Year: 2011
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Obligatory
Mc_leprechaun pointed out that a recent VG Cats comic was Halo-themed… and I gotta say, I laughed. Update: iPants pointed out that we already mentioned this when it went live – almost 5 months ago. WOW, is that comic a slow updater! (Sorry, my bad.)(…
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Trading Shots
TTL Demag0gue stopped in with the latest Reclaimer – looks like Viper and Reclaimer are vying for ‘most manly’. (Louis Wu 16:47:09 UTC)
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The sprinkles make it.
Leviathan’s birthday was yesterday – and what could taste better than a Grunty cake?(Louis Wu 16:46:31 UTC)
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Another Nightfall Mythic Guide
CruelLEGACEY let us know that he’s released a LASO guide for Nightfall – if you still need help on speedrunning that level, check this out! (Louis Wu 16:46:05 UTC)
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Halo Nation ‘hacking’ story – clarified
Forerunner, a sysop for the Halo Nation wiki, wrote to ask that we let you know that the incident that occurred at Halo Nation over the weekend was NOT an attack by hackers – it was simply edited, as any wiki can be edited, to include pornographic pic…
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VentureBeat talks to Frankie
DEEP NNN noticed a video interview on VentureBeat – Frank O’Connor talks about the upcming Defiant Map Pack and the transition from Bungie to 343. Although this has been pretty obvious for quite a while, it’s nice to hear it stated outright that the N…
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Arby ‘n’ The Chief: Drunken Halo
Arby ‘n’ the Chief has Episode 6 of Season 5 up and online – everyone hates Arbiter, I guess, except the giant spider. And maybe Trent. We’re back in soap-opera mode… thanks to Moorpheusl9 for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 21:46:03 UTC)
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Birth Of A Spartan Piano Sheet Music
Finally, after several months, here they are. I based it on this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zLLVrElkCo&playnext=1&list=PL7523C201F344A09B I don’t know if they’re right; I’m new at doing sheet music. I’ll add the MIDI file later. Mid…
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What makes games competitive?
ANUBIS x MT let us know that a clan member of his wrote up an article about movement – why it’s important in competitive games, how that applies to several games (including Halo 2, Halo 3, and Reach). Give it a read!(Louis Wu 17:34:45 UTC)
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Podtacular 249: Podtacular Update
Lots of Halo news to talk about as we come back after a month. Continue reading →
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Behold the Chickenpede!
I’ve seen a couple of sketches on various forums – but ZZoMBiE13 took the whole ‘visualizing the Chickenpede’ thing to a new level. A level that… scares me.(Louis Wu 16:59:50 UTC)
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Falcons and Hogs
Hedgemony created a couple of ginormous panoramas from Reach – flavored by his own special brand of image manipulation. Really, really nice work. Go see.(Louis Wu 16:55:33 UTC)
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Cats, Controllers, and Socks
Taco Power filmed an all-night gaming session, and produced a surprisingly watchable timelapse video of the event. Since Halo: Reach played a large part over the course of the night, we considered this to be Halo-relevant. Go see!(Louis Wu 16:53:04 UTC)
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Random Web Roundup
I went through some old Google alerts (yes, yes, I’m still catching up), and found a few articles that may tickle your fancy. Todd McFarlane talked to the G4 crew about the future of his company’s Halo toys. Fanboys vs Haters is a conversation on an…
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Fan Fiction Update – very, very late
Apologies – in the chaos of the last couple of weeks, the Fan Fiction section has languished unforgotten. (Thanks to CaptainRaspberry for the heads-up about this.) I’ve just gone through and cleared out the queue – there were three poems that had been …
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Catchin’ air with the Chief
This came in last week… but slipped through the cracks. Shawn Jenkins is a huge Halo fan, and recently decked out his snowboard with the universe’s greatest supersoldier. Check it out!(Louis Wu 23:16:42 UTC)
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AH: Weekly Recap – February 26th
Community -Achievement HORSE PIG #12 -Fails of the Weak! Volume 23 -The Elder Scrolls V Gameplay Trailer -Xbox Press Event Announcements -The most rare Achievement Guides ever made? -Oscar Night AHTV -MyGamerCard Bids Farewell to the Xbox Community -W…