Year: 2004

Yesterday, we mentioned a movie posted by Ducain, showing the Object Overload technique used on the Maw to grab a banshee in Single Player mode. I’d mentioned that a QuickTime version could be made available if needed – a number of people have emailed about this, so you can grab a copy on files.bungie.org. Also,…

tLove scanned a 2-page ad for Halo 2 from the current issue of EGM. It’s not very high-resolution, but it doesn’t need to be; it gets its point across quite nicely at any size. (We figure free advertising isn’t gonna bother ANYONE, which is why we’re okay posting scans from a current issue.) Update: Oops,…

We got a nice note from Tina Leyk this evening, letting us know about a couple of updates on her website; we’ve added the relevant art to her collections here. There’s a new wallpaper using the Fur-Lo characters; you can find it on the Fur-Lo page. There’s also a great sketch of an Elite bust…

Pballwizard points out a LAN party being organized in Kalkaska, Michigan on June 25-27. If you’re in the area, check it out!

Interesting… Ashrak has taken a shot at interpreting a pair of glyphs that appear in Two Betrayals (with a little animated gif and a description). I like it!

A year and a half ago, Frogblast showed us how to use Object Overload to grab a banshee on the Maw. He did it in Co-op mode, because OO is WAAAAY easier that way. However, last October, Mat Noguchi, Tools programmer over at Bungie, explained enough about Object Overload that the route was clear (though…

Microsoft’s Halo 2 splash site (Halo2.com) has been updated – all the new Game Informer screenshots have been added, as well as that amazing Eddie Smith artwork that showed up in the Swedish SuperPlay print article. (It can be found under ‘Screenshots’, which is sort of silly… but I guess they don’t have a ‘Wallpaper’…

Red vs Blue has put up a HUGE collection of viewer-submitted artwork; icons, wallpaper, random pics… go check it all out. Thanks to Ross Mills for the heads-up.

Holy moley. You whine in an intelligent manner, things happen. I posted a note here earlier about the new story summary at Xbox.com, and complained that it had some non-canon ideas in it. (There was a forum thread that went into more depth, as well.) I sort of wish I’d kept a copy of the…

The Weekly Halo Update is over at the 343GS forums today; Frankie says it’s short, but man, it seems more to the point (and with more luscious detail than usual) than most. Go read it, it’ll make you drool.

New Frontline with Suzie – this week, it’s called ‘A spot of bother’, and has commentary from Suzie in the middle of a rockslide megabattle. Thanks, rockslider…

There’s a new article up at Xbox.com – it’s called ‘Halo 2: Storyline’, and it summarizes the plot of Halo for folks who haven’t played it. Hardcore story fanatics will be unhappy (it’s chock-full of… um, inconsistencies), but as a short summary of where things stand, it’s fine. Thanks to Cullen, via irc, for the…

Stuntmutt takes one last shot at our poor, defenseless, maskless grunt in today’s One One Se7en. Good thing it’s the weekend coming up. That guy needs a break.

Has Fuzzy run out of ideas for Halo: Resolution? Check today’s episode and find out.

Bunch of new stuff over at Halo Babies – it IS Friday, after all. There’s a new strip, of course (pretty funny, I’d say), a bunch of new artwork, and, in an attempt to clean up their comments section, some pretty stiff rules about abuse. (Given the abuse our Fanfic comments section sees, I can…

Eep – been a few days since I remembered to update the Fan Fiction section – now there are 26 stories for you. Go read!

SEspider has fired up another contest in our forum – come up with a Wallpaper using images from Miniature Halo, win some cool action figures. Details are in the post – deadline is July 10. Get cracking!

Wow – this is some amazing cojones – selling cheats for Halo 2 on eBay. (Even better – someone paid over $30 to buy ’em.) In case it gets pulled for the fraud that it is, there’s a local, no-links copy here. Thanks to IXIGhandiIXI for the heads-up.