Month: August 2004

The latest issue of Toyfare magazine has a couple of covers – one is a Halo 2 version (with some… odd artwork; spoiler warning, I guess). Several people (first being Littlebigman, last night) pointed out that Joyride not only has posted this cover on their site, but has put up a scan of the Halo…

Narcogen, of Rampancy.net, recently sat down with Viper, of HaloPlanet, and discussed Bungie, fansites, and of course Halo – go check out the interview.

A couple of weeks ago, IGN posted a ‘Best Xbox Co-op Games’ article, and not surprisingly, Halo was at the top of the list. Yesterday, they posted a followup article, in which they targeted the most promising upcoming games that will support this style of play. Again, Halo (in this case, Halo 2) is ranked…

Speaking of comics, Trigun writes to say that the second episode of Halo: On Vacation is up at the Seventh Revolution, along with some links to a number of flash movies. See what you can find!

The Unknown Spartan sends in a link to his new comic, ‘MC Buddy’; I’m not sure I get it, but go read anyway.

E.D.P. points out a thread he started on the HaloPlanet forums, showing off a LEGO Battle Rifle he built. Give it a look!

GameDaily has posted a Hands-on Halo 2 article, based on an afternoon of gameplay in New York a couple of weeks ago. (This was the same event that StrangePurple wrote up for MLGPro.com not too long ago.) Give it a read for some more Halo enthusiasm.

A few people have pointed out the Character Battle between Master Chief and Crash Bandicoot, over at Gamefaqs.com right now… MC has a healthy lead, but you never know. (This is also the first round of a 16-contestant bracket; if MC wins this one, he’s got a couple more to go to take the bracket.)…

Dispraiser wrote to let us know that Halogen, the C&C Generals TC, put up a pretty major weekly update recently, announcing some new renders, a Covenant units list, and Halogen for Battle for Middle Earth, a mod for the upcoming Lord of the Rings game. This is not a port – it’s a separate mod…

Frankie’s in the Yucatan this weekend, hiding from hurricanes and looking for nuclear weapons, so the job of Bungie Weekly Update fell to Bungie Princess Alta Hartmann. It’s a bit light on the technical aspects, with maybe a little too much emphasis on personal appearance… but hey, what can you expect from someone who just…

(GT)Juggler points out a small tourney – Xbox Halo, 2v2 Team Slayer – in the Digital Mayhem gaming store in the Westfield shopping mall in Meriden, CT. The catch? Your team has to be registered ($15/team) by tomorrow, Saturday, because the tourney is on Sunday. Check the forum post for more details. (Directions to the…

IGN reports that there’s an Xbox Halo charity tournament in Sunnyvale, CA, on August 22. Proceeds will go to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Details are here, on Evite’s site. Thanks to Tippmann88 for the heads-up.

Homelan has hosted the official #hbo irc channel for the last 6 months or so… but they’ve been having some trouble recently – so DeimosFawkes has launched irc.subnova.com, and we’re moving to new digs. Information can be found on our IRC Info page. The biggest advantage for casual visitors – there’s a web-based java client…

There are things you just shouldn’t do with the Master Chief. Roger Wilco points out one of them. Update: And this is another.

Today’s One One Se7en looks at those annoying British grunts (and a new Halo 2 feature). Halo Babies continues the storyline with Mister Chief and a wimpy MC (and while you’re there, check out the Avatar contest launched today on their forum). And Sector 7 has a new episode of Marines – these guys need…

12 new pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section, including a couple of multipart series released at once. I don’t know if it’s the moderation, or the new format… but it seems to me the comments are getting more intelligent. w00t!

Dolbex sent along info about MLG Seattle, coming up on August 21; the Halo 4v4 tourney will have a $25 entry fee, and teams will be playing for an $8000 purse. Not too shabby! Also, Sketch and Frankie from Bungie are stopping by and will hopefully have a surprise to share…

Kids have a way of making their parents understand when injustice is served… nicely illustrated by Calvin and Halo today. Thanks, Blackstar!

Fluffy, at HaloPlanet, points out a pretty cool forum thread containing pics and a movie of a new battle mech being created by Icetiger. Not finished yet… but it’s got some real potential!

The first Active Camo Elite has shown up on eBay (though I doubt it’ll be the last). There were only 5000 of these made, so the seller feels confident, I guess; and since his opening bid of $25 ($10 more than he bought it for in a store this week) has already been met, I…