My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Month: February 2002

  • Hmph… East coast is still cooler.

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    Lots of cool stuff has just appeared on Bungie.net… Top story is the announcement of the E3 Fanfest/Seventh Column Convocation, complete with Halo tournament and “Bungie-style tomfoolery”. The Truth and Reconciliation has posted an interview with Bungie artist and Covenant sculptor Juan Ramirez. Speaking of which, the winner of said Covenant sculpture turns out to…

  • A Site Worth Checking Out

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    Louis Wu
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    In a quest for perfection, Team 7HR33 has kept their web page private until the last tweak has been given to the content, but each time they came close to finishing (and going public), they decided to add ONE more feature, or ONE more color change, or ONE more cool section. Well, Frogblast has blown…

  • Learn from the masters

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    If you’re lucky enough to be going to Game Developers Conference 2002, don’t miss the chance to listen to (and, if my Macworld experiences are any guide, hobnob with) the Bungie personnel who’ll be there. Pallor passes along a handy list of events: Halo: Combat Evolved, a Post Mortem, with designer Jaime Greisemer and AI…

  • What will the AGF think of this?

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    The Grunt abuse continues as Bonk has some fun with the “frozen AI” bug in this movie. Ouch!

  • Can the women and children please go now?

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    And the fan fiction continues to flow… New author Ian Barnes sends in Operation False Prophets: AI Constructs and Cyborgs First, Again, taking place immediately after the game.

  • It’s still a dark and storm night

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    The adventures of the Silver Hawks continue as Vector40 sends in Chapter 3b of his Hawk Chronicles.

  • It was actually ON FIRE?!

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    Our friends at The Psyjnir Complex have run into a bit of trouble with their hardware, as documented here by operator Psyrixx. This site provides several mirrors for Halo content (including the Warthog jumping movies), which are now temporarily down. Get well soon!

  • Secrets abound

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    Legolas has created a guide to virtually every known secret in Halo (and some I didn’t know about myself). It’s posted at GameFAQs’ Halo section.

  • Just the place for a Hippo, the Bellman cried…

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    The quest for the elusive Halo Hippo kicks into high gear with the creation by carrim of The Halo Hippo Hunting Grounds. Who will be the first to find the ultimate easter egg?

  • If you don’t like my driving get off the Halo

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    The Junkyard noticed that Unknown Player has posted an interview with rising star Randy Glass, Halo’s own Evil Knievil.

  • Cortana… Load the jump program.

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    Ever wanted to send a warthog into orbit yourself? Randy Glass, creator of the world-famous Warthog Jump, has put up a page of info about the movie and the techniques used. Most of these have been seen before, but now they’ve been collected in one place. Thanks to Vector40 for noticing this.

  • The sound master sounds off

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    Xbox.com has put up an interview with Bungie audio director and Halo music composer Marty O’Donnell. Lots of fun stuff in there! Thanks to Nijhazer for pointing this out.

  • The captain! He’s one of… THEM!

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    Can it really be? Has Liquidex discovered Halo’s most precious secret, its greatest mystery? I’m convinced, but you’ll have to decide for yourself

  • Inventory surplus! Everything must go!

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    Another bit of script-exploiting fun comes to us from Frogblast, who has noticed that there’s more to Assault on the Control Room’s vehicle population than meets the eye. Be the first kid on your block to collect them all!

  • Another One-Shots submission

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    The One-Shots submissions continue – pad_avox drops off a fun shot from Silent Cartographer for our collection. Oh, what we owe R.G. and his Warthog Jump…

  • French Halo Goodness

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    Thanks to Firfin, who pointed out a couple of French articles – a Halo review at Jeux Network (this has been added to the Reviews database), and a preview at VosJeux. Check ’em both out!

  • Is Halo IGN’s Game of the Year? (Yes.)

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    Spotted on IGN was this article on the Japanese release of Halo, which contains this tidbit: … would go without Halo, IGN`s game of the year for 2001… I can’t tell if this has already been announced to IGN Insiders (I don’t have an account) or it’s an editorial slip of the tongue. Any subscribers…

  • Where’s Hamish when you need him?

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    The Halo Story Page has been slowing down a bit lately… Word from the management is that they are understaffed and overworked, so they have put out the call for additional hands. If you have some spare time and you know and love Halo’s story, head over to this post and drop them a line.

  • Back to the mines…

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    Louis Wu
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    What Count Zