Month: March 2009

The folks at xDead at Dawnx Films wonder if signs have a purpose. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 16:45:40 UTC)

Hmm… General Vagueness found an old post on ComicMix discussing a comment made by a consultant at the New York Comic Con in 2008. Apparently, a company called Starlight Runner Entertainment was commissioned by Microsoft to create a ‘bible’ for the Halo universe. There’s nothing on Starlight’s website about this project, and as far as…

Psdtuts put up an article called the ‘Top 40 Video Game Covers of All Time’ – the three Halo FPS titles came in at #13. Thanks, Tech Artist.(Louis Wu 14:37:41 UTC)

Errod stopped in with a really nice piece of Halo Wars artwork – it was used as a cover image for a Danish gaming mag originally, but he managed to get an unmodified version from the magazine’s layout editor. Check it out!(Louis Wu 13:06:32 UTC)

Scotty stopped in with word of some new Dodgeball variants, built on Sandbox. The pictures look intriguing!(Louis Wu 13:06:03 UTC)

A summary of the Halo comics released since Monday’s update:The Catfish came by yesterday with word of 2501 Episode 28 (Trial)Dennis Powers told us about Shipwrecked Episode 59 (Emergence) – things look to be heating upAdam Susskind let us know that he’s released Chaos Theory Episode 16 (Such Bright Darkness) on its standard Tuesday scheduleHawty…

When Halo 3 was launched, one of the product tie-ins was Mountain Dew Game Fuel – a cherry-flavored variant of Mountain Dew. Some people loved this – but after the game’s launch, the product left the market. According to the Escapist, though, it’s coming back this summer… albeit with a World of Warcraft label instead…

quququ1 stopped in to announce that the multiplayer functionality of Halo Zero (a fan-made 2D sidescroller) has been enabled; check his post for links on where to download the game, and where to find info about the new multiplayer stuff.(Louis Wu 12:51:23 UTC)

Decadence Night visited yesterday to announce that he’d created a bunch of Mythic panoramas – swing by his website to see them!(Louis Wu 12:50:51 UTC)

Nathan Moeller wrote to tell us that Competitive Video Games is hosting a 4v4 Slayer/Objective tournament, March 21 at 1pm CST. Swing by for more details.(Louis Wu 12:50:15 UTC)

oooh em geee edited a new ‘Mythictage’ (a montage made from Mythic map footage) – the extra effects are really, really slick. This one’s totally worth watching in HD. Thanks to urk for highlighting this!(Louis Wu 12:48:33 UTC)