Year: 2004

Ack! Yesterday, we got word from Andrew, of Fire Team Charlie, that FTC 15 had been released for members. Somehow, I totally spaced on it after replying to him. If you’re a member, go grab it now (80 mb, DivX-encoded AVI, with a QuickTime coming some time today or tonight). If you’re not… it should…

One One Se7en takes a look at the upgraded Cortana graphics. (No, not those bits, you sicko.)

NiceMissMayonnaise found an older Halo-based series at w00tness, the comic we mentioned yesterday. It starts on January 6 and runs for about a month and a half. (While we’re at it, the next panel of the CURRENT series is up.)

bourwa writes to say that Media Play (a chain of stores) is hosting some Halo 2 tournaments next weekend (Saturday the 13th). There doesn’t seem to be any info online, but if you live near a Media Play, it might be worth a call! (He’s a supervisor in a Michigan store, and they’re hosting one.)

The latest IGN Countdown 2 article tells you to go read a book while you wait. They even suggest one. Three, actually. Looks like Jason Ware beat Google this time around with the heads-up.

Eep, almost missed this – Dolbex pointed out an article at MLGPro.com mentioning that MLG has joined with ESPN in sponsoring the Cold Pizza contest tomorrow, in which 50 lucky winners will be playing Halo 2 live (on TV) in Times Square. Good luck, folks!

Matt Geuther, latex-mask-maker extrordinaire, was so impressed by the 2000+ hits he got to his already closed eBay auction (noted here the other day), that he went and set up auctions for another green helmet, a red one, and a blue one. Halloween may be a whole year away, but now’s the perfect time to…

Just a few minutes ago, during Jon Stewart’s LIVE Daily Show covering the USA Election Day shenanigans, when Jon turned to Rob Cordry to discuss some large projection screen graphics, Rob was actually playing HALO. And not as some anonymous ‘console shoot-em-up game’ but as the ACTUAL game of Halo. Jon surprises Rob and asks…

For day 3 of their weeklong Halo 2 coverage, Gamespy managed to wrangle an interview with Bungie’s Cinematic Director, Joe Staten. Lots of great, non-spoiler stuff in there. Go read! Thanks to John at Gamespy for the info.

Wow. If you live in the Seattle area, read this NOW. Major Nelson, the Xbox Marketing guy, has a free ticket (one ticket) for someone to play Halo all day Thursday. Winner to be picked at random tomorrow night (Wednesday, 3 November) from the folks who send in entries. Make sure you follow all the…

Someone sent in a note about a webcomic called w00tness – apparently, a Halo-based storyline is just starting. Nice artwork – keep your eyes open for the next pieces!

Hmm… looking over the two dozen news posts that went up recently, I realized that I’d managed to neglect yesterday’s Countdown to Halo 2 article from IGN. It was called ‘Five Other First-Person Shooters to Play While You Wait’ – and, well, yeah, that’s what it was. (Yes, Halo was number 1.)

TeamXbox is getting into the ‘what do do while you’re waiting’ game with an article entitled ‘Halo 2 Survival Guide’. You probably don’t have the time (or money) to complete EVERYTHING on the list at this late date… but hey, you might get some ideas. Credit to John Rivas for the heads-up.

Mat Noguchi answered a LOT of questions recently – some of his answers are even useful. (Most of them are entertaining, so it’s worth a read regardless.) Lots and lots of people sent in word about this, but Frankie beat you all. (Which, I suppose, is reasonable, given that he wrote it…)

Cary Trussler reminded us that in all the hoopla and hype in the buildup for Halo 2, we’ve forgotten to continue our piecewise release of the ‘Heart is a Lonely Hunter’ movie – Part 4 is now available at mythica.org and files.bungie.org. 38.7 mb, 5:35 long, QuickTime format. Search our news for more information about…

WRATHofGOD found a digital magazine called ‘Power Up’ at Xbox.com – it weighs in at a hefty 40 mb, but contains tons of info about Xbox Live, and some of the games you can play there. One of those (predictably) is Halo 2. Nice find!

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.)