Author: Louis Wu

The Halo 2 FAQ at Bungie.net has gotten a major overhaul – questions tweaked, many new questions added… a definite must-read. Thanks to Tempus Fugit for pointing it out.

Roger Wilco has created some pretty cool 3d stuff in the past. (Some of it has even been confused for Bungie concept art, it’s that good.) Today, he brings you Special Delivery, a new movie fully rendered in 3ds max. 24 mb, QuickTime format, graciously hosted by Mythica.org. Beautiful.

The Master Chief runs up against his worst enemy in today’s Calvin and Halo.

Halo 2 was the subject of today’s Dork Tower cartoon at Gamespy. IRC consensus is that it’s not funny. What do they know? Make up your own mind. Thanks, Brad.

Mothergoat (author of some cool Halo fan music) has been bitten by the mapmaking bug – and his first map is now available for download. It’s called Transfer, and it’s pretty bumpy. (Mothergoat calls it ‘jump-heavy’.) Some nice touches, like the overarching longsword beams. There’s a small promo movie (3.9 mb, WMP9) if you want…

When the Limited Edition box set was originally announced, Halo forums across the net were flooded with folks outside the US worrying anxiously about whether it would be available internationally, and whether it would be available in PAL format. There’s still been no official confirmation – but some investigation by fans would suggest that non-US…

Gamespy has put up its Annual E3 Awards – and Halo 2 took #7. (It was beaten by four games and two handheld gaming devices.) Thanks, MinM.

Another IGN article – this one is called ‘Halo 2: A Deeper Look’. It checks out the little things that add up to make Halo 2 stand head and shoulders above its competition. Nicely written.

In going over the E3 coverage out there, I found a Hands-On article we missed last week; it was put up at GamePro. It’s not long, but gives a nice recap of the play afforded press and lucky public last week.

IGN has posted a ‘Second Time Around’ article – the reviewer got a chance to think a bit more about Halo 2 and strategy. It’s a good read. Thanks, HaloMasterr.

MacSoft has released a patch to bring Mac Halo up to v1.05. This fixes a number of graphical glitches – a full list (and download links) can be found in the press release. The download is 3.4 mb. (This is NOT a Custom Edition patch; Westlake is still evaluating that situation.)

Not that it should surprise anyone at this point, but Halo 2 just took home another award from E3 – Game Informer voted it Game of Show. Nice one!

Xbox.com has put together their Halo 2 page; many recent articles have all been linked there for easy access. One you might have missed (because we never posted news about it – we missed it) is an article about the 1000-person-big, nationwide, Microsoft-employee-only Halo 2 alpha test that took place a few months ago. Thanks…

Lots of new shirts available at Red vs Blue and its affiliated w00twear site; a new Doc shirt, a special edition Sarge shirt, and a Purple Octopus shirt. Visit RvB for all the details! Thanks to The Salmon Sausage for the heads-up.

One One Se7en solves a mystery that nobody even realized needed solving. Can you ask for anything more?

Halo: Resolution continues the encounter between MC and Bill Gates. Billy’s secrets… revealed?

Bah. Another missed email. Bongo wrote up a summary of the E3 demo over at Sector 7 yesterday, based on the released movies. Go read again.

Curll posted a note yesterday on xblGamers explaining the Clan pricing rumor (it was a psych/marketing class project, apparently) – I missed the email until just now. Go read.

Sanchez the Llama reminds us that Nerdstock 2004, a Halo Xbox tourney near Chicago, is coming up fast (June 26) – if you’re in driving distance, sign up and go play!

Looks like we missed a contest due to the E3 flood; SEspider is offering some cool Halo 2 action figures (when they come out) to the person who can make a Pelican jump with grenades. Details are in this forum post (with an adjustment of the due date in this post). Give it a shot!