Two lists of locations have come out of the attempts to decipher the puzzles embedded in the ilovebees.com site. If something is going to happen on August 24, it might be observable from these locations. My guess? Some kind of Halo advertisement.
http://www.trynamics.com/location_list.html
http://qube.netninja.com/wiki/index.php?title=GPS_Corrected_Addresses
Verdafolio at demented puppy dot com has posted the rules of engagement for the upcoming When Pigs Fly warthog launching contest. Winners will get signed artwork from community regulars like Shishka, Boxer, Stuntmutt, Dogsounds, Warbow and Blackstar.
Well, the javascript that makes the countdown on ilovebees.com, since it's based on the user's local time, has already reached zero for us here in the Rampancy Cave.
Nothing else much seems to have happened. We'll let everybody know if our powerbooks start leaking honey or Covies break in looking for AI constructs.
bobindashadows has posted over at Halo Mac Development that after a couple of weeks of work, he has successfully converted a map created for Halo CE, in this case the desert island map by ZexGX to work with Halo for the Mac.
Five screenshots accompany the story, showing ZexGX's map clearly running in Aqua windows.
There's a new blog entry by Dana, the mysterious "killer" of the I Love Bees alternate reality game, where several AIs from the Halo universe somehow entered our world and are trying to escape through the website of a small honey business.
In it, she's being shown the back room of a Chinese Internet cafe where all the bootleg DVDs are. Perhaps ILB is really a collaborative project with the RIAA, to encourage fans not to pirate Halo?
Frankie is back, with a few choice words with those who were upset at last week's update, and news on how placeholder items in levels have been replaced with real items, how Marty has gone into hiding to finish scoring the game, and other non-hair-related tidbits.
Baby Chief and Mister Chief are getting a little lost in the latest Halo Babies comic. Thanks mrsmiley.
In the previous three editions of this series, I have discussed numerous techniques, concepts, and mindsets to aid you in using Banshees to their greatest potential. While it may be that some readers plied this information in single-player mode, in filmmaking, or in other non-competitive arenas, it is certain that the majority of Banshee usage is applied as a means to beat other players, generally in Internet play.
Louis Wu at HBO has announced the winners of the Date With One One Se7en contest that challenged forumgoers to use the automagic strip generator to finish the a joke. You can see the winners and runners-up as well.
SketchFactor has posted up two new goodies at the new Bungie.net. (I wonder when we're going to be able to stop calling it the new Bungie.net and go back to just calling it Bungie.net.) The first is a render of a Helljumper, or ODST, and the second is a wallpaper of 343 Guilty Spark.
Maxmidget in the HBO forum noticed a flurry of activity at IGN over Halo recently. After coverage of the new Bungie.net site, their mailbag feature included a fan letter criticizing Halo, which has now spawned a special Halo mailbag feature with fans of the game writing in to defend it.
Does a game with as many awards, accolades and sales as Halo need to be defended? Perhaps not, but that isn't stopping anyone.
Those complaining that the Weekly Updates have been thin will have little to whine about where the new Bungie.net is concerned. A press release from Steve Cherrier at AEG let us know that Bungie is planning on releasing two new screenshots of Halo 2 during the week of the new site's launch. And sure enough, Louis Wu at HBO has already spotted one new shot.
Preston Cyberdog found and Louis Wu posted an apparently poorly-hidden feature of the new Bungie.net site that offers to help you out if it looks like you don't know what you're doing.
MonoxideC has announced the release of Halo Map Tools 3.5, featuring model injections, single player to multiplayer conversion utilities, and tutorials as well. Check it out at HaloMods.