As usual, more news than one can shake a boomstick at:
- Eric Trautmann notes that the Art of Halo hits bookstore shelves yesterday, at least in theory-- he says some stores don't have it due to late shipments.
- Major Nelson notes that MS' official sales total for Halo 2uesday is now $125 million and also talkes about how Halo 2 matchmaking is different than usual matchmaking on XBL.
- mrsmiley points out that Halo Babies is mentioned in the Halo 2 credits, and that their forums are now back online.
- Fluffy at Halo Planet reviews the SmartJoy Frag and how well it works with Halo 2.
- mnemesis at Bungie Sightings summarizes the old Bungie box acronyms and asks for suggestions on what Halo 2's acronym, JNAMSFTFY, might mean. However, fans should take note that several old acronyms, including PC Halo, GOtY edition Halo, the Halo Soundtrack, Myth 2, the Myth Soundtrack, and the Myth Total Codex, are also still not yet officially solved even after all this time.
- Louis Wu at HBO points out a phone-in chat conference with the I Love Bees players mentioned at ARGN.
- Frankie posts that Bungie will be hosting a weekly challenge to all comers on XBL with bragging rights on the line. They went up against IGN this week; you can see the results courtesy of Bungie's amazing Game Viewer stats system. Shishka seems to be the class of the Bungie team, consistently finishing near the top.
Editor's Note: The Bungie.net story links to game #2 twice, but Shishka gladly provided the link to game #3.
- Penny Arcade's Tycho is obsessed with trying to connect Halo 2's plot, the Conversations from the Universe insert that comes with the Limited Edition, and the I Love Bees ARG.
That's all for now.