Month: January 2006

Ack! Pete Parsons, Bungie’s Studio Manager for the last 3 years (and a little), is retiring. It’s probably just as well, once folks get a look at the picture that graces his farewell interview at Bungie.net… go read, and get a sense of who this guy is, just before he takes his spectabulous marketing skills…

This one’s offtopic… except for the people involved. Great read, though. Over at CGSociety, there’s a tutorial by Mike Hill – if the name doesn’t sound familiar, search our news archives. The tutorial isn’t Halo-related, it shows how he put together a specific piece (and there’s a ton of interesting info in there, even for…

Today’s One One Se7en – low point in pun-ditry? You bet.

Finn has put together an awesome reading list for folks interested in the Halo universe – it includes recommendations from Joe Staten and Eric Nylund, as well as some from Finn himself. Swing by the Halo Story page and bury yourself in words!

Se7en One sent along another 3D mural rendering for the Hall of Murals page – he’s a bit worried about the next one, but grab a video copy of Mural 2 in the meantime!

Yesterday, SketchFactor posted a news item at Bungie.net about some new gear at the Bungie Store. The Odd Ball T rocks! Check it all out.

The Killer Grunts Contest came to a close last night, and voting was tallied this morning. You can see all entries (and the votes they received) on the Results page. Congratulations to the 7 winners (who will be contacted by email with prize info) – and congratulations to the community, who managed to pick 7…

MLGPro.com has posted Part IV of their Newcomers Guide to Halo 2 – this one focuses on how to prepare for MLG tournaments. Great read, as usual. Thanks again, 3Suns.

imSuck, of HaloGrid.com, put together a new machinima piece called ‘Frequency’ – the Covenant tries out a new weapon. Film quality is REALLY high, cinematography is quite good. This thing breezed through the MPRRS in just a few hours. Swing by HaloGrid to download it – we’re providing a couple of links there (WMP9 and…

Thanks to Sorahn, who pointed out this video at Google (and if you visit GameTrailers.com, you can find higher quality versions in both WMP9 and QuickTime – pretty nicely done!

I meant to post this yesterday, forgot. c0ld vengeance snagged a really nice screenshot of one of the underwater denizens you can see through the elevator windows in Delta Halo (and Regret) – you never get this close, normally.

Dennis Powers has released Interlude – A History of the Halo Universe, over at the Halo CE Chronicles website. It tells some of the backstory of the Halo Universe, for folks who have watched his Halo CE Chronicles but have not necessarily ever played Halo. It’s pretty nicely done. Although Dennis wants to host this…

The eBay’d Halo goodies continue to flow – Cassius let us know about this 3.5 foot statue and this partial statue, Flamechu found a 6-foot statue, Phil Shiel found another Muckle statue, and Steve Ray points out that he’s selling an airbrushed Halo 2 Faceplate for an Xbox 360. I think we’re gonna take a…

3Suns points out a couple of fun bits at MLGPro.com – the Player of the Week is Foulacy, and Lil Poison showed up on 60 Minutes last night! (You can watch it online at cbsnews.com. The piece is mostly about Fatal1ty, but the Lil Poison/MLG portion kicks in around 9:35.)

We’ve had a number of people complain about the use of third-party artwork (artwork created by other fans, NOT the submitter) in some of the entries to the Killer Grunts contest. The most heated thread (but not, by far, the only one) on this subject is here. I’m tired of the argument, and tired of…

Heh – Samantha sent us this picture a little while ago – maybe this should be the default vehicle of IBO?

Nexus Beat writes to point out that Wasabi Media is offering free hosting for any gaming-related files… if you’re looking for hosting, check ’em out! (Jamie Hutchinson)