Month: August 2006

Heh – Psychophan7 created a nearly 3 mb animated gif by tweaking a small subset of the Halo 3 trailer footage – pointless, but fun. Warning – open this in a relatively robust browser; some can’t handle 3 mb gifs. (Firefox works nicely.)(Louis Wu 23:13:40 UTC)

Heh – Bryce Sigourney found a pretty unusual instance of Halo-branded clothing… a Halo Suede Kippah (maybe more commonly known as a yarmulke, a thin skullcap worn by observant Jews). It’s unclear how much this costs – but the non-logo versions run about $4.00, so if you’re interested, you can email them for details. Love…

Bluestone created ‘Mr Chief Goes To Washington’… Flash 8, 7 mb, great music.(Louis Wu 22:25:36 UTC)

Havoc737903 is selling off a bunch of Halo goodies on eBay – you can peruse them here. He called it ‘Havoc’s Crazy Bargain Basement’ – but with a ‘Buy it Now’ price of $30 on an opened action figure… I’m not sure I’d agree with the ‘bargain’ part. Whatever, though – check it out, you…

Sunday must be podcast update day – Xbox Gaming Radio has released Episode 3, including a summary of updates on Halo sites across the web, and some Halo multiplayer tricks. (They’d also like you to check out their newly-overhauled website.)(Louis Wu 22:15:49 UTC)

Gamertag Radio created Episode 68 at MLG Orlando – lots of big Halo names came by to say hi (a list is in the news post there). Go listen!(Louis Wu 22:11:29 UTC)

Mike Hill wrote with word of a new project – he’s working on a Halo comic. He sent along one of 35 or 40 frames he plans on using – this will be ‘a little adventure the Chief and a squad of Pelican-bound ODSTs will embark on’. Amazing detail – check it out on his…

QsKGlobal put together a collaboration montage – footage from four different players. It’s 10 minutes long, and weighs in at 116 mb (WMP9 version) or 128 mb (QuickTime version) – the MPRRS said they liked it, so go watch!(Louis Wu 03:22:48 UTC)

Mintz found a Halo-related episode of the webcomic Digital Double from earlier this week – not the first time this particular joke has been done, but hey… (The episode after this one is part of the same arc.)(Louis Wu 01:22:27 UTC)

ZuP posted a note on our forum about Trinity, a massive (46 minutes, 380 mb in hi-res) tricking video, mostly showing vehicle launches in Halo 2 Campaign mode. There are a significant number of hosts, at this point, apparently… if you swing by this post by forevercha0s, you’ll find a pair of load-balancing links -…

Brian Haworth sent in pics of a keychain fobs he made recently – it measures about an inch across, and is made from blue and yellow translucent acrylic, with a piece of 1/16″ polycarbonate sandwiched between to hold them together. (yellow side | blue side) He made a similar, but much larger, version for his…

3Suns came back from vacation to the realization that we hadn’t mentioned news on the MLGPro website since he left. (A lot of the time, we rely on you, the fans, to point out where the interesting stuff is – we just provide a one-stop shop for finding it.) There’s quite a lot – there’s…

Just a small thing… Psychophan7 noticed a tiny detail about the recently released Halo 2 Vista screenshots; there’s been a change in the motion sensor. Other players still show up in red, or yellow, depending on whether they’re friend or foe… but now there’s also a directional aspect to the symbol. Again – a small…

Sigafoos points out that WikiRiot Episode 13 is up – 35 mins, 14 mb. Minimal Halo content, because of technical difficulties… such is life sometimes.(Louis Wu 13:21:51 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update is posted – info about PAX (a cool gaming expo happening right now in Seattle which would have been cooler had I been able to go), info from SketchFactor about Leipzig, and the demo of Halo 2 Vista there, and more teasers about Halo 3 (Frankie is a master at describing…