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September 24, 2004 Link to this post
Aussie Halo 2 site a wealth of info
serpx points out the official Halo 2 site in Australia, which has quite a bit more content than the US site. Unfortunately, for most of it, you need to register... and to register, you have to have a geographic address somewhere in Australia. I suppose I understand the theory behind this... but since this content isn't available anywhere else in the world, it seems a bit unfair. Google, however, helps quite a lot when you let it, so Louis Wu now lives next door to the Australian Museum in Sydney. If you're an Aussie, you can enter the Halo 2 competition, which started last week; each week, through October 15, they'll pick the best 25-words-or-less description of what a fan would do if aliens landed on earth; there's pretty nice schwag to win. There's also customized wallpapers for several large cities in AU, news items about MC sightings, and more. Go check it all out! (If you're Australian, that is...) (Louis Wu 12:59:21 UTC)
September 24, 2004 Link to this post
New MP screenies at Xboxworld.nl
Brodingo found a pair of brand-new screenshots on the Dutch site Xboxworld.nl. There's now a big long forum thread debating whether they're real or not... for what it's worth, they look real to me. It's a map I've never seen before... but there's some interesting stuff, if you look around. Maybe we'll get word from Bungie about the story behind these - who knows? (Louis Wu 11:32:30 UTC)
September 22, 2004 Link to this post
Need a gun?
New item in the Joyride arsenal - the Armory Series 1 Weapon Battle Pack. Rocket launcher, shotgun, sniper rifle, MD6 pistol, plasma pistol, and needler are all included - the pack retails for $9.95. If you're ordering, you might want to drop in your requests for the first round of Halo 2 figures; they start shipping in about 3 weeks. (Louis Wu 19:50:06 UTC)
September 22, 2004 Link to this post
Pipedream released
Icetiger writes to point out his newest mod creation, Pipedream. Lots of new vehicles, weapons, bizarre architecture... check this one out! (It's about a 13 mb download, or a bit smaller in .rar format.) (Louis Wu 13:10:54 UTC)
September 22, 2004 Link to this post
One More from TheManRoom
TheManRoom wraps up their Halo 2 Preview coverage with a new piece that includes the Halo 2 Fact Sheet, and a collection of all the recent screens and concept art released. Good reading! (Looks like we got an XBL glove tossed at our feet, as well... we're there, when the time comes.) (Louis Wu 12:53:32 UTC)
September 22, 2004 Link to this post
Unyielding
Mothergoat has released Unyielding, his newest musical Halo-inspired creation. It starts quietly, majestically... but quickly explodes into heavy guitar-driven rock. 5:32 long, 5 mb big, hosted by Mothergoat himself (though if bandwidth gets tight, we'll certainly provide an alternative - it's quite good). Go listen. In Mothergoat's words, "Turn it up loud, close your eyes and let your mind wander in the Halo universe. I tried to provide a sountrack. :)" Update: Oops, there's a forum thread about this already, if you want to toss in your two cents. (Louis Wu 12:48:36 UTC)
September 17, 2004 Link to this post
European Dev Tour pics
Soulblighta found a writeup on a Belgian site of the Halo 2 European Developer Tour. This, as well, is in Dutch (though he's offered a translation - yes, please, Soulblighta :) ). It chronicles an event that took place in Paris on August 20, and the size of the screens they played on made me drool. Take a look! (Louis Wu 17:25:52 UTC)
September 17, 2004 Link to this post
Capitalism is better with new clothes
Took a little while... but the Bungie Store is back online, with T-shirts, fleece pullovers, keychains, pen and pencil sets, and more. There's clearly more on the way - the slideshow on the opening screen shows a bunch of items not yet available. go buy, and help Bungie on their road to world domination! (Thanks, Finn - you WERE the first.) (Louis Wu 00:38:52 UTC)
September 16, 2004 Link to this post
HBO PAL - Your New Bestest Friend
