Month: November 2004

Marcie O’Donnell, long-suffering wife of audio god Marty O’Donnell, has put down on paper (well, a hard drive somewhere, anyway) her thoughts about the upcoming release of Halo 2. What it brings, what it takes away. How it’s different from what we had before. It makes some assumptions (like, there aren’t any female players -…

If you’re going to a Halo 2 event… bring a camera. Your pics might win you cool stuff from Major Nelson. Thanks, Cybrfrk.

For folks still downloading pieces of Heart is a Lonely Hunter we’ve got part 5 online for you today – 28 mb, QuickTime format, from both mythica.org and bungie.org. Enjoy! (Last piece will probably go up this weekend… unless I forget.) Don’t forget to visit the website for more info!

Nice writeup on the Cold Pizza event by Dolbex, of MLGPro.com. Some good pics, too. (Free registration required for the pics.) Go look! Thanks, nof.

Ramon Ochoa, a man who “hated first person shooters with a passion until Halo came along”, sent along a couple of pictures of some new construction in his home (here and here), plus a bonus pic of the stealth invader. Amazing what this game generates in its fans…

Web Comics related to Halo today (that we know of):Queen of Wands – funny, barely safe for work (thanks, AZC)Carzorthade – Nightmare Armor related… I can sympathize with the sentiment (thanks, NiceMissMayonnaise)Don’t forget w00tness – the Halo series continues (and gets serious)I’ll bet good money that there are more, as Tuesday approaches. Update: Sippan wanted…

Conner, a stalwart of Clan Plaid (a group of Old Ones, in Bungie terms) managed to capture yesterday’s Cold Pizza footage on ESPN yesterday – there’s a nice interview with Sundance Digiovanni, of Major League Gaming, with some Halo 2 playing in the background. If you don’t blink, you’ll see our own Miguel Chavez, the…

XLNC is saying goodbye to Halo HUDless screens – with a pretty darn impressive sendoff. Check out his 11th, and final, batch of screens – the man has an eye for this stuff. Awesome.

W00t! Halo 2 posters – FINALLY AVAILABLE at the Bungie Store. (There’s also a calendar.) Check ’em out! (Thanks, Ryan.) Update: And a hat! (Thanks, Stormwraith)

Boxer created a very special HBO-hosted Adventures in Disaster today, commenting on Spike TV’s Ultimate Gamer presentation (it showed last night, and will be on again on both Saturday and Sunday). It also owes a tip-o’-the-hat to One One Se7en – where do you think that joke came from originally? So while we’re tipping One…

Bungie.net has begun the upgrade process to prepare for Halo 2 – well, they began it a long time ago, but we’re starting to see the new features. If you have a 7th Column Chapter, you’ll notice a new sidebar – Halo 2 Clans. You can now link up to 7 clans to your chapter.…

Matt Geuther, of maskmasters.com, wrote to say that eBay pulled his Latex Master Chief mask auctions (we mentioned them a couple of times recently) – but that he’s willing to sell them to you directly. Pictures can be seen in the oldest news post about this – our local copy of the eBay auction is…

Generally, we’re opposed to polls – they’re popularity contests, not real bellweathers of public opinion. However, the masses like ’em, so… There are a couple to note today – first is the Gamespy Grudge match we mentioned a few days ago; Halo 2 is holding on against Half-Life 2… but only by the slimmest of…

Stuntmutt and Ross Mills have both reported in with word of a new ad campaign in the UK – Stuntmutt heard a radio ad that was truly subtle:10 sec if I’m any judge – it was the Halo monks chanting the theme. Then a deep, old man’s voice says “from November 11th, work won’t matter…

Speaking of Nile Rogers, Gamespy continues their week-long coverage with an interview of the man, discussing how he got involved in the soundtracks, and on to more general topics, like how music fits into games (and how it differs from other entertainment media). It’s huge, and it’s fascinating. Go read. Many people sent this in…

New content at Nilerogers.com – they’ve put up video recorded during the Steve Vai sessions. Streaming vid (Flash format) – a great look behind the scenes! Check it out. Update: Oops! In my haste to mention the video piece, I neglected the new audio snippet also available – Connected, by Hoobastank. The snippet is 1:20…

HALO4U has updated his eponymous website – including an interview with… um, me. Except for getting my gender wrong on the front page (I suppose Louis looks a lot like Louise), it’s a solid representation – go read.

It’s been mentioned around the net (for example, here on Rampancy.net) that attendees to yesterdays’s I Love Bees ‘Training Exercises’ (multiplayer Halo 2 gameplay) received commemorative DVDs – at least one person has already ripped it and put it up for BitTorrent download. Unfortunately, there’s only a single seed at the moment (with a full…

Matt Slagle wrote a sizeable piece on piracy, and how it’s affecting gamemakers, for the AP newswire. So far I’ve seen it on Yahoo News, MSN.com, The Globe and Mail (Canada), and the Washington Post. I’m sure it’ll show up elsewhere. It’s a good read – and not just because he quoted me. :-> Thanks…

FTC 15, released to members a few days ago, is now available to the masses. 9:10 long, in DivX and QuickTime formats, weighing in at 32 and 31 mb, respectively… go watch. (There are BitTorrent links you should use if you can.) Thanks, Andrew!