Year: 1999

Bungie not listed for Macworld Expo San Francisco 2000 but are for Macworld Expo New York 2000 says Marathon’s Story page. What’s up?

Halo SETI team stats are OUT! Who are the new recruits, the big crunchers, the high climbers? Check out the movers and shakers on the Halo SETI team. Join the winning side. Find the Convenant before they find YOU!

Rage on! Thanks to Dave “Octane” Morrison of VoodooExtreme for an updated link to their Halo news item. See below for new link. Pax.

Voodoo Extreme has posted a reply from Bungie’s Allen Turner to a fan who wanted to know why Halo is to be 3rd person only. Judging by the comments of their readers, they could use an Oath there. Pax.

Name a Culture ship competition and a new Iain M. Banks “Culture” novel in the works says Marathon’s Story page. Kudos to the DEHc-3 HALO site for first spotting this. Pax.

Mark Levin speculates about an editor for Halo on our forums. Yeah, so he’s a bit early… there’s some good thinking here. Pax.

Halo SETI team stats page up! Who are the movers and shakers on the Halo SETI team? What’s your computer doing while your sleeping? Enlist today with the Halo SETI team. Find the Convenant before they find YOU!

We apologize for any trouble you had yesterday getting to halo.bungie.org (or any b.org machines, for that matter). Turns out our provider (upstream from our nameserver) had hosed a zone transfer… so none of your requests were actually making it to us. Should be fixed now. (You’re reading this, aren’t you?)

Hey… we weren’t sure if anyone noticed that new screenshot from Incite, but it looks like Voodoo Extreme did. Nice eyes, guys!

Robert Cox sends word that 100% HALO is offline until further notice. You can find all the artwork from his site at HALO Command. Pax.

IncitePC is a new gaming mag, and their premier issue contains a nice writeup of Halo. We’re seeking permission to bring you the full article, but in the meantime, we’ll whet your appetites with a screenshot and a quote… In their discussion of the background story, they say this of the Halo:”However, there’s one small…

Nathan Bitner (former Halo Producer) stands by his Island Four quote: “Throwing in 1st-person is pretty easy (I think) programming-wise, so I’m sure they want to wait and see how the game plays out in 3rd-person before making a final decision.”

Oni and Halo: Bungie return to Action says Games Domain Review. Great news article on Halo. Go for it. Thanks Blue News.

According to CG, the December issue of MacWorld mentions Halo in the Future Candidates section of the Macworld’s Game Hall of Fame section, with this quote: “Bungie remains uncommitted to the number of players the game will support but the company assured us that no fewer than 32 people will be able to play at…

Traxus writes to let us know that Bungie’s SETI stats dropped by 10 units today… someone must have defected. Only another 1779 units to catch them! Join the Halo team today! Thanks, Traxus.

Quiet news day… you hear anything, be sure and tell us!

Help us find the Covenant join the Halo SETI team. Learn about SETI.

At last the Covenant Logo exposed. We trace the history of the search for the truth behind That Covenant Logo.

Ever wonder how many mac users and how many pc users there are visiting this site? Here are some basic numbers.

Firefly asks us to compare the Covenent alien and StarCraft’s Protoss. Judge for yourself.