Year: 2004

Hmm… yesterday, we mentioned that Frankie had weighed in on the matter of what happens when you collect all the skulls – folks worked pretty hard to figure out what he meant. Then, yesterday afternoon, he stopped by again… and apologized for misreading the original post.I thought he was talking about beating the Vidmaster’s Challenge.…

Remember that note on the bottom of the Bomb? The one that goes ‘Thus, I Refute Thee’? Turns out it was put there for none other than our very own Finn, of the Halo Story page. The full explanation can be found over at Team 7hr33’s website.

Compassghost whipped up a pretty slick 550×100 signature for forums that allow them (and allow Flash files in signatures, I guess). You can see it in this post on our forum. (Personally, I’d go nuts after the 3rd or 4th time it repeated… but maybe that’s just me.)

Another vid – this one by Hogmasta. It’s called Retox, and his forum post states that it’s his last Halo vid. It’s available as streaming QT and streaming WMV – the downloadable links either don’t work or point to an Enter the Matrix vid. Pretty standard stuff, overall… but feedback on the forum is quite…

Feenix dropped us a line about a new machinima series known as Stryke Force – a promo video and the first full episode are now posted. Video quality is quite good, and the story is intriguing… can’t wait for the next episode! Take a look. (WMP9 format, 20.5 mb for Episode 1 – the promo…

Hmm. A couple of days ago, Mr. Mojo Risin posted a note on our forum about a sighting of a nearly-naked Jason Jones in a cutscene in Halo 2. (Full details are in the forum post.) It wasn’t until today that BOLL managed to snag a decent screenshot of this… and with the help of…

Bunch of new content over at MLGPro.com… Policing Ignorance on XBL – ways to deal with annoying players Gamer’s Guide – How to survive Halo 2 without alienating your family or coworkers Interview with Xena – The best female Halo player out there, according to DolbexGet to reading!

In the seemingly never-ending quest to clear the various art queues here at HBO, I’ve posted another 29 desktop images in our Wallpaper section. There’s a pretty wide variety this time around… check ’em out!

Yesterday, we pointed out a thread on the forum where folks were drawing Halo-related Christmas cards at art.com. (There are some really cool ones – if you haven’t checked the thread for a while, go waste some time.) BOLL, as usual, wasn’t satisfied with the normal ‘draw something fun’ directions… and went a little overboard.…

Hmm… Cody Miller posted that he collected all the skulls, in the order they appear on the Soundtrack… and nothing happened. First response to his post? Frankie, saying he was wrong. Ooh… (If this means nothing to you, visit High Impact Halo’s Skulls database, and read the background. And realize that Cody’s feat, by itself,…

Have you wondered why Johnson has so few lines this time around? One One Se7en suggests that someone taught him to keep his mouth shut…

fastmatt pointed out a contest at Get Into the Game – if you’re 13 or over, and a US resident, you can win a life-size replica of the Master Chief. One entry per person, drawing happens in early January.

It took considerably longer than I’d expected, but the Halo 2 Dialogue Databank is now online, with over 200 snippets ready for download. (Thanks to Captain Spark, who has been collecting these over the past month, and who has made them available on his own website as he goes.) There are some pretty funny clips…

That Weasel Television has posted Episode 13 (“DisGrunteled”) of “Grunts Are People Too!!!”, their ongoing series. 18.8 mb, WMP9 format. There are also mirrors of a dozen films released in the past week – go see what you can find!

sonik son points out that the Halo 2 RSS Excel Workbook (the one featured on dozens of disparate websites, the one that requires Excel 2003 Pro on a PC to work properly) has been updated. More pretty graphs, a bigger FAQ, a couple of install choices. Go look!

Thanks to c0ld, for the initial work, and BOLL, for the cleaned-up thumbnails, there are now 19 new panels available in the AutoMagic 117 StripzMaker. Unleash your creative brilliance on our forum!

Nice. Mackenzie noticed that if you drop the bomb when playing Bomb Assault, you can see one of several messages written across the bottom of it. BOLL was kind enough to snap pictures of four of these. Most of the rest of the thread is a debate about whether or not this constitutes an easter…

Wow, cool. Epyon pointed out a website where you can paint your own picture – and suggested making cool Halo 2-related Christmas cards. He even supplied one of his own. (The site, art.com, shows you the process of creation when you click the link… pretty fun to watch!) Add your own offerings in the thread!…

Chronomaw writes to point out that Halogen, the C&C Generals total conversion, now has a couple of new renders of the textured Nuke silo – and that there will be a new Flash-based site launching in January.

Tina Leyk dropped off a new picture this morning – a Forerunner structure. Not her normal choice of subjects – but it’s pretty slick! I’ve taken the opportunity to top off her Doodles page, as well, with a few new images she’s posted elsewhere around the net (these days, mostly on the Halo Babies forum…