One One Se7en gets ready for Halo 2…

The dangers of fighting a war… in today’s Halo: Resolution.

It continues…

The second of Spotcheck’s releases, a 5:15 run through Pillar of Autumn on Heroic, is now up at files.bungie.org, in both WMP9 (15 mb) and QuickTime (15.8 mb) formats. The WMV was originally found at That Weasel Television – but folks were having real trouble getting hold of it, due to slow download speeds. The thread on our forum, again, is here.

cuc found a pair of new Wideload interviews – one at 1up, a second at Homeland Fed. The most interesting parts, to me, have to do with the game itself; it’s an action game, using the Halo engine… but it’s not a First Person Shooter. Having buried myself in the consumer end of the Halo engine for the past several years, I’m really intrigued to see what OTHER ways this engine can be used!

Spotcheck continues to post speedruns of various levels, in preparation for Going Nowhere Fast – latest pair have been PoA (on Heroic), and the Maw (on Easy). These are run on HaloPC, and obviously the difficulty levels aren’t up to snuff – but he’s pointing out routes to take and tricks for shaving time off. I haven’t been able to watch the PoA run yet (there is still more than half an hour remaining in the download), but the Maw run was quite impressive, and I’ve put a pair of copies (the original WMP9, 23 mb, and a re-encoded Quicktime, 26.9 mb) up on files.bungie.org. Grab one and watch this, because the Maw in 9:15 is astounding at ANY difficulty level. Update: Uriel has mirrored both of these on a server in Germany; if you’re in Europe, these might be better for you. (Thanks, Uriel!)

Another one from rendar – Xbox.com put up another Lifestyle article, called ‘Eye Candy‘ – and again, Halo is showcased. I think it’s pretty much a given… you wanna show off the Xbox, grab Halo.

There’s ANOTHER interview with Alex Seropian, with new details about Wideload, its staff (more hints about who’s who from the old days) and some interesting pieces about the game itself and its development. All of this is over at Gamespot. Thanks, Jonah.

Halo Zone is having a Screenshot contest – win a headset if you’re good enough! Check out the details on their main page.

Xbox.com put up an article called ‘Best Of: Xbox Shooters‘ – and surprise, surprise, Halo’s on the list. Thanks, rendar.

XLNC, unwilling to post YET ANOTHER batch of the same old HUDless shots, has posted a batch… of doublewides. Awesome 3200×1200 panoramas, they’re perfect for dual monitor setups. Check ’em out!

uran8er found a new page over at the Enkidu site. What does it mean? You got me.

Today’s Calvin and Halo reminds me that my kids are not evil.

MereCatFish announces that Blamdink.co.uk is giving away a copy of Halo: First Strike; you MUST be a UK resident to enter. If you’re interested, sign up before May 30!

Gamefaqs is running a poll called ‘Best. Game. Ever.’ – Division 128, round 1, open today only, is Halo vs Starcraft. At the moment, Halo is losing, by a little… see what you can do to fix that! First word on this seems to be from Bobby Curry, a couple of days ago.

The Wideload press continues – IGN did an interview with Alex Seropian yesterday, as well. Some very interesting tidbits – check it out! Thanks to Bullseye, who pointed it out to Subnova.

Just a heads-up… Bungie will be picking its grand prize winner for the Launch Week Sweepstakes in about an hour; someone will win an all-expenses trip to Bungie Studios. It will be viewable, live, on the Webcams. (Thanks, Brad, for the reminder!) Update: Congrats to Steve 0, for winning the Grand Prize. (The originally listed winner has been yanked due to an invalid B.net account.) Congrats to the other 14 names on the list, too!

There’s been some buzz in the Bungie community this morning about the announcement of Wideload, Alex Seropian’s new gaming company. We had a chance to chat with Alex this morning about where Wideload is, and where it might be going… if the idea of a new game based on the Halo engine, built by old-school Bungie folks, gets you excited, go check this out! Hearty thanks to both Alex and Miguel Chavez for their time (and Mig’s great questions!).

Stuntmutt uses One One Se7en to take a shot that I’ve been taking for months on the IRC channel… trust that guy to recycle EVERYTHING.

I think Halo: Resolution is confused about this whole World Domination thing…