Year: 2007

Wow, cool. Mid7night took Infinityloop’s 3D model of the Pillar of Autumn, and put it into X-Plane! Pics and vids available in his forum post.(Louis Wu 18:38:25 UTC)

Podtacular Episode 105 compares Graw 2 to Halo – thanks, Kiaffex.(Louis Wu 18:31:59 UTC)

IGN posted a list of ‘The Top 25 Xbox Games of All Time’ (well, or the last 5.5 years, I guess) – Halo and Halo 2 took first and second, respectively. Nice! Thanks, Morpheus.(Louis Wu 18:30:34 UTC)

Wow, this is a little worrying… FyreWulff pointed out a thread on Bungie.net discussing the new Halo 2 maps coming out soon – Jeremiah mentioned that these maps would likely be incorporated in a significant number of playlists – and (at least at this point in the developments) those playlists would no longer be available…

Red vs Blue Episode 92 was released for sponsors last night (thanks, hezekiah) – Sheila gets a new home, Simmons gets a drug habit, and Griff gets overlooked – again. Donut has some of the funniest lines of the episode. If you’re not a sponsor, this will be available early next week from their front…

The Art Institute of Seattle is hosting a Halo 2 tournament on March 24 – register at any Puget Sound Game Crazy store, with a suggested $3 donation at the door (proceeds to go to the Starlight/Starbright Children’s Foundation). QuickTactical is trying to find out if it’s team-based or FFA – we’ll update this post…

Bootstrap Boon (and some other HBO Helljumpers) created a new video – it’s actually a recreation of a scene from Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings, and he’s done a wonderful job of mapping the original audio to Halo footage. 5:44 long, 52 and a half mb in either WMP9 format or QuickTime…

The Bungie Weekly Update is up – droolworthy gameplay description, VERY good news about the Legendary/Limited confusion (see an earlier post), AI and vehicle tidbits, a reminder to archive your Group data because the new website launches next week, and a Crate Gun… wonga. Go read. (Of course, it’s always available in the Weekly Update…

Paul Maestri let us know that Halo Heads 54 was live – my goodness, a new villain! And a dastardly one at that. I KNEW there was something squirrelly about that guy..(Louis Wu 20:51:29 UTC)

Continuing in our commercial vein, today’s One One Se7en looks at another Halo product, and its relationship to Microsoft’s bottom line…(Louis Wu 17:20:45 UTC)

TeamXbox has the official Microsoft press release for Halo 3’s commercial packaging – and some pretty big changes can be found in it. There are still three editions – Standard, Limited, Legendary – but price and contents for the Legendary and Limited Editions are quite different from the older information we got at the end…

MLGPro has put up a new podcast in their Sound Arguments series – Jason and Trunkers take a look at the top team rosters (most changed dramatically at the end of last season), and speculate about what it might all mean for the season. 12:09 long, 11.13 mb. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 16:45:38 UTC)

Legend, from HaloBase.de, was the first to mention that the Halo 3 boxes have been finalized, and press shots are circulating today. You can see a summary of them in this article at HaloBase, and you can see all 6 shots, in high-res glory, on this page. Update: Looks like TeamXbox has ’em up, too…

Final Boss, one of the best teams on the Halo pro circuit, participated in a tournament in Austin, and then gave local fans (who hadn’t been playing in the tournament) a chance to see what it’s like to play a top pro team. Results were predictable… but their opponents had a good time nonetheless. Nice!…

Geezer Gamers has an article entitled ‘Joining the Parent Club: Gaming (or not) with a newborn’ – do you have to give up your controller and put down that sniper rifle when your little one comes along? Maybe… maybe not. It definitely changes things, though…(Louis Wu 13:08:41 UTC)

Only four new stories for you in the Fan Fiction section for you this week – should be easy readin’!(Louis Wu 13:04:02 UTC)

There’s a story over at TeamXbox talking about how Shadowrun will feature a party system based on the one developed by Bungie for Xbox Live – according to the UI/Matchmaking designer for the game, Bill Fulton, “we’ve replicated Halo 2’s party system because that’s the best way for friends to play in public matches.” To…