Author: halo@bungie.org

Shotgunchief took a sharpie to his Guitar Hero 2 controller – the result is pretty cool! Take a look.(Louis Wu 13:55:55 UTC)

Kotaku posted a (sort-of) review of Halo 2 Vista – except for the nausea, I think he enjoyed it. Go read. Update: And

IGN has another Play and Tray review – and since Halo 2 is the first Vista game to USE this feature, they’re looking at Halo 2 Vista while they test. I have to say, I’ve never really understo…

Over at MLGPro.com, they’ve posted their own review of the two new maps – and while you’re there, there’s an interview with Final Boss after their win…

Sean Mortensen sent us two new midi themes – both are rather martial. One, Ashes, is based on the Halo main theme (and Sean gives props to Marty once again). The second,

IceWeasel found a nice shirt at Stylin Online – grunty goodness!(Louis Wu 22:07:00 UTC)

Stuntmutt has his own commentary about the two newly available maps, in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 21:24:59 UTC)

Over at GamingTV, you’ll find an interview with CROSSFIRE, of Blood Signature Films. Interesting read!(Louis Wu 21:16:02 UTC)

The new maps have been out for a day… and already, they’re being ripped apart. Certain Affinity decided to get around the Superbouncing problem by building insta-killzones into the roof of both maps – but as Ducain points out, folks have already found exceptions. (Dry Ice also found a bizarre little glitch that might come…

Morpheus pointed out that the next installment of Gamespy’s Top 25 Video Game Cinematic Moments is up (we mentioned page 1 yesterday) – and again, Halo takes two of the five spots. At 19, Return To Sender is called ‘easiliy [sic] the most memorable scene from Halo 2’, and at 17, the Starry Night Halo…

There are a couple of reviews of the two new Certain Affinity maps online – Fyrewulff wrote one for The Platformers, and there’s another one up at TeamXbox. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 13:50:13 UTC)

Xbox.com is running an All-Nighter this Saturday, April 21; play Halo 2 during the night (“it starts when the sun goes down and ends when it comes back up”), look for select members of Clan PMS and some Xbox Ambassadors (gamertags for all involved are listed on that page), and tell xbox.com what you thought!…

Voodoo Extreme says Halo 2 Vista has gone gold – they know, because they have a final review copy sitting on their desk. Plenty of time to duplicate these puppies!(Louis Wu 22:13:21 UTC)

Monty Oum released a pretty cool vid last year – had a bit of Halo content, so we mentioned it. (He’s done quite a bit of other stuff, too.) He’s just released his latest work – Haloid. It’s not what you think. And even if it IS, it’s got stuff in it you simply must…

Wow. Someone has created a life-size wax mould of the Master Chief, and is planning to create ‘a museum quality bronze statue’; Buy It Now price on eBay is just under $8,000, but you can make an offer. Statue will ship by June 7. Thanks, BARBARIC RAGE.(Louis Wu 19:20:25 UTC)

Dry Ice noticed a new top story at Bungie.net – mostly just a summary of info presented in a bunch of different places. Read it if you’re having trouble getting the maps, or need help with which playlists require them, what to do if you’re in Europe, and more.(Louis Wu 18:20:49 UTC)

Cocopjojo found news about the upcoming Halo comic over at Marvel’s website; it shows up on the July Previews page, as well as its own page. Story picks up where Halo 2 left off. Want to know more? This puppy will be on store shelves on July 18.(Louis Wu 18:17:53 UTC)

James Falcon sent in a few pics of his (newly completed) MA5C Assault Rifle – take a look! (Shin guards are coming along, as well, pics should be up by the end of the month.)(Louis Wu 14:31:38 UTC)

DuBbLe pointed out an article at Gamespy (though he was actually linking to the Australian site) about the Top 25 Video Game Cinematic Moments. So far, only 21-25 are up – but Hlo Wars took 25, and the E3 2000 Halo trailer (pre-Xbox) took 22. I wonder if there’ll be more in the top 20?…

Spec_Ops_Assault noticed a couple of stories (at Advertising Age and MarketingVOX) about the upcoming Halo 3-branded Mountain Dew. Looks like it’ll be out in August (for a three-month run), and will contain more caffeine per ounce than regular Mountain Dew. (Regular MD has about 4.6 mg/ounce, or 92 mg per 20 oz bottle – a…