Month: October 2003

Another One One Se7en crossover… Buzz don’t look happy.

Frensa Geran points out that SpikeTV is hosting an on-air Video Game Awards night on December 4th – and are currently taking votes for games. Halo 2 is nominated for ‘Most Anticipated Game’, and Halo PC is up for ‘Best PC Game’ and ‘Best First-Person Action’. (The survey is linked off their front page; it’s…

Halo: Resolution has a… different take on Steve Ballmer today. Hmm…

SketchFactor cornered Angel Munoz, President of the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL), and got him to talk about the league, its activities, and its history. It’s a great read – go check it out at Bungie.net!

oddworld18, afraid that folks might miss his pearls of wisdom strewn around the Halo Story page today, took the opportunity to insult the management in an attempt to guilt his way onto the front page. It worked. This time. Go read the Story page; there’s more than just that charlatan’s paranoid ramblings there…

Earlier today, we posted a note about some pics from the MLG tourney in New York this weekend. MLG themselves have now sent along results from the tourney – and man, do the names look familiar…Halo FFA:1st Place, $2,000: Zyos (Matt Leto, TX)2nd Place, $1,000: -Hp-Darkman (Dustin Langton, KS)3rd Place, $500: -Hp- Alex (Alex Burden,…

Recently, we noted that there was a bonus file on the Halo PC CD, a PDF with previews of all three Halo novels on it. We’d held off posting it because we weren’t sure whether the file was supposed to be an exclusive goodie for the buyers of Halo PC… but today we received word…

I was planning on holding this until tomorrow, but I’d like to stave off the email we’d get if we DIDN’T post it now, so… A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned a chat taking place on The CPL’s IRC channel on Gamesnet. SketchFactor wanted to make sure it wasn’t forgotten, so he posted a…

mehve pointed out that the ‘quick Reactor report’ we noted yesterday was actually posted from the show; they were NOT back yet. They ARE back now, though, and she’s posted a second part, focusing mostly on the reasons Halo fans go to Anime conventions (and how Bungie employees can get their butts kicked at Halo…

(GT)Juggler went down to NYC this weekend, and took part in the MLG tournament at Gametime Nation… and snapped a bunch of shots. You’ll find ’em on his website. Take a look!

Speaking of Guest One One Se7en strips, today’s entry is from Stephan Hennion, and although it’s ostensibly about XboxConnect, the sentiments apply nicely to some HPC games as well. Take a look!

Back in April, we started hosting a comic strip called One One Se7en. Its simple artwork and clever writing caught on – it’s become one of our most popular features. So much so, in fact, that many people have submitted their OWN One One Se7en strips, which are now posted on days when Stuntmutt’s official…

Sizeable Fan Fiction update (17 stories) today: The Man – A Halo Comedy, by Dispraiser A John Before Halo: Part 14, by J-117 Countdown Earth: Hour Six, by Mainevent The Conqueror’s Fall, by Walker Shadow Ops II: Nowhere to Run, Chapter One, by Nemesis Halo: The MCconto Chronicles Part 14, by JCDenton AN ANCHOR IN…

Yesterday, we mentioned an interesting article from Mat Noguchi on the differences between console and PC programming. There’s been a second part posted – and it, too, is quite informative. Thanks to Narcogen, at Rampancy.net, for noticing. (A more recent note suggests that folks are using this info inappropriately… remember, Mat’s a programmer at Bungie,…

Rapture reminds us that there’s another SeeMePlayMe tourney (2vs2) on tonight; the festivities kick off at 7 pm Central time. The more teams that enter, the more months of a gold account are on the table… so sign up!

Finn, unwilling to be shown up by mnemesis, has submitted his OWN mammoth Halo Story page update. Classical connections, books, chess… It’s a pretty erudite update. Read and be illuminated! Update: Oops – both Finn AND mnemesis get credit for today’s update; my bad. (They work well together, but I’ve found that fear and paranoia…

GameDaemons came through! The problem (the loss of the GameDaemons-hosted HBO dedicated server) arose from a series of bizarre events all occurring simultaneously – but the support staff worked overtime, and the problem is fixed. There are now TWO listed servers; both use the same password (again, just visit our forum for info), both are…

Quiet weekend for Halo reviews. The only one listed at Blue’s News was the one at Worthplaying. It was written by someone who actually never played the Xbox version (or at least, never played it all the way through, campaign). Disappointment at system specs, disappointment about lack of Coop… but he was impressed by the…