Month: July 2004

Tocki writes to point out that Halo Orbit is hosting a hi-res version of the trailer (9.8 mb, 640×480 (yeah, that’s not the right aspect ratio), WMP9 format) that they found at MyXbox.at. QuickTime coming soon… Update: Here’s a 640×360 (aspect-corrected) QuickTime version (and a mirror), 5.8 mb. There MIGHT be higher-res versions coming later……

In an interview at Inside Mac Games, Al Schilling, product manager at MacSoft, takes a break from talking about Close Combat to mention that they’ve done some testing on the latest build of Halo under MacOSX v10.3.4, and haven’t found it to be slower than performance under 10.3.3. (Some forums have seen reports from people…

No, no, I was right… it’s Movie Day. Hehe – if you wondered why folks thinking about entering High Impact Halo’s The 3 Towers competition were happy to hear that Dark Helmet was a judge, and couldn’t compete… watch this video (15.3 mb, WMV format) showing how it’s done, with s7yle. (For you WMP-haters out…

Maybe it’s not Movie Day at HBO, maybe it’s Comic Day. We’ve got a bunch to tell you about. Mr Smiley mentions a new webcomic, The Grunt Brigade, that he found a few days ago – but it’s now on a bigger pipe, so you might actually be able to see the strips this time.…

I think it’s gonna be Movie Day here at HBO. There are quite a number of new films, available at other websites, ready for your downloading pleasure. RaiL sends word of a video he’s made of his clan (Clan IP) showing off their Blood Gulch Multiplayer skillz – you can find a link to the…

One of the most hotly-anticipated Halo Custom Edition maps to date, New Mombasa from Mrs Doublefire and crew, is now available for download. It’s 9.6 mb of HaloCE goodness, and there are currently 8 EP Gamers servers running this map. (In fact, there are over 30 different servers hosting this map already, with two of…

The next level in the Going Nowhere Fast competition, Two Betrayals, is now available for download via BitTorrent. Taylor Jones spends a relatively quick 25 minutes whipping through this level – his handling of a rocket launcher is a joy to watch. He gets a vehicle through the broken door in an amazingly no-fuss manner……

][-][awaiian pig whipped up another 5 Red vs Blue ‘Set Pieces’, after the great response he got to his first set. These are bigger, by request. Update: The variants on Megabattles just keep coming. Valence tries out an animated one.

Slothboy posts his non-winning pics in the Mountain Dew contest (and a link to a thread on Bungie.net that has pics of the winning entries)… all I can say is, these guys drank a LOT of Dew.

Dan Chosich reminds everyone that today is the last day folks are able to submit content to the Fan Art section of the Making of Halo DVD. If you have content you want the team to consider, send it today or you’re out of the running!

ShotgunGoBOOM found a Flash video called ‘Halo Delight’ on Flashplayer.com. MC gets down to the 80’s hiphop sounds of the Sugar Hill Gang. Surreal.

Update on yesterday’s elite skin, from Xavier – he’s found a way to make ALL Spec-Ops Elites black (some were coming out with a blue layer over the skin); the downside is that it changes the blue of the regular Blue Elite. Information and the new ppf can be found on the Halo: Modding Evolved…

Dolbex writes to point out that all 61 teams registered for this weekend’s Halo50k3 event in Atlanta are listed up on the MLGPro.com website. If you aren’t sure if your buddies are going, check this out!

I think all of us who’ve suffered over bad internet connections can sympathize with Calvin and Halo today… and I’d like to take this chance to mention that Warbow has chosen to take the rest of the summer off; there won’t be any more Warbow-generated Calvin and Halo strips before fall. (It’s unclear whether Blackstar…

A tad later than usual – but never fear, we get to stuff eventually. The Direct Download links for the sixth Going Nowhere Fast video (343 Guilty Spark) are now posted on the Status page. If you aren’t one of the 900 or so BitTorrent downloaders, go grab a copy of this 49.4 mb run…

The Comments function for the Fan Fiction section has been turned off for the time being. Shame how the actions of a few can ruin it for the many. (Before anyone who actually USES that section goes ballistic on the individual who caused most of the trouble, be aware that IGNORING THE SITUATION would have…

Captain Spark took a couple of very nice pics of the Xavier/Tina Leyk Elite skin on AotCR today – check ’em out!

Wow – that’s unique. ][-][awaiian pig has taken the Megabattle screenshot technique in a new direction – he’s reproduced ‘set pieces’ from Red vs Blue episodes. Don’t think I ever would have thought of that one… (Attention to detail is amazing.)

So the big news of the morning is that Microsoft has made a small version of the Halo ad currently showing in Loews theatres available to the public. The astoundingly frustrating part of this is that the page is viewable ONLY on a PC – Macs can’t even see the teaser. This seems unreasonable, for…