Year: 2005

Tactic let us know that Outpost Coagulation Episode 7 (Canook and Special forces) has been posted – you can find it at Tree Skunk Productions or mirrored at halomachinima.com (thanks, trigger119). Voice acting continues to improve, a new character (or two) gets introduced, the plotline moves forward. And oh, yeah… the warthog has a hangover.…

SketchFactor has written up a summary of Bungie’s involvement in E3 this year – it’s posted at Bungie.net. If you weren’t there, this will show you what you missed – at least the Bungie-related portion. Go read!

The Halo2CE team continues their recreation of Halo 2 maps in the HaloCE engine – check out this news post for pictures of last night’s test of Warlock. Looks pretty amazingly close! Thanks, $t@nKy.

SketchFactor has posted a fan-written look at E3 over on Bungie.net (with a focus, of course, on Bungie) – a few pics, a mini-interview… go read! Thanks, TheLethalSpartan.

The first movie to make it through the Movie Peer Review Rating System (with a passing score) for almost 2 weeks is ready for release. It was submitted by imSuck, of Halogrid.com, and is called ‘Jump Tactics Spoof Episode 3’ – it’s a spoof of the jumping vids released by serious teams like Jump Tactics…

There is a rather large collection of new movies available over at movies.gearboxgamezone.com – mostly machinima this time around, and mostly in WMP9 format (though a few have QT options, as well). If you’re jonesing for new video footage (and I can see how you might be, we’ve been pretty barren with respect to new…

Roger Wolfson, HaloPC Testmaster for Bungie, has posted a note on the Bungie forums about a new update for HaloPC (and soon for HaloCE) – 1.07 has been released to address a networking vulnerability. The patch will work as an auto-update for those running 1.06 now (no downloading needed, just connect to the Gamespy lobby),…

Last week, we mentioned a quote from Bill Gates that suggested that Halo 3 might be released in the same timeframe as the Playstation 3. We warned, as usual, that it ain’t official until Bungie SAYS it’s official… but it IS hard to contradict the head honcho. Nevertheless, there WAS some backpedaling by Robbie Bach,…

Another Halo pro has been profiled over at MLGPro.com – go read why Igamespot’s McGavin is so well known in the competitive community. Thanks, 3Suns.

Dolbex has written up a solid review of the 5 maps coming out next month, complete with pictures (when he could find them on the web). If you’re curious to see what’s coming, and how you’ll be playing it, swing by MLGPro.com and read this!

There’s a line in the upcoming Killtacular documentary that goes something like “If you need to reload when you’re dual-wielding, you’re basically screwed.” Today’s One One Se7en is a perfect illustration of this concept.

There are 15 new items for you in the Fan Fiction section today – stuff from old hands, stuff from newcomers, poems, standalone stories, chapters in ongoing sagas… something for everyone. Go read.

Hehe – Vapor wrote up a short little guide for surviving in MLG Custom games (mostly for folks who can’t). A couple of things I wouldn’t have thought of in there (like the fact that even though it takes 4 bursts to the head to take out an opponent with a battle rifle, it STILL…

Synide wrote up his experiences at E3 last week over at synide.net (a FANTASTIC read) – and excerpted the plasma fiesta lanfest portion for posting on our own forum. The most interesting part of the excerpt for me – the realization, by someone deeply enmeshed in the competitive scene, that competitive gametypes with people who…

MasterGrief pointed out a thread on the Gearbox forums containing a number of Halo-related domain names for sale; prices and an email address for the seller can all be found in the thread. Check it out if you’re looking to start a site!

Mastiha wrote to point out that there’s an article on bandwidth usage for Halo 2 over at XboxZone.com.au; I’m not sure I agree with the numbers (I’ve hosted 16-player games here, and if Remorhaz’s numbers are right, that shouldn’t have been possible), but they’re there for the looking-at.

Whew. Back from LA, still WELL-underslept, but I’ll turn in early tonight and be back to normal by morning. A few things sitting in the in-box; looks like JackBauer’s Pillar of Autumn Space map for HaloCE is available for download – check this Gearbox forum thread for details. (Thanks to several people, including JackBauer himself,…

I dropped a writeup of last night’s E3 Plasma Fiesta LANfest onto our forum – I had a really good time, and saw a LOT of people I either hadn’t seen for a while or had never actually met in person; a perfect ending to a nice E3 week. Here’s hoping some of the other…

Frankie posted this week’s Weekly What’s Update over at Bungie.net – it covers a lot of questions asked recently about the upcoming map pack, banning, and other small questions. Go read.

The webcomic Waffle Hut has another Halo-related strip up right now; it looks at the Halo XBL Auto-update, and what’s changed.