Month: November 2004

Calvin whiles away the time to Halo 2 by scaring the pants off of Hobbes in today’s Calvin and Halo. A fine activity, if you ask me.

The Fan Fiction section, neglected for almost a week (mere moments on the Misc Art/Wallpaper neglect timescales, unfortunately), is now up-to-date – there are 20 new pieces for your reading pleasure. Enjoy. (And hopefully, one of these days, I’ll find the time for art updates too.)

Chris “Snowcone” Rasco writes to point out a Halo 2 giveaway on Snackbar-Games.com – sign up for the chance to win one of three copies of Halo 2 (one LE and two regular). You must be a citizen of the US or Canada, and the drawing is happening on Friday. Free stuff is good!

Lawrence.com has posted an article about Halo 2, and the road that led to it (starting way back in the 70’s with Pong). Nice read! (Thanks, Mothergoat.)

Wondering what that funky pumpkin to the right is all about? It’s Boxer’s way of paying tribute to an important duty. Click on it and read more!

Sketch has written up some extra details for the Bungie Halo 2 Launch Fanfest – what’s on the agenda, who can go, when and where it is, and so on. If you’re in the Seattle area, this should be a must-visit! Thanks, Target4Hire.

Another snippet from nilerogers.com today – Heavy Price Paid (1:30 long, 1.4 mb for the music itself). Great screenshot to look at in the Flash presentation, as well. Looks like Richard Heerey was first this time.

Not too long ago, Bungie posted a Theme Builder on Bungie.net – an HTML template for creating new themes for their 7th Column site. The problem is, most designers work better in some sort of visual mode – jumping back and forth between their design and Bungie’s HTML (in both the main file and the…

RevDotNed let us know about an interview with community stalwart Miguel Chavez over at xblGames.com – it’s a great read from someone who’s been a major part of the Bungie fan community for most of the time there’s BEEN a Bungie fan community. Check it out!

Whew! After a lot of messing around, we’re finally ready to accept votes for the 343 Guilt O’ Lantern contest! Now, keep in mind, there are 85 separate entries – and you’re only allowed to vote once. Therefore, you should put it off until you have a few minutes to peruse the choices – it…

Two great interviews at HomeLAN Fed today – Pete Parsons discusses what makes Halo 2 great, and Rikki Khanna, of AKQA (the folks behind the new halo2.com website) talks about what went into making the site (and its unique language). Thanks, John Callaham.

Hehe – Bomber of doom found a nice little egg on the Halo2.com site. It was noticed a few days ago that if, after viewing the console and contents, you closed down the holo link (pressed the purple button below the screen), you’d see a pair of covenant craft take down a human battlestation. When…

Halo 2 continues to wow the world press – Finland’s Pelit gave it a 96/100 (two points more than they awarded the original). Thanks, Scanner Darkly.

KNIGHTOFDRAGONS was first among a dozen to point out the new Halo 2 Luggage Tag as well as the Halo 2 Backpack recently added to the Bungie Store. The pocket-emptying never ends!

The Junkyard continues their series of level analyses from a military perspective, with Part VIII – Two Betrayals. As always, an interesting read. Thanks, Mhaddy.

Absolute0 pointed out a competition on Xbox-Exodus – create material that can be hosted on the site, you’re entered to win strategy guides, t-shirts, or DVDs. Details are on the page

Two new Halo articles at Gamespy today – the first is an interview with Lead Designer Jaim Griesemer about Halo 2’s vehicles (lots of tasty info, though he dodges the ‘spoiler-like’ questions), and the second is a talk with Tyson Green (aka Ferrex) about Halo 2’s weapons (again, plenty of useful info about stuff you’ve…

A couple of days ago, Spideroptics pointed out that prices for Halo 2 in the UK are rising – a month ago, the norm was £29.99, now £31.99 is more common, and there’s even a company that’s selling it for £44.99 – cheek! (Many of these companies have raised their prices in the past week…

Wow… this must be a big deal to someone… I’ve gotten mail from Microsoft’s PR firm AND from Bungie employees about this, AND it’s on Bungie.net’s front page. Gamespy is running a new Grudge Match – Which are you more excited about, Halo 2 or Half-Life 2? Right now, Halo 2 is winning – but…

Quick update on the 343 Guilt O’ Lantern competition… We have a total of 85 submissions, and building a mechanism whereby you can pick the best 3 without getting totally overwhelmed is non-trivial. It will almost certainly not be finished tonight – hopefully, it’ll be ready for public consumption tomorrow. There’s still plenty of voting…