Month: May 2004

After a rather long delay, another installment of Miniature Halo has been posted. SESpider has sent page 19 for the collection. He also wanted to point out a Miniature Halo DesktopX theme – you can find it linked to his name at WinCustomize. (Well, you SHOULD be able to find it soon; it’s not up…

Eurogamer has posted a Halo 2 review article – they posted a transcript of the demo they were shown, and then discussed it. (Copy editing was pretty minimal; this was written in the airport on the way home, under deadline.) There’s also a BitTorrent version of the multiplayer walkthrough (56 mb, XVID format). It’s actually…

Red vs Blue has posted their E3 video (shown at the Fanfest) on their site; there are hi-res versions for Sponsors, and lower-res versions for the masses, all available now. It’s pretty funny – go grab a copy! Thanks, Ciarán.

xblShooters has posted a story about Xbox Live 3.0’s Clan feature – the feature that will allow you to use custom logos and colors on your character during online play, as well as provide detailed team stats stored on Bungie.net. They state that the cost for Clan play will be $5/month or $50/year, over and…

In response to a little confusion, we’ve rewritten the submission rules to be clearer for the Going Nowhere Fast competition. In addition, we’ve added a few new times to the Leaderboard. Just keeping everyone informed!

The Bungie crew is back in Redmond, and they’ve managed to post another pair of new screenshots; a large version of the second leaked screen found last week, and an entirely new dual-needler first-person shot (with a great view of the energy sword). Unfortunately, there’s no HUD to see. Check ’em out! First notice came…

Dark Helmet comes back with a pretty awesome jump movie; 5:07 long, 17.7 mb, WMP9 format, showing some amazing long jumps with little or no damage. (The link points not to the start of the thread, but to a post with a viable mirror – thanks, Brian.) Watch this one for examples of what you…

Dolbex alerted us to a bunch of E3-related content over at the Halo50k3 site; there’s a review of the playable stuff by Large Unit, a full E3 writeup with a goodly chunk of Halo 2 info, and a bunch of pictures from the fanfest. Check it all out! (There are plenty of other new pics…

Interesting find… fludblud noticed a similarity between the building in the bottom corner of the new Halo 2 promo poster and the Hong Kong Bank in Hong Kong (we’ve archived a local copy in case this goes offline). Inspiration by interesting architecture… or a hint about a Halo 2 location? Only time will tell.

Deanero has written up a different sort of E3 review; definitely worth a read. He seriously skimped on his own party – but not to worry, I’m guessing there’ll be some decent writeups of that from others. Check it out!

Today’s One One Se7en continues the saga of the ODST – the few, the proud, the flat.

Sorry for the delay – got home around 4 am this morning. Then there were some clients to placate… finally getting to HBO updates. First up: Halo: Resolution turns 100. Long run!

In December, we mentioned that Halo (xbox) was up for consideration for inclusion in the World Cyber Games 2004. Today, I found that Halo is on the Official Games List for this year’s competition. Also, another interesting note, the Final Tournament will be held in the USA (normally, WCG is in Korea). This isn’t your…

Shaolin Temple Bum has announced the opening of the Haloce.org Map Repository to the general public; this is a place where you can upload your Halo CE maps for others to download. Take a look – sample the wares, and upload your own stuff!

Frontline with Suzie, a fanfic started up by rockslider, has posted Broadcast 2, an interview with a jackal. Thanks to Lothar Hex for pointing it out.

The Enkidu Terminals have drawn to a close; I’m sorry I wasn’t there at the end to watch the fireworks. (I’m also REALLY sorry that a careless oversight on my part, coupled with the necessities of remote administration, allowed folks to see stuff they weren’t supposed to see a day or so early. Totally my…

[HOH] has analyzed another Halo 2 screenshot – stop by and see if you agree!

James MacGlashan writes to say that version 1.0 of the One South Halo Timer, a Mac OS 10.3 application that keeps track of respawn times for all items in multiplayer games, has now been released. (There was a beta mentioned a couple of weeks ago.) This one supports all maps, clock time adjustment with fast…

Games Domain has posted a Halo 2 review from the E3 play sessions – thanks, JonK. Update: this is the same as the GameDaily piece mentioned earlier; that’s what I get for wanting breakfast rather than reading carefully. normanthesquid was the first to notice.

The gameplay sessions behind the Press curtain were off-limits to cameras; this was not because anything new was being shown (you’ve already read dozens of writeups of the gameplay), but because Bungie didn’t want to have to deal with folks judging the game by bad shakeycam footage. However, there are ALWAYS fans who want shakeycam…