Month: July 2001

Matt showed up on our forum to answer some logistical questions about Halo – I particularly like his answer to the “how many copies will be printed?” question.

Thanks to cubanB, who noticed that TeamXbox has a report about the September issue of PC Gamer – apparently, it will include a 16-page ‘mini-magazine’ preview of the Official Xbox Magazine, which includes a large Halo article.First off, the magazine shows some really stellar images from Halo, which show off the flamethrower in action, the…

Ph.D., our field agent in Japan it seems, sends in a link to an article at ie Magazine called ‘Has Gaming Finally Crossed the Line?’ It discusses how the world of console gamers is merging with the world of PC gamers, and mentions Halo specifically, in a quote from Steve Bauman, EiC of Computer Games…

Nice catch by Kalis – there’s an image of a Covenant sculpture (and a closeup of its head) at the Bungie Store. Funky! (It’s a work-in-progress; if you want to win the final product, you’ll need to register on the newly-overhauled store.)

Ph.D. sends in a pretty interesting link – Gamasutra has put together a series of articles (seven, in fact) on game level design – The Level Design Resource Guide. Definitely worth a read.

Here I sit, in the basement of Freewill’s New York abode, wearing a spiffy new b.org t-shirt (they arrived today!) and waiting for TomeOne’s train to get in from Toronto… MacWorld begins tomorrow, but the chances of Halo news are pretty slim. Nonetheless… if something comes up, we’ll bring it to you.

Vector40 sends in ‘Iam Tandem’, a poem that looks at the battle that is Halo. You’ve seen the end (it’s included here, with additions), you’ve seen the prologue… now you get the whole shebang in our Fan Fiction section.

The Halo SETI Marines have still not climbed back into the top 50 in the Battle of the Teams… but our chances are improving. Adam, who joined the team last week, blasted his way up the charts this week, snagging both La Crunch Honneur (172 units) and the Frogblast Award (an astounding 352 positions climbed)…

We’ve added last week’s Halo Update to the Halo Update Database (which is now easily searchable from our forum, btw). The most-discussed entry is the ‘thirteen feet of meat and bone’ entry, discussing the penetration capacity of the sniper rifle… but Marcus’ hormone therapy gives a new insight into the lovely gorgeous waterfalls he was…

The Watcher writes to let us know that The Online Universe is up and running. This is a site devoted to giving game publishers and developers some insight into the needs/wants of the gaming public – so it needs YOU, the gaming public, to visit and make your needs/wants known.

This week’s Halo Update is over at Haloplayers… lots of bug fixes and art stuff. Marty and Jay auditioned some potentially surprising actors for voice parts… and oh, yeah, Marcus got a sex-change operation. Check out the details at HP.

Ack – we missed it! Adam ‘Barak’ Perfect, of Haloplayers, was interviewed for the Junkyard’s continuing Gaming Site Interview series yesterday. Go check it out!

Stephan from Germany sends us this link – we tried Babelfish, but it choked on the translation, so we have no idea what it says… but hey, a composite is a composite, right? (They should have added a shadow, I think.) Update: Nick Rolfe informs us that Babelfish works just fine if you remember the…

The shortest Fan Fiction in our archives, I think… Vector40 starts the poem he finished a week ago. You’ll find it our Fan Fiction section. (We’d give you an excerpt, but it would probably be the whole thing…) There’s more to come, we hear. Take THAT, Ape Man…

Lorraine Reyes (currently of the Phoenix team) weighs in with an explanation of those large protrusions found on the backs of the grunts. Maybe there needs to be more inter-team communication at Bungie Studios… or maybe Lorraine needs to cut back a bit on the coffee. (And before we get too much earnest mail from…

Tursas sends in the next installment of his ongoing fan fiction saga, Hermes Trismegistus. This is starting to get… weird. Just read it.

Haloplayers brings word of a Halo clan, The Roman Guard, that is currently actively recruiting for new members. If you’re interested, stop by and sign up! Update: Thomason writes to tell us that the Halo Guard is not a Halo clan – it’s a division of the Roman Federation, which is a Halo clan. So…

Battleground: Halo has put up two more chapters of its fan fiction opus, ‘Black Ops’ – it’s up to 12 chapters now. If you haven’t read it, go check it out. (As far as I know, it’s the only Halo-related fan fiction on the web that’s NOT in our Fan Fiction archive.)

Marginally Halo-related, definitely bungie.org-related: just in time for MacWorld, bungie.org has unveiled its first t-shirt, featuring many of your favorite Bungie characters (including the Halo Marine). It’s pretty, it’s high-quality, and it costs between $5-17, depending on how you pay for it – go take a look!

The Halo SETI Marines have a new top cruncher today – Niklas Brunberg processed 150 units to claim La Crunch Honneur. This pulled him within 11 spots of the top 100 team members, and gave him second place in positions climbed, as well – beaten out by Croz, who leapfrogged 61 teammates to take the…