Month: March 2004

tLove found a profile of Chris Butcher, AI programmer for Bungie, over at The International Game Developers Association. It contains information about how Chris got into the industry, and some advice he has for those coming after him. it’s not clear when this was posted, but The Wayback Machine has a copy that dates back…

We’ve received a bunch of links in the past couple of weeks – bad on us for not announcing them. Apologies to the sites involved. General Halo Sites HaloNova.com Planet Zergim Halofiles.com Clan Sites Halo OutKastz teamQU!K Silent Canary Tactical Squad Helljumpers %XF Clan Personal sites Jatt Productions – Mods, Videos, Comics Running Riot Productions…

One One Se7en, once again, plays the prescient game; in the face of new server problems, it’s particularly poignant.

Halo: Resolution shifts away from the Nightmare Armor substory…

Battleground: Halo points out a Grudgematch on the front page of PlanetAVP; ‘Halo vs The Exosuit’. (I guess they probably mean ‘MJOLNIR armor vs The Exosuit’ – it’s sort of silly to pit an entire game against a single item from a different game.) Whatever they meant, I find it amusing that as of right…

Looks like Aquaduct 2 (the mac Xbox Online client) is coming along; the first phase of beta testing took place this weekend. You could read about it right now on Postpose’s front page… if it were up. Because it’s not, you can see the relevant news item at Rampancy.net, which is where I learned of…

Wow. A new 2d sidescroller looks to be in the works; Halo: Blood Covenant, from an Italian team. The site is in Italian, but you can get a decent sense for what it’s looking like so far by following the screens link. _ib noticed this over at Battleground: Halo. Coolness!

We’re tight on bandwidth, but that doesn’t mean we’re OUT of bandwidth. Thanks to Mythica.org (which is having minor connection problems at the moment) and HaloNational (nof, you rock!), we have a pair of mirrors for you for The Lord of the Ring, a movie made by Mark Gursoy, and turned in by Ben Roth.…

DocOctavius has posted a rigging tutorial for gmax over at Yayap.com; if you’re interested in learning how to rig a character, this is worth a read!

Before the emails start pouring in… files.bungie.org has been turned off for the next 4 days. We hit our bandwidth limit, and rather than incur a several-hundred-dollar overage fee, I’ve decided to simply take it down until April 1. Almost all the files available there are also available at mythica.org, and even the ones that…

Blackstar put up images yesterday of a new poster he received… I don’t know that I’d have the wallspace for this puppy, but it IS gorgeous.

BOLL points out that HHHT 1.40 has been released; The Helpful Halo Hacking Tool has a few bug fixes, and some nice new features. There are also some (untested) spawn patches for download. See what you can find!

If you try and visit the Nightmare Armor website, and fail… don’t worry, they’re not dead, just over their bandwidth limit. They’ll be back soon, with the name of the winner of the Helmet Raffle. Thanks to Webshift for the clarification.

There’s another collection of HUDless Halo shots posted to our forum that’s worth a look; MarkHawk, of the Ice Fields team, has posted 26 pictures capturing some pretty intense scenes. (Spoiler warning, if you’re keeping track of that stuff.)

As is normally the case, Red vs Blue released a new episode on Friday for Sponsors; Episode 28 focuses on Lopez and his HORRIBLE Spanish. Someone should give that dude the Dummies Guide, or something… For non-paying visitors, the episode should be available tomorrow.

The Gamespy Titlefight between Halo and Goldeneye ended yesterday, in a predictable fashion; Halo trounced Goldeneye – again. On April 2, Halo will square off against Half-Life… and THAT will be a fight. Can Halo win out? Tune in next week and find out!

Hehe – isn’t it always that way? This week, the Bungie Weekly Update is right here at HBO… and I’m too busy playing Death Island CTF on Homelan_HBO_East to get it posted. OUCH! Go read it – it’s full of tasty morsels about dual needlers, glass shaders on the Pelican, and flank-forcing. Rockin’!

So the Fan Fiction section contains a seven-part story from Stuntmutt… and today’s One One Se7en takes a shot at Stuntmutt’s fanfic-writing ability. What are the odds?

Trickster and longtime forum resident vshields ash has posted information about an upcoming Halo LAN at his local EB; if you live within driving distance of Lanesboro, MA (near the confluence of the Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York borders), you should consider stopping by the Berkshire Mall on April 17 to join in – you’d…

Halo: Resolution looks at what might happen if Nightmare Armor expands their manufacturing base.