Year: 2004

Gamespy has put up part two of its Reader Feedback Followup article – I think the big news for some players is (finally) an official announcement from Frankie about the pistol:[The Pistol] will be back. It has been changed to suit dual-wielding and no longer has a scope.(It’s been mentioned, obliquely, a few times… but…

Ross Mills points out that if you’re planning on going to the Gamestars Live event in London next week, and you’re booking your tickets by phone, you can get 2 for 1 tickets by quoting ‘It’s London’ to the booking agent. Weird, but a good deal.

Pico has put up a teaser for Lethal Rage 4, the next in his series of machinima battle vids. About 2 mb, in either WMP9 or QuickTime formats. (Mostly hype, but there’s enough rapid-action video to make you want this out…)

Halo Babies has put up a new strip today… poor Misterchief. Also, they’ve announced the winners of their Avatar contest – you can download the winning entries now.

Dang. When he comes out of hibernation, he comes OUT OF HIBERNATION. Finn has proffered up a massive Halo Story Page update… Rowley to Stallone to Moorcock (not quite the same lyrical quality as ‘Tinkers to Evers to Chance’, but then this double play is actually a 7-bagger). Go read.

OMG. The Webmaster’s back. With reader art. And photos. And drool. (Okay, maybe not drool.) Go read.

Very cool. GruntKilla pointed out the original artwork for the cover of Toyfare Magazine #86. A little investigation turned up the website of Greg Horn, the artist. (Click on the MC head in the ‘Other Projects This Month’ section at the top for his own copy of the art.) It’s the only Halo-related artwork I…

Remember back when Calvin was worried about what was under his bed? Today’s Calvin and Halo ramps up the fear factor.

Thirteen new pieces in the Fan Fiction section today – including a couple of poems and a pledge. See what you can find!

Radid Gnome interviewed a friend of his, an MLG staffer who played Halo 2 at the Downpour event, about the game. He’s posted the interview on his website. (The site is framed, so look for the ‘New Halo 2 Article’ in the news.)

Whoa. The band Regurgitator, out of Australia, is performing a 3-week ‘Band in a Bubble’ experiment, where they attempt to record an entire album in social isolation (though with millions watching). For entertainment? They’ll be playing Halo 2, apparently. Details can be found in this Xbox.com article. The whole shebang kicks off in 5 days.…

Gamespy has posted a Halo 2 Reader Feedback Followup article; questions readers have asked, answered by Gamespy staffers. There’ll be another part tomorrow. Thanks to LaMuerte for the heads-up.

Sevenar posted a short ad for a pretty entertaining event… in movie format. Details on what you’re watching (as well as filesize) are in the forum post. If there’s demand, I’ll rip a QT version of this, too.

[-TLG-]Madrox continues his ‘live stuff in the pit’ series by bringing a stack of live Marines to the bottom of the chasm in the underground area of AotCR. Amazing! Hosting provided by Mythica, via High Impact Halo. I’ll try and get a QuickTime version posted later today – look for an update to this newspost.

The London (Ontario) Free Press posted a news piece on X04 Canada, held recently in Toronto. Halo 2, of course, got a chunk of the text. Go read.

We got word of a couple of contests recently; Blade writes about a Halo 2 Cover Design contest, where winning entries get Gmail invites and some Halo 2 material. And Ryan Kiskis, Director of Xfire Business Development, writes to let us know about a Skins contest; design a skin for Xfire (an instant messenger for…

Narcogen pointed out that Rampancy.net, as well, has set up a special forum just for discussion of I Love Bees-related materials. Folks on our own forum cannot seem to get their heads around the fact that bee discussion will be deleted here – whether it’s Halo-related or not – but hopefully, as time goes on,…

Yaksha posted a video today showcasing a couple of Halo PC mods… and a pretty drawn-out punchline. 2:09 long, 10.2 mb, WMP9 format. Hosted by redvsblue.net. Check it out!

Boxer points out that the next episode of Adventures in Disaster is posted at akba.info. Man… I would HOPE they have this cleared up by then…

The Junkyard’s analysis of Halo levels by an experienced Marine pilot continues, his time with a look at Truth and Reconciliation. I was amused at the discussion about entering the grav lift area (“Going through the maze inside the plateau is a bad idea, especially if it’s guarded. Going on top of the plateau would…