Australia, New Zealand, and the East Coast of North America have now passed through the terminator into November 9, 2004, officially Halo 2uesday. Before you go off to get your copy, take a gander at BOLL's gorgeous Halo 2 countdown timer.
Because they know there's really nothing else to do this week, Red vs Blue is releasing a total of three episodes this week. First up, episode #41 is on the Videos page.
Today's Penny Arcade looks over the smoldering ruins of IGN's review of Killzone, a PS2 shooter once billed as a "Halo killer". While hostile to what they called the "repetetive" nature of Halo 1's campaign, Gabe and Tycho have warmed to Halo 1's multiplayer and to the promise of Halo 2. They had this to say about the hype around Killzone now that the game is out:
Apparently fearing that the release of Halo 2 would mean the end of the Weekly Updates, as well as the trepiditious Mister Chief, a special Mister Chief site has been opened to keep him alive and in the public eye. Thanks again Louis Wu at HBO.
Crack the code in today's Penny Arcade to find out what game they think is really good. Thanks Louis Wu and KP.
However, be sure to read the news post, too, because there's some more about Halo in there:
Today's new Halo Babies strip reminds us there are very few shopping days left before Halo 2 is released. mrsmiley also writes to let us know about their Halo Gamers Against Piracy campaign; read all about it and perhaps use their banner (as we have) to proclaim your site a supporter of Bungie against software piracy.
Eric Trautmann notes in his blog that he got his last payment for his work on The Art of Halo just recently-- and ahead of schedule, at that. Also, it seems, this means the book may be out soon:
Lots of new stuff at Halo Babies over the past few days; a new strip, two new fan strips, new 3-D desktops and 3-D fan strips. Thanks mrsmiley.
Fun taunting Halo 2 fans shows up in today's Ctrl+Alt+Del cartoon; thanks goatrope who pointed it out.
mrsmiley sends word of the latest update on the Halo Babies site: new fan art, Halo furry art by Tina "Jaxx" Leyk, homework by Gruntsbane, and a thread of 3-D art.
Halo Babies has a new comic today, as well as new concept art for the Baby MC's new suit. Thanks mrsmiley.
FrogBlast makes an appearance (sort of) and Baby Master Chief gets a Halo 2-style makeover in the latest Halo Babies comic. Thanks mrsmiley.
mrsmiley from Halo Babies writes that the latest strip marks the end of Mister Chief. Oh no!
Louis Wu at HBO notes that the Cover Design Contest run by Blade ends today, September 9th.