Year: 2006

3Suns noticed an interview with Max Hoberman, of Certain Affinity, over at FiringSquad – Max talks about his work on Halo 3, the upcoming Halo 2 maps, and where CA will fit in the future. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 15:40:01 UTC)

Also at Rampancy.net, you’ll find an interesting analysis of what the current focus on Brutes might mean for your gaming pleasure once Halo 3 comes out, in a new Narc’s Retorts.(Louis Wu 15:31:14 UTC)

There’s another piece of Halo sheet music for piano up at Rampancy.net – spartan182 transcribed the Halo 2 main theme. Currently available only in Finale Notepad format (though PDF is coming soon, apparently), and remember, you won’t see a download link unless you’re logged in.(Louis Wu 15:28:56 UTC)

Mintz noticed a video called ‘Top 10 Worst Ways to Die in Video Games’ over at TechEBlog – and Halo makes an appearance. (In fact, the Halo entry is unique, in a way. Go watch.) This isn’t new; it was created by ScrewAttack, and originally went live a couple of months ago… I remember seeing…

There are 8 new pieces for you in the Fan Fiction section today (though a little while ago, that number was considerably higher, and prompted me to write this note on the Fan Fiction forum – please read it if you’re an author). Go see what you can find!(Louis Wu 15:16:50 UTC)

Ross Mills found a VERY old ActionTrip comic (September 2004 – two months before Halo 2 was even released)… looking back at the situation at the time (this was published right around the time that Halo 2 went gold – following an insanely busy 6 months in the Bungie offices), it doesn’t make a lot…

If you missed getting your hands on the last Cortana action figure proof (and I’m pretty darned sure you did), you’ve got another shot at it – another one has gone up on eBay. Current bid is just over $100 – auction ends in 2 days. Good luck! (Thanks to Dolbex for the heads-up… I…

Interesting. Lordstemplar1 stopped by to point out a PDF-ed Prophecy Episode 1 Graphic Novel – it’s Halo machinima, filtered and comic-booked. Pretty fun!(Louis Wu 22:36:51 UTC)

MereCatfish writes to point out LifePod 4, now available for download. Discussion revolves around news before the release of the brute vidoc, including a community panel and a ‘map of the month’. 30 minutes, 28 mb.(Louis Wu 22:34:51 UTC)

Xboxyde has interviewed Frankie, with questions that range from Halo’s origins to what’s in store. No hard answers (of course), but an interesting read nonetheless! Looks like Urk was first with the heads-up.(Louis Wu 22:13:34 UTC)

As a Christmas present to you all, Captain Spark recorded one last batch of Halo 2 dialogue (he’d said a while ago that he was done) – you can find 13 new snippets, including the Cortana ‘Leave me!’ quote from the end of High Charity, in the Dialogue Databank. Enjoy!(Louis Wu 18:54:24 UTC)

I do this with some trepidation… but what’s bandwidth for, if not to spend it profligately? Yesterday, we pointed out a couple of sites that had 720p versions of the Brute video documentary for download – but only one of those (GameVideos.com) offered a QuickTime version. And that QuickTime version had a few drawbacks: it…

Next Generation posted an article last week entitled ‘Gaffes and Blunders in 2006’ – amidst snickers about the Phantom console, and flying Wii controllers, you’ll find, at Number 6, “When Hollywood Schemers Attack”, a shot at the Halo movie situation. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 16:42:36 UTC)

Two separate transcriptions of the Brute Vidoc appeared on our forum yesterday – RC Master posted a transcript of all the spoken content, and Darkninja90 posted a transcript of all the action (with comments). If you want to see if you missed anything, or if you want to see if the vidoc is worth downloading,…