Month: June 2003

emildux writes to say that he’s decided to host a league for Halo PC, once it’s released. He’s guaranteeing $25,000 in cash prizes in the first year – it’s a pretty extensive setup. If you’re interested, check out the CobaltNova website for details – this one looks to be big!

And here’s a comic from a site that IS work-safe, for the most part – Friday’s installment of One One Se7en. Hehe – now that I think about it, even THIS one is sex-related. Dang.

Zypper points out a Halo-related comic at Anime Moments in History – and warns that the rest of the site is definitely not safe for work. (Um… yeah.)

DOH! We’re short on bandwidth, and I STILL miss notes alleviating the problem. 🙁 That Weasel (who’d love it if you visited his 5-year-old site ThatWeasel.com) wrote to say that two recent movies have been mirrored:The Sidewinder Saga (400×300, QuickTime5, 5.9 MB)Too Many Vehicles ( 17 mb, zipped, QuickTime)If you’ve missed these, go over and…

MaverickJ has posted a followup video (in first-person view) to his recent CTF2 vid (the new one is WMP9-only at the moment), as well as a text-based FAQ explaining all the tricks in that first one. You’ll need to be registered at the Project Spartan forums to see it. Nice tricks – I don’t think…

SleekShadow has tossed a flag 300 meters in Blood Gulch – and caught it on tape. (Apparently, there’s an explanation coming soon.) Visit his site for details and movies.

Hehe – there’s a Help Wanted notice up over at Bungie.net; they want someone who can help build the next iteration of Bungie.net. Ironically, the link to the Jobs page doesn’t work… because the Web Developer description isn’t up yet. Guess they need a web developer to post it, so that… hmm. Anyway, if you’re…

Anonyme points out that the Halo Action Figures are available for pre-order at at least one online store. (It’s doubtful these are sanctioned by Joyride or Microsoft; they’re still using the images released when the figures were first announced, and as we’ve seen from the Bungie Webcam, the figures have changed quite a bit since…

The way-cool 2003 Bungie Fanfest T-Shirt is now available for purchase at the Bungie Store; $12 buys you flaming ninja goodness. (Another, closer view of this can be found here – it’s the black shirt in the lower left.) Thanks to SketchFactor for the heads-up.

Couple of updates; one I missed a few days ago (oops), the other new today. A week ago, we mentioned a tournament in Athens, GA – but the reported website didn’t work. Here’s the right one. And Halo Source, a website we mentioned about a month and a half ago, is now back online, and…

The Pillar of Art Gallery showing will take place in next Saturday, July 5th, in lovely New York City. It’ll be open from 12PM onwards. At some point, we’ll then switch over to Halo LAN mode… put away the entries and then start to blow ourselves up. I’m trying to get 4 projectors and all…

Halogamers.com has put up a new version of their introduction episode of ‘The Sidewinder Saga’, a Red vs Blue-inspired project that has enormous potential. If you missed the mention in our forum yesterday… now’s your chance! It’s a 400×300 QuickTime5 film, weighing in at 5.9 mb. (Hosting help is always appreciated – just let us…

Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, has written an opinion piece on the future of interactive gaming. Give it a read!

One One Se7en takes potshots at Metroid Prime’s shortcomings… check it out.

These guys STILL don’t have the hang of the Series field in the database (6 of these 11 Fan Fiction entries had the series set incorrectly)… but we love ’em anyway. The Fallen : Chapter 2, Section 2, by Hikaru-119 The Fallen : Chapter 2, Section 3, by Hikaru-119 On A Pale Horse: Two Cruisers,…

Yesterday, I said that the art queues had been cleared out, and if your work hadn’t been posted, it was because we either rejected it, or couldn’t tell who it was from. Well, there was a third possibliity – I could have just missed the piece. 🙁 There were three – two Wallpapers and one…

Live in Virginia? Like Halo? There’s gonna be a tournament on August 9 in Virginia Beach. There’s a site with almost no info… but you’ll find some more details on our forum.

Hehe – a LAN party site wrote up a list of predictions about what would happen after Halo 2 is released. It’s pretty funny. Thanks to The Friendly Greek for the heads-up.

More awesome movie content. MaverickJ has put together Part II of CTF Flag Getting 101… and man, your jaw’s gonna drop when you see some of these. (Try ’em on XBC – your opponents will tell you you’re cheating.) It’s available in two formats; a 11 mb WMP9 file and a 29 mb MPEG. For…

Sometimes, you just gotta grin.