Month: October 2001

Goodness… we didn’t notice this last week, but it’s GREAT news: Evihcra.com, a large file archive site (they started as the Mill, for Myth files, and have expanded to Marathon, Unreal Tournament, and the Sims), has pledged the creation of a Halo archive site, to be opened the day Halo ships for the Mac/PC. If…

Matt passed this info along yesterday, but Jester pointed out that I hadn’t made it front page news yet… Seems that Halo has no in-game content control. (Myth had content control – you could set it to show stars instead of blood.) The reason for this is simple, and two-fold: 1) the Xbox already has…

The resurrection of Bob… Tursas sends in Chapter 12 of the Hermes Trismegistus saga. You’ll find it (and all previous parts) in our Fan Fiction section – don’t forget to let Tursas know how you like it, in the comments section!

Whoa… go to sleep for a couple of hours, and the mailbox fills up! Two new desktops came in last night, the collection continues to fill. You’ll find these new entries in our Wallpaper section. Back with Fan Fiction in a bit.

The Halo Launch Party is here! Bungie.net has the details… Saturday, November 10 at the Hotel Monaco, in Chicago, for those who HAVE TO KNOW NOW… the rest of you, head over to bungie.net and read Matt’s little parable. (And get even more details, like what you might win if you show up…) It’s 5…

Michael Maddux sends us a tasty desktop for our Wallpaper collection, in three flavors. Check it out!

Ask, and ye shall receive. In an unprecedented fifth Matt Soell-generated news post, we bring you… the cover of Halo: The Fall of Reach, available from Random House later this month. Blam!

Took much longer than they wanted… but Matt has announced that the venue for the Halo launch party has finally been secured. It’s in Chicago… on a weekend. More than that, and you’ll need to tune in to www.bungie.net over the next few hours.

A Halo movie? Matt says they’ve been approached, and though no deals have been struck yet, the possibility is there…

Shocker of the week – the rumors are true. Halo’s ESRB rating has been raised from Teen to Mature; apparently, ESRB changed their minds. (Maybe in the wake of the September 11 tragedy?) In any case, Matt Soell explains a bit in this post to our forum. Apologies to all who were counting on the…

Thanks to Razorback, who pointed out a Halo preview in Portuguese, at GameOver. Babelfish did a pretty nasty job with this… but it seems to be relatively accurate. If you speak Portuguese, go take a look!

Looks like we missed a new Halo preview at XboxWeb – showed up this weekend. Nothing mindboggling, but it sums up game features pretty nicely. Take a look!

Psyrixx wrote to let us know that the Psyjnir Complex is back online, sort of. The links aren’t working yet… but you can check out the basic page design. Be warned – IE 5+, Opera 5+, or NS 6+ REQUIRED. Take a look, and be sure to let him know if you’ve got suggestions!

The Pillar of Autumn desktops continue to pour in. Michael Maddux sends us a gorgeously hi-tech version in three resolutions. Grab it from our Wallpaper section.

Eric ‘Siva’ Salzman adds another entry to his ‘Curves’ collection – and this one has been left mostly open, so that someone could add a “stats” sidbar about the Pillar of Autumn to the image. (If you’re interested, contact Eric and he’ll get you a layered Photoshop file to work with.) The recent Wallpaper additions…

fAt1 drops us a note to let us know that 1) MPZ Halo is back, with a brand-new makeover, and 2) MPZ as a whole is now open to the web – no login required. Check ’em out!

Interesting tidbit – as of now, the Xbox Halo app is not capable of using downloaded levels. This means that (unless Bungie supplies a patch that allows this) even IF the PC version ships with a level editor, the Xbox version won’t be able to take advantage of any created mods. (It also means that…