Month: August 2001
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Cyborgs make great bartenders
Mark Levin points out that our favorite cybernetic soldier has appeared on humor site The Conversatron. Mmm… plasma.
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Sea of Steel continues
“There were twenty-one elites, not twenty. The twenty-first dropped off last. And it was not just an elite. He was a Red, sir. I’d never seen one before, but – damn – I’m sure of it.” Sea of Steel continues as Omniscient sends in Part 7.
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We are Beached
“This is Captain Prindle! Covenant have boarded the ship. All Marines and capable hands, equip yourselves and prepare to hold back the enemy forces until all hands can be safely evacuated.” NevinNiven sends in Beached, a look at the troops’ arrival on Halo.
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HBO News Archive item 3130
FunXbox points out that the Bungie guys have put up a picture of one of their Xbox development kits on the Bungie Webcam. They have posted an enlarged image here.
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Halo: Combat Rusted
Justin Brimm sends in the first of a new generation of logos, based on the new “Combat Evolved” image. Check it out here.
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Sea of Steel, Part 6
“Commander, drop zone is near. I humbly suggest that you prepare to drop,” said the sensor operator. Tsheac walked over to him and peered over his shoulder at the screen. Sea of Steel continues as Omniscient sends in Part 6 of his ongoing story.
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More Halo Warriors
M B sends us a wallpaper based on another wallpaper sent in a few days ago. Does this make it 4th party content?
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Don’t miss this chance!
Matt Soell dropped in on our forums to give an update on the status of the Halo playtest. Looks like if you want in, you’d better move fast.
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Wallpaper Evolved
Evan Sharp sends in two wallpaper variations on a theme, which may be found here and here.
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The REAL Chapter 1, Part 2
The air snapped and flashed, three times. Banning closed his left eye reflexively. When he opened it again, there were six pock marks all along the metallic walls. Wilder grinned, holstered, walked up, and gave the door a kick. Vector40 sends the next part of his Hawk Chronicles. Find out more of what really happened…
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Cyborghood isn’t all fun and games
I was hollow in my dream, a ring, yearning to be satisfied enough to live in peace. I think that is a brillant metaphor for who I am now isn’t it? Hollow, a hole in my soul that I can’t quite fill. I wonder if they did this to me when they made me a…
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The end is the beginning is the end
ÊŠÊŠI feel something is here waiting for me, guiding me, telling me something. But I want nothing to do with some kind of higher power, or intelligence. I never was a religious man, perhaps that was half the reason why I became a mech in the first place. From Mad Dog – CFH comes…
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Return of ye olde poll smash
Gamespot has thrown up a new poll: Which Microsoft-published game are you looking forward too? I think we all know the answer to that…
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Nope, still the same name
Team Xbox has investigated the new Halo logo spotted recently, and gotten this reply from Matt himself:It’s just a tagline, not part of the title (i.e. the game is still named “Halo” not “Halo: Combat Evolved”).
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Halo Update archived
Last week’s Halo Update has been added to our database. Did the Bungie crew survive?