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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: January 2006

  • Muckle Statue – Currently Cheap

    I know I said I wouldn’t post more Halo stuff on eBay here for a while… but this is a deal you might not wanna pass up. There’s a Muckle statue currently going for $125, with only 5 hours left – that’s a significant chunk below what they’ve been selling for recently. If you’re looking…

  • A shame to hide in your TV console…

    Ryan Broxterman found a cool Xbox 360 mod over on the Gamespot forums – nice pics!

  • If that’s how long it took… he’s GOOD.

    Two new pics from Bryn Casey – New Elite (love the sign detail!) and 15 Minutes. Check ’em out!

  • That Ship Is Way Too Big.

    dustin kaufman pointed out a model of the Pillar of Autumn, built with the Half-Life 2 mod Garry’s Mod. Funkiness!

  • Angel Dust. Sort Of.

    Mintz points out a bunch of new content over at Halo: Portable – MLG stuff, but also that Lord of Halo movie we mentioned recently. (Okay, he’s not hosting that – he’s just pointing to the same Google link we did, except telling you to pick ‘PSP’ from the drop-down menu… but hey, where would…

  • Where’s Best Dead Guy?

    Awesome Awards article over at MLGPro.com – the 2005 MLG Pros Choice Awards. Luverly pictures, too… thanks, Dolbex.

  • Rolling Around In It

    This week’s Bungie Weekly Update is a bit different than most – it’s a pleasant discourse on user interface, and what Bungie is doing to make the next one you see from them more useful (and easy-to-use) than the last. (The last was no slouch – so that’s a pretty tall order.) There’s also a…

  • Fumgoggy Orga A Warthog?

    HaloBabies took a break for personal reasons, starting a couple of weeks ago – this week, One One Se7en sends them kind wishes and a tip o’ the hat.

  • Friday’s Fiction

    21 new pieces for you in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read!

  • TXB Wants Halo 3

    TeamXbox has a ‘Most Wanted Unannounced Xbox 360 Games’ article up… and of course, Halo 3 is mentioned. Take their ‘What We Know’ info with a grain of salt.

  • The Old Dog Still Hunts

    A.V. Club suggests that the Xbox360 is still too expensive, and hard to find, and puts forth a list of 8 games for the original Xbox that will keep you enjoying the older box until you can afford the new one – Halo and Halo 2 make up 25% of that list. Thanks, Mr Yun.

  • More Oranges, Please.

    Til next time, DT points out that Office Chief 102 has been posted. I guess the moral is ‘know your excuse up front.’

  • Gaming with Beer

    If you live in Orlando, FL, this seems like it might be a fun place to visit…

  • The Pungent Aroma of Bananas and Malt Liquor.

    Heh – over on Bungie.net, Frankie points out a new batch of Letters to the Webmaster. (Oh, hey, look, he was first on our forum, too.) For the record, the ‘Louis’ who asked the final question was as made up as the info in the answer.

  • He’s Sorry. Really.

    Last night, the MPRRS failed – by a tiny margin – a submission by our own Cybrfrk. (I think they penalized him for lack of vowels.) I watched the film… and it was silly. Silly enough to make me laugh. I have a soft spot in my heart for the song that makes up the…

  • Spawn till you die. (Wait, that’s salmon.)

    XerxdeeJ has updated his Tied the Leader blog again, this time with a look at sportsmanship, and what it means. Interesting questions – ones that come up quite a lot in post-game lobbies, mixed in with words like ‘cheap’ and ‘camper’… but are the complainers justified… or are they just scrubs?

  • Ol Man Makowski’s M4 Trailer

    Z, over at Halo2Forum.com, pointed out a new trailer from Ol Man Makowski – great editing. It’s only 16 mb (WMP9 format) – go grab a copy!

  • First Contact: HL2 mod of Fall of Reach

    Jay M posted a note on our forum last night – he’s working on a total conversion for Half-Life 2, based on the Fall of Reach novel. Quite a bit of planning has gone into this – read the design document in his post to see where they want to go with it. They’re looking…

  • When a dozen enemies just aren’t enough.

    Rockslider continues to refine his spiral path megabattle on Assault on the Control Room – the current writeup explains how to get 50+ enemies to fight at once, consistently! Check out the link in his post.

  • First. In more ways than one.

    Last night, there was a ‘rematch’ between HBO and Bungie, to make up for last week’s… um, matchup. I’ve written up a forum post which explains what happened – we definitely got toasted last week, but it was more on the web than it was on XBL. Things were a little… different this week. KP…