Author: Louis Wu

Interesting find… fludblud noticed a similarity between the building in the bottom corner of the new Halo 2 promo poster and the Hong Kong Bank in Hong Kong (we’ve archived a local copy in case this goes offline). Inspiration by interesting architecture… or a hint about a Halo 2 location? Only time will tell.

Deanero has written up a different sort of E3 review; definitely worth a read. He seriously skimped on his own party – but not to worry, I’m guessing there’ll be some decent writeups of that from others. Check it out!

Today’s One One Se7en continues the saga of the ODST – the few, the proud, the flat.

Sorry for the delay – got home around 4 am this morning. Then there were some clients to placate… finally getting to HBO updates. First up: Halo: Resolution turns 100. Long run!

Shaolin Temple Bum has announced the opening of the Haloce.org Map Repository to the general public; this is a place where you can upload your Halo CE maps for others to download. Take a look – sample the wares, and upload your own stuff!

Frontline with Suzie, a fanfic started up by rockslider, has posted Broadcast 2, an interview with a jackal. Thanks to Lothar Hex for pointing it out.

The Enkidu Terminals have drawn to a close; I’m sorry I wasn’t there at the end to watch the fireworks. (I’m also REALLY sorry that a careless oversight on my part, coupled with the necessities of remote administration, allowed folks to see stuff they weren’t supposed to see a day or so early. Totally my…

[HOH] has analyzed another Halo 2 screenshot – stop by and see if you agree!

James MacGlashan writes to say that version 1.0 of the One South Halo Timer, a Mac OS 10.3 application that keeps track of respawn times for all items in multiplayer games, has now been released. (There was a beta mentioned a couple of weeks ago.) This one supports all maps, clock time adjustment with fast…

Games Domain has posted a Halo 2 review from the E3 play sessions – thanks, JonK. Update: this is the same as the GameDaily piece mentioned earlier; that’s what I get for wanting breakfast rather than reading carefully. normanthesquid was the first to notice.

The gameplay sessions behind the Press curtain were off-limits to cameras; this was not because anything new was being shown (you’ve already read dozens of writeups of the gameplay), but because Bungie didn’t want to have to deal with folks judging the game by bad shakeycam footage. However, there are ALWAYS fans who want shakeycam…

There’s a huge (15:33 long) video interview with Pete Parsons over at Xbox.com; it’s streaming WMV, and totally inaccessible to Macs, but it’s a good listen; if you can find a PC that will play it, go listen. Thanks, Alex Higueras.

Canada.com has put up a nice writeup of the Halo 2 showing at the show – a great quote attributed to Max Hoberman. Give it a read! (Thanks, Jim.)

There are a number of new pics at the Joyride site – including the Black Master Chief and some new 5-packs. There’s also a Halo checklist for all the figures, which lists everything including Exclusives (a Battle Damaged Cobalt Master Chief from Gamestop, the Battle Damaged Black MC from ToyWiz, and the Battle Damaged Maroon…

GameDaily has posted a Hands-On Halo 2 article – there are a couple of misconceptions/misrepresentations, but mostly, it’s a pretty good accounting of the game that was shown to press this week at E3. Give it a read! Thanks to Drgn2007 for the heads-up.

Oops – we got mail recently from Ghôlsbane about a Halo Babies update this week, even though both mrsmiley and Gruntsbane were at E3; go take a look. (There’s also sketch art for this strip in the Artwork section.

Okay… I’m not home yet (Still in LA for another 24 hours), but I’m finally getting a few minutes on a computer; time to say a HUGE thank you to 3of9 for his amazing coverage as all the rest of us abandoned the site for E3. I’ll try to post a few things over the…

I HAVE TO GO! I’m gonna miss my plane. 🙁 But I thought I’d make one last round of the big boys – and IGN has two new Hands-On articles up (Volume 2 and Volume 3) about their Halo 2 experiences. Go read.

Couple of updates from Bungie.net that are worth a note; They’ve moved Webcam #2 to the show floor; you can watch the show from on high (and you’ll be able to see the fanfest tonight). Details about this are here. They’ve also added the turret shot we noted a couple of days ago to the…

I’m sure there’s a BOATLOAD of notable stuff on our forum, posted in the last day or so. I wish I had time to go through and sort it for you. I will, eventually. Just not right now. I’m off to the airport, to hop an early flight to LA. (I live a long way…