Year: 2006

Heh – it’s never too late to find new reviews. We got word from Dennis Wyman of VGRC.net that they’ve got reviews of both Halo (Xbox) and Halo (PC) online; the games earned 9.0/10 and 9.5/10, respectively. Go read ’em!(Louis Wu 14:23:45 UTC)

Wow, doesn’t leave you much time – sorry for missing this yesterday. We’d already mentioned this year’s Penny Arcade-run Child’s Play Charity Dinner and Auction – there’s Halo-related stuff to buy there, and even if there wasn’t, it’s a fantastic cause. However, if you don’t have tickets, and you WANT them – they’re giving some…

Spartan Jag noticed a new post over at Bungie.net – the December Fan Art update. (I think it’s mislabeled, and actually the NOVEMBER update, since the last one (posted at the end of October) was the October update… but we all know KP’s been busy playing Pimps at Sea.) A chunk (almost half) have already…

Ename Nep noticed a ‘Top 10 Coolest Vehicles in Film and TV’ list over at YesButNoButYes – the Warthog pulls in at number 6. They’re a little confused, I think; the picture shows the Halo 2 Hog, but the text describes the indestructible original. Oh, well.(Louis Wu 13:52:26 UTC)

A bunch of new Halo 3 commercial dissections this morning – TeamXbox has a sort of non-serious one and then one that’s a little more serious (thanks, 3Suns), and QuickTactical has written one up over at HaloGrid. Check ’em out – you might see something you missed!(Louis Wu 13:49:12 UTC)

Whoa. If you’re pining for some good old-fashioned Halo 1 LAN action, check out this post on the High Impact Halo website. Kansas in mid-January… I hear it’s cold, but you’ll be inside. Thanks, Ducain.(Louis Wu 22:56:41 UTC)

IGN has reviewed Ghosts of Onyx – full of story spoilers, so don’t read it until you’ve finished the book. Thanks, HaloPlanet.(Louis Wu 22:46:09 UTC)

Last week, kinggun submitted the lyrics to a song a friend’s band had written to our Fan Fiction section. Today, he sent us a recording of the song itself – you can grab an MP3 version of it from our servers (3.3 mb). I like it a lot!(Louis Wu 17:00:46 UTC)

Sometimes, Stuntmutt takes a shot at Bungie. Sometimes, he takes a shot at himself. Today’s One One Se7en takes a shot at the community… (Louis Wu 14:02:25 UTC)

A couple of days ago, IGN put up their own speculation story about the commercial; thanks to HaloPlanet for pointing this out.(Louis Wu 13:21:15 UTC)

Brandon stopped by our forum to point out that he’s released a public beta test for his mod for Oblivion (PC), called ‘The Spartan Project’. (We last mentioned this mod in November.) If you’ve got a copy of Oblivion, check the forum post for requirements, and a download link!(Louis Wu 12:01:49 UTC)

This has been news for some time, but I’m not sure we’ve ever reported it – there’s a news piece over at Gamepro that confirms that Halo 2 Vista will NOT support DirectX 10 visual effects. (This might come as a surprise to some, since it’s a Vista-only game, and the justification for that, originally,…

Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, has written up a frame by frame analysis of the TV ad; lots of detail. Much of this material has been hashed out on our forum (and others), but Narcogen does a good job of sticking to what we KNOW, rather than what we WANT, and he brings a pretty hefty…

This went live last night, but real life got in the way of posting it. Bungie has a new job posting online – they’re looking for a ‘Contract 3D Artist’. Wanna work on Halo 3? This is your chance!(Louis Wu 11:07:14 UTC)