Month: July 2004

Thanks to the very large number of people who pointed out that Halo 2 will be on display, and playable, at this year’s Penny Arcade Expo in late August. I wonder how many people have just changed their end-of-summer plans…

Over the years, we’ve reported a lot of Halo news. There are, in fact, as of this post, exactly 10,000 news posts in the database. It’s therefore somewhat appropriate that this post is devoted to a pair of comics that have been a staple of the site for the last couple of years – Halo:…

Andrew points out that FTC 13 is now available for direct download for the masses, if BitTorrent hasn’t been doing it for you.

Dolbex points out an audio interview with Strangepurple, the number 1 ranked player in the MLG league. He’s not actually playing right now… interesting. Go listen to why not on the MLG website.

He’s done it again… Ducain posted a teaser pic on our forum last night, asking folks if they could tell what made it special. Juggertrout pointed it out for folks who missed it, and this morning, Ducain posted video of how it was done. And I must say, it’s pretty impressive. (I’m shooting for the…

Didn’t quite get to this in time to add HBO’s voice to the mix… but it looks like it doesn’t matter that much. Strato mentioned that yesterday, GameFAQs posted a poll: ‘Which upcoming big-name Xbox sequel/spinoff are you most looking forward to?’ It’s over now… but Halo 2 ran away with this one, garnering 22,050…

Okay, last one of these for a while, unless some REALLY killer shots turn up. Falcon Zero posted another pair of shots, Konrad tried his hand on Infinity, and The Ghost reminisced about the way it USED to be. One of these days, we’ll have to set up a section for this kind of thing…

There’s a great interview with the people behind Major League Gaming over at Bungie.net – how they got started, where Halo fits in, where they’re going. If you’re at all interested in the competitive Halo scene, you should check this out. First heads-up goes to Kyrceck.

BOLL turned 22 today. How many people give YOU a present on THEIR birthday? BOLL gives you this cool wallpaper. Enjoy.

GNF Phase 4 The fourth winning run, goatrope’s amazing 4:18 dash through Silent Cartographer, is now available for download via BItTorrent. (Once again, for those without a BitTorrent client, they can be downloaded here.) The download is 33.6 mb – and the climb from the Silent Cartographer back up to the ‘Locked Door’ is one…

25 new Fan Fiction pieces submitted since the weekend. Go read ’em.

dwchief found a bunch of pics taken at E3 that (as far as I can tell) haven’t been mentioned on our forum before. I thought it would be more polite to link you to the original article; it’s in Japanese, but the pictures are all down at the bottom. Nice clear shots, for the most…

Falcon Zero has tried his hand at HUDless Megabattle pics… some really nice pieces in there. Check ’em out! Update: Hehe – nice one from Mothergoat, as well, using his home-brewed Decoy map.

Tina Leyk tried her hand at a Halo 2-themed pic; she started with information in recent magazine articles (the idea that Elites and Brutes aren’t the best of friends) and ended up with what I consider to be one of her most stunning pieces to date. Check out ‘Elite vs Brute’ on her Fan Art…

SEspider has announced the winners of his Wallpaper contest on our forum – go read the details and check out the winning desktops.

We never get the day’s Calvin and Halo out before the end of the (UTC) day… so we’re doing it right this time. Go read. (New day, same oddball.)

Dispraiser has posted another weekly update for Halogen, the C&C Generals Total Conversion, on our forum. New personnel, wraith shells, a grunt model… check it out.

Eep – missed this. Excalibur wrote on Saturday to point out Weekly Update #2 for the Grand Theft Auto :: Codename Halo mod. New billboard, new city grid, new ammo. Check it out!

One One Se7en moves from recycling old jokes to recycling existing strip titles. We HAVE stepped up to guns this time around, though.

Halo: Resolution shows you why you should sit down and shut up when you’re told to.