Month: April 2006

Gah. I wanted to avoid this altogether, because it seems like it’s better just to see what happens… but when rumors start showing up on CNN, you gotta pay ’em SOME attention. Lots of places have been hinting that E3 could be the first place where new Halo footage is seen this year – and…

Heh – looks like the new Halo 2 XBL playlist Rumble Hardcore is up and live, with no announcements – go play! Thanks, Compton.

Comic Book Resources seems to have quite a bit of new info on the Halo Graphic Novel, coming out at the end of June – go read!

At long last, the public voting phase for the 7 on the 7th Halo 2 Soundtrack v2 contest is open! (Huge apologies for the ridiculous delay.) The bungie.org admin staff has taken the 250 entries, removed the invalid ones, and pared the remainder down to a manageable 49 images; your job, as visitors, is to…

The Valley of the Forerunners part 9 is now available for download over at the Halo CE Chronicles website. Sergeant Roberts spends a quiet shift learning more about Andrea, and the marines continue to protect the valley’s exit. Go grab a copy in your favorite format.

Playing video games with your kids – check this article at FortWayne.com. Video games… bringing families together.

Over at MLGPro.com, there’s a recap of this weekend’s New York Season Opener – lots of familiar names in the top spots. (Remember that Team3D is now Final Boss.) Thanks, 3Suns.

Stuntmutt regresses to playground humor in today’s One One Se7en, in honor of tomorrow’s release of the Halo 2 Soundtrack Volume 2. Understandable, really, when you realize that he turned old today – check out the strip his cousin created for him. (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STUNTMUTT!)

The Halouvre, heretofore reknowned for its amazing collection of Halo scenery, has opened a new section – the Halouvre Music Gallery. It contains a compilation of 53 (and growing) Halo-based fan-created music tracks, nicely organized… give it a look! (It also contains an archive of some musical outtakes that are buried deep within Bungie’s site,…

You might remember ‘Gameplay May Change During Online Play’, a vid released about a month ago, to great reviews; the creators have decided to send it around to the machinima sites, and wanted a trailer to break the ice. The MPRRS liked the trailer enough to pass it – so we’re hosting it. 18 mb…

Mothergoat wrote a new song for the next episode of Sponsors vs Freeloaders… but that series was in limbo for a while, and although things are looking up again, it almost certainly won’t be out before June. So MG got the go-ahead to release the song now. It’s Halo-related mostly in the sense that it…

The final MLG PwnCast of the weekend is up – Episode 13, also covering MLG New York. Yes, it’s true – these guys released 8 podcasts in their first 7 months… and 5 in the last week. They’re crazy. (But they’re slowing down. No more before Wednesday or so, they say.)

Heh – there’s a very cool vid available over at GameTrailers – a Tekken-style fight between two guys from the University of Rhode Island, one wearing Halo regalia. Not completely safe for work – I’d probably give it a PG-13 or so (suggestive language). Funny as all get-out, though. Really nicely done. Thanks, Chaos Recon.

Those Pwncast guys are outta control. Episode 12 went up today; call-ins from New York, and the MLG competition held there this weekend. Go listen!

North Jersey Media Group has an article focusing on Bonnie Burton, who goes by Xena in Halo circles – the only girl to make the top 128 competitors at MLG New York. (Before anyone gets upset at ‘girl’, instead of ‘woman’… Bonnie is 15.) It’s interesting to see how much press MLG is getting these…

spartanerik found a side-scrolling Halo shooter at Newgrounds; I couldn’t get the sword to work, but otherwise, its seems entertaining. While you’re there, Shadowmotion found a movie called ‘Resident Cactuar’ which made me want 10 minutes back, but which has some Halo content.