Month: May 2004

So Bungie’s got a new toy – they can make 3D screenshots! And the first one is a pretty slick piece of work. It’s called “Army of One”, and it’s available in both high (8.4 mb) and low (1.3 mb) res versions. Grab it (make sure you have QuickTime installed), and go to town rotating…

As a followup to their Basic Essentials movie released last week, [-GTC-] has created Advanced Essentials, a new film showing some lesser-known tricks of the trade. Some are useful in single player (grenade jumping, for example), while others are purely multiplayer (speeding up the invisibility powerup). Again, the movie is presented in a clean, easy-to-understand…

Aquaduct 2 is imminent – “we’re talking days or maybe hours now” (written about 11 hours ago). Mac-based Xbox tunneling is almost upgraded! Thanks to Sharp for noticing!

One One Se7en continues its look at new Halo 2 stuff. Was this what they meant by ‘battle damage’?

Halo: Resolution gets… odd.

Slick. Dark Helmet has filmed some really cool Lifepod launch angles on Halo; you can find the movie (wmp9, 3.5 mb) and a thread of discussion, over at High Impact Halo. Thanks to vshields ash for the heads-up.

Halo Babies has not only a new strip for you today, but a bunch of new artwork: a pair of new wallpapers (very nice) and a couple of new avatars. Check ’em all out!

KurtVanHulle points out a new Halo remix at OverClocked ReMix. Interesting Celtic overtones.

Whoa. Very cool – Videogames.co.nz is reporting that Microsoft confirmed that the Halo 2 Limited Edition will be released in New Zealand on November 9th – adding another country to the list of places which will receive this game on opening day. Thanks, The l337 n00b.

Hehe – very nice. Sketchfactor points out a new Zoe-created Wallpaper, entitled ‘WortWortWortHog’, on the Bungie.net Wallpaper page. Nice composition! Thanks, Caligula Caesar. (And thanks, Evil Otto, for the inspiration!)

thunderhawk555 popped onto our forum with a tidbit from Gamestop – they suggested that there were ‘exclusive modes only available for play over Xbox Live’. (thunderhawk was skeptical, hence the post.) EvilOtto jumped in for one of his rare but welcome visits to debunk this rumor (in classic EO fashion).I don’t know if this came…

kornman00 mentioned that Supreme Conflict: The Enna Wars (formerly Project Halo) had an update posted; you can find it here. Personally, unless you’re excited by dialog boxes, I’d recommend passing on the screenshots of Bruce.

Just in time to be up-to-date before the NEXT Bungie Weekly Update is released, we’ve updated our Weekly Update Archive, so that you can now see that a search on ‘Jaime’ shows that Mr. Griesemer has been lying low since mid-April, as far as these updates go. (He was mentioned in passing on April 30,…

Apple has posted an interesting interview with Phil Sulak and Ken Cobb, of Westlake Software. It’s geared towards techheads (it’s on their Developer site, after all), and focuses on the tools Westlake used to bring this game to market, but it’s full of little tidbits for non-professionals who are interested in how it all works.…

Today’s Calvin and Halo looks at a situation that many kids would love, but wouldn’t happen in too many houses. Still, it’s nice to dream!

Adam Daniel found an interesting article on the New York Times website (free registration required) which discusses movie-to-game licenses, and why most of the games don’t work. Halo is held up more than once as an example of how the model (that you need brand recognition, either because your game has a precursor or because…

DJ SKILZ is a Scratch DJ/Scratch Artist, and has created a couple of pieces with Halo influences. Read his forum thread, visit his website, download the tracks.

MarkHawk points out a new Subzero Rivalries at Evilburger.net. The scary thing is, I’ve MET people that stupid.

Thanks once again to the kindness and hard work of a reader (thanks, Uriel!), the Movies database is nearly up-to-date. It’s accurate to just before E3, actually. (The next batch is gonna be a doozy.) 2 months, 50 movies… the database has almost 500 entries in it. That’s a lot of footage!

One One Se7en takes a look at one of the changes in Halo 2, and how it might affect some Halo players.