Month: August 2008
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You Just Got Burnt!
If you’re a follower of ZZoMBiE13’s Another Halo Comic Strip, you’ve probably noticed a couple of weeks of quiet – things are a little rough for him right now. He’ll be back, we hope – but for now, we’ve got a Guest Strip sent in by Jordz X that ZZoMBiE approved of. Go check it…
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Geometry Wars 2 Rundown
What it Is Geometry Wars 2 is the sequel to fun pick-up-and-play original. The controls are simple: Left stick moves, right stick shoot, triggers detonate a bomb. You shoot everything that isn’t you. What’s Different A couple new enemies (rocket ship, near-invulnerable orb, slow-moving pink squares), exploding gates, and multiple game modes. “Geoms” are dropped…
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Weekly Update Time!! – The HaloKing343 series.
News about Llama, UNSC Warriors, this summer’s movies and politics.
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RT: Oooh That Smell…
So the A/C has been out in the office off and on for a week. It’s introduced us to a variety of smells, none of which are enjoyable. Consider yourself lucky that you live wherever it is that you live that keeps you as far away from us as possible. …
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Space Pirates: At Halo’s End
ReleasetheMonk added Halo visuals to audio from a trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End – works pretty well!(Louis Wu 17:06:10 UTC)
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TTHL: The Fake Trailer
Kusho posted an announcement for ‘TTHL: The Fake Trailer’ in our forum. Feedback is pretty positive; it didn’t do much for me, but apparently others liked it. Give it a shot!(Louis Wu 15:43:22 UTC)
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More Community Mishaps
lostguru585 let us know that we missed two Community Mishap montages yesterday (we mentioned a bunch of work by MiniWaz) – there’s a Part 3 and a Part 4. Go watch MORE people screw up! (Louis Wu 14:23:03 UTC)
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Halo CE Map Archive Update
Dennis Powers sent along an update for the Halo Maps website – the Halo Custom Edition Archive now has nearly 3,400 maps assets and files for the game, with 128 files added in July. He highlighted two new maps deserving of special recognition: Da_Pimp_Pope’s Ancient Sanctuary (beta) and adumbass’ Hydro Generator. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu…
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Fly
Cham wanted us to know about a ‘laid-back montage’ – he says the editing doesn’t interfere with your seeing what’s going on. He’s mostly right. It’s also nice to see some Halo 2 footage again, after quite some time without any. It’s at YouTube, the MLG Game Room, and downloadable at FileFront.(Louis Wu 14:21:34 UTC)
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AH: Quakecon 2008 – Wolfenstein Trailer
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Chronicles in Alpha? BOGUS EVIDENCE
Lloyd Foley was the first to point us to this page at AddictGaming – it suggests that a Bungie employee (oh, who are we kidding, that’s recognizably Luke Smith) was playing “Robins Perch: Chronicles Alpha – Exploring Onyx”. The writers claim that this is evidence that Peter Jackson’s “Halo Chronicles” project is now in Alpha…
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Forge Hub 2v2 Tournament
TrueDarkFusion wanted to remind everyone that signups for Forge Hub’s 2v2 Tournament are closing soon! If you have questions, their FAQ is here.(Louis Wu 18:52:00 UTC)
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AH: Rolled Over
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