Author: Louis Wu

Ms Man has once again shown that there’s more to Halo than you knew. This time, he managed to get a Banshee outside AotCR. Completely outside the level. To the point where you’re looking at the map – as an enclosed space. And you’re not in it. The video is 4:36 long, and 16 mb…

DocOctavius stopped by the forum to point out the new Yayap.com Halo CE dedicated server, running ‘most of the best Halo CE maps in various gametypes’. The entire map collection can be downloaded from the website – if you haven’t played many of the Halo CE custom maps, here’s a chance to see a whole…

If you’re Canadian, go visit your local Blockbuster video; i fyou pre-purchase Halo 2 or Halo 2 LE before November 9th, you’re entered to win one of four life-sized Master Chief statues. Details on this Promotions page. (I could find no similar page for US-based Blockbusters.) Thanks, D_BRINGER.

Yaksha points out Sponsors vs Freeloaders Episode 2: Freeloaders Strike Back, a movie parodying the relationship between Red vs Blue sponsors and those who want hi-res versions of the videos without paying for them. It’s 9 minutes long, 12.7 mb large, in WMP9 format. There’s some explanation of what this is about (and links to…

Rocketwidget pointed out a couple of new images; one is a small screenshot that can be seen on the EB Games page devoted to Halo 2 LE (it’s a shot of the MC boarding a ghost being driven by a White Elite), and the second is over at GameWallpapers.com; it’s an ‘Exclusive for Registered Users’…

Thanks a million to SketchFactor, who managed to find the pictures of last year’s finalists for the Bungie.net Halo-ween contest (the inspiration for our very own 343 Guilt O’ Lantern contest). You can see these – and maybe get some ideas – in our Guilt O’ Lantern section.

There’s a new video from Ms Man – a whole series of funky glitches and tricks. 12:44 long, 14 mb, WMP9 format. Some really cool stuff in there. You can find a link to it in this forum post – if bandwidth runs out, drop us a note, we’ll put up a copy.

The big news this weekend was a leaked commercial shown at an annual meeting of EB Games Store Managers, and filmed on the sly by one of the participants. Quality is AWFUL, but the content has been enough to galvanize Halo (and general Xbox) forums all over the web. It’s clearly not out there with…

Dang. Fury Three has updated his around-the-net collection of Halo Lego links – there’s a lot of stuff out there! Check ’em out.

Blackstar noticed that his local EB Games was on the list of stores planning to open at midnight on the 9th – but calling the store itself gave him a different answer. Contacting EB Games directly yielded the info that stores can decide whether or not they’ll be open; your best bet is to call…

IGN has decided to prepare for Halo 2 by posting Halo 2 content every day until release. The first article is ‘Ten Things To Do While Waiting for Halo 2’. It’s pretty much as silly as it sounds. (There’s also an article about the Halo 2 soundtrack, but most of it is the explanation Marty…

ZigZag Master points out that The Art of Halo entry at Random House has been updated; the cover is up, and a description of the contents is now available. It should be out in the next 4 weeks or so.

The dirtyJ (among other people) passed along info about HaloImpulse, a new Halo CE website. There’s lots of content – but what attracted my attention was an interview with Randy Pitchford. Once again, Mr. Pitchford explains where Gearbox sits with regard to support of Halo PC and Halo CE, and where he thinks the games…

To the four thousand people who sent us email about the Slurpee Prophet voice not actually being a prophet… yep, it’s true. Whoever built that site actually took their audio content from OUR Dialogue Databank – that ‘Prophet’ clip is actually a Jackal, slowed down and reversed, and it was submitted by Patrick Naedele back…

The weekly update isn’t what folks expected – but it will be… just a few days later than we thought. Look for it on Monday. In the meantime, enjoy a rockin’ new screenshot and an entertaining explanation from Frankie on our forum.

MrFluffyPants has turned in a writeup of the Crisp Death lanfest last weekend – you can find it (with pictures and everything) over at the Junkyard. Extra bonus – no pics of me. 🙂

There’s more new wallpaper for you – this time, at the Win It Before You Can Buy It Halo 2 Sweepstakes page at Mountaindew.com. Hit the ‘Downloads’ link at the top of the page, you can grab shots of the Chief, Grunts, Prophets, and Elites – and when you drag them into the display box,…

Well, the Wallpaper section has now been moved over to nikon, as well; there are still a couple of minor display glitches, but nothing that will really affect your viewing pleasure. This means I can finally start clearing out some of the desktop images sent to us in the past couple of weeks; you’ll find…

Hehe – rule number one about trolling: know your audience. thunderhawk555 (who’s been around our forum for quite a while, but just today earned his Trolling stripes), posted a note purporting to contain information from the upcoming EGM issue (due out to subscribers soon, and on store shelves by the 14th or so). In it,…

Here’s one I’ve never seen before – a Halo fan has whipped up a watercolor (seems to be inspired by this screenshot), framed it, and put it up on eBay. Starting bid is £5. (The artist is in the UK.) Makes you wonder… you think Microsoft might step in at some point? Comments can be…