Month: August 2002

Guh. On the heels of yesterday’s announcement of the Forerunner’s network opening, we’ve received mail from Jack Smith that he’s trying to build a ‘coming soon bungie fan network’ – and needs maintainers for the following subsections: Oni, Myth, Marathon, PiD, Minotaur, and Abuse. (He’s got Halo covered, it seems.) This is an all-volunteer effort,…

wolfboy points out that we haven’t added the Halo National site to our Links page. (We mentioned it in the news on May 20.) Oversight rectified! (Site’s looking good!)

Thanks to Harry Al-Shakarchi, who pointed out another cache of Halo reviews. We’ve added 10 more to our Reviews database, and will continue to add more over the next few days.

Not really Halo news, since their Halo portal is rather empty… but Forerunners.org is finally open for business. The Marathon section is the most filled-out… but there’s also a Myth section and a (coming soon) Oni section. They’re a free webhosting service for sites related to Bungie games, and they’re being run by old-time community…

A new logo by Nolan – we’ve added it to the Logos section.

Game Studies has posted an intriguing article on Halo, and its place in the gaming world. Not a review so much as a look at what Halo brings to gaming, it studies how Halo tops its competitors, and what makes it special. Definitely worth a read. Thanks to Bowser for the heads-up on this one.…

A bunch more Fan Fiction for you:Revolution, part 2 and part 3, by Gruntkiller The Mis-adventures of master chief, part 5, by el_halo_diablo Fafnir, part 4 and part 5, by KnightmareWolf Rise To Honor, part 20, by Shadow Take a look…

Inside Mac Games posted an interview with Destineer’s Peter Tamte today, in which Tamte discusses Halo for Mac. Here’s a small quote: Mike Phillips: After Halo’s announcement, the Mac gaming community let out a collective “w00t!” of joy. Can you give us a progress update on Halo and will it be a simultaneous Mac/PC release?…

Electric Playground got to see the Halo 2 trailer at a Microsoft event in Toronto last week. They wrote up their impressions – as well as some questions they asked at the time (and the answers, or non-answers, they received). Not a whole lot new… but worth a read. Thanks to the Junkyard for the…

Warbow Home Video presents… Payback. Starring MC as Porter, Cortana as Val Resnick, and Little Grunt as Pearl. You can download the trailer from Mythica.org – it’s 7.4 mb, 1:17 long, and in QT5 format. We can’t wait to see the released film!

dogsounds does it again… another great comic starring your favorite UNSC death dealer. The model was done by Strykerwolf – you can find more of his work in the Miscellaneous section. This picture, though, is in the Miscellaneous art section.

DOH! A couple of days ago, Deimosâ„¢, of Subnova, mentioned a new desktop image he’d created – but we forgot to post it. It’s now been added to our Wallpaper section.

A pair of new Halo reviews for you: PC Games Portal thought it was nothing special (it’s in German, before you go screaming over there), and GameNerve loved it. (Yes, we told them we’re not the official site. It’s possible they don’t read their mail.) We’ve added both reviews to our Reviews database.

Much of this Fan Fiction came in yesterday… but yesterday was busy.Rise To Honor, part 19, by Shadow The New Reach Campaigns, part 2, by Gasmask The Beginning of the End, part 1, by Wonga Cry for a Hero, part 7, by el_halo_diablo Shadows of Archon II, part 5, by Wado Revolution, part 1, by…

Got a Tricks jones goin’ on? Frogblast is here to help. Tons of updating on utfoo… one of these days, these’ll even migrate over here!

More box art – and a modified Warthog. Three new pics in our Miscellaneous Art section.

Interested in the Halo50k competition, but not up for a $400 entry fee for your team? Check the website – looks like they might have a corporate sponsor lined up. What does this mean to you? It means (if it works out) a guaranteed $50k pot (instead of one based on the number of participants),…

Battleground: Halo, a long-running (but recently languishing) Halo site, has gotten a makeover, and some new content. There are glitches (all the tricks pages yield 404’s at the moment) – but it’s nice to see the site being updated again! Update: The Tricks section now works. They’re fast over there!

Seven Years, Seven Months, Seven Days… (Posted by Matt Soell at Bungie.net, but Marty O’Donnell chose 7:27 pm to post it to our forum. Age brings wisdom…)

Just a couple of Fan Fiction chapters for you tonight: Cry for a Hero, part 6, by el_halo_diablo Shadows of Archon II, part 4, by Wado Get to it…