Year: 2005

Joystiq listed the top ten ‘hidden gems of our generation’, videogamewise… and Stubbs the Zombie tied for 10th. Way to go! Thanks once again to 3Suns, who is quietly lobbying to get this website renamed ‘3Sunsnews.bungie.org’.

Hehe – Voodoo Extreme is running a ‘Best Fansite of 2005’ poll… and we’ve been nominated. I don’t think we stand a snowball’s chance in Burial Mounds, given the competition and VE’s core audience… but it’s pretty cool nonetheless. Go vote! Master3xBOx was first with the news.

The second part of Dyslexia’s MLG Atlanta writeup has been posted at MLGPro.com – fantastic writeup, though I wish he’d have mentioned the maps they were playing on. (They’re not ANYWHERE that I can find, in fact.) Go read about all the action! (The VoD Atlanta footage is back up, as well.) Thanks again to…

IGN continues to post new information about Dead or Alive 4… and there continues to be new info about the Halo tie-in. This article has info about Nicole’s special attacks (The MAC lunge and a plasma grenade move, for example), as well as another mini-interview with Itagaki. There’s some pretty interesting stuff in there -…

Interesting; 3of9, over at Subnova.com, noticed an interview with Peter Jackson at Dark Horizons; it’s mostly about King Kong, but it has some fun quotes pertaining to Jackson’s upcoming work on the Halo movie. You can read the entire interview at Dark Horizons, or the Halo-related chunk (in its entirety) at Subnova.

Wow. GamesRadar has one of the more bizarre ‘news’ articles I’ve seen in a while; they’re suggesting that Halo 3 (a title that hasn’t even been announced yet) might come on 4 double-layer DVDs. Where does this come from? Well, apparently someone is claiming that “one particular ‘highly anticipated’ Xbox 360 title is currently taking…

Wow… even Stuntmutt is getting into the Del Toro-as-the-Halo-director speculation in today’s One One Se7en.

Ten pieces added to the Fan Fiction section over the weekend – go read!

A new blog has popped up to keep tabs on developments about the Halo movie – there’s nothing there yet that hasn’t been posted elsewhere (like here, for example), but it’s nice to have a central repository. Thanks, Paul Hayes.

Narcogen continues his look at the Halo script that’s been floating around the net, specifically focusing on the MC-Cortana interaction. Interesting writeup. (No horrible spoilers, if you’re trying to keep yourself pure.)

We got word that DropShock has released Episode 7 – 360 shortages, strats, a new website, and a declaration of war. (I’d tell you more, but I can’t seem to actually download the episode… it’s been hung on ‘Starting’ for the last many minutes.) Go see if you can get your own copy!

rockslider keeps the Halo 1 campaign torch burning with a large expansion of his Tactics and Tips page for fighting the Covenant in the original Halo. Good stuff!

Missed this Friday, but 3Suns noticed it this morning – looks like Harry Knowles, of Ain’t It Cool News, is backing up the IESB story about Guillermo Del Toro talking about directing the Halo movie. Remember – this is NOT set in stone; some pretty big hurdles need to be overcome for this to work…

Foo Mo Jive points out that Podtacular Episode 35 has been released – Customs and Call-ins. He really enjoyed this one. 19.3 mb, 28 minutes.

Tyrian noticed a new weapon being developed by the US Air Force – dubbed the PHaSER, it actually just uses a laser system to temporarily blind an attacker. (It’s pretty huge for that job – but I guess over time it’ll shrink.) What made Tyrian send it to us was its Covenant-like lines. Fun stuff!

NFL246 (who goes by Wronchi on Newgrounds) has posted a parody of the Master Chief’s life in Flash format over there. It’s pretty long (more than 10 minutes), but has some funny moments. Although he announced it on our forum, he was beaten to the punch by spartan erik, who noticed it 9 hours earlier.

The UNSCDF guys have written up an article on the Covenant Beam Rifle. Go look.

MikeMan27 and Nefarious Dan have released their second montage, to pretty positive reviews – Mike credits his experience as a reviewer for the MPRRS for some of the polish in his work. It’s heavy on the effects, with great synching to the music. WMP9 format, 139 mb. Go grab a copy from Halo2Forum.com!

Tons of new material available at Halo: Portable – you’ll find translations of new articles (MLG Atlanta Reviews, Weekly Update), new wallpapers, a music pack, and a reposting of the Enkidu fan fiction, all formatted for your PSP. Swing on by! Thanks, Mintz.

Broken Console Productions’ The Squadron, Episode 12, is now up for the public; you can find the WMP9 version on their website, and I guess we’ve become the default host for the QuickTime version. (Both weigh in at a bit over 12 mb.) This ep has the humans fighting for their lives on Terminal -…