Month: October 2001

Thanks to NaliGun, who pointed out an article at Eurogamer stating that a series of UK Xbox Xperience events will kick off on November 17. Gamers in various UK cities will get the chance to play Xbox games and wallow in Xbox paraphernalia several months before the console is actually released there. (The article suggests…

Like your Mullins unadulterated? Or maybe with different adulteration? Skeletor played around with Paint Shop Pro, and turned out three different versions of yesterday’s cool desktop: the first has no logo at all; it’s just the Halo (and Threshold in the background). The second has the old-style blue Halo logo. The third is the same…

B-Sharp mentions that he’s mirrored the MS Halo theme package discovered yesterday – this is the broken-out sounds and images, not the installable theme. Fast connection, http protocol… this is worth a grab, if you didn’t get it yesterday!

Doh! Nearly missed this. (I can’t be held responsible for missing it the first time – I was out of state, and off the net.) Battleground: Halo has managed to mirror all 10 of the Gamespot movies at Fileplanet – you can find the links here. (Remember, Marty and Joe said don’t watch these.) Thanks,…

Eric Trautmann passes along a few details about the upcoming Halo novel, ‘Fall of Reach’… and in the process passes on a bit more. Cortana will play a major role in the book… but more interestingly, Eric describes the ‘Story Bible’:The story bible was written by yours truly (with some help from Eric Nylund, Doug…

Matt Soell dropped in to reassure folks about the upcoming Halo Launch Party:I’m 90% done with a FAQ which I intend to post along with details of how to RSVP. Expect something online in the next couple days. But don’t get too worried in the interim.Good to hear!

Wow – the demand for the Halo Theme distributed by Microsoft is huge – and for those who can’t get it from Skeletor’s web page, Funky J has made it available via Hotline – details can be found in this forum post. Again – even in its stripped-out form, it’s full of goodies, including a…

Ruzhyo points out an article at IGN Xbox: you get to pick what you think are the top three games of 2001 (released or not) – the top 25 will be announced on November 12. Go make sure Halo is there!

Anonymous Coward finds an online version of the Scientific American article mentioned yesterday. No need for scanning… thanks, AC! (Warning – this is REAL science.)

Daniel alerts us to the cover story in the current Scientific American; it should be interesting to Halo fans:It describes a ring shaped area within/around the Milky Way galaxy which appears to be the only area containing planets capable of supporting any advanced life. The most interesting quote mentions that if an alien race were…

Eric Trautmann confirms that great effort was made to keep Halo spoilers out of ‘The Fall of Reach’, the Eric Nylund prequel due out next week. You can safely read it without worrying about ruining your gaming experience. Thanks, Eric!

We’ve added the two desktop images from the Halo theme mentioned earlier – one of them has Craig Mullins artwork in it. You’ll find them both in our Wallpaper section.

Paul Roberts points out a Microsoft Quiz on Windows XP. Get 100% (or cheat) and you can download an exclusive Halo Theme for Windows… Update: Skeletor has extracted all the Halo stuff and re-zipped it, for the benefit of Mac users… very cool!

charleya continues the crunching mania, churning out 306 units for the Halo SETI Marines this week. Int_21 puts in a very respectable 190… but can’t keep up. Watch out for Bjlake, though – almost doubling your output in a week is pretty impressive! How are you doing? Check the 7 day stats page to see!

New, very oddly-sized desktop image in our Wallpaper section – check it out.

Ryan ‘Mhaddy’ Matthews writes to let us know that all of the new Gamespot movies (and the one free IGN movie) have been mirrored at the Junkyard – check the downloads page. If you’re having trouble with the original sources, this should be a boon to you!

Bob can’t drive? It’s true! Well, for Warthogs, anyway. Chris Butcher explains. Update: no Bob-driven Scorpions, either. There goes my platoon…

Omniscient takes a break from writing Fan Fiction to send in a new desktop image for our Wallpaper collection. Nice artwork, and nice sentiment!

JoKeR has finished up the basic outline of his Halo Marine model – he’s still tweaking, but it’s mostly done. It’s based on the old-style Marine, not the new… but it’s pretty slick in any case.) Check it out in our Miscellaneous Art section.

Thanks to Ruzhyo, who pointed out a new poll at IGN Xbox – What game are you most excited about? (Based on recent information, of course…) Halo is currently well in the lead… if you haven’t voted, go make sure it stays there!