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Games for the Holidays
CBSNews.com has put up a Video Game Holiday Buying Guide - and Halo 2 is on it. There's also a nice little note explaining how parents, not interest groups, are ultimately responsible for the games their children play - ESRB's rating system is there to help, but the final decision on whether or not to let kids play games like Halo 2 belongs to parents. What a refreshing view! (Louis Wu 20:56:42 UTC) (permalink)
More candy for your desktop.
During the month leading up to the release of Halo 2, we had a ton of submissions for various art sections that I simply didn't get to. I've cleared out 20 of the desktops (30, if you count variations) and added them to our Wallpaper section - there are still a couple of dozen images in the queue, but it's much smaller than it was. More coming soon. In the meantime, check these out - there are some GREAT ones. (Louis Wu 19:37:45 UTC) (permalink)
Scenery in the round
BOLL's Halorama section has gotten an infusion of 15 new images; 8 multiplayer shots, 7 single player. There is almost no better way to get a good look at Bungie's beautiful architecture! (Louis Wu 17:08:53 UTC) (permalink)
MLG gears up for 2006
Wonga. The Major League Gaming website has been totally overhauled for the 2005 season; there is a quarter of a million dollars on the line this year. There's an article about point and prize breakdowns for those competing, details about upcoming content from Dolbex, and more! Check it all out. (Louis Wu 16:54:58 UTC) (permalink)
Why let Bungie make all the money?
ThinkGeek is gettin' in on the Halo Lovin' action - they're selling a plain black T-shirt with 'Master Chief' (in a pseudo-Halo font) on it. It ain't cheap, neither. Thanks, Jonas. (Louis Wu 16:02:05 UTC) (permalink)
Time's Top 10 for the year
A week ago, Time Magazine published their list of Top 10 Games for 2004 - Halo was Number 7. Thanks to Excalibur for the magazine scans; you'll find the article in our Press Scans section. (Louis Wu 15:20:12 UTC) (permalink)
Weekly What's Update
After taking a week off for Thanksgiving, Frankie is back with another Weekly What's Update, a service in which Bungie answers questions posed by Halo 2 fans during the course of the week. One question asks about non-flaming ninjas - you can create your own using our new Multiplayer Emblem Generator (if you don't like those colors, feel free to change them!) - another declares that the cliffhanger ending of Halo 2 was intentional (which is about as close to an admission that the next Halo is in the works as you're going to get, I think). There are many others - discussion about clipping issues in multiplayer maps, answers about bugs and their fixes, explanations of obscure gaming references. The one thing I didn't see (that I expected to) was a mention of the 'Cable modem standby button cheat' that made the rounds this week; maybe that's coming. A great read - go check it out! (Louis Wu 02:27:58 UTC) (permalink)
Multiplayer Emblem Generator
BOLL recently sent us a web-based interface for experimenting with the emblems you can choose for your XBL Halo 2 profile - and Bungie kindly allowed us to post it for you to use. (We needed to ask, since the image generated actually comes from their servers.) Go ahead and experiment - build your best avatar! (This isn't the only one on the net right now - recently, Yaksha pointed out another one at the Sponsors vs Freeloaders site. Try them both!) (Louis Wu 02:15:54 UTC) (permalink)
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