Death by intelligence.
Halo MIDI Ringtone Rescued
Last March, Louis Wu posted at HBO about a MIDI file of the Halo theme that could be used as a ringtone on cellular phones that support MIDI ringtones. Sadly, at some point after that the original host of that file went down.
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Halo Flash Movie In The Works
M.N.C of deviantART has been putting together some Flash creations; namely a grunt, the Master Chief, and a plasma pistol. He posted in the HBO forum that a "trailer for a movie" is forthcoming. Could be neat, let's see.
Ross Mills Makes Out Like A Bandit
Ross Mills of Subnova recently won a quiz contest on Eric Trautmann's blog. Trautmann is the guy at Microsoft who coordinates with the authors of the Halo novels, Eric Nylund and William Dietz.
Today his impressive prize package arrived; check out his forum thread at HBO for the skinny on what loot he made off with.
Marathon Ringtone For Your Cellphone
DcBob over at Clan Plaid Hotline let us know that he typed into the ringtone composer of his cellphone a part of the Marathon 2 theme. His transcription is as follows:
8f2 8#d2 8f2 4#g2 8f2 8#g2 4#a2 8#a2 8#a2 8#g2 4#c3 4c3 8f2 8#d2 8f2 4#g2 8f2 8#g2 4#a2 8#a2 8#a2 8#g2 8#a2 8#g2 4#a2
My own cellphone doesn't have this feature, so I can't try it out, but if anyone does, let us know how this works out.
We Are FUBAR
sN3@k33 asks in the HBO forum if anybody has good strategies for keeping Marines alive on Legendary difficulty, especially on 343 Guilty Spark and Assault on the Control Room.
Which Bungie game had the best story?
Marathon
21% (146 votes)
Myth
6% (42 votes)
Oni
1% (10 votes)
Halo
72% (501 votes)
Total votes: 699
Halo 2 Multiplayer for Fireviewer / Backdrop GC
Here's a Fireviewer PDB file suitable for use in any Fireviewer-compatible Palm image viewer, or for use as a background image in Backdrop GC
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All The Hot Chicks Must Be Playing Halo
Following up on the chicks-playing-Halo theme that started with Nick's reference to a Gaming Nexus article about innovative uses of the 'S' controller, rapture has posted a link to a BBC story about female gamers over on the cooked gamers site.
You Get Sprung
rapture took the Master Chief from Stuntmutt's One One Se7en and put him on his Sony Ericsson cell phone, inspiring us to make a similar image from Halo art with our Handspring Treo:
Tell Master Chief To Call Back
[image:6845 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0]rapture cooked up a neat wallpaper for his Sony Ericsson mobile phone, featuring the Master Chief as drawn by Stuntmutt in One One Se7en.
Master Chief on Handspring Treo (Palm compatible cell phone)
With a slightly bigger screen than an average cellphone, you can view Halo pictures like this on the go. This was created using SplashPhoto, a Mac and Palm-based image gallery system.
With apps like Graphic Converter and Backdrop GC (not pictured) you can make a file like this into a Fireviewer-compatible .pdb file and use it as a background image on a Palm if it has Palm OS 3.5 or greater.
Halo Babies To Open Sponsor Area
The new Halo Babies site was made possible by donations from the shadow government... I mean, from loyal fans of the comic. The site has now opened a special area dedicated to them in the forum.
You Can Do Anything With Lincoln Logs
Devin Olsen has put up a modification of the Blood Gulch level for PC Halo; it features several new base areas, some floating midair, and constructed out of logs. There's a post in the HBO forum where you can get the download details (and a server address where they'll be playing it), and another where you can view some screenshots.
Enough Dead Heroes Transcribed To Sheet Music
Poop Scoop writes in his blog that he's just finished turning Enough Dead Heroes into written sheet music, arranged for a string orchestra, and invites you to send him a message (free registration required) if you're interested in getting a copy. Or you can post a comment on his blog.