Year: 2004

Need something to read? Something to fire up the neurons and kick the axons in the pants? Try the Halo Story Page. Chock full of conjectural hypothesizing and loaded with really neat stuff. And it’s been updated. Today. By me, strangely enough.

The overhaul of halo2.com is complete – sort of. It’s pretty much unviewable on a mac – it works well on XP/Firefox and XP/IE (though the IE version takes over your screen; there’s no way to get to the desktop any more, without closing the window). The outbound link is also busted, though I’m sure…

It hurts to do this, but the forum is shut down for the foreseeable future. Why? Because even though our stance has been consistent, folks out there still don’t take to heart our policy on leaks, spoilers, pirating, etc.Considering it’s not a right but a privilege, instead of tearing our hair out for the next…

Forgot to post this last night – Hawaiian Pig did another RvB MegaBattle pic, but with a twist – it’s the Anti-Leak Edition. Ouch!

Kryptonic lets us know about a new piece of artwork by vegasmike over at DeviantArt. Before you go – realize that this is a sketch of a new enemy that shows up in the latest issue of EGM; some people consider its mere EXISTENCE to be a spoiler. If that’s you, don’t follow the link.…

pOgO points out an auction on eBay.co.uk for a pop art Halo 2 painting. I sort of wish the artist had chosen a pose that DIDN’T come straight from a screenshot… but it’s a nice work, anyway. (Me, I wouldn’t be selling stuff like this when Microsoft Legal’s in such a tizzy… but then, I’m…

More new comics out there today… J_Speeder talks about a new episode of E.A.R.”T.H.” (though it’s in movie form, and a mammoth 45 mb, on Freewebs, so I’m guessing it won’t be accessible within about 10 minutes of this news post), and Halo Babies has a new strip up, looking at one area Cortana MIGHT…

Today’s IGN Countdown to Halo 2 article is a diatribe about pirating – appropriate, and a pretty good read (awesome if you contrast it to the last few in this series). Go check it out. First heads-up came from Mumbly JoE, last night.

Pallor points out today’s edition of GU Comics, commenting on the Halo 2 piracy issue. Sounds about right…

Everyone and their brother has pointed out that 1) the same symbols that had appeared on the Halo 2 teaser wallpaper for the Halo2.com site relaunch have appeared on the site itself, clearly in a countdown to the changeover. And the code itself has been cracked, by hundreds (if not thousands) of people – the…

Murph McManus points out that a new MC and Cortana comic is up.

Shishka wrote a nice FAQ about the leaked copy of Halo 2, and what spreading it might mean to you, specifically, over on the B.net forums. Some of the content is Bungie.net-specific – but folks should take heed of the warnings about the banning of your Gamertag from the Halo 2 experience… Thanks, kwdono04. (You…

dwchief pointed out a new cordless XBL headset from Logitech – it looks nice, but it ain’t cheap. ($79.99, though that includes a communicator, which the $50 corded Plantronics does not. I don’t count the 2 free months on XBL, since you can get that almost anywhere.) I was amused by the actual text -…

While we’re on the subject of Fiction – there are 8 new pieces in the Fan Fiction section today. Enjoy.

rockslider points out that Frontline With Suzie is back on the airwaves with an interview with some little people.

Gah. The other thing I missed yesterday was Blackstar’s latest Calvin and Halo. Which is kind of a bummer, since it really was appropriate for yesterday. Go read.

I missed yesterday’s countdown article at IGN – but it’s almost worth missing, because it perpetuates a myth that simply isn’t worth perpetuating. It’s a story from IGN editor Hilary Goldstein about a conversation he had with Pete Parsons a year and a half ago. Pete told him that Halo was not coming out in…

Sumthing Distribution, the producer behind the Halo 2 Soundtrack, has put up a track listing for Volume One. There are some typos (Mjoiner?), but you can see what percentage is O’Donnell/Salvatori music, and what percentage is from other bands. (The Incubus piece is 4 movements!) Thanks, Cybrfrk. Update: Oops, seems like Multipilot found an article…

Wow. Some scumbag uploaded a Halo attract movie to our ftp space; we served a lot of copies before someone was kind enough to tell me about it. I’ve shut down our ftp space for the time being – I don’t have time to monitor it minute by minute, I’d rather it were offline than…

Old-schooler xzzy drops into the forum to mention a Halo CE multiplayer map he’s finished, available now (and at an old-time hard-core url, to boot ;-)). He’s also got a few screens showing it off. It looks great, so come on! Help keep HaloCE alive!