Month: August 2004

Dolbex writes from Downpour, the MLGPro tourney happening right now in Seattle. The big news? THey’re currently hosting the World’s First Public Halo 2 Tournament. That’s right – Halo 2 is there, and being played, for money, on the floor. Go read about it on MLGPro.com! If you have a Video On Demand subscription from…

Devin Olsen points out a movie he and Gil made that’s being hosted by Halomods – tricks and sniper kills. WMP format, just under 2 minutes, 9.3 mb. Take a look.

GhaleonEB pointed out an article in the New York Times (registration required – free) in which the Times suggested that there will be a $5.99 monthly fee to play in Halo 2 tournaments online. Before anyone grabs their pitchfork and heads for Redmond… there is no additional fee to play Halo online; what the NYT…

Demden, from Halo Orbit, sends word of another shakeycam vid from the Leipzig gaming event, this time filmed (and hosted) by Game7. Again, screen glare is a major problem, but they did a decent job of showing many of the options available in this build (as well as showing off some spectacularly bad gameplay in…

The recent Action Figure Megabattle pics have spawned a NEW type of submission – one I want to discourage, because the potential for total picture overload is super-high… but there were a couple of shots that made me laugh, so I thought I’d share. Nedus took some pics of his own action figures; these aren’t…

Ducain continues his ‘I’m-gonna-get-hogs-EVERYWHERE-on-SC’ campaign, with a movie showing how he managed to get three (THREE!) warthogs across the Shaft in Silent Cartographer – along with himself and a marine. WOW. (He started, nicely, with a teaser, letting people guess how he took the pic – but I wasn’t around until the entire shebang was…

Falcon Zero made another megabattle pic, this time using the New Mombassa map… and if you ask me, he might have gone a little overboard. Just a little.

IGN has posted a writeup from the Leipzig Halo 2 playfest yesterday – there’s nothing really new in it, but it does make you want to play… thanks to LaMuerte for the heads-up.

Frankie’s back, and so is the traditional Bungie Weekly Update – interesting mix; on the one hand, stuff is getting finished at phenomenal paces, on the other, folks are working absurdly long hours and see no end in sight (well, other than the obvious one, of course). Great read, though. So go do it. It’s…

mnemesis wrote yesterday to point out a small (but powerful) update on the Halo Story Page – the downtime this morning kept it from being posted before now. Go read… but be warned, the theory it discusses is LONG.

You may have noticed that we were hard to reach this morning – the datacenter that HBO is housed in was having some connectivity problems. They seem to be cleared up now, so I can FINALLY add today’s One One Se7en… though it’s possible that puns this bad should be hidden forever. You decide.

focused7 points out a comic at Blackartstudios showing the behind-the-scenes action underlying last week’s Bungie Update. (That reminds me, I’ve forgotten to add that update to our Archive… rectified.)

Plasmanator continues the Action Figure Megabattle series started yesterday by Mintz08 – there was a funny one last night, and a pretty dang impressive one today. Check ’em out!

A couple of months ago, we mentioned a contest being run by Fire Team Charlie, over at Xboxottawa… beat them in a 2v2 match on XBC, win cool schwag. They’ve put up one of their first games, edited in a really humorous manner… worth watching, if you want to enter, or just if you want…

Ducain found a bizarre little glitch last night – bypassed some standard loading points, and found… a killer hog? (WMP9 format, 3.4 mb.)

Marc, at Halo Universe, points out a movie they’re hosting – 10.6 mb, AVI format) recorded via shakeycam at the Games Convention in Leipzig (where Halo 2 is available to be played by the masses). Screen glare is a bit of a problem… but Halo 2 is Halo 2, right? Check it out! Update: full-bore…

There’s a new interview with Alex Seropian, of Wideload Games, up over at GamersInfo.net; this one, more than most, focuses on Alex’s experience with Bungie and Halo. Answers are a bit tongue-in-cheek – nice to see! Thanks to Thomas Bottrill for the heads-up.

Baldev Patel sent in a link to a picture of a Halo cake, hosted by 343GS. Looks yummy!

A while ago, pushbak created a movie called Supermega – it’s gameplay set to music, but the gameplay is a lot of fun to watch (the guy’s pretty good with a sniper rifle). We were hosting GNF videos when he submitted it, and he’s been patiently waiting – sorry for the delay. It’s QuickTime format,…