Month: July 2004

The Halo-based Grand Theft Auto conversion has been renamed to GTA :: Sin City. This information, and a few other tidbits about the past week, are available in the Weekly Update posted on their forum.

The final winning run in our Going Nowhere Fast contest, Trefitch’s Maw sprint, is now available via Direct Download from the GNF Status page. If you’re not one of the 900 people who have already grabbed this 82 mb file via BitTorrent – now’s your chance to get an HTTP download. It’s a gorgeous run……

Back in May, Kris Kristensen, director/producer of an upcoming film called ‘Inheritance’, stopped by various Halo-related forums (ours included) to ask folks to sign a petition showing interest in the film. (He appealed to the Halo fanbase because one of the stars of the show is Jen Taylor, the voice of Cortana.) Apparently, the push…

Shacknews pointed out Halo 2 wallpapers at TeamXbox and IGN Xbox, all based on the recently released super-hi-res Halo ad. (The same sorts of wallpaper has been created by HBO visitors, currently in the woefully backlogged Wallpaper queue – for example, Ducain whipped up a batch a week ago (and another batch a couple of…

Seven new stories in the Fan Fiction section today (updates take more work now, because of the new comments section, so it’s easier if I do them when the batch size is smaller). Go read!

Jake ‘Evergreen98’ Billo has written an article over at the Junkyard looking at the changes in gameplay, from the release version of Halo through the current prereleases of Halo 2. If you read this, and choose to comment on it, remember that 1) the Halo 2 builds we’ve seen/heard of so far aren’t finished, and…

Some moron is selling the domain name ‘ilovepees.com’ on eBay, claiming it is guaranteed to generate 1 million hits in the first week, due to the popularity of the ilovebees.com site. Starting bid is $1,000 and the Buy It Now price is $50,000. Personally, I have to say… if this actually sells, I hold out…

This week, the Bungie Update is not a normal update – it’s a special Bungie.net feature that covers the ins and outs of getting a game going in the European market. Typically fun Frankie read. So go read, already.

vector40 has written a series of articles on Banshee control – he’s now added a fourth segment, but this one is narrated video instead of text. It’s rather long (ten and a half minutes), but it covers several key strategy points in a way that simply cannot be duplicated with written words. If you’re looking…

It’s Friday – I guess it must be Movie day again. Merecatfish has made another PSA for Halo CE – you can snag it off his Halocity site. (WMP9 format, 320×240, 3:51, 5.6 mb) 45 Sion has made a pretty foul-mouthed vid called ‘SouthPark MC Class’ – WMP9 format, 640×480, 57 seconds, 5.6 mb… thanks,…

MarkHawk points out a new Subzero Rivalries comic – takes a shot at Halo’s AI, I think.

Stuntmutt proves that even Cortana is not immune to the corrupting influence of One One Se7en.

Halo Babies has posted their 50th strip today – and it’s a cliffhanger. There’s also some information on meeting these guys at the Halo50k Seattle event, coming up at the end of August. Go visit!

A couple of months ago, we mentioned the UXB web-based Halo server database. This has now moved to a new home at UXB’s recently launched Halo Maps website, a home for map downloads and HaloPC/Halo CE information. The site has no ads – just good, solid Halo info. Check it out!

Strato has found a Master Chief skin for UT2004; you can see pictures and grab a copy (4.8 mb) from FileFront. Nice colors!

Thanks to Wado, who was the driving force behind the new Comments solution to the Fan Fiction section. Stories will continue to be posted in the usual manner – but comments are now handled on the Fan Fiction Forum. (Each story gets its own thread, and you can either follow the ‘Read/Post Comments’ link from…

Bill Daiber and his crew were another winning team in the Mountain Dew/Halo 2 contest – he’s sent us his writeup of the experience, and the pictures that won them their seats, for the fans to read. You’ll find the info in our Miscellaneous section.

A couple of days ago, we posted a note suggesting that Eric Trautmann might not have left the Halo universe entirely. An email from Eric points out that we misinterpreted the blog entry – no matter WHAT happens to his job, he won’t be working on Halo. He IS looking forward to the wedding, though.…

Bah. Looks like Warbow got one last Calvin and Halo into the queue before he left for the summer – and I missed it on Tuesday. It’s posted now. When you play a game, you should always think the rules through before you start.

MasterGrief points out an ‘Advertisement Campaign for Halo CE’ over on the Halomods forum. In actuality, it’s a video made by Aztec showing gameplay on Fissure Falls – but who am I to argue? Available in high and low resolutions (bizarrely, the screensize of the ‘low-res’ version is larger than that of the ‘hi-res’ version,…