Month: July 2001

Joseph Staten shows off his poetry-writing skills (or should that be his future-channeling skills?) with this post on the R.net forum. It suggests some more parallels with the Marathon storyline – there, 10 Mjolnir Mark IV cyborgs lived on Tau Ceti, but only one (through an accident of fate) was offplanet when disaster struck -…

More fire started coming from several directions and all we saw was the setting sun and a few clouds as the pilot traded speed for distance in what was becoming a desperate attempt to break contact. Newcomer John Oreskovich sends in a story apparently titled Halo, Random Musings. The Fan Fiction area continues to grow.

The Online Universe has put up the results of last week’s Question of the Week: ‘What weapons would you want to use in the game?’ Some answers were predictable, others less so. The next question is up, as well: ‘What features would you want in the Halo map editor?’ Navigation has been improved at the…

The Halo SETI Marines hold position this week – welcome to Timberwolf, who comes in bringing 113 units. Are YOU keeping up with the advancing Covenant horde? Check the 7 day stats to find out!

PlanetXbox has put up part three of its Halo Developer Diary series (part one and part two were mentioned earlier), an interview series with Jaime Griesemer about the process Halo is going through on its way to release. This installment is a fascinating look at interactive scripting, and shows how Bungie’s working on getting you…

Andreas den Hertog writes to say that HQ HALO has moved to a new host. We’ve updated our Links page accordingly.

What happens when it gets too hot to fight? Why, the tough pick up Super Soakers, of course! Steen Nielson sends in a doctored (no, really?) image showing just how cool the Halo inhabitants can be. You’ll find it in our Miscellaneous Art section.

Johannes Gunnar Thorsteinsson sends in a new Wallpaper for our Wallpaper section. In his words, and what is the main colour in it, of course the fantastic and the great “b.org” color(I think he’s talking about the shirt.) Soothing… so soothing…

A message flashed across the computer screen in the EUD Roswell headquarters: IT IS SUCCESSFUL. NO FURTHER COM. Omniscient’s ‘Sea of Steel’ saga continues with Part Two in our Fan Fiction section.

Sometimes, being part of a big organization means that things happen you don’t plan on. This message was posted on the Usenet newsgroup comp.sys.mac.games.action yesterday – apparently, someone got into the beta testing lab, but wasn’t required to sign an NDA, and took the opportunity to pass along the info he learned. It’s an interesting…

Heh – the gooey green stuff is a big-enough surprise that even being on the Halo Dev team doesn’t guarantee you know what it is – Chris Butcher (over on the R.net forum) says even HE can’t answer the question Matt asked yesterday.

This week’s Halo Update is here – and while it’s mostly bugfixes and tweaks, there’s a bit of provocative stuff in there. What’s green and gooey and eats through the ground? (Happy Birthday, Other Mehve!) Go read all the goodness for yourself – it’ll be in the Halo Update Database in a few minutes.

Thanks to fate, who found the link at Blue’s News… PC Zone has put their Halo Preview online. They’re looking forward to the PC Multiplayer, obviously… and they think that the Xbox version is being badly rushed. Hmm. Read the preview for yourself!

You know… there have been a LOT of specific occasions where Matt Soell has stepped up and explicitly confirmed that Halo was DEFINITELY coming to the Mac and PC. There was this one… and this one… and this one… there was even this one (recently) from Alex Seropian, co-founder and current manager of Bungie Studios.…

Aginor started with the flamethrower pic from the new OXM preview, did a bit of judicious pixel pushing to remove the text (and fill in the remaining space), added a Halo logo… and ended up with this bit of Miscellaneous Halo Art. Nice job! As he says, it’s a shame the original pic was low-res,…

    The reality, or rather the surreality, of the situation began to sink in. Bob put his other hand on his knee and leant heavily on it. His breathing quickened and his vision blurred momentarily. “Talking to a plant. How foolish.” Tursas sends along chapter 6 of his Hermes Trismegistus saga – you’ll find it in…

It’s that time again… Id points out (over on R.net’s forum) that Gamespot’s got a new ‘Which Xbox title are you most looking forward to’ poll up; Halo’s currently in fourth place, behind WWF Raw is War, Metal Gear Solid X, and Matrix. See if you can help…

=NAV=Shadow writes to say that clan NAVCON has created a new (4.3 MB!) flash intro for their website, showing the various members of the clan. They’re looking for new members, and clans that would like to become allies. Visit the site, or drop =NAV=Shadow a note if you’re interested!

Vector40 sends in the introductory piece of a multipart story in the works – Hawk Chronicles. The Fan Fiction section overfloweth!

“At an unknown time, your ship is going to disappear and reappear somewhere else. If all goes well, that is.”Part 1 of Omniscient’s story ‘Sea of Steel’ has been added to the Fan Fiction section – it’s a night for reading. Check it out – aircraft carriers on Halo…