Month: January 2004

Yeah, we had all sorts of plans; webcams from multiple places through the house, rotating Halo PC entrants, and on and on… everything fell by the wayside when the playing started. Offensive Tetraboxing kicked off last night; the first of almost 40 guests showed up a bit after midnight, and the first round of Halo…

This week’s Frankie’s Bungie Update is here at HBO – and contains some rather momentous news. A Halo 2 release timeframe has been set – for Fall, 2004. You’ll have to decide for yourself whether the relief at knowing overcomes the disappointment of having to wait another several months… (And congrats to those who procrastinated…

Sep7imus was the first to point out this news item on Truth and Reconciliation: Halo 2 will ship in Fall, 2004. The news item also includes a brand new multiplayer screenshot. Mmm, bumpmapping… (Note: A number of people have been confused by the title of this news item. The game is NOT named “Halo 2:…

Hehe – c0ld vengeance is offering to pre-order Halo 2 for one lucky forumgoer. Guess the release date, win the game. Read the rules in his forum post.

Narcogen has posted Part Three of the High Ping Bastard’s Guide to Halo over at Rampancy.net – this one looks at gametypes, and how high-ping players can benefit from certain strategies. An interesting read.

Hey – we stopped mentioning the incremental updates on the Halo Flash game under development over at 343GS.com some time ago… but the new features in it now merit another look. A Silent Cartographer-like intro, new sounds, plasma grenades… it’s getting there! (Check the Projects page.)

One One Se7en comes back to Linda – who might be dangerous with more than just a sniper rifle…

Halo: Resolution continues its Matrix-like theme… but the corn is coming.

Eight Fan Fiction pieces today: Scope (Prologue), by The Silver Spartan The dank, dank, swamp: a comedy poem, by crashedwarthog A Killing Glare (Part 1): Cadet 787, by MadJackal Neverland: Plans for an assault, by SOS.Odin Halo:Sgt.Johnson’s War Chapter 1:Earth , by Sgt.Johnson Forced Betrayal (Chapter 5: A New Ally), by CoLd BlooDed Getting to…

elmatto dropped by our forum to point out an old comic he started drawing about him and some friends playing Halo. It ends rather suddenly (he put it down to lack of interest), but the art style is pretty interesting to me.

Hijack found an interesting article about game marketing over at the Hollywood Reporter, via EvilAvatar.com. Beth Featherstone, Director of Marketing of Microsoft Games, talks about how much trouble it can be to market a game with no fixed release date, using Halo 2 as an example. (There are tidbits of nice info in there, too…

Recently, Nintendo cut the price on its Gamecube to $99 (making it cheaper, amusingly, than its Gameboy Advance SP product), in an attempt to regain market share. (It worked; Nintendo sold more Gamecubes in the US in 2003 than Microsoft sold Xboxes.) There’s an article on CNN Money today that suggests that MS might be…

Comics, Part II: Today’s Guest One One Se7en comes from Gram shows why taunting in multiplayer isn’t always a good idea.

Today’s Calvin and Halo (from Blackstar) looks at obsessions, and their effects on your outlook on life. (Obsessions? What are those?)

A month ago, vector40 wrote an article on Banshee flight tactics. Today, he’s released part 2. It’s entitled ‘Crash and Flow’, and covers more advanced techniques and strategies. Read the first one, if you missed it… then read this one. It’s currently hosted at Rampancy.net (link above), but should be available at the Junkyard and…

We got an interesting note from Halojunky yesterday:Inspired by the ‘Nighmare’ real armour created a few weeks ago, i made this 117 helmet. It’s made out of corregated plastic card, tin foil and stickytape. I also added a light and a mission camera.If anyone wants to buy it, im selling it for £499. A bargain…

Halo Babies has released content a day early this week, because mrsmiley is getting on an airplane tomorrow to come HERE and play some Halo. There are a pair of strips; the first is Gruntsbane’s entry in the Plinth of Art contest (which I liked a lot, but which didn’t get a lot of points…

Battleground: Halo is running a two-part series called ‘Halo 2: Precognition’. Part 1, released today, speculates about the characters and races we might see in Halo 2. It is based on information gleaned from the Halo novels and the game itself, and contains spoilers for both. Before anyone gets bent out of shape, remember that…

SESpider wrote to ask for input for his Miniature Halo series. This time, though, he needs pictures. In his words:I need fans, that can, to get images of the inside of a Covenant Cruiser’s Hallways and Cells (and maybe bridge Room). The Halls: The Halls can be Empty or with Covenant In them. There can…

=DFA=HK HUNTR-KILLR writes to point out that PC Magazine included Halo PC in their roundup of the best products of 2003 (games category) in the January 2004 issue. (It’s the only pure first-person shooter on the list.) An article showing a small review of the game is online; you’ll have to buy the mag for…