Year: 2004

Nesnora, over at the (newly remodeled and super-cool) Red vs Blue site, has posted another of her realistic renderings of Halo locales; this one is called ‘Shiela was Here’, and is an amazing view of Sidewinder. Prints should be available sometime in November. (You will not be able to follow that link until you sign…

MiD33 has posted a beta of his ‘Pimp up Halo’ game over at Newgrounds; at this point, the most fleshed-out module is the warthog, thanks to the artwork of Ian McConville (used with permission), but there’s also some basic changes you can make to a scorpion tank and a Marine. Flash-based, it lets you change…

daedalus was the first to let us know about the Wired Magazine article going online – text AND pictures. We’ll still be providing press scans for the dead tree version once the November issue is on newsstand shelves… but you can read it now over at Wired.com. Once again – there is absolutely nothing in…

Verdafolio pointed out that Demented Puppy is hosting an older multiplay vid that Clan Alphabase made, called Instability. 11.2 mb, WMP9 format. (Registration required for download.)

Today’s Ctrl+Alt+Del is Halo-related… and shows why it’s important to have roommates you can trust. Thanks, russellfamily.

Big-O found a pretty funny error on the CompUSA Halo 2 page; somehow the date and the price got melded, so Halo 2 costs $1,109.04. Ouch! (If it gets fixed, look farther down in the thread; Brian Towne snagged a screenshot for posterity. It’s still that way now, though, 2 days later…)

ËœfmËœ and °MDS are organizing a Halo 1v1 Sniper Tournament, played on Halo PC and Halo CE. If you want to participate, you have to register on the °MDS forum. Be aware that this is a German clan. You’ll find more information in this section of their forum.

On Saturday night, Wolfy sent word that the Rockets on Prisoner nominees (culled from user voting) have been posted – look them over, pick your favorites, and go vote! There’s a small thread on our forum with comments, if you’d like to add your own.

Ryan ‘Mhaddy’ Matthews of the Junkyard points out that part VI of the “As Real As a ‘Survivor’ Elimination” series is up. A Marine Corps pilot looks at the military realism of the events in 343 Guilty Spark, and talks about what he would have done had these events actually happened to him (as opposed…

Tycho/Howard found a pretty funny Flash animation over at Newgrounds; someone else who’s angling to win a Plantronics Halo 2 Headset from HaloTV. A for effort, A for humor… I’d give it to him.

ghaash points out that the 7-Eleven/Mountain Dew Halo 2 Slurpee Cup website is now online – with chances to win Halo 2 before you can buy it. They’re giving away lots of copies of the Limiited Edition version of Halo, plus a couple of trips and a bunch of T-shirts. Eligibility is limited to the…

wopkins has posted a new movie showing MC doing the Can Can. It’s hilarious. 1.7 mb in WMP9 format, 1.3 mb in QT format.

More Crisp Death pics – clarksbrother put up all the pics he took (137 of them), and Konrad posted a bunch, with comments. KP wrote up his experience (an astounding amount od driving for the cause), including a scan of the original Mister Chief Blueprint, a one-of-a-kind piece showing where Frankie started, and Dan Chosich…

Stuntmutt sent in a special Sunday strip for One One Se7en – it addresses one of the biggest points of contention on our forum right now. Warning – it’s 200K large. Speaking of Stuntmutt, it seems he’s been cheating on us; or at least, he’s producing content for other sources, and not telling us. Bad…

Well, I don’t know for sure, but when I left last night around 3AM, the festivities were winding down. We all had a blast and if you check out the forum, you’ll see that some photos are starting to show up. Special thanks to all of you that spent greenbacks to fly in. Especially CYBRFRK…

Okay, it’s time to start waking up the slugabeds lying all over my house; we’ve got furniture to move, and Xboxes to wire together, and Halo multiplayer to… well, play. Crisp Death kicks off in a couple of hours, and that means no more news posts for a little bit. Enjoy your Saturday!

EvilBurger pointed out that a new Subzero Rivalries is up; definitely has a Caboose-like feel to it. He’s experimenting with a new coloring style – and I’d say it works really well. Check it out!

Tina Leyk seems to have caught the baby bug; her second new piece in a row is a Halo Babies tidbit. I must say… it’s gorgeous. Check out her Fan Art page for ‘Baby MC vs Baby Elite’ – I’ve really got to get me one of those carbine water rifles!

Marty O’Donnell talked to the Music 4 Games crew about the audio in Halo 2, from what went in to what didn’t, how the outside contributors were used, what’s still to come, and more. It’s a great read – swing on by!

Okay, I doubt the overlap between HBO visitors and NPR listeners is really big, so you’re gonna have to bear with me here. National Public Radio in the US has a program called ‘Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me’ – it’s a news quiz. If you call in, and take the quiz, and win, your prize…