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After War - A Halo 2 Comic
Red Leader points out After War, a comic (more of a graphic story) drawn by Kevin Ryan. They start here, and the latest episodes were posted today. (I'd never seen them before - they're pretty good.) (Louis Wu 22:14:24 UTC) (permalink)
Multimedia Blitz - this Friday
Gaming Horizon has a story on the relaunch of Halo2.com, the official Halo 2 website; new screenshots, new movies, 3 brand-new wallpapers. Wonga! (Remember, we already mentioned the teaser wallpaper - you can get a sense for what it looks like by tossing it into an image processing app (like Photoshop) and fiddling with the levels.) (Louis Wu 21:45:49 UTC) (permalink)
Have You Done It All?
Interesting forum post from princeofthesword - a challenge to do some of the cooler things discovered about the first Halo, for yourself, before November 9. Yeah, lots of you have done all of these, and more... but many, many more of you haven't. And this is a good chance to see just how rich the first game really was! (Louis Wu 21:27:35 UTC) (permalink)
Protect the Coolbox!
Hehe - G-NOx points out a Dutch Halo 2 contest - beat the Cherry Coke monsters, win an Xbox Halo 2 pack (crystal Xbox, Halo2). You have to be Dutch to win - but anyone can play; it's just Space Invaders. I hit 55,000 before I got too bored. :) Read the post on how to find the game. (Louis Wu 20:23:11 UTC) (permalink)
Wallpaper for the upcoming halo2.com relaunch
DKo5 points out a post on the Shacknews forum made by one of the people working on the redesign of halo2.com. There's a Wallpaper 'gift' in the post... nice. Update: ChibiJosh posted the wallpaper directly to OUR forum, too. (Louis Wu 19:46:51 UTC) (permalink)
The Art of Halo - thoughts from the author
Hehe - Eric Trautmann described being fully paid for his work on The Art of Halo, due out in early November, in his blog. (If you're near Olympia, Washington, on November 13, you can get it signed, even.) There's also a nice ramble about how he feels about this whole process, and the Halo fan community as a whole. Eric wondered how long it would take a fansite to notice this update; Rampancy.net had it posted about 3 hours after it went up. We, unfortunately, are lagging a bit; we're 12 hours behind them. I'm slipping... (Louis Wu 15:46:25 UTC) (permalink)
Society's Crime.
Stuntmutt takes a look at societal mores once again in today's One One Se7en. (This was inspired by the Wired article posted recently... and some other stuff.) (Louis Wu 15:14:28 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2v2 tourney in NJ
nexus points out a 2v2 Halo Tourney in Dover, New Jersey on October 23 - $35 entry fee (discount with a Gamestop coupon), $800 payout. More details can be found in his forum post, or their website. (Louis Wu 14:44:19 UTC) (permalink)
IGN's Inspiration
IGN continues their downward slide (and I do mean DOWNWARD) into Halo 2 with a new article entitled 'On The Pot' - describing how the author gets his best info about Halo 2, and where. Yes, it's what you think it is. This series better ramp up soon, or I'm gonna have to stop posting links... (Louis Wu 14:11:16 UTC) (permalink)
Babies in 3D
There's a bunch of Halo Babies fan-generated 3D artwork over at... well, Halo Babies. Go look! (Louis Wu 14:07:06 UTC) (permalink)
The Worst Halo 2 Tournament?
No, they don't mean it's gonna be terrible - they mean its a fusion of Worst, a popular Japanese manga that's coming to America, and Halo 2, a popular video game that's coming... well, everywhere. A Halo 2 tourney in mid-November, with Worst and Halo-related goodies for prizes. Check out all the details on the Digital Manga page. (Louis Wu 03:26:47 UTC) (permalink)
Corpse Humping... and No Bullets
Tina Leyk is back, with two new Fur-Lo comics; they're both great looks at multiplayer... erm, fun. Or something. (I've been there, on BOTH of these...) (Louis Wu 03:16:31 UTC) (permalink)
Gamertags - back.
Okay, enough people have been whinin- er, clamoring for the return of the HBO-XBL Gamertag list that I put it back up tonight. What it DOESN'T have: I've yanked the ability to list what games you play. (This is why it disappeared in the first place; new games were being added to XBL so quickly that I couldn't keep up, and people complained that the games they were playing weren't yet on the list. It was easier just to yank it.) Think of it now as a way to find HBO regulars on XBL to play Halo 2 against. (Louis Wu 02:43:14 UTC) (permalink)
That man works FAST.
Wow. Hawaiian Pig has ALREADY whipped up a MegaBattle set piece from Red vs Blue episode 39... wow. (There's also a really nice little wallpaper in there.) (Louis Wu 02:22:43 UTC) (permalink)
SpikeTV Casting Call - Moved!
A couple of days ago, we mentioned a Spike TV casting call; it was happening in Santa Monica, CA, on Tuesday. It's been rescheduled; the actual event will be tomorrow, Wednesday, October 13, at 10:30 am. The full casting notice can be seen here. (Louis Wu 00:30:21 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
Monday's news in brief:
