Month: April 2005

The last of the guests have left, the last of the empty cans and bottles have been bagged. Another HBO HQ lan has come and gone – and I am TIRED. I’m sure there will be writeups, with pics, posted to our forum soon (if they’re not there already – I haven’t had a chance…

Ragnarocker found a new trick – getting out of Hang ’em High. It’s not very long – under 10 seconds – but it’s available in both MASSIVE 1280×1024 format (2.1 mb) and a more reasonable 640×512 (1.1 mb). Good times!

A couple of white boys put together a Halo rap – I went in with preconceptions, prepared to mock… but was suitably amused by the time it ended. Really nicely done. MP3, 3.6 mb, lyrics included. (If the site’s bandwidth doesn’t hold out, we’re happy to mirror this whole page.) MPAA warning – explicit lyrics.…

blackouTT and others from clan Tricking IT have begun work on Legendary, a new machinima – 4 Spartans against the universe. Halomachinima.com is hosting a WMP9 and a DivX version of the trailer (a bit over 20 mb, for either version) – production quality is somewhat inconsistent, but hopefully that will be cleared up before…

I hesitate to even post this link, given that it’s no longer April 1, and people have shown that no matter WHAT gets put on the internet, SOMEONE will believe it… but it was pretty funny, so I’m posting it. Yesterday, as its final April Fool’s joke of the year, Bungie put up a great…

W00t! It’s back, baby!

The Waltonian, the newspaper for Eastern University (St. Davids, PA), has an article about Halo 2’s effect on grade inflation (hint – it ain’t positive). The things kids are wasting their time on…

Wow. Bungie has decided to help out the egg hunt – apparently, a number of fun Announcer snippets have been hidden in Halo 2 multiplay so well that nobody’s found them. An interview with Max Hoberman about the philosophy of egglaying is followed by these snippets, coupled with their triggers in-game… go listen… then try…

Kevin Ryan has decided to give up on After War – too much time out of his schedule. The good news – he’s switching to Timesplitters 3, a game worked on by Subnova’s own Madmax. Go try that out!

Yahoo! Games Domain has an article about upcoming spinoff titles – Master Chief Football, due out at Christmas, followed by Master Chief Golf and Master Chief Wimbleton 2006 next year. They also mentioned Master Chief Party. Thanks, Uukla the Mok.

Interesting – rapture found some cool screenshots (and corresponding concept artwork) – upcoming levels? (Damnation-style…) Thanks, Narcogen.

Major League Gaming has decided to return to its roots – it’s swapping Halo for Halo 2 in its 2005 tournaments. The reasoning is clearly laid out in this news post on MLGPro.com. For all the pro gamers angry about the loss of skill in gameplay – problem solved.

Rampancy.net has posted the first chapter of its High Ping Bastard’s Guide to Halo 2 – it covers Weapons and Encounter Times. If you’re on a high-ping connection (say, you’re European but like playing Americans, or vice versa), this is worth a read. (The news ain’t good, though… basically, you’re up a creek, no matter…

We’ve received a lot of mail about the situation involving Monday’s One One Se7en – I’m sorry to say that Stuntmutt has decided not to create any more strips. He has, however, given me permission to take over at strip-making; with over 300 strips in the archive to cut and paste from, my lack of…

Not exactly Halo news… but it’s near and dear to the hearts of many of our readers. Looks like there WILL be a Bungie-built movie… but it’s not Halo. Trading on Halo’s buzz factor, Bungie’s convinced new studio BraneDamage to create ‘Pimps at Sea: Avast Me Bitches’, and shooting will begin in August. (There’ll be…

Phoenix_9286 posted Page 9 of his Last Stand comic last night – you can find links to all previous comics on this page, now.

Followup on yesterday’s Expansion Pack artwork tidbit – Marc from Halo Universe got word from the press agency that the artwork ISN’T final. (So yes, Tom, in this case ‘FPO’ DOES mean ‘For Placeholding Only’.) Bottom line – we still don’t know what the box will look like. (That WAS a nice pic, though…)

HBO Clan news – lots of it, it seems. c0ld vengeance has decided that he doesn’t have what it takes to be clan overlord for the HBO Helljumpers, and has stepped down, turning over the reins of power to BOLL. (The Helljumpers website has been hacked by the same folks who took over the forum…

Query Spree, a pretty slick stat-tracking program for Halo 2 XBL stats, has opened their flash stat signature to a ‘public beta’. Visit this page, follow the instructions. It’s very nice-looking – and Query Spree 1.1.3 will have even more stats to report. For new features in the flash signature, send email to El Bastard.

For all those who think that the love of a game like Halo can never lead to financial success (unless you’re a part of Microsoft)… take heart. Halo Babies has been contracted by Proctor and Gamble; the “buttsock marine” has become the logo of the newest line of Pampers. Check out all the details!