Year: 2005

A couple of days ago, Atsumi posted a link to a LiveJournal entry with some comparison shots of Halo playing on an Xbox and a 360. Even though the Xbox shots were taken through an S-Video connection and the 360 shots were taken through standard composite video cables, you can see the improvements in color,…

Rico’s House of Halo has been a part of the Halo scene for a long time – we first mentioned them almost 4 years ago, when the Battle of the Bay went off. (The original Rocket Dance video, much copied, came from that fest.) In today’s Napa Valley Register, they’re in the news again -…

Ed Chipman points out an article at Xbox365 that might just save your sanity, if you’ve got an Xbox360 and you’re having trouble playing Halo 2 online. Apparently, the ability to play Xbox games on live on a 360 is NOT the default setup, and the toggle isn’t the easiest thing to find.

Z writes to point out Titan VIII’s Montage 4 (there was a preview back in September, but this is the finished product). Production value is quite high; great syncing between music and action, and some really nice editing work. The cuts are a bit too fast for my taste (it’s really hard to actually APPRECIATE…

3Suns has been scouring the MLGPro.com website for content – and has found a bunch of articles that haven’t been mentioned here, and, in fact, are very difficult to navigate to through MLG’s site… so you may have missed them. The current Player of the Week is Karma – but past spotlights have focused on…

Mintz writes to point out a bunch of new content at Halo: Portable – articles from MLGPro.com, Bungie.net, Gamertag Radio, and even Mintz’s own story of getting an Xbox360 (originally posted on our forum). You’ll also find a nice pack of Edgen’s Halo MP3s, for when you’d rather use your ears than your eyes. Go…

UNSCDF points out some Halo Trading Cards being created by Zertuche and friends – you can find them on the original site (it’s Freewebs, so it’s likely going to be down after this announcement) or on UNSCDF’s site.

GotFrag has put up a story about MLG Atlanta, otherwise known as Halo50k4, which kicked off last night – an interesting question; if Team3D, which steamrolled over the competition in Singapore at the World Cyber Games, doesn’t win here this weekend, what will it say about international competitors… and about competitions in general? Go read.

There’s a new Halo Babies strip up at Halobabies.net – a look at one of the real hazards of Thanksgiving. While you’re there, check out the Halo Babies store – HB gear and goodies. (That framed print ROCKS.)

Bungie recently agreed not to remove the Big Team Battle playlist, even though it’s the least-played playlist up. Stuntmutt puts his own twist on the situation in today’s One One Se7en.

Eight new stories in the Fan Fiction section today – go read!

The JumpTactics guys have affiliated with Halo2forum.com for hosting – you can grab their latest piece from there now (WMP9 format, 91 mb). JumpTactics Mix 1 contains the work of a large number of jumpers, familiar names, and not so familiar. Some of the jumps are simply astounding – all the way across Lockout, or…

This seems to be a movie day – I guess you should settle in for some real watching. Next up is a movie that was announced at High Impact Halo a week ago; some folks loved it, some didn’t. ‘Rise of the Elites Episode 2’ was submitted to the MPRRS, and failed – by the…

AnubisUK sends word that The Squadron, Episode 11 has been posted on their website. Because of bandwidth issues, they’re looking for a new home – and for that reason aren’t interested in hosting QuickTime versions until after the move, it seems, so you can grab the QT from us (27.8 mb). (WMP9 is available from…

Yesterday, while I was stuffing myself past all rationality, Ducain sent me a link to this newspost at High Impact Halo – SneakyPete has recreated a classic Halo trick… with s7yle. 3 Warthogs, a Banshee, and the Master Chief on top of the lightbridge tower… in single player. To keep you from having to deal…

Yesterday’s User Friendly webcomic was vaguely Halo-related – if you don’t read the strip, go back a few for this to make more sense. Thanks, SteelGaribaldi.

This submission (47K) blew me away – this plasma sword letter opener was made by Paul S., by hand. His words:Made by hand from 2mm anodised aluminium, about 150mm long and partly polished for a two-tone look. The handle design was modified for two-finger use (held between finger & thumb) and the inner edges of…

Remember when I said that yesterday, I cleaned out the uploads folder after a two-month neglect period? I wanted to remind people what NOT to use that folder for. There were 267 items in there when I started downloading. There were the few dozen misc art pieces I posted yesterday, plus another dozen or so…

Another Halo tourney to be played out on a movie screen is happening in Ohio this Saturday – XKade will host a Halo 2 tourney at the Tiffin Mall in Tiffin, OH. $50 per person, prizes to be announced. More info is in the link.

Happy Thanksgiving! We may have some trouble here – we normally cook our turkey outside, on the grill, and it’s… um, rather white right now – but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it. In the meantime, there’s a bit of Halo news. MLGPro.com has posted a primer for Halo50k4, their huge Atlanta…