Month: October 2004

Eric “Moose” Policaro writes to say that he’s got a Halo 2 guide that includes all currently released or confirmed information on the game. Unfortunately, if you’re a Mac user, you’ll have real trouble reading the guide (your best bet is Internet Explorer, and even that’s borderline), and if you’re a PC user that doesn’t…

Thirteen new pieces for you (several poems and a parody song included) in the Fan Fiction section today. Go see what you can find.

This is just… odd. Thanks to Gossip, for finding the (in his words) “silliest cameo of a video game character.”

A long, interesting post from Randy Pitchford, over on the Gearbox forums. It was in reply to a pretty negative post that covered a lot of old ground – but the response itself does a better job of explaining why Halo PC ended up the way it did than a lot of responses in the…

Wow – almost 2 weeks before release, and some stores already have their copies of Halo 2 (with strict orders not to sell them before November 9, of course). Pics in this Teamxbox forum thread, heads-up goes to Rampancy.net.

Marc, from Halo Universe, writes to say that they’ve got a preview of “Erstschlag” (First Strike in German) up on their site – you can read the first chapter. You can also win 3 copies of the novel and 2 Halo 2 Plantronics headsets. Helps if you read German.

IVIr I3ob wrote to say he and a frind had made a Halo 2 SMG out of Home Depot paint sticks. New one for me…

Mothergoat writes to say that his contest to find the Biggest Halo Fan Ever has ended – won by Conrad Tobias. Visit this forum thread for some pictures that might… well, scare you. (I’m hoping he set a lot of this stuff up just for the contest…)

Another Countdown to Halo 2 article at IGN – a look at whether you should start with Campaign or Multiplayer when you get the game. Rather than answer the question themselves, they went to IGN message board readers. Lots of different views.

Variation was able to send us a 60-second variant of the Halo 2 commercial now playing on US television (Hopefully, today, I’ll be able to find time to compile a list of all the different versions that have been put out there). It’s the same commercial – just fleshed out a bit. This version is…

We mentioned this a couple of weeks ago, but the official press release came out yesterday, so here’s the word from the top about the upcoming MTV special:New York, NY – October 27, 2004 – MTV: Music Television today announced that “Making the Video Game: Halo 2” will premiere on MTV on Friday, November 5th…

Wondering who might be selling Halo 2 at midnight on November 9? Worried because there are no EB Games near you, and you’re afraid you might miss out on the early purchase? Never fear, Xbox.com has come to your rescue – if you live in the US. Visit the Midnight Madness Store Locator, put in…

If you’re an IGN Insider, there’s a new Halo 2 desktop available to you. If you’re not an Insider… sorry. Thanks to MarkHawk and creaper609 for letting us know.

I’m not even gonna try and count the number of people who wrote to us about the two new clips at nilerogers.com – there are dozens of them. KNIGHTOFDRAGONS was first, though. Launch the Listening Station if you’re on a fast connection, and give a listen to snippets from ‘Peril’ and ‘In Amber Clad’ -…

A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned a contest in which 50 lucky winners would get to play Halo 2 on live TV in Times Square on November 4 – yesterday, we heard from Brian Graham that he received one of the invites, and last night, we discovered that our very own Miguel Chavez got…

MiD33 points out that the first three episodes of his HALOlego comics (among other things) can be found at his new website, ForTru7h. Check ’em out!

Been out all day, the Halo mail is PILING up – I’ll get to it eventually, I hope. Wanted to post this now, though, because of the time factor. haloTV is broadcasting TWL’s 5v5 CTF Pro League championships, starting just 90 minutes from now (8:30 cst). The stream will be capped at 250 viewers, so…

MC discovers that even GS doesn’t want to hear it in today’s One One Se7en .

Ross Mills sent in scans of a Halo 2 leaflet he noticed in multiple stores (front and back) – they’re clearly direct from Microsoft, but it seems a tad late to me for folks to be BEGINNING to collect preorders… Nice pic on the front. Update: Sorry, I didn’t make it clear – this is…

Countdown to Halo, IGN style: today they’re looking at the SmartJoy FRAG device (mouse and keyboard for an Xbox), and wondering if it’ll kill Halo 2. Thanks, John Rivas.