Month: March 2002

A few descriptions of the carnage that took place at the Hilton Towers in San Francisco (yesterday’s Battle of the Bay) have been posted on our forum. Thanks to Psyrixx, Appleicious, and Tarrsk for their input… hopefully there’ll be more!

Wh00t! (As of the time of this post, the Mac version is incomplete – you won’t be able to unstuff it, because the Binhex file didn’t completely upload, it seems. This will likely be fixed soon. The Windows version is fine, though… the Error message is a riot.)

Daniel writes to say that Team 7hr33’s website has had a major overhaul – new layout (I like), TONS of new content (much of which I will eventually steal for inclusion here), and one disappointment – a movie, posted yesterday (and filmed on March 11) shows Team 7hr33’s exploration of the ‘Black Door’ on Two…

We wish you peace on this day, in a world gone mad… and we offer you a new batch of Fan Fiction: Aftermath Part 2, by Alex Cross The Hell of War Part 3, by Jaywhit10 The Renegade Marines Part IX, by Shadow Siege of the Rings Chapter 2, by The Wraven Finishing what you…

There’s a pretty big backup in the Gameplay Tricks queue, but time is short this weekend. I’m putting up a recent exploration by Frogblast – it stands alone, unlike some of the other entries. Check it out for some freaky behavior in Two Betrayals!

Yesterday, we mentioned some changes to the Japanese Halo site – protexts has been kind enough to translate the news item associated with the dogtags (he calls it a paraphrase/translation):They are having a Halo tournament 3/31 in two shops in Nagoya: Nagoya Toys Paradise and Miraiyabuusu. The players will purchase first time limited dog tags…

Two new desktops for you – one, from Joel Day, was created some time ago, but only submitted recently. The other, from Loren Judah, is new. You can find both in our Wallpaper section.

Nice. (It’s an accompaniment to this article at the Seventh Column, Bungie’s community site, about an upcoming (TOMORROW!) lanfest with an expected 50 participants. Wowzers!)

Four new Fan Fiction entries: Finishing What You Started, Part One, by LeAtHeRnEcK Resistivity Chapter 3, by Roger Lin Aftermath Part 1, by Alex Cross Effusion Chapter 2, by Tursas You’ll find ’em all in our Fan Fiction section.

How many different ways can you screw up in a Warthog? Parias and Mr. Zig put that question to the test, with Driving Drunk, a new Halo vid. Currently, there are three sites you can grab this at:Shaw.ca (Parias’ site)The Repertory (shooting for 50 gigs over the limit!)Mythica.org (thanks, as always, to Brian)The slight music…

PS2 and Xbox Hardcore have posted their Halo review – and while it glows, there are a few odd things about it. They list a 60hz mode for PAL for it, though for the past week or so, that’s been just about the biggest gripe on our forum (the LACK of a useful 60hz PAL…

Drunkgamers.com has put up part 4 of their multiplayer tips series – this one contains a 2.4 mb, 15 second film showing how knowing the patterns can help teammates work nicely together. (It’ll put a smile on your face… unless you’ve been in Blade’s position.) Take a look!

The Official Japanese Halo site has put up a bunch of wallpapers – they look a lot like the images poena.dare #CP#g sent in a while back… except with Xbox and Halo logos plastered on ’em. (There is also a nice new section on characters, and an interesting picture in the news that shows dogtags…

A few weeks ago, I instituted a new ‘official’ policy about Fan Fiction submissions – they need to be of a minimum length for inclusion in the collection – but I neglected to make this clear on the Fan Fiction page itself. This has been rectified. Apologies to all Fan Fiction writers who missed the…

What the…? The Bungie webcam has gone dark! (Here’s a recent pic, in case it changes before you read this.) I hadn’t noticed this before, but it’s an hour off Redmond time – I wonder if it’s a daylight savings thing? In any case, hopefully it just got knocked over during a wild night of…

ShdwPnthr points out a pair of movies he’s made – one shows the carnage you can wreak with the chaingun on the Warthog (I’d have done a bit more driving damage before getting in the back; you suffer less personal damage that way, but the wreckage is undeniably vast in any case), and the second…

Barnolde caught a Covenant Dropship pilot drinking on the job… check it out in our Gameplay Tricks section.

Gh?lsbane found a couple of shots of a Star Wars ‘Shadow Droid’ that looks somewhat like a Banshee – check out these views:concept view (42k)schematic (92k) Even the names of the weapons are familiar…

Ryan sends in the Part II: Arrival of Well Enough Alone, a pre-Halo saga involving the characters you know and love from the game. Check it out in our Fan Fiction section.

Two new (and very cool) bits of artwork came in recently – bikeman704 sent in a screenshot of a Halo Pelican, built in Worldcraft… and StormSinger sent along a slick rendering of the sniper rifle ammo. Check ’em both out in our Miscellaneous Art section! (More news coming soon – been afk for the last…