Year: 2008

A few months after Halo 2 was released, a number of long-time Halo fans got together on AIM to discuss what was right – and wrong – about the game. The original plan was to use a cleaned-up version of this discussion as an official HBO review of Halo 2 (any of the participants were…

Wow. Remember a couple of weeks ago, when Bungie made a bad situation better by sending a huge box of schwag to the guy who’d had his artwork erased when he sent his Xbox in for service? It doesn’t end there. Microsoft sent him ANOTHER box of stuff – this one contained a surreal amount…

DigitalPh33r has released It’s a Wonderful LIVE, Episode 2 – mostly, he makes fun of the PS3, but also mocks Canada-ignorant players. 11 minutes long, rather bitter in tone. Doesn’t look like it’s on YouTube yet – though there ARE some forgeries there right now. Thanks, SPARTAN 294.(Louis Wu 18:17:36 UTC)

Cody Miller posted a crossword puzzle filled with HBO-derivable trivia – I’ve taken a look at it, and I’ll tell you… it’s not easy. He’s offering a cool shirt if you can finish it before April 1…(Louis Wu 17:03:35 UTC)

Only five new pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section (I had to delete a story that had nothing whatsoever to do with Halo). Go read!(Louis Wu 11:45:06 UTC)

Aidsterramma noticed that Bungie’s writeup of this week’s Halo Humpday Challenge is now live – it looks like you can blame Frankie… again. That man needs to get a better net connection.(Louis Wu 11:20:07 UTC)

synide stopped by to announce that the second MLG/ESPN Top Ten is now live – you gotta see these clips. They’re all downloadable on from the ‘MLG Video’ fileshare, so you can watch ’em in hi-def… but Chris Puckett’s commentary is classic. Go watch!(Louis Wu 11:16:51 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy continues her ‘Friday Caption Fun’ series – she’s got results from last week’s pic, as well as a new pic for you to caption. It’s great to see what people come up with!(Louis Wu 11:11:58 UTC)

I mean, really, you can’t. Stop asking.(Count Zero 05:37:44 UTC)

Gravemind wrote a massively long ‘History of Mid-range Combat in Halo’, and posted it on his blog. Go read.(Louis Wu 20:56:58 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found another infected action figure – go check it out. Scary!(Louis Wu 20:52:59 UTC)

Today’s episode of Another Halo Comic Strip shows you why you shouldn’t make AIs mad.(Louis Wu 19:09:10 UTC)

Luke Smith wants you to remember that Team SWAT is live now – the latest Double XP weekend kicked off 8 minutes ago. (Louis Wu 19:08:10 UTC)

Quikthnkr let us know that the Grifball Explosion Preseason Show 2 is now available for your podcast-listening pleasure. Team Cannonball and LBCountry were guests.(Louis Wu 18:37:20 UTC)

Adam Grumbo appeared in a Dell computer commercial a while back, dressed in his Master Chief armor – he just found a copy of that commercial (albeit with no sound) on YouTube. Go look! (Louis Wu 18:32:41 UTC)