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I got a Dancin' Jones...
Hmm. A couple of days ago, Mr. Mojo Risin posted a note on our forum about a sighting of a nearly-naked Jason Jones in a cutscene in Halo 2. (Full details are in the forum post.) It wasn't until today that BOLL managed to snag a decent screenshot of this... and with the help of Tsmola, who pointed out the origin of the image, another Halo 2 egg is fully revealed. (Also, BOLL pulls down the coveted PostTacular with this news item - 4 in a day.) Warning - the thread contains story spoilers, to some degree. (Louis Wu 22:14:50 UTC) (permalink)
Monday MLG Update
Bunch of new content over at MLGPro.com...
- Policing Ignorance on XBL - ways to deal with annoying players
- Gamer's Guide - How to survive Halo 2 without alienating your family or coworkers
- Interview with Xena - The best female Halo player out there, according to Dolbex
Get to reading! (Louis Wu 22:02:43 UTC) (permalink)
Change your look. 30 times.
In the seemingly never-ending quest to clear the various art queues here at HBO, I've posted another 29 desktop images in our Wallpaper section. There's a pretty wide variety this time around... check 'em out! (Louis Wu 18:42:37 UTC) (permalink)
He's a little like Jimmy Neutron.
Yesterday, we pointed out a thread on the forum where folks were drawing Halo-related Christmas cards at art.com. (There are some really cool ones - if you haven't checked the thread for a while, go waste some time.) BOLL, as usual, wasn't satisfied with the normal 'draw something fun' directions... and went a little overboard. (He explained how in this post.) (Louis Wu 16:51:41 UTC) (permalink)
Not observant enough?
Hmm... Cody Miller posted that he collected all the skulls, in the order they appear on the Soundtrack... and nothing happened. First response to his post? Frankie, saying he was wrong. Ooh... (If this means nothing to you, visit High Impact Halo's Skulls database, and read the background. And realize that Cody's feat, by itself, is something pretty darned impressive.) (Louis Wu 16:41:30 UTC) (permalink)
Loose Lips Sink Ships.
Have you wondered why Johnson has so few lines this time around? One One Se7en suggests that someone taught him to keep his mouth shut... (Louis Wu 16:08:33 UTC) (permalink)
Winning a Roommate
fastmatt pointed out a contest at Get Into the Game - if you're 13 or over, and a US resident, you can win a life-size replica of the Master Chief. One entry per person, drawing happens in early January. (Louis Wu 14:28:17 UTC) (permalink)
Don't make me take off my belt.
It took considerably longer than I'd expected, but the Halo 2 Dialogue Databank is now online, with over 200 snippets ready for download. (Thanks to Captain Spark, who has been collecting these over the past month, and who has made them available on his own website as he goes.) There are some pretty funny clips in there... go see what you can find! (Louis Wu 14:04:20 UTC) (permalink)
Ooh, That Weasel!
That Weasel Television has posted Episode 13 ("DisGrunteled") of "Grunts Are People Too!!!", their ongoing series. 18.8 mb, WMP9 format. There are also mirrors of a dozen films released in the past week - go see what you can find! (Louis Wu 13:21:41 UTC) (permalink)
Stats again
sonik son points out that the Halo 2 RSS Excel Workbook (the one featured on dozens of disparate websites, the one that requires Excel 2003 Pro on a PC to work properly) has been updated. More pretty graphs, a bigger FAQ, a couple of install choices. Go look! (Louis Wu 13:19:12 UTC) (permalink)
More ways to say what you mean.
Thanks to c0ld, for the initial work, and BOLL, for the cleaned-up thumbnails, there are now 19 new panels available in the AutoMagic 117 StripzMaker. Unleash your creative brilliance on our forum! (Louis Wu 01:05:41 UTC) (permalink)
Kiss It Goodbye.
Nice. Mackenzie noticed that if you drop the bomb when playing Bomb Assault, you can see one of several messages written across the bottom of it. BOLL was kind enough to snap pictures of four of these. Most of the rest of the thread is a debate about whether or not this constitutes an easter egg in Halo 2 or is just detail... I'm inclined to go with 'egg', simply because of the humor value of the messages. In any case, though, it's pretty interesting. Take a look! (Louis Wu 01:01:26 UTC) (permalink)
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