Year: 2005

clarksbrother points out an audio interview he did on the Not So Late Show with David Hufford, Group Xbox Manager, about the Xbox 360 – this is relevant to Halo fans because the interview touches on backwards compatibility for Halo and Halo 2, comments about Halo 3 (and when it might, or might not, come…

There was an interview with Brian Jarrard in the January 2005 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly – and Guardians has found a copy of it online. (It went along with the interviews of Tyson Green and Pete Parsons that month.) It’s old info (from December, I think)… but still pretty interesting stuff – and in…

Oops – I forgot to mention last night’s Weekly What’s Update, posted over at Bungie.net – some basic info about the Halo movie script, the Halo World Championships, and what will (and WON’T) happen when the new maps are released next month. Go read!

For the truly geek-minded among you, there’s a fascinating case study of the Bungie net website, written up by the MSDN Solution Architecture Center. (Yep, I guess I fit in that category…) How the site was developed, what’s behind it, what challenges had to be overcome… for people interested in the backend part of things,…

The Codex Series has posted Episode 13 – things aren’t looking too good for the humans. Nice film work, as usual. Go watch!

Two more E3 picture collections from Bungie fans – Djof’s is here and Hippieman’s is here. Again – minimal Halo content, but there are some nice pics of community members.

Sector 7 Halo has put up Squad 7 Episode 1, the first chapter of their machinima project. 3:21, 30 mb. Seems like it must be a setup for the rest of the series…

XboxZone.com.au has posted a writeup of their finalist’s experience in the International Halo 2 Tournament that ended yesterday Cabel came in 5th, but it was a good run. Go read!

Thanks to Major Nelson (via mot), who let us know that King Tuur, of the Netherlands, is the winner of the Halo 2 Worldwide Tournament!

An old term will take on new meaning come July 5… check out today’s One One Se7en.

Rockslider has updated his website with a new section on the Spiral Path megabattle (your last chance with a tank on AotCR). If you like fighting massive battles, check this one out!

A 33-year-old journalist competed in a major Australian tournament recently – the writeup is pretty funny, though his performance (and that of his team) was pretty abysmal. Fun stuff.

Captain Spark released another batch of dialogue snippets, this time all Elites. You can snag the entire batch at his website, zipped, or peruse them at your leisure in our Dialogue Databank.

The Business section of today’s New York Times took a pretty in-depth look (free registration required, or visit bugmenot.com for a user/pass) at the Halo movie deal. It contains details about what Microsoft was asking (stuff I haven’t seen elsewhere yet), as well as what each party got (Microsoft seems to have gotten 10% of…

Because of the day or so downtime on the Fan Fiction section this week, there are only 8 new pieces for you today – go read!

Couple of tourneys we’ve heard about: Video Gamers League has posted details of their Orlando Regional Championship, to be held at the Xtreme Auto Xpo next Sunday, June 19, in Kissimmee, FL, and Scooter pointed out that tomorrow, in West Chester, OH, there’s a singles and doubles tourney hosted by Game Junkie. If you’re in…

Greendude was cleaning out his closet, and came across a collection of pogs, a game that gained new popularity about 10 years ago (follow the link for more info). He found one that looks eerily like the Master Chief… weirdness.

The Halo Cutscene Library is now complete – we’ve posted the Final Credits today. And for those who don’t want to download individual files, HaloChat has bundled up all of the WMP9 Hi-res versions (minus this one, I’d assume), and made them available in a single 368 mb zip download. Wonga!

Our own Count Zero has finally compiled his photos from E3 this year – there’s very, very little Halo content, except for the Plasma Fiesta subsection. And I must say I was disappointed with his Booth Babes section – he missed some of the best ones. All that aside, though, there are a LOT of…

Today’s Halo Babies comic takes a look at one of Bungie’s strategies during this week’s Halo Humpday Challenge. Oooh…