Month: August 2001

Dink!… Dink!… The Halo SETI Marines get slammed down two slots, to 52nd in the Battle of the Teams, due in part to the meteoric rise of Team Russia. Even with the timely addition of -horn- and Bjlake, they’re slipping – can you help? 7 day team stats show who’s pulling their weight, and who’s…

It was an interesting lesson in anatomy, seeing a fully grown Covenant elite standing naked before them. Restored to his natural state, he seamed nothing more than a wild animal that somehow evolved to walk on two legs. But now the awesome power of his muscular structure was fully realized, as well, and Tsheac did…

Ashley Power sends in another Wallpaper for our Wallpaper section – old shots, but a nice desktop image in any case!

Christoph Lipp writes to say he’s started up a new Halo fan page – halo-war.de. Check it out!

Lucas McFaul sends in a new Wallpaper for our Wallpaper section. (He was under the impression we only had 3 wallpapers in our collection – for anyone else under this misimpression, check out the navigation arrows at the top of the page – they’ll allow you to scroll through the collection, three backgrounds at a…

Bryan Kaufman sends in a pretty interesting link from The Enquirer, called “Inner Secrets of X-box Revealed”. There’s quite a bit of information from an anonymous Xbox developer – a goodly chunk of the technical points have been independently confirmed by Mat Noguchi in various posts on our forum, and it’s nice to see it…

“Jeneril, I come in piecess . . . no, peace, I mean . . .” Omniscient’s Sea of Steel saga climbs to chapter 10 – and non-lethal contact is made. You’ll find it, and the other 9 chapters, in our Fan Fiction section.

Musashi’s Book of Five Rings? Matt’s Weekly Halo Update has arrived… and Matt sounds in definitely better spirits. (He’s also playing Halo, to the detriment of Update deadlines…) Lots of tweaks, several tantalizing tidbits… read it for yourself!

Thanks to Jesse Simko, who scanned in the new screenshot seen in a recent Rolling Stone issue… and to Stephen Laughlin, who pointed it out to us. (Pet peeve – and this isn’t directed at Jesse, it’s a general thing – if you run across a screenshot of Halo in a magazine, PLEASE – give…

Bosskiller 51 writes to say that Halo’s Universe has a new layout. Spartan, but readable – we like that!

He came upon the first body while still in the trees. It lay there with a huge hole in its torso like it had been shot with some sort of explosive weapon. Blue blood had soaked into the ground beneath it, washing into its face as it lay on a slight decline.Tursas sends us Chapter…

Not Halo related at all – but an emergency is an emergency. Matt Soell is having a rather critical laptop problem, and needs very fast advice from Seattle-area techheads – check out the details, and if you can help, do so. He writes his weekly Halo Updates on that Powerbook!

Sikora (alias Bsotizz) sends in yet another image for our Wallpaper section. Harsh concept…

Sikora sends us another reworked Halo image for our Wallpaper section – ‘Iceblue’ is icy and blue!

Matt Soell dropped by our forum to ask folks to vote in the latest Bungie.net poll – they’re considering holding a Halo Launch Party in either Chicago or New York, and are wondering how many folks would be interested in coming. Make your opinion count!

The Halo SETI Marines, neglected these past weeks, are finally accounted for again – these stats were collected yesterday, but not posted. A number of new members, and solid crunching by existing members, have held the Marines in position 50 in the Battle of the Teams. We’ve lost a couple – are you doing YOUR…

Followup: Yesterday, we posted a news bit about some interesting info over on the TeamXbox forums, presumably from the Halo Product Marketer, Steve Fowler. Jonki, another team member, has now confirmed that this was NOT, in fact, Steve Fowler… but a poser. Nice try… we’re back to not knowing about co-op limits, frames-per-second, or water…

The last two Weekly Halo Updates have finally made it into the Halo Update Database – now you can check up on what Matt’s said over the last 6 months about glass. Go on – you know you want to.

The Online Universe has posted its results for last week’s Question of the Week, having to do with level types. There’s a new Question, along with an editorial about platform supremacy – you can find most of the links on the News page.

raVen sends us a Halo Postcard – we’ve put it in our Wallpaper section.