Year: 2005

Mjolnir14 points out a thread on the FileFront forums about a project starting up to create a Halo mod for Star Wars Battlefront. If this is your cup of tea, go see if you can help!

The Codex Episode 9 – ‘Remembrance’ – has been released. QuickTime only right now, but other formats are on the way. Emotional. (Great filming, as usual.) Thanks, StickyHelljumper.

Wow – a comic that’s been dormant for months, Adventures in Disaster, has put up episode 17… poor MC. Thanks, Boxer.

So you thought that the one thing that older gamers had over younger ones was maturity? You thought wrong. Seems that the Geezer Gamers clan, the first Halo 2 clan devoted to gamers who worry more about their kids than they do about their allowance, has been letting in much younger members, which has offended…

Ross Mills points out a Halo 3 reference in today’s Penny Arcade. Let’s see Bungie try and wiggle out of THIS one!

Another product of the Movie Peer Review Rating System – Nighthawk 117’s Soldiers in the Sky is a tribute to the ODSTs. A great example of HUDless filming (if you have Action Replay, you might want to check this thread out at High Impact Halo – thanks, Dry Ice), it ties solo gameplay pretty nicely…

More MLG news – MLG San Diego has been cancelled (they couldn’t find a venue), MLG Seattle moves to September, plus info on MLG St. Louis, MLG Philadelphia (Halo Nationals 2), MLG Vegas, and more. Go read!

El B has finished creating hi-quality vector versions of Bungie’s game medals for use in the stats program Query Spree (and other places, I’d imagine, now that they’re done) – pretty stuff!

synide asked that I remind people that the deadline for MLG’s Online League registration is today – but he asked me to post it yesterday. I forgot. If you’re intending to play in either the amateur or pro leagues, and your team isn’t signed up yet… do it now, or you’re not gonna be playing.

Today’s One One Se7en shows you the perils of the upcoming DLC… be careful out there.

ST started a Halo-related blog – this one devoted to his Halo 2 stats. His post ‘A look at H2 through the eyes of the mediocre player’ is a rambling look at what it takes to find a ‘fun’ game.

There’s a fascinating article over at PC Magazine; a father, not really a video game player, discusses the ESRB rating system, and where it might be falling short. (One of his conclusions: “I’m sorry, but Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas should not have the same letter rating as Halo 2.”) Mostly, I saw exactly where…

We mentioned the Mystery Gamer (and some Halo playing online) back in January – according to XBOX365, the games have begun again. If you happen to find yourself in a game with someone with the gamertag XboxLive, finish the game – if you win, you get an official XBL shirt. There’s a list of the…

Overswarm has updated his Not So Common Sense guide here at HBO with a slew of pages detailing strategies and techniques for the Matchmaking gametypes on XBL. Go visit the section, and see how you can improve your game! (As always, it’s a work-in-progress; pages that aren’t linked simply don’t exist yet.)

Quick note, just so folks don’t get antsy… Mike Miller’s release of Uprising for his Legendary Walkthrough won’t be coming out today – he wanted a bit more time to go over a few parts. We’ll be releasing it next Tuesday, instead. Sorry for the delay!

A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned Out of Reach Productions, an Australian company that makes displays to house your Halo toys. Their prices are now reduced – the two existing structures are A$120, or US$94 plus shipping. In addition, there are two other designs they’re almost done with – and they’re working with SEspider…

Video Gamers League started a program where gamers can vote on which games they’ll have running at their tournaments; visit their page for more details. (As far as I can tell, this is in addition to Halo, and you’re not limited at all in what you vote for.)

MuchMusic, Canada’s equivalent of MTV, is hosting their 2005 Viewers’ Poll… and if you scroll down far enough, you’ll find ‘Most Addictive Video Game’, bracketed in between ‘Best Animal in a Movie’ and ‘Most Drool-Worthy Female’. Halo 2 is up against Katamari Damacy, Half-Life 2, GTA: SA, and NFL Street 2. Thanks, KainsWrath.

Yesterday, we mentioned a series of machinima vids aimed at promoting a Christian weekend retreat, as well as basic human kindness. Our link (and other links around the Halo community) caused a pretty large spike in their bandwidth consumption – to ameliorate the problem, we’re mirroring the files for them. All vids are 320×240, QuickTime…

Wow. Yesterday afternoon, Mast3r posted a pair of gorgeous HUDless shots (one shot, two sizes) – today, prometheus unveiled his own versions of the same view (started several days ago, and covering much more territory). Great minds think alike. They’re ALL beautiful! Check out both links.