My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: August 2004

  • Never Mind The Overshield, Where’s The Fruit?

    Speaking of comics, today’s One One Se7en has been posted. It’ll make more sense if you drink some Antifreeze. (That’s not really fair – it IS understandable. It was just an easy cheap shot. And when it comes to One One Se7en, cheap shots are the norm.)

  • Interactive Answering Machine

    Elizar points out that the MC makes a cameo in today’s The Whiteboard, a paintball-focused webcomic. It’ll make a lot more sense if you read some backissues.

  • Cool Threads

    Finn, half of our stalwart Halo Story Page crew, writes to let us know that there are 3 super-cool Team 7hr33 sweatshirts left unclaimed by 7hr33 members… which means you can buy these puppies for yourself. I have one, and I gotta say… it’s slick. (Check out pics from last spring’s Knee for All lanfest…

  • More reader questions answered at Gamespy

    Gamespy has put up part two of its Reader Feedback Followup article – I think the big news for some players is (finally) an official announcement from Frankie about the pistol:[The Pistol] will be back. It has been changed to suit dual-wielding and no longer has a scope.(It’s been mentioned, obliquely, a few times… but…

  • 2 for 1 Gamestar Tics

    Ross Mills points out that if you’re planning on going to the Gamestars Live event in London next week, and you’re booking your tickets by phone, you can get 2 for 1 tickets by quoting ‘It’s London’ to the booking agent. Weird, but a good deal.

  • Lethal Rage 4

    Pico has put up a teaser for Lethal Rage 4, the next in his series of machinima battle vids. About 2 mb, in either WMP9 or QuickTime formats. (Mostly hype, but there’s enough rapid-action video to make you want this out…)

  • OMGWTF

    Halo Babies has put up a new strip today… poor Misterchief. Also, they’ve announced the winners of their Avatar contest – you can download the winning entries now.

  • Word, is right.

    Dang. When he comes out of hibernation, he comes OUT OF HIBERNATION. Finn has proffered up a massive Halo Story Page update… Rowley to Stallone to Moorcock (not quite the same lyrical quality as ‘Tinkers to Evers to Chance’, but then this double play is actually a 7-bagger). Go read.

  • Always Expect Castration.

    OMG. The Webmaster’s back. With reader art. And photos. And drool. (Okay, maybe not drool.) Go read.

  • Toyfare art – without the words.

    Very cool. GruntKilla pointed out the original artwork for the cover of Toyfare Magazine #86. A little investigation turned up the website of Greg Horn, the artist. (Click on the MC head in the ‘Other Projects This Month’ section at the top for his own copy of the art.) It’s the only Halo-related artwork I…

  • Grunts eat pillows

    Remember back when Calvin was worried about what was under his bed? Today’s Calvin and Halo ramps up the fear factor.

  • Thursday’s Words

    Thirteen new pieces in the Fan Fiction section today – including a couple of poems and a pledge. See what you can find!

  • More MLG-Seattle info

    Radid Gnome interviewed a friend of his, an MLG staffer who played Halo 2 at the Downpour event, about the game. He’s posted the interview on his website. (The site is framed, so look for the ‘New Halo 2 Article’ in the news.)

  • Halo 2 – In Australia

    Whoa. The band Regurgitator, out of Australia, is performing a 3-week ‘Band in a Bubble’ experiment, where they attempt to record an entire album in social isolation (though with millions watching). For entertainment? They’ll be playing Halo 2, apparently. Details can be found in this Xbox.com article. The whole shebang kicks off in 5 days.…

  • Gamespy answers questions

    Gamespy has posted a Halo 2 Reader Feedback Followup article; questions readers have asked, answered by Gamespy staffers. There’ll be another part tomorrow. Thanks to LaMuerte for the heads-up.

  • If you’re dead, respawn!

    Sevenar posted a short ad for a pretty entertaining event… in movie format. Details on what you’re watching (as well as filesize) are in the forum post. If there’s demand, I’ll rip a QT version of this, too.

  • 6 Marines and a dead man’s… banshee?

    [-TLG-]Madrox continues his ‘live stuff in the pit’ series by bringing a stack of live Marines to the bottom of the chasm in the underground area of AotCR. Amazing! Hosting provided by Mythica, via High Impact Halo. I’ll try and get a QuickTime version posted later today – look for an update to this newspost.

  • Halo 2 impressions in a Canada newspaper

    The London (Ontario) Free Press posted a news piece on X04 Canada, held recently in Toronto. Halo 2, of course, got a chunk of the text. Go read.

  • Contests, contests…

    We got word of a couple of contests recently; Blade writes about a Halo 2 Cover Design contest, where winning entries get Gmail invites and some Halo 2 material. And Ryan Kiskis, Director of Xfire Business Development, writes to let us know about a Skins contest; design a skin for Xfire (an instant messenger for…

  • Rampancy.net opens a Bee Forum

    Narcogen pointed out that Rampancy.net, as well, has set up a special forum just for discussion of I Love Bees-related materials. Folks on our own forum cannot seem to get their heads around the fact that bee discussion will be deleted here – whether it’s Halo-related or not – but hopefully, as time goes on,…