Year: 2005

Duke87 writes to point out some really slick maps over at MatchBox360 – they’re Flash-based, and can be used to plot strategies, learn placement for weapons or important features, and more. The more you play with ’em, the more goodies you’ll find. (There are a few maps missing – because they don’t have any way…

Dennis Powers writes to point out that Episode 18 of the Halo CE Chronicles, ‘Sharing’, is now available for download. It’s available in WMP9 (30.7 mb), QuickTime (27.7 mb), or streaming Flash (11.2 mb) from the Season 2 Downloads page. A plot summary can be found here – and Dennis wanted to make sure that…

Random 15-Year-Old is back with more Red vs Blue PSP-formatted episodes – if you visit this link on FileFront, you’ll find download links for all episodes he’s converted to date (right now, that’s 45-59, but more are coming). Watch RvB from the comfort of your PSP!

Two new montages on Halo2Forum.com – both contain some pretty impressive gameplay. Both are WMP9 format. You can grab DaY’s Montage from this thread (a hefty 148 mb), and OlManMakowski’s Montage 2 from this one (48 mb). Lots and lots of double/triple kills, some Killtaculars, and a couple of longer strings. Go watch!

A long weekend is now over – here’s hoping you enjoyed it (if you’re in the US, or celebrate US holidays), or that you waited patiently for Halo news (if yesterday was a normal work/schoolday for you)… back to the grindstone. On Sunday, [HC]D-Man posted a note about a new Halo 2 podcast – this…

Ever meet one of those guys who won’t stop talking about themselves? Stuntmutt has – check today’s One One Se7en.

Sixteen new pieces of Fan Fiction for you on this beautiful Labor Day – if you live in the US, enjoy the holiday! If you don’t… Wish us the best!

Jillybean manages to get in multiple shots at Cortana (and one at me) in her latest Halo Story Page update. Cheeky…

Red vs Blue Episode 59, ‘Hunting Time’, is now up for sponsors – 33-39 mb, depending on format. I gotta say… I’m LOVIN’ Andy. Reds and Blues are separated again – and stuff is going on for both groups. Isn’t this better than just fighting each other in a dead-end canyon? While you’re over there,…

Over at Halo2Forum.com, there’s a new montage posted by YouKonwItUh – WMP9 format, 103 mb. Very heavy on the video effects.

In an attempt to give you some of the flavor of the LANfest held at Miguel Chavez’s house last weekend, Stuntmutt has created a special Sunday One One Se7en.

DHalo made a tutorial to help with basic cutscene making with scripts, using Halo Custom Edition – you can find a download link in this Gearbox forum thread. (The video is encoded using a Mac-incompatible codec; you’ll need a PC to watch this. On the other hand, you’ll need a PC to use HaloCE, so…

Apparently, someone’s making a Halo movie… using Legos. You can find details (including pictures and a teaser poster) in this thread on Brickfilms.com – a trailer is coming soon. Thanks, Steve Davies.

Random 15-Year-Old has posted a PSP-compatible version of Episode 58 of Red vs Blue over on FileFront – if you’d like to watch this on your handheld, grab a copy! (16.5 mb)

A radio station in the Phoenix AZ area is hosting a Halo 2 tournament on September 17 – first place is $1000 in cash and prizes. Unfortunately, A note is up on the page stating that all contestants have been selected already – but who knows, maybe there’ll be cancellations. Thanks, Cybrfrk.

ÜberChief points out that the newest issue of Resolute is up – if only the MC was that damage-resistant in the game we play!

ChairLeg Productions continues with their Nephrons series; ‘Nephrons – Minus Four’ passed the MPRRS last night. Hugh is still insane, Mike is still in prison, the Blues are still better at insulting than the Reds. The reviewers liked the quality, the jokes (except for one reviewer, who found it ‘quite boring’ but passed it anyway),…

pkrut sent us email about a Halo 2 tourney at CyberZone, in the Neshamiy mall near Philadelphia. It’s 2v2 slayer, MLG Rules. Entrance fee is $30/team. I couldn’t find any info on prizes. There’s no age requirement – the only caveat is… it’s today. Get on down! Update: Oops – the tourney is tomorrow, Sunday,…

Over on GotFrag, there’s a story on Team 3D, and how they’re dealing with their surprising loss to TmG in Philadelphia. Sounds like they’re looking forward to MLG Atlanta, coming at the end of this month, where they’ll get a chance to face these rivals again! Thanks, James Schneider.

A few days ago, we mentioned one fan’s plan to raise some cash for Katrina victims – BoneKin was going to give one dollar for each kill he got in a series of 7 games (with a minimum of $117) to the Red Cross. Those games were played, on schedule, last night, and Mintz was…