Author: halo@bungie.org

BoneKin has put together some fun “omg what did you do!” moments in a video he calls “Noobs Gone Wild: Beta!” If you’ve never done any of these yourself… I don’t ever want to play with you.(Louis Wu 14:16:55 UTC)

ManKitten has been playing a lot of Forza 2 lately… but he never forgets his roots. Props.(Louis Wu 13:51:50 UTC)

Last week, we pointed out that Amazon had posted an image nobody had seen before as the Halo 3 Standard Edition box art; we suggested it could very well be the final version. A couple of days ago, SPARTAN-137 noticed that the box art shown on xbox.com …

Big Goalie Dan points out that Podtacular Episode 115 is up – 56 minutes, 40 mb, guest hosted by George from aeropause.com (a general gaming blog). Go listen.(Louis Wu 13:31:53 UTC)

If you’re an IGN Insider, you can download a ‘Video Head-to-Head’ comparison of Halo 2 Xbox and Halo 2 Vista (as well as H2V vs H3 Beta). It’s sort of an interesting concept; they tried to play through Cairo Station on both boxes at similar speeds, wi…

Halo press for the day: Gamespy has a review of Halo 2 Vista (3/5, they thought it was too little, too late) – thanks, HaloPlanet; The New York Times has a profile of Lil’ Poison, the (now) 9 year old Halo pro (don’t forget about Bug Me Not if you don…

Paul Maestri has sent along Halo Heads #60, ‘Bubblehead Over Heels’. We’re back to Kitty 117… and things are getting messy. Check it out!(Louis Wu 20:22:46 UTC)

Stuntmutt’s thinking ahead, looking for potential gotchas in the Custom Game options for Halo 3; check today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 15:18:13 UTC)

Wow. IGN put together their list of the Top 10 Best Co-op Games… Halo 2 made the list (at number 7), but Halo is nowhere to be seen. Bizarre. Thanks, Morpheus.(Louis Wu 15:12:44 UTC)

Spu7n1k posted the cover of the weekly tech magazine from a Singapore newspaper – now THERE’S a pretty cool armor permutation! (As Luke mentions on Bungie.net, the customizations are cosmetic only; they won’t affect gameplay.)(Louis Wu 14:34:17 UTC)

A few months ago, Leviathan mentioned he was working on a 2D version of Halo – today he’s back with new screens. Looking good!(Louis Wu 14:28:44 UTC)

MLGPro has a Player Commentary vid from Carbon’s Shockwave, looking at their Losers Bracket Final series against FBI The Agency. Great tips for folks looking to better their game! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 14:20:56 UTC)

Today’s Penny Arcade comic (soon to be available at this permanent link) wonders whether the pleasant world of tabletop gaming will be adversely affected by the introduction of the Halo community. I’d like to hope not – but I’m not putting any money on…

Wolverine Monkey noticed a video piece by the Dutch program GameKings on YouTube – it’s an interview with Bungie, based on a visit they made earlier this year. Most of it is in Dutch – but the interviews are in English, and the background footage is a…

Stephen ‘SoundEffect’ Loftus wrote to let us know he’d picked up the Strategy Guide for Halo 2 Vista. Basically, they updated the Halo 2 Strategy Guide (for Xbox) with new screenshots, keyboard info (duh), and all the new maps released since 2004. Fin…

Mid7night has run out of flying vehicles to port to X-Plane – so he’s bringing in the rolling ones. (We already mentioned his warthog.) Last night, he pointed out preliminary shots of a Scorpion. I think he plans to take over the X-Plane universe by f…

Devrous put up a new update for his Freespace 2 Halo mod – a shot of the Seraph, and a second video tour. Check it out!(Louis Wu 12:06:03 UTC)

rapture wants to know what fans think of halo 2 Vista – the whole package. Swing by Halo2(pc).org for a poll, and make your voice heard!(Louis Wu 12:00:39 UTC)

jayWHY let us know that he ranted a bit about Halo PC in the wake of yesterday’s player stats update – there are some long-suffering fans out there.(Louis Wu 11:58:50 UTC)

There are Halo 2 reviews at Home Theater Magazine (liked it – 4/5), Game Informer (liked it – 8/10), and IGN (sort of liked it – 7.5/10). Similarly, there are Halo 3 musings at 24 Hours (they discuss an exclusive interview I can’t find), Monsters and …