Rampancy

VerdaFolio notes a Field of Vision (FOV) hack for Halo 2.

If you've reached thirty you can try like hell for renewal on Carousel or you can join the GeezerGamers, a group of plus-thirty folks who like to play games against each other for fun. Bungie.net has an interview with the group's founder, Microsoft employee Jamey Tisdale.

Editor's Note: If you're a Safari user, like I am, you might have trouble with the site's yellow-on-white color scheme; try another browser. FireFox seems to render the site as intended, with black text.

K.R. Wicks of Rockslide Megabattle fame put up his own review of Halo 2, entitled Halo 2 Disappointment. Generally, it is a nice collation of most of the complaints that many players have had about the game, altough the postscript, added on November 29, is more harsh:

Put my copy of Halo 2 up for sale, restored Halo to its natural resting place in my Xbox, and loaded up some good old rockslide megabattling. Ah... blissful relief! Jackals that point and roll. Grunts that are truly grunty. And when an Elite bounded up and greeted me with "Wort Wort Wort!", I almost went over to give him a hug (but no don't worry, I quickly regained my senses and blew his ugly great head off). Just like old times. And wow, this gameplay is so much more enjoyable, it's like a breath of fresh air after the last few weeks. Makes Halo 2 seem like a bad dream to be forgotten.

For awhile I was thinking that criticism of the game was due to overhype and unreasonable expectations, but when someone who clearly loved the first game so well actually sells his copy of Halo 2 and feels good about it... ouch.

Achronos noted yesterday morning that Bungie.net's forums are back up; maintenance took longer than expected because of the size of some of the forums. "New Mombassa alone has 51,541 total topics and 623,614 total posts," said Achronos.