Month: October 2001

Boatloads (and I mean BOATLOADS of new screens at the official Xbox Japan Press Information site… there’s no WAY we’ll get ’em up tonight (too damn many to thumbnail and categorize), so go and grab ’em for yourself! 8 zipped archives, a total of 27 megabytes (yeah, you read that right) of Halo goodness. GO!…

Is there no stopping this man? Michael Maddux sends in yet ANOTHER desktop, following his recent theme. You’ll find it (and all 5 of his other images) in our Wallpaper section.

Is he on a roll, or what? Michael Maddux submits ANOTHER desktop image, ‘Evolve THIS!’, in three resolutions. Nice blast! Check it out in our Wallpaper section.

Michael Maddux, on a desktop-creation kick, turns in his fourth image in as many days. I’m inclined to say that the text in the background is not Halo-related… but I wouldn’t swear to it. 🙂 You’ll find it, in three resolutions, in our Wallpaper section.

Jason Simrany sends word that Gaming Age has posted an article describing one person’s experience at an Xbox Exposed event, a series of retail demonstrations going on right now. (You have to be an employee of a retail establishment selling Xboxes to get in.) Several of these have already been published, on the TeamXbox Forums,…

Thanks to Zypper, who posted a description of the Halo presentation at the Tokyo Game Show last night. Lo-res, but full of promise… nice summation. 🙂 Go read his description for yourself!

Albino Joe sends in a nicely hazy desktop image for our Wallpaper section. Check it out!

Fanatic sends us a new image – he lists it as a logo, but it’s desktop-sized, really… we’ve added it to our Wallpaper collection. Check it out!

Mike “my aim is to be interviewed by every Xbox site” Salmon, Editor in Chief of the Official Xbox Magazine, has talked to XboxAddict… and true to form, has played up Halo:XBA: What is the most anticipated game by OXM staff? Which game do you guys think will be THE console seller? OXM: Halo and…

Eep, nearly missed this. Eric followed up his submission of the Fall of Reach cover with some information about the artwork, posted to our forum. Check it out!

Goodness… every once in a while, we get lucky. Eric Trautmann, Content Developer with Microsoft’s Licensing Group, sent along a MUCH nicer version of the cover of the upcoming novel, ‘Fall of Reach’. We’ve added it to our Miscellaneous Art section, because… well, it’s art. The text on the back matches the content of Random…

Major overhauls to the HBO FAQ, by Mark Levin – many pages have been worked on. Weapons and vehicles updated, and much info on game content has been updated. Check it out! (Thanks, Mark!)

More uploaded art from the fans – Matt (uh…#5?) sends in a rockin’ Covenant for our Miscellaneous Art section, and Joker continues his Marine modeling – this time we get the head and upper torso, both as a separate render, and blended into a nice desktop for our Wallpaper section. Good stuff!

In honor of those who fell on September 11, and those who are now fighting, Michael Maddox sends in a patriotic Halo desktop. You’ll find it in our Wallpaper section.

Wow. Go read Gordi’s latest story, ‘Departing Twilight’, the second chapter of his as-yet-untitled series. This one’s good. (Be sure to comment on it, and other Fan Fiction, so that authors can get a feel for how their work is percieved.)

Ouch! Rampancy.net, as some may have noticed, is mostly down right now. A hard drive died today… and the replacement won’t be there for at least a day, maybe two. In the meantime, news will be moved to http://synfibers.com/rampancy/. Folks are welcome to use the forums there, as well, though you should be warned that…