Happy Halloween... I guess...

Happy Halloween one and all. I know what you are thinking. So whats new with Halo 2? How are you so cool? Will I ever meet that special one and only? The answers: Nothing, I am a ninja, and if you are reading this "No". So. The most satanic holiday has come and gone. Good for nothin' punks have asked for candy and ravaged my village and I am sitting at home posting to my blog. 15 Halloweens down, and most likey 10-20 left. Joy.

Old Navy just made $24.95...

...because I have to buy a new pair of pants after watching this new version of the Halo 2 commercial.

Down sides- Low resolution
Up sides- Longer, better, and I mean come on, it is just so awesome.

Go watch it, enjoy it, change pants.
Old Navy's major source of income

Two handed fun

About a week ago Bungie released a guide to swords. Well today they released a guide to dual wielding. A very interesting read indeed. In the article there are suggestions for dual wielding combinations. It also says what weapons can be dual wielded including one referred to as "Covenant Weapon (unrevealed)" Ooh, what can this be? Only time will tell, or unfortunately those damned swashbuckling jerks known as pirates.

Guide to dual wielding

Trailer, Now in English

Wow, that was the worst title ever. However that commercial which has had many different forms and has been in many (2 is many to me) different languages is finally in english. Also I found a screenshot of one point which seems to show an elite without it's armor and some sort of crazy ass brute. Enjoy.

Screenshot

Edit** Bigger and better version of the trailer, got rid of the old one.

Running on empty

Wow, this week has been pretty devoid of Halo 2 news, legal news that is. And since I don't support talking about the pirated version I won't be posting anything about it. But today I thought in order to give back to the community (which by the way has given me crap), the first person to email me with the subject line "Invite me!" will get a Gmail invite. Happy? You should be.

Oui oui, Halo deux

Today a new version of that single player commercial (I posted the shakey cam version earlier) was posted in its entirety and unfortunately in French. And a clip of the song from the E3 2K3 demo, called Earth City, was released.

French commercial **I would have directly linked but I was not allowed so this is a link the HBO article with a link in it.

Earth City

Gettin' High

Many people on the forums have claimed that Halo 2 recieved a 9.7 from OXM and this has finally been confirmed. What lost it .3 points? The only con listed is "The End" What does this mean? Does the ending suck (which has been said by people who pirated halo 2 or the people who read the spoilers) or does it mean that it sucks that Halo is over? I guess we won't really know until we beat it. I can only hope that the ending isn't as bad as some people have said.

Sing and a miss

Recently Bungie has been releasing some samples of the music of Halo 2. I was a huge fan of the original's music and it gave the game a great ambiance. And even after hearing the songs by Breaking Benjamin and the Mjolnir Mix I had faith that all this "whippur snapper" music wouldn't ruin the game. Well today my opinion has changed and it shocked and disappointed me. Today a new sample of song called "Follow" by Incubus was released. Not only do I think it won't fit in with Halo 2, but over all it seems to be a pretty sub par song as it is. And that is saying alot considering I'm a pretty big Incubus fan. Then again this is just my opinion, but I don't care what any of you think, so tough.

Follow

A quick Burnout tip

What what what!?!?! A post not about Halo 2? Yes it is true, Halo 2 is not the only game in the world I care about. Burnout 3 is an awesome game, it is beautiful, fast and furious (I hope I don't get sued for that) and just plain old fun. For those of you who race online and you want to come out of the gate boosting here is a quick tip. I would like to mention you can find this ANYWHERE, and I mean anywhere on the web, but I'll put it here for shites and giggles. Hold the gas from the beginning of the count. Tap the brakes anywhere in between 3 and 2. Then in between 1 and go, quickly let go of the gas and hit it again. Keep trying until you get the hang of it, but once you do it is great. Nothing is better than getting a lead of the race in the first 2 seconds of a race.

P.S.- Sorry for the lame excuse for a post.

Halo 2 Headset

Today I bought the Halo 2 headset from Plantronics and I have to tell you it is suh-weet. It feels much better than the standard one, especially for people who wear glasses. It doesn't go around the back of your head so you can lean back against a couch or something when you use it. Not to mention it just looks so cool. If you have a spare $50 go buy it, if you don't you can always mug an old lady.

P.S.- I am not responsible if you are arrested or hit with a handbag while trying to mug an old lady

What the kids are listening to now a days

Today another snippet from a track from the Halo 2 CD was released. I can assume this new song will be in the game and as will the previously released "Blow me Away". To listen to both follow the yellow (or blue in this case) link road.

Blow me away

Mjolnir Mix clip
For the Mjolnir Mix ,skip the intro if you want then click the link on the giant Halo 2 picture.

