DH cutscene
Delta Halo Cutscene- if you press 'A' at the very beginning then the second part will have no music! Sound bland and dull...makes you appriciate O'donnel for what he does.
Death by intelligence.
Halo 2 Clans
What has happened to the Halo 2 clan systems, now anyone even noobs can be in high clans. If you ask me this should be the leaderboards.....................
F3AR
TNA PoonSplittn
Check 6
STR8 RIPPIN
StK (But it got taken over)
THESE ARE THE ONLY F-ING LEGIT CLANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Play Halo 2 On The PC
While most players may be paying more attention to Halo 2 than to Halo: Custom Edition, life breathes still in the PC port of Halo modified to accept user-developed content. Bungie.net has an interview with the members of the Halo 2 CE Project.
Gamer Mom And Son Blog
Major Nelson today pointed out the blog of Halley "gamermom" Suitt of Boston, who says she has started a blog to "write about videogames and how my son and I deal with them." Her son's game of choice at the moment is, of course, Halo 2.
Who's Worried?
Daniel "Finn" Barbour of Halo Story Fame's review of Halo, entitled How I learned to stop worrying and criticize Halo 2, is getting passed around again in wider circles courtesy of a link from Joystiq; it's a good look from a critical fan, not an Xbox fanboi or a Halo Hater. If you missed this back in December, check it out now.
Where It Stops, Nobody Knows
Another news roundup before I head out to the airport. I'll be away from the Rampancy Cave until Super Bowl Sunday (or, as it happens to be in this time zone, Super Bowl Monday Morning) but hopefully I will manage to pop in now and again. Here are some of the items of note from earlier this week:
The Revenge Of Bungie
This week's Humpday Challenge was against Tips & Tricks Magazine, and Bungie took all three games handily, with the help of Iqbal, Mortimer, and a team of crack-smoking monkeys... I mean, a team of crack monkeys.
The Age Of Speculation
HBO has a new page up in their Miscellaneous section: captures of the murals from a deleted cutscene that depicted Covenant history. Thanks to 7he One, Walshicus and Louis Wu.
Winners Never Cheat, Cheaters Never Learn
Bentllama has put up a little cautionary tale on his blog-- don't cheat at Halo 2, but especially don't cheat in front of Bungie employees.
Halo 2 "Too Violent" For Fundraiser
A Washington state high school has cancelled a Halo 2 tournament students planned to support tsunami relief efforts on the grounds that "anything we do that even looks like we're endorsing violence is not appropriate," according to a school district representative. Sounds like something deserving a retort.
Corpse Humping For Columbine
The news that a school district doesn't want to use Halo 2 for a fundraiser is probably going to provoke two kinds of reactions: rabid gamers will again repeat their mantra that there is no definitive proof anywhere that violent games encourage violent behavior (despite the axiom that absence of proof isn't proof of absence) and those who consider themselves upstanding, god-fearing, won't-somebody-please-think-of-the-children "family values" types will applaud the move and pay lip service to more liberal values by pointing
Never Going Back To My Old (Middle) School
The Bungie Pentathlon this year-- the important part, that is-- was owned by Middle School. The Old School managed to pick up enough points to win on the more geriatric-friendly portions of the competition, such as Pictionary and Mario Tennis, but the Middle School, led by Brian "SketchFactor" Jarrard and including our own spiritual leader Tyson "Ferrex" Green won the only place it matters: the Halo 2 competition.
No Rest For The Weary
And no break in the Halo news, either, even when the site is down, as it was most of this past weekend. Sorry about that. Here's some of what went on:
EGM Mops The Floor With Bungie
Despite a strong turnout, the Bungie team was decidedly massacred by Electronic Gaming Monthly, who spanked them 3-0 on the strength of two no-radar Team Slayer games, and even obliged Bungie in the usual Zanzibar CTF game only to win that 3-0, too.
Pass Me My Tinfoil Hat
Joystiq has a whole slew of rumors regarding Xbox 2 and Halo 2.5/3 today from an unknown individual or individuals claiming to have special knowledge. Toss some salt over your shoulder and get out your asbestos underwear. (A lot of these predictions are waaaaay out there --Ed.)