Year: 2005

Reinsoft posted another Halo rap (definitely needs the MPAA Explicit Lyrics rating) on our forum last night – 3.4 mb in downloadable form, or you can stream it from his website. Check it out.

Red vs Blue episode 63 is up now for sponsors – it’ll be up for everyone late Wednesday night. (As Burnie says, it’s either a few days late, or a week and a half early, depending on how you view RvB’s ‘time warp’ database accident of last week.) Tucker gets in a bit of trouble…

We’ve added yet another Gallery Page – this time for a newcomer to the Halo art scene by the name of Theo Prins. His first piece made it into our last Misc Art update… but since then, he’s been sending quite a bit, and I’m really taken with it. I decided there were enough featured…

Over at Bungie.net, Frankie pointed out a post by Lorraine ‘Mehve’ McLees, detailing the work behind the Halo Movie Companion, the work put together to help the movie studio understand the Halo universe a bit better. Great read!

That Weasel has posted a second segment for the Rockets on Prisoner 2005 awards – ‘Best Music Video’ nominees… and the winner. Available in 6 flavors (two sizes of 3 separate formats). Go grab the one that works best for you!

There were rumors floating around that Peter Jackson might be directing the upcoming Halo movie – today, Bungie’s posted an article that might just floor you. Jackson is on board – as Executive Producer. That means WETA, the special effects house behind the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Jackson’s upcoming King Kong, will ALSO…

JW points out a story on Joystiq which discusses a purported leak of the Halo 3 script on a website known as Riches Will Rust. The poster is brand new to that forum, with no personal info shown… and the script itself shows itself to be… well, below Bungie writing standards is a nice way…

I’m lovin’ it. Last night, Elnea recorded ‘Blow Boys Away’, a parody of Breaking Benjamin’s ‘Blow Me Away’ in which she stands tall for the fairer sex. It’s hilarious. It’s available in MP3, Real, or WMA formats from her RvB Journal – but if you’re not a member (and don’t feel like becoming one), you’re…

XerxdeeJ stopped by to say he’d posted another couple of entries in his Tied the Leader blog – there’s a great rant about ‘skill’, and what it means in a game of Halo 2, and a plea for advice on how to improve the XBL connection in his new digs. Go read!

The Daily Toreador, a newspaper in Lubbock, Texas, has an article about a Halo 2 tournament held in a local church. It’s a nice general-interest piece, with opinions (that will reach the general, non-game-playing public) about the upcoming consoles, and Halo’s place in online gaming.

Dennis Powers wrote to point out a milestone over at the Halo CE Chronicles – over 50,000 downloads of the series (and counting). Nice! If you haven’t seen it, and don’t feel like downloading each episode of Season 1 individually, he’s re-released the season in two chunks; episodes 1-5 in one file, and episodes 6-9…

Dan Chosich and Loren Judah, both longtime contributors to the Halo community, have put together Sentient Arts, a website devoted to giving artists a place to display their work. It’s not Halo-specific (though I’m sure they’d accept Halo-related material) – but it’s pretty slick-looking, and it’s definitely a resource that many in this community could…

Okay, so the DOA4 rumor we mentioned recently is true – it’s the new top story at Bungie.net. I’m a little disturbed by the jiggly bits in the image in that story… but then, Frankie’s never been totally couth. There’s still plenty under wraps, but the bottom line is, SOMETHING from the Halo universe will…

Today’s One One Se7en looks once again at Stuntmutt’s favorite weapon… and its effects.

Must have been a little while since the last update – there are 17 new pieces in the Fan Fiction section today. Go read!

Game Informer has posted an article that claims that a character from Halo will be appearing in the upcoming Dead or Alive 4, and that it won’t be the Master Chief (or a Warthog). At this point, this is in the Wild Rumors category, but if more info surfaces, we’ll let you know. Looks like…

The Multiplayer Map Pack is STILL being reviewed – Gaming Excellence posted a thumbs-up yesterday, giving the release a 9.1 out of 10. The extras got mentioned, but didn’t seem to contribute to their scoring of the product at all. (This makes me sad, because things like the interview with the dev team are pretty…

PodTactacular Episode 11 has been released – this one’s 30 mb, an hour and a half long, with tips on Backwash and the Battle Rifle (among other subjects). Go listen! Thanks, Spelchek.

Chris ‘CPU64’ Bryan dropped off a new render using new technique (final gathering, which calculates global illumination from rays cast from the object’s pixels rather than from a light source) – the end result is pretty slick!

There are a number of direct download mirrors popping up for the Metal Gear Solid movie we released yesterday (though with reported download speeds in excess of 1 mbps, you might be better off with the BitTorrent links for now) – That Weasel has put up mirrors of both versions, and Roland dropped off a…