Month: June 2006
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To John, With Love…
To John, With Love… Stuntmutt sets his sights on the Halo 2 Vista port in today’s One One Se7en. …yeah.(Louis Wu 14:50:06 UTC)
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That seems messy – but harmless.
Dojorkan’s been playing with unspawned characters again (potential spoilers ahead)… seems like this particular was never used for good reason; why build a bomb shield around a bomb?(Louis Wu 14:39:46 UTC)
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Jackson/Washington Speculation
Hrm. There are a couple of stories in the New Zealand Press (NZ Herald – thanks, David Warriner | Stuff – thanks, Custard) about Denzel Washington meeting in New Zealand with Peter Jackson about a new movie that Washington is planning to direct, with Jackson providing special effects. We already know that Jackson’s planning to…
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End of June, end of the week, time for fanfic
Nineteen new pieces – stories and poems – up for you in the Fan Fiction section today – go see what you can find! (vector40’s long-unfinished fanfic (started in December 2004) has its final chapter posted today.)(Louis Wu 13:53:04 UTC)
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Hi-res Greg Horn
Last year, we mentioned some work by Greg Horn, an artist who created a couple of Halo-related pieces for Toyfare Magazine. Stuntmutt discovered a gallery with very nice higher-res versions of two of his creations – go grab ’em!(Louis Wu 13:27:03 UTC)
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X-Play says Halo 2 is Tops
A few days ago, HavokBlue mentioned that Halo 2 made the number one spot in an episode of G4’s X-Play that looked at the top 10 Xbox games – more recently, it’s been posted on their website for online watching. Thanks, rob s.(Louis Wu 13:01:20 UTC)
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Movers and Shakers
Tsquared, one of MLG’s new quarter-million-dollar-contract players, is featured in Stuff magazine, on their ‘Power List: 20 under 30’ article. Not too shabby! Read about it at MLGPro.com. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 12:57:45 UTC)
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Questions for the Goat
Looks like the Podtacular team is planning to interview Mothergoat in the near future, and is currently taking questions from the public – swing by and add your own! Thanks, Laird.(Louis Wu 12:39:58 UTC)
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Smudge Games 2006 – Update
A few days ago, we mentioned an online tourney at Halo Jungle – it’s got its own website now. (It seems to have some uptime issues, so try again if you find it down.)(Louis Wu 12:35:46 UTC)
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Humpday challenge within their own ranks
I suppose with nothing better to do, the Bungie team chose to challenge their own B.net moderators. There are no ties in Halo2, get back in there and finish the fight! Worth noting is that I was unknowingly pulled in so they could warm-up on my bloody corpse, of course the game was already underway.(Cybrfrk…
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Podtacular! – Episode 69: Podtacular Update
1:09 Hours – 55.7MB From Podtacular: It’s the Update show, where we talk about the latest in the Podtacular and Halo communities and read back your “you know you play too much Halo if…” jokes. With guest hosts Expanded Flame and A Oompa Loompah. Pod Art this week comes from Patrick Derry. And as usual,…
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Podtacular! – Episode 69: Podtacular Update
1:09 Hours – 55.7MB From Podtacular: It’s the Update show, where we talk about the latest in the Podtacular and Halo communities and read back your “you know you play too much Halo if…” jokes. With guest hosts Expanded Flame and A Oompa Loompah. Pod Art this week comes from Patrick Derry. And as usual,…
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Humpday: Bungie.net Moderators
Last night we took on the Bungie.net Moderators in an epic Humpday to end all Humpdays. Until next week’s, that is, when we take on hawt chix lol.
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If you could interview Mother Goat, what would you ask?
I’ll be interviewing Mother Goat soon for Podtacular. He is the creator of many high-quality Halo CE maps, the soundtrack for the First Contact Halo mod for Half Life 2 (and lots of other Halo-inspired music), and his own FPS game called “Bleeding Widow” (in process). He also got a job in the industry as…
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If you could interview Mother Goat, what would you ask?
I’ll be interviewing Mother Goat soon for Podtacular. He is the creator of many high-quality Halo CE maps, the soundtrack for the First Contact Halo mod for Half Life 2 (and lots of other Halo-inspired music), and his own FPS game called “Bleeding Widow” (in process). He also got a job in the industry as…
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If you could interview Mother Goat, what would you ask?
I’ll be interviewing Mother Goat soon for Podtacular. He is the creator of many high-quality Halo CE maps, the soundtrack for the First Contact Halo mod for Half Life 2 (and other Halo-inspired music), and his own FPS game called “Bleeding Window” (in process) among other things. He agreed to open the questions to whatever…
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If you could interview Mother Goat, what would you ask?
I’ll be interviewing Mother Goat soon for Podtacular. He is the creator of many high-quality Halo CE maps, the soundtrack for the First Contact Halo mod for Half Life 2 (and lots of other Halo-inspired music), and his own FPS game called “Bleeding Widow” (in process). He also got a job in the industry as…
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Halo 2 Headset to Benefit Katrina Victims
The Halo 2 headset is now being sold by Plantronics for 14.95 with one dollar going to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina. It’ll work with either the Xbox or Xbox 360. If you need the communicator as well, they’ll throw that in for another five bucks.
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Throw a pitch and win your chance at bat!
Intel is sponsoring a big contest at Machinima.com for aspiring movie makers. Pitch your movie and win a chance to go to Hollywood and make a 3-5 minute short film. The relation to Halo? Consider that the Halo machinima community is large and that I work at the sponsor — and leave it at that.…