Year: 1999

We’re still getting back units owed us… but the rate is slowing. Go see how the SETI Marines are faring! 24-hour stats posted.

Thanks to Ryan Rea, who sends us another Halo logo for our Logos page. Thanks, Ryan!

Psyrixx writes to tell us that another Halo clan, the Psyjnir Complex, is now online. Still in progress, but alive. Welcome to the community!

Get that man a cee-gar! Harry Al-Shakarchi, otherwise known as “the fastest translator in the… um… north”, has submitted translations of both german articles mentioned today. You can read the GAMEZ translation, and the Game Captain translation, thanks to his quick fingers. Thanks, Harry!

One wonders if there’s something in the air… we just received word of a German fansite devoted to Halo. It’s titled “Halo Network”, which could cause some confusion with the American site that has the same name… maybe we should refer to it by its URL, halo.gamesweb.de. Go take a look! Pax.

Germans really love their Halo. The German site Game Captain also has a Halo preview. Translation coming!

Yet another German Halo preview! Kudos to Phex for pointing out the German PC magazine GAMEZ has a Halo preview. Check out the details in his forum post. Translation coming!

SETI techs return more units to the Halo SETI marines. Check the team stats for the last 24 hours.

Thanks to DeathGuru, who sends us a pair of desktops for ourWallpaper page. Ethereal. Thanks, DG!

Cosmic Muffet writes to point out that although there isn’t much on line about them right now, the Nether Legion is another Covenant clan that’s been conceived of for a little while now. Membership is by invitation.

Randy Boquet, {SS}Kasias, Overlord of the Sa’ ik Sect, writes to tell us that the first-ever Covenant Clan is now online. Alien warriors are invited to stop by.

Full and frank discussion on the Marathon’s Story page about the ‘low tech’ look of the vehicles and weapons used by the marines in Halo. Bring some popcorn!

The recovery rate accelerates… almost 400 previously-lost units back in Halo SETI Marine fold! Check out the 48-hour stats.

A fond farewell to Mojo, who announces tonight that Halam is (closing? hibernating? giving up?) ceasing to maintain its news coverage. He may be back… but in the meantime, take care, Mojo! Pax.

Noctavis writes to tell us that the Pax Nimbus website is now online. There was a big long press release, but our dog ate it. You can read most of it on their site, though. Thanks, Noctavis!

“In an age of interstellar space travel, AIs and military cybernetics would we still be driving around in ground based tanks and four wheeled vehicles?” asks the Marathon’s Story page. Help us Nathan from the unholy one! Pax.

Apologies for our forum problems… seems the server that houses them came under attack this evening. Things should be back to normal soon. (Hopefully, most will never have noticed the outage.)

Kudos to coldyx and TomeOne for pointing out that Playstation 2 Central has posted a Halo PS2 Preview. One notable quote: Potential PS2 owners should consider themselves lucky that this beauty title is coming their way.

When the going gets tough the Halo SETI marines… get mean. Over 200 points recovered. The Halo SETI team stats reveal all!

Bryan Giordano writes in with some fascinating research. The US Patent and Trademark Office has a database of trademark text and images. A search on the word Bungie turns up 24 patents. Five of these belong to Bungie Software; one each for the name Bungie, Myth TFL, Halo, Oni, and Armor. Armor? This last patent…