Month: May 2009

The Hushed Casket has been around for a LONG time – and they’re still kickin’ it, oldschool. They recently got together for a Halo PC LAN… and rapture stopped by to point out a writeup, including pics and a great overview video. Swing by for a solid dose of nostalgia! (Sadder news that came out…

Hawty McBloggy wrote up her experiences with the latest Grifball arena – though I think she just wanted to take a lot of pictures of me dying. I think maybe I shouldn’t be standing so close…(Louis Wu 15:32:34 UTC)

Leviathan continues his graphic novelette, “A Sangheili’s War Is Never Over” – the latest episode is bigger, bolder, and more colorful than its predecessors. Take a look! (Louis Wu 15:31:21 UTC)

Tom Reynolds, an Australian journalist, gave his son controller and filmed him playing a little Halo. Not really unusual, I guess… until you realize his son is 10 months old! (Sadly for Tom, he says his son’s K/D spread wasn’t that much worse than his own…)(Louis Wu 15:29:55 UTC)

LoneRanger 2.5 pointed out that Oddee.com recently posted an article entitled “12 Alphabets Made of Objects” – and the Halo Corpse Alphabet is on the list. (Personally, I loved the Sky alphabet – but they’re all pretty cool.)(Louis Wu 15:29:01 UTC)

Dalteth took a McFarlane Master Chief, modified it for sniping action, and rebuilt the parts he broke. Then he repainted the whole shebang. You can find the results in our Miscellaneous section. You can let him know what you think in his forum thread.(Louis Wu 22:32:50 UTC)

Now that all four issues of Halo: Uprising have actually been released, Marvel’s started some hardcore marketing of the hardcover version of the collection – you can view some shots from it in this MTV article, and you can read the first issue of the comic online for free. (Me? I’m waiting for Helljumpers and…

The Bungie.net Community Spotlight this week shines on… well, everybody. Bungie’s picked out some of their favorites from multiple communities, rather than focus on a single community. Go see what’s there!(Louis Wu 18:37:15 UTC)

A whole bunch of gaming groups are getting together to help FacilityB5D make their latest charity effort, ‘Hope Unto Dawn’, a tournament to raise money for Child’s Play, a success. You can read more details (and find a promo vid) at Bungie.net.(Louis Wu 18:34:08 UTC)

According to the Bungie Blog, there’s a company in England that’s hosting tournaments every Thursday in London (other cities, too) – swing by your favorite Gamerbase and play some Halo!(Louis Wu 18:29:01 UTC)

Urban Reflex pointed out that a stats compiler that’s been around for a while has been updated – H3O Stats Compiler is now up to v1.0.5. (It’s also been updated to work with Halo 2, again.) Grab a copy (Windows/Linux only, unfortunately for Mac users) and see how you’re doing!(Louis Wu 18:22:40 UTC)