Month: June 2006

Sane Intolerant noticed that the current Sore Thumbs Online comic has some Halo/MLG references… and with that, I’m out for a while.(Louis Wu 18:41:27 UTC)

Today’s One One Se7en is a bit gorey… but only if you think about it.(Louis Wu 18:00:46 UTC)

FyreWulff is working on a SPNKR remake of a rocket launcher for July 4 – pics are in his forum post.(Louis Wu 17:51:40 UTC)

Tons of MLG Anaheim news at MLGPro.com – a wrapup article, a spotlight on Carbon (beaten in their first round match, they STILL came back to face FB in the finals), and the brackets themselves (4×4 | 1×1). Congrats to Karma for taking the 1×1, and Final Boss for the 4×4. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 17:35:54…

Mastergunnz posted a note on our forum, looking for folks with experience using Game Maker 6; his team is putting together ‘Halo: Spartan of Reach’, a new top-down Halo-based game. Visit the post for more details!(Louis Wu 17:11:01 UTC)

Jon Campbell points out that the August issue of the Official Xbox 360 Magazine has a huge article on Halo 3 – an indepth look at the teaser trailer, a preview of the HGN, and more. (It got the cover again, as well.) Look for it on newsstands soon!(Louis Wu 17:06:37 UTC)

Wow. Circuit City is having a huge July 4th week sale, and if you visit Cheapassgamers.com (registration required to see the list), there’s a list of games scheduled to be part of this sale… and the Halo Triple Pack (Halo, Halo 2, Halo Multiplayer Map Pack) is on the list. $9 – don’t miss this!…

The latest Halo How-to book from Stephen Cawood is now out; it’s called ‘The Black Art of Halo Mods’, and there’s some information about community input over at HaloMods. The news story there says ‘click the button on the right to support HaloMods’ – you’ll need to visit the front page to see that button…

Christopher T is going out for Halloween this year dressed as a Spartan. He and his dad took their inspiration from Chris Bryan, and are putting together a fiberglass suit for Christopher to grab some goodies in. Visit this page for some shots of some cardboard representations!(Louis Wu 22:24:07 UTC)

The Halo CMT team has finished the conversion of the single player maps to Halo CE; there are several places you can read about it. On the CMT forums, there’s a full list of download links (maps, UI, extras, tutorials); the same info was posted on the Gearbox forums as well. There’s a thread on…

Heh – In the photo gallery being built over at MLGPro.com for the MLG Anaheim event, you can see a shot of Foulacy, of Str8 Rippin, wearing the unique Stuntmutt-designed HBO t-shirt! Front | Back in the gallery… Coppermine doesn’t seem allow links to remain permanent, so if these stop pointing to the right pics,…