And now some late night humor

I found a thread on the xbox forums entitled "How did you break your Xbox Live headset?" Well when "DX NoFatChix" wrote, "i threw mine at my cat who was chewing on my e-net cable while playing UC back in the day... ive been thru 3.... jesus why arent things made to last anymore... hopefully the halo 2 headset wont break AT ALL... at least not without challenge" I almost crapped my self, correction, I did crap myself. Why do I think it is funny? It's either the fact that is 10:55 pm and I''m a little crazy or it is the most genius thing ever. Though it is probably the first choice.

The actual thread

P.S.- Expect a post tomorrow apologizing for this shameless act of late night delusion.

Illegal humor

Today I want to announce I have switched to the dark side, if you want some awesome Halo 2 leak info click the following link, it is so awesome.

The most awesomest Halo 2 leak site

P.S.- If you haven't figured it out by the title of my post, I am joking, the link won't ruin anything.

Think about the kitten

While searching the web I found one more reason you should not download Halo 2, and I mean come on, who doesn't love kittens? Follow the link to learn more.

Download Halo 2, and burn in hell

Also I wanted to add my favorite translation key, in alphbetical order.

Key

The Rosetta Stone

I have found a very use full translation key for decoding the new Halo 2 site.

Translation key

Where's my decoder ring?

Toady the new halo2.com website was launched. It is composed entirely of what I assume is the covenant language. You can find some pretty cool pictures if you search around it. It seems as if the language on it can be decoded. I have found some links that show what the symbols mean. Of course you can just search around the forums and sooner or later someone will post a full translation. But untill then, have fun translating a fictional language.

Translation key 1
Translation key 2

Clean up on aisle 2

Today is a sad day for the honest and devoted fans of not only Halo 2 but the great team at Bungie who created it. Last night a French copy of Halo 2 was leaked out onto the internet. For any one with half a heart, or at least want to play on Live (If caught you will be suspended from Halo 2 play on LIVE, not to mention modded boxes can't play on LIVE), do not download it. The real version is only less than a month away. We have waited 3 years, why bother pirating a great game days before it comes out? For more information about the leak and how you can help Bungie go to the following link.

Leak info

Why so fast?

For all of you who have seen the shakey cam video of the single player commercial of Halo 2, this is another version, same crap quality, and even worse sound, but it is in slow motion making it easier for you to catch every detail.

Slo-Mo Video
**Just click the link that this link takes you to. I tried directly linking, but it pops up an error message.

A loose thread

Because I am a huge dope instead of making a new post yesterday with the link I instead edited another post. I am talking about a thread I found on a forums that leads to another forum and so on. The thread has some nice big pictures of the halo 2 article from the latest EGM. I will post the link to another thread, and for the other link, check my post on the 11th at the bottom, I edited it and put it there.

Second thread with pictures

Confused? I'll make this easy. This link and the link in the 11th's post under "Edited" both contain scans from the latest EGM.

Two theories for the price of one

Not only is this my second post today, but it is the second time I will bless you with one of Eagle 117's theories. After reading this one and the time travel one they almost seem to contradict each other. However I like the time travel one more, though which ever one you want to believe is up to you, but you must read both in order to make a decision.

Second theory

Season 3 and a great theory

As any loyal fan of halo should know, the first episode of season 3 of Red vs Blue was released today. I know you can find this link anywhere else on the internet but what the hell, here it is again.

RvB Season 3 Premiere

Also among my searching the Bungie Halo 2 forums I have read some theories written by the user known as Eagle-117. This guys theories are amazing and for any die hard Halo fan I definetly recomend reading them. Today I will post the link to what I think is his best one, the theory about time travel in the Halo universe.

Time travel theory

Back so soon

Hey every buddy, I know these pictures aren't that hard to find but for anyone who hasn't found any of the beta pics and some magazine scans here are some links.

Multiplayer Beta 1
Multiplayer Beta 2
Multiplayer Beta 3

XBN Pictures
Clan Wars
'Shee jacking, hunters, and much more
Wraith Assault
Sniper

Other magazine pictures
Big picture of drones
When hunters attack

Shakey Cam Video of Single Player Video
Windows Media
QuickTime

When and if I find more I will post it.

Edit** I have found a thread that has scans from the latest EGM, some are repeats of other links posted, but others are new. Everyone should definetly check this one out, or get the EGM.

Thread with pictures

The grand opening

Welcome to my blog. This is my first post ever and I hope it will be one of many. My blog will be composed of offline and online gaming news. Mostly it will be about Halo 2. Once the game is released this blog will be used to record and schedule events on Xbox LIVE . Until then it will be your basic run of the mill blog. Until my next post, I bid you farewell.