Month: July 2000

Wazzzzzzzzuuuuuuuuuupppppppp… watching the Halo movie having a Bud! The Halo Wazzup.mov is now here! Thanks again to Mark Levin. True… true…

Thanks to Dan Lacy, who sent in another nice desktop for our Wallpaper page. Worth a look… very clean.

True, true… Halo Wazzup.mov created by Mark Levin is a totally hysterical parody on the Wazzup Budweiser commercial. Highly recommended. You can get it at the Bungie.Org Hotline server, at hl.bungie.org . It’s in Uploads/Temp Uploads. As soon as we get permission we’ll upload it here. Thanks Mark from brightening my day! Note: if you…

Another new alien? Kudos to Davin for spotting what’s looks like a new Halo alien in Computer Games Magazine. We’ll let Davin tell it: I just got a copy of Computer Games Magazine No#117 August 2000 www.cdmag.com. There is a good 5 page spread in there about HALO. The most interesting thing however is that page…

Dave “Chia” Pindrys of Vista Cartel points us to a Dr. Dobb’s article on Xbox called A powerful game platform waiting in the wingsby Michael Abrash a Microsoft programmer working on Xbox graphics. Want the inside skinny on the Xboxthis is it. Well worth reading. Thanks Chia. Oh and don’t forget to visit Vista Cartel…

Picky draws our attention to another Halo review, this time at SpieleCity, a German gaming site. This one contains quite a large number of screenshots from the E3 trailer, so if you’re having trouble stomaching the huge download, this is worth a look.

Just an update on that “First Ever Xbox Console Shot” at MSXBox. According to Microsoft the image was put together to only “represent” the Xbox. The final Xbox design has yet to be determined.

“Go to infrared. Look sharp people!” The Halo SETI Marinescame under heavy sniper fire last night and lost position #47 in theBattle of the Teams.”We’re getting juked!” Help save the team join up today!

First Ever Xbox Console Shots! MSXBox have posted what they believe is a development pic of Microsoft’s Xbox and controller. They have also posted a complete Xbox Developers List. Matt Soell also gets featured for his comments on Xbox and how it will affect the PS2.

The folks at Cutting the Edge have put together a nice two-page analysis of the E3 Trailer, pointing out the good and bad points along the way. Well-done job, all around. Definitely worth a look.

Massa writes to tell us that Halo Network has put up a surprisingly high quality 30 MB .asf version of the E3 trailer for those who can’t manage the 160 meg version. We’ve added it to our full e3 trailer mirror list.

New Halo Fan Fiction, from Bob Brown. The mystery of the ring… solved?

Two weeks ago, we decided (after watching several big crunchers disappear) that we didn’t want to watch the Halo SETI Marines implode… so we stopped analyzing the daily statistics. We’ve gotten a bunch of mail suggesting this might not have been our most popular move… and the Marines HAVE stopped the hemorrhage, by and large.…

If you have an hour to spend and high bandwidth head on over to Soon(tm) and read the Redmond Riots. A series of bungie.net reactions (some serious, some amusing, some gagable) to the Microsoft buyout of Bungie. Warning parental guidance advised.

Are the Covenant and Halo ring builders connected? Hamish over at theMarathon’s Story page cranks out oodles of speculation on the Covenant and their mission. Is messing with Jjaro tech heresy and could the Halo marine really be Salman Rushdie? And while you’re there check out that 7 reference on the side of the dropship.…

What every Halo marine should carry – the Halo knife. Thanks to Greg Koenig for this item of information. Parental guidance advised.

Running through the e3 movie again, we noticed a bizarre thing… we documented it on this page. If you have any comments about the subject, post them to our forum!

Blam! The Halo SETI Marinestake back position #47 in the Battle of the Teams. It was tough crunchin’ marines but we got there. Kudos all round. Team membership now stands at 440 that’s an increase of four new recruits since yesterday. Excellent! Let’s keep the pressure up and watch out for those Covenant airborne battalions.…

Guns. Lots of guns. Halowar has added a Weapons Guide to their site. Just the ticket for a rainy Sunday. The Covenant Sniper Rifle isn’t featured yet in their Guide though. For more guns action check out the updated weapons page in our FAQ and there is also our Guns Analysis page from some time…

The future of PC games development is the subject again in a Daily Radar interview with Chris Taylor of Gas Powered Games. Chris offered the same views as John Carmack (see yesterday’s news). Here’s a snippet: DR: Recently, a lot of high-profile PC developers have said that they are shifting their focus to next-generation consoles…