Month: March 2005

dg945 points out the release of Launch Bay X, a Halo CE map created by ejburke. You can watch a gameplay movie (19 mb, WMP9 format) or look at some screenshots before downloading the map (which looks pretty slick!). Check it out! Update: The map is also being mirrored at HaloMaps.org (along with a flash…

Ack! Almost forgot. Mike Miller’s next installment of his Halo 2 Legendary Walkthrough, a look at Gravemind, will not be released today – it’s a pretty complicated level, and he wants to make sure it’s done right. We’re shooting for next week; in the meantime, make sure you’re up to snuff on the rest of…

Hehe – nice. prometheus has whipped up a Firefox plugin that lets you search HBO’s news archive right from your browser’s search box! We’re flattered. (Well, okay, I’m flattered. I can’t imagine the rest of the staff cares.) If you use Firefox, grab this!

Bonekin posted Noobs Gone Wild 2, a humorous look at silly gameplay (mistakes made both by him and by his opponents – everyone’s speared equally) yesterday. (Download links are in the forum post.) We’ve put up mirrors for his WMP9 versions (hi-res | low-res), and added QuickTime versions that are roughly the same quality as…

Finn points out an update on 7hr33.org, with a list of things that could be fixed in Halo 2 multiplay to make gameplay more enjoyable. Agree, disagree… sound off!

New content up over at MLGPro.com – they’ve posted info about MLG Orlando, a tournament coming up at the end of April, and an interview with Foulacy, of Str8 Rippin, in which Foulacy talks about what happened at MLG Houston, where he thinks the team is going, and some of his strategies. (A good read,…

Whoa – almost missed this. Minor spoilers, I guess… but pretty darn funny!

Poop scoop is working on transcribing Earth City, and has created a midi file of it. He’s looking for feedback – check his post and give him your ideas!

I didn’t write it. IcedPitchBlack did. You should read it, though. Update: Wow… this seems to have hit a nerve. 165 responses in 11 hours… there are some dissenters, but in general, it seems a LOT of people agree with the sentiment that Halo 2 multiplay should be about FUN, not ‘leveling up’.

mercury joins the Halo blog crew with The Oracle – his first piece looks at cheating in matchmaking. It can be nice to have a place to post a solid, well-thought-out piece, separate from a fast-moving forum…

sh33p posted a trailer for an upcoming machinima project he and some others are working on, called ‘Retaliation’. It’s available in both WMP9 format (37 mb) or QuickTime format (30 mb). Nice piece – makes you want the full version to be out. Give it a look!

Interesting. Sniper 058 posted a small movie showing the shotgun reticle changing color (and thickness) as it passed over a nearby enemy. A bunch of forumites suggested it was just the layering effect of the HUD on the screen… until Dave Candland (the designer of that HUD) stepped in and confirmed that yes, indeed, the…

Hehe – took almost a week – but Bungie finally posted the post-mortem of last week’s Halo Humpday Challenge, during which they were murdalized by the GunShin clan, a group of Japan’s finest Halo warriors. Man… the idea of a two man team, one with plasma pistol, the other with a battle rifle, working together…

zerofender pointed out a fun flash animation at Newgrounds – Funny situations. They’re not all funny – but they’re not very long, and there are 10 of ’em. Artwork is great.

Hmm. Stuntmutt decided to use ME as a target in today’s One One Se7en… I guess he feels that now that he’s got 300 strips under his belt, anything goes. I’m posting it because there’s no precedent NOT to… but I think it’s in somewhat poor taste.

Hehe – sort of fun… STB has tried his hand at replicating a few Halo 2 screenshots, using Halo CE. Might have gone better with Elites in the pictures… but they’re still nice!

Wow. Cody Miller posted a note on our forum about the project over at Highspeedhalo.org to put together a sub-2-hour Halo Speedrun; recently, he and goatrope shaved 6 minutes off 3 levels, bringing the 10 level total to 2:09. They’re getting close – go visit and see if you can help!

It looks like Saint[lpn] picked yesterday to write a piece on HUDless Halo art creation for his blog – it’s a nice summary of the various styles shown to date. Give it a read!

prometheus points out that the Halouvre has been updated – there are 225 new images in 7 new galleries in the Halo 1 HUDless section, and three new pics (posted on our forum by Mast3r recently) in the Halo 2 HUDless section. Go bask in the HUDless goodness!

TLove and DemonStrate are remaking the Fensler Films – a series of G.I. Joe public service announcements with new soundtracks – in the Halo engine. The first couple are available as their own movies, or in split-screen, with the original video running simultaneously (so you can see what they’re reproducing). I missed the Fensler Films…