Today, November 15, 2004, marks the third anniversary of the release of Halo for the Xbox. Happy birthday Halo!

Speedy put up a trick page on how to get up to the rooftops of Old Mombassa in the Outskirts level. We've made it the first entry in our brand-spanking new Halo 2 Tricks Database. If you have more, send them to us at narcogen@rampancy.net. There are movies with this trick, they'll be coming up soon.

As promised, we've opened up a thread for discussion of Halo 2 spoilers, for those who already have the game already and those who just can't wait until they do and have to know everything right now.

[image:8472 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0]A new set of 12 screenshots have shown up in the Celebrities section of MSN, spotted by M3XGhost39 who alerted Louis Wu at HBO. Some are old, some are new, some aren't supposed to be out yet, apparently, and some might be spoilers if you knew what you were looking at.

Several sites, including current one-Wu-wonder HBO, pointed out an article on Halo 2 in Entertainment Weekly. Some of those sites also pointed out some things which, while not outright inaccuracies, certainly seem to skew their perception of the game through a film industry lens.

Joshua Rennart has pulled out a few frames from the recent spoiler footage of what is assumed to be a new theatrical trailer, and tried to figure out what's hitting what. he's pretty sure one part is a Brute, but the other... he's not so sure about. Some have said it's a hunter, which he doesn't consider. Warning: spoilers!

David Candyman Candland has put up the eighth part of Truth and Reconciliation's Halo Legendary Walkthrough. This one's for the level Two Betrayals, and features many new screenshots.

Bungie has posted No7orius's walkthrough of Pillar Of Autumn on Legendary difficulty at Truth & Reconciliation.

One of the things cited as refreshing, if not actually innovative, about Halo is the fact that it doesn't depend on the usual key-door-boss sequence that has plagued the shooter genre since Doom. It seems not everyone feels the same:

Koga has created an image of three models from Myth III. What's inside may be considered spoiler material, so enter with caution.

Koga and others are discussing ways to access the hidden level of Myth III in the MWA forum. Since what is said within could be considered spoiler material, I won't give any details here other than it sounds very humorous.

HBO's Louis Wu has posted two news items about Halo-related bits at GameFAQs. The first is a reader review section.

Louis Wu pointed out at HBO that the IGN Halo Strategy Guide has added a new level. We won't mention the name, since it's potentially a spoiler, so needless to say don't click the link unless you really want to.