Ever feel like you just don't have enough easy ways to access the information available here at HBO? There are so many different search areas - news, art, forum, updates - or maybe you just wanna find posts by your friends. Or maybe you want better access to the subsections of HBO, without having to go to the main page first. Well, BOLL is here for you. He's created the HBO PAL, a small popup window that gives you access to an enormous swath of HBO info in one little strip of real estate. Stick it in a corner of your screen, see if it makes your life any easier. (If it doesn't... hey, just close it.) Don't forget to thank him. (Louis Wu 00:40:35 UTC)
September 15, 2004 Link to this post
The Fansites Weigh In
Last week, Eclarap of Halo France posted a huge writeup of his visit to Bungie's offices in early August, a bit ahead of schedule. (The 'ahead of schedule' part wasn't malicious - it was all a misunderstanding.) In the furor that erupted over this release, the Halo.fr writeup was pulled down, but Microsoft bumped up the news embargo date, to last Friday... and because of that bump, you've been reading dozens of hands-on writeups in the past several days. And now, finally, the original writeup is BACK online, along with his screenshots and the shakeycam vid he collected. There's a translation, of sorts, over at HaloPlanet, if you don't read French - but at the very least you can look at all the pretty pictures. And whoa, speaking of HaloPlanet... it looks like Fluffy has put up the first part of his OWN impressions of that weekend - it'll be reformatted at some point, and added to, but it's a great start. (For the record, I had NO drinks on the plane; it was Fluffy's incessant talking that made me miss that turn. At least we didn't end up in Fishkill, NY.) (Louis Wu 15:42:12 UTC)
September 15, 2004 Link to this post
No. Way.
Uncle Mato found an auction on eBay in which someone is selling a 10 DVD set of themselves playing through the entire campaign of Halo (one level per disc). Starting bid is $20.00. The idea is to help you through if you're stuck, or something... but remember that there are plenty of text walkthroughs on the net (for free), we posted a 10-movie collection of superfast runs on Legendary (for free), and actually playing the game is fun. To give the guy credit, he DID do a nice job of labeling the DVDs. We've put up a local, no-links copy of the auction, for when this rolls off eBay's site. (Louis Wu 15:06:42 UTC)
September 15, 2004 Link to this post
Bungie.net Screenshot Gallery Updated
Bungie.net has put up their own copies of the 10 new screenshots - you can find them in the Halo 2 Screenshot Gallery. Well, some of you can. I'm having trouble right now; some machines here can see the thumbnails, but get errors trying to load the full images, while others can't even get to Bungie.net. Hang tight, try a bit later, and things should be solved. (Louis Wu 12:40:02 UTC)
September 14, 2004 Link to this post
Halo CE Push - Quick Update
Well, I'll say that last night was pretty fun. I logged onto the HBO Coerce server - one of the few 16-players-full CE servers running last night - and saw a HOST of names I never see any more, including one I haven't seen on Halo CE or PC... EVER. It was a blast. But again, even with the added publicity... total numbers never rose above 400. There are still a few more nights in which the 1000 player total can be reached, in this push... but I have to tell you, I'm starting to believe that this is just too little, too late. There are many hundreds of thousands of copies of Halo PC and Mac Halo out there - but Halo CE came along too late to capture the PC crowd, and the Mac folks never even got a chance. If the combined readership of all the largest Halo fansites can't generate 1000 online players when they're BEGGING for them... it just ain't gonna happen. (Goes without saying that I'd LOVE to have that last statement proved wrong.) (Louis Wu 10:36:33 UTC)
September 11, 2004 Link to this post
The Big Screen
Trigun writes to point out a new episode of Halo: On Vacation over at the 7th Revolution. I don't get it... but it's probably a cultural reference I'm missing. (Louis Wu 15:24:53 UTC)
September 10, 2004 Link to this post
He's Gearing Up...
Captain Spark has opened a Halo 2 dialogue center, in preparation for the huge flood of recording he's planning to do in a few months. At the moment, it's got a bunch of modified screenshots he's put together... quite pretty. Check it out! (Louis Wu 13:53:53 UTC)
September 10, 2004 Link to this post
Following the Big One
IGN Xbox has a 6-page article on what it's like to cover Halo 2, the 'most anticipated game of all time'. Interesting read. Look for far more content in the next couple of days; the media embargo that was set to be lifted on September 15 will now lift in 4 hours - at 12:01 am PST Friday. (We'll have a couple of writeups of our own, I should think... though I'm not sure when they'll get posted.) And those juicy hi-res screenshots that went up a bit early yesterday will be available again. Thanks, Oddworld. (Louis Wu 03:05:55 UTC)
September 8, 2004 Link to this post
Cover Design Contest Closing
Blade points out that the Halo 2 Cover Design contest he's been running are closing tomorrow at midnight. If you're interested in entering, now's the time. (We mentioned this contest when it started.) (Louis Wu 21:31:32 UTC)
September 6, 2004 Link to this post
Halo Babies pours out the artwork
Because one batch of Wallpaper is never enough, you need to stop by Halo Babies, for a massive art update, including some very cool collaborative wallpaper done by Gruntsbane and akba. (akba started by vectorizing the MC pose from Zoe's farewell desktop, and then both akba and Gruntsbane put this image (with various amounts of tweaking) into supercool desktop images, in a variety of sizes.) There's also a new fan strip, new fan art, and a submission information page. Whew! (Louis Wu 21:28:59 UTC)
September 6, 2004 Link to this post
Pretties for your screen
Back, finally, from Minnesota. There was no Wallpaper update yesterday (oversight), so here it is today - 10 new desktop images in the Wallpaper Section. Apologies for the delay! (Louis Wu 21:19:26 UTC)
September 4, 2004 Link to this post
TalkXbox takes a longer look at Halo 2
coolp, using the time he spent playing Halo 2 at PAX as a starting point, wrote up a pretty extensive 'Hands-On Halo 2' article over at TalkXbox. Go see if there's anything you didn't know. (Louis Wu 03:20:01 UTC)
September 3, 2004 Link to this post
Seventh Column to undergo major changes
Ouch. There's a long story over on Bungie.net, talking about the long-awaited upgrade to the Seventh Column; starting next Tuesday, it'll be down for 1-2 weeks for the upgrade, and when it comes back, there'll be lots and lots of changes. This is bad news for the HBO Junkies, which was actually using one of the features slated for the chopping block (the Events database) for a big upcoming lanfest... but hey, we'll manage, I guess. First heads-up for this came from SPARTAN-01110101. (Louis Wu 04:27:05 UTC)
September 3, 2004 Link to this post
Friday Fanfic
Some of you may have noticed I haven't been around much today. I'm at a family wedding about 1500 miles from home... so updates will be scarcer than usual (unless other staffers can cover for me). I CAN, however, post some of the user-submitted content... starting with the Fan Fiction section. 5 new items tonight. Go see. (halosn, the server handling Fan Fiction and Miscellaneous Art, among other things, is acting a little funny these days... so be patient after you click a link. Yes, we're working on it.) (Louis Wu 03:15:46 UTC)
August 30, 2004 Link to this post
Monday Morning Musings
Ten new pieces in the Fan Fiction queue were approved today - many new series started! Go see what you can find. (Louis Wu 12:46:02 UTC)
August 29, 2004 Link to this post
More details about Big Screen Halo
A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned a theater in Logan, Utah, using their screens for Halo-playing late at night. bentllama ran across another story of the same theater - with a LOT more detail. An interesting read. (Don't mind the forum thread in which everyone tells him to search first; he's bentllama, after all.) (Louis Wu 14:16:03 UTC)
August 28, 2004 Link to this post
Fellowship of aliens, eh?
Halo continues to make inroads in the fashion world, as Pallor points out that the September issue of InStyle puts an Xbox with Halo in their "What's Hot Now" section, along with a list of celebrity fans including Justin Timberlake and Julia Roberts. As with last time, it's good to see new audiences start paying attention to video games in general. (Count Zero 16:07:28 UTC)
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