally vaguely scheduled for "late April," will be available April 25. [GameSpot 04/15/05 03:45 PM PST]

What's Update: Massive Attack! [Bungie 4/15/2005 2:16 PM PDT] The Autoupdate will be available on Monday April 18th, to fix cheats, bugs, glitches and gasp – tweak some important weapon balance issues. Next time you log in after it's available (it'll be spread out to mitigate server loads) you'll get a message alerting you to its presence. Don't worry if you don't see it first thing Monday morning, it'll show up in your neighborhood eventually.

Map Downloads Dated! [Bungie 4/18/2005 5:12 PM PDT] The first batch of new, downloadable Halo 2 multiplayer maps will be available on Monday April 25th for download on Xbox Live. Woot! The maps passed through Microsoft's certification process successfully today, which was all we were waiting for! We said we'd tell you as soon as we could, and we found out about an hour ago that they'd passed with flying colors.

4/19/2005 8:01:18 AM    

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If you slept till 5:30 this morning, you slept in [Globe and Mail 4/19/2005; 3:53:00 AM] Azim Jamal gets his best work done "when the world is silent." He usually goes to bed at 8:30 p.m., the same time as his 10-year-old son, and wakes up at about 1 a.m. -- sometimes before his night-owl wife has even hit the sheets. "I think time is the biggest asset we have," he said. "And life is time; if you waste time, you waste life."

People are sleeping less and waking earlier to tackle heavy workloads, gain a competitive edge or squeeze in exercise. However, a U.S. study, which used wrist-motion sensors to track movement, found that while 10 per cent claimed to be up by 5 a.m. only 5 per cent were moving then. People who boast about needing little sleep often nod off and zone out -- sometimes unknowingly -- during the day. "Power naps" are really a sign of bad sleep habits, and our reliance on coffee is a sure sign of sleep-deprivation. Average healthy adults require about 8½ hours of sleep a night. Most people thought seven hours was optimal and obtained only six. And despite workaholics' testimonials about the connection between success and early waking, sleep experts say inadequate slumber costs North America up to $100-billion (U.S.) annually, including health-care costs, accidents and lost productivity. Inadequate sleep also has been linked to poor immune systems, digestive problems, more drug and alcohol use and more cardiovascular disease. 4/19/2005 7:41:37 AM    

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