Year: 2006

Thanks to simen, who found a video interview with Eric Nylund, focusing on the Ghosts of Onyx. No spoilers, and not a LOT of new info – but it’s always nice to put a face (and a voice) to someone you know a little bit about. This was done by a group called Expanded Books,…

PEZ writes to say that halowiki.net is back up and running, and wanted to point out a summary page containing the information available in the LEVEL article released last week. No scans, no wholesale transcription – just a nice overview of the new info. Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:27:58 UTC)

Over at Bungie.net, there’s a new Developer’s Diary, this time written by Shogo Ishii of Hired Gun, detailing the current status of Halo 2 Vista. Give it a read – she’ll be here soon!(Louis Wu 01:05:31 UTC)

This has come up a few times in the forum – now it’s appearing in my mailbox, so it’s probably time to deal with it publicly. We have a spoiler system in place for Halo and Halo 2 information. This is ENTIRELY story-based; the spoilers we’re talking about have to do with Halo’s story; plot,…

BlueStrike2 sends word that Mute Radio Episode 5 is now available for download. 12.5 minutes, 12 mb – MLG NY, MLG on TV, MLG Las Vegas, and life in general… go listen!(Louis Wu 20:07:03 UTC)

Eep, forgot the update. The 2006 Guilt O’ Lantern contest closed for entries last night – things are sort of busy right now, but in the next few days, the entries will go up for public voting. Thanks to all who entered!(Louis Wu 19:56:42 UTC)

Over at 1Up.com, Luke Smith has written up a clarifying article; the scans floating around from Sweden’s LEVEL magazine, and more recently from FAMITSU magazine, generated a lot of speculation around the net. This article clears up the worst of the misunderstandings, and makes some cool things clearer. (For folks confused about the ‘Frostbite’ level…

One of the new tweaks that Halo 3 will sport, according to the magazine info floating around the net, is that your secondary weapon will be carried on your back, making it possible for other players to know what that weapon is. Most people have been pretty positive in their response to this feature -…

Luke McKay created a fun Haloween-related doodle yesterday – we’ve added it to his Gallery here. Me, I’d take the trade.(Louis Wu 15:55:52 UTC)

Last week, we mentioned that Bungie.net was going to start highlighting community artwork. Last night, the first batch was posted – and I must say, there’s some killer stuff in there! Here’s hoping some of those people choose to submit their work to our Art sections, as well! Lots of folks noticed this – Sep7imus…

Heh – A tech writer at Microsoft took some photos in her building’s lobby yesterday. Poor Chief! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 15:13:10 UTC)

MLGPro has an interview with Carbon posted – they go over the games in the NY finals, and the upcoming Las Vegas matchups, in a lot of detail. Unless you keep up on pro doings, the language might be hard to follow. It was really nice to see thoughtful analyses of performance, without a lot…

PEZ writes to say that halowiki.net has been experiencing server-related problems, and is switching hosts; accessibility for the next few days will be spotty. Please be patient! (They’ll be keeping people up to date with developments on the WikiRiot website.)(Louis Wu 14:36:39 UTC)

Tex points out a song that seems to clearly reference Halo – it’s called The Guillotine, by Escape the Fate. Never heard it… but now you know!(Louis Wu 14:34:24 UTC)

Quite a number of people let us know that Gamestop and EB Games are taking pre-orders for Halo 3 (all three versions of it) starting today. The earliest mention came in this forum thread, started by Max Power – there are details, as well as an audio recording of the message Gamestop has been leaving…