Year: 2004

Halo: Resolution has finally gotten away from the lag gag… oh, wait, no, it hasn’t.

The Stop-motion vid we mentioned yesterday has been updated quite a bit; it’s still short, but now it’s a complete fight. (Still only 640K.) Very nice work! (Read about the new version, or comment on it, in this thread.)

DocOctavious created a pretty nice stop-motion film, MC against a covenant. (A MUCH smaller – but equivalent quality – version can be found in this post.) It’s really nice to see the Action figures being used so much!

A few days ago, SEspider popped on to our forum to mention a comic he’s been creating for a couple of months now, using Halo action figures. I thought they were great, but I was afraid of posting the link on the front page; they were being hosted on a Geocities site. I wrote to…

Recently, we mentioned an Xbox Halo mod that gave players big heads… nukedude points out that he’s modified it for every map for Halo PC. Now everyone can join in! Update: Oops, MT pointed out that he, also, posted a ppf for Bighead in the original Halomods thread. You have multiple ways of getting this…

I’m pretty amused by the fact that we had two entries for the Plinth of Art contest submitted under the wire this evening… and both are Jackson Pollock jokes. I’m gonna have to find out if the guy was perpetually late or something. In any case, the contest is now closed. Over the next few…

Woohoo! Bungie’s Annual Winter Pentathlon is coming around this Friday… they’re looking for predictions. Games on the agenda this year are Halo 2, Mario Kart Double Dash, Top Spin, Eye Toy, and Pictionary. The teams, as they have been for a few years, are The Grizzled Ancients, Old School, Middle School, and Newbies. Swing on…

MeatSaw is holding an interesting contest; design a T-Shirt, and if you win, he’ll print it on a high-quality shirt, and mail it to you. Details are in this thread on the Gearbox forum. You must be registered there by tomorrow to enter, and entries must be in by February 17, 2004. There’s no word…

Speaking of One One Se7en – just a reminder that The Plinth Of Art closes today; any submissions not in our mailbox by 11:59 pm (UTC) will not be considered. That means you have… um… ::carry the 1…:: about 11 hours and 45 minutes to get that strip in!

Today’s Guest One One Se7en, from Lt. Devon, looks at what is NOT a primary strength of one of the Halo characters…

Seventeen pieces for you today in Fan Fiction: The Final Meeting – Part 1, by Bluestone Something of a poem, by Inept Zombie A Series of Wierd Events – Sequel, Part Five, by Hunter_Killer A Series of Wierd Events – Sequel, Part Six, by Hunter_Killer A Marine Named Peters: The Finale, Part One, by GLADIATRRR3000…

Episode 0 of Freedom Isn’t Free is released over at Clan [WSD], to celebrate their one year anniversary. Unfortunately, it’s in a format that isn’t viewable on a Mac. (It’s also not readable by TMPGEnc, so I can’t CONVERT it to something viewable on a Mac.) If you’ve got a PC, though, WMP can view…

BIG HEADS! I love ’em. See ’em in this forum thread at halomods.com, and download ’em from there, as well. Xbox only, I guess… Thanks to Mr-T for pointing this out (and making it, for that matter).

Hehe – Bachus pointed out that the latest d+pad (a web comic) has a Halo 2 theme to it. Got a chuckle out of me…

MarkHawk dropped by to let folks know that The new Halo: Ice Fields trailer has been released (visit the Movies section). It’s 43 seconds, 11.2 mb in DivX-encoded AVI. It’s a tad different from your average Halo movie… there’s a lot of non-Halo footage. Like… the whole thing. There’s no release date on the movie…

X Tournaments is running a 3 vs 3 Halo Tournament in New York, on January 24 (that’s next Saturday) – with $1500 in prizes. Tournament fee is $90/team, but you can lock in your slot for $10/player. Check out the site for more details.

And so it starts. Frankie has posted the very first Halo 2 Weekly Update on our forum – it’s a little light on content, but it’s HEAVY on attitude, and the artwork has to be seen to be believed. That man is a future Van Gogh. (Well, maybe just the ear part. Or the insanity…

Bluestone posted a bunch of info about 343GS.com on our forum; most of it is ‘this is coming in the future’, but for right now, there ‘s a new screensaver for download on their site. Go visit and see. (And read the forum post for the rest.)

Red vs Blue Episode 21 has been posted for sponsors – you know how sometimes sequels (or second albums, or second seasons) don’t quite live up to the promise of the debut version? Yeah, well, these guys have nothing to worry about in that department. This is hilarious. If you’re not a sponsor, you’ll have…

Devin Olsen put up a couple of movies he made while playing on The Library last night. One is just a Sidewinder Sneak used to get the nuke without going through the maze… the other one is pretty cool. He managed to confuse the engine to the point where it thought he was flying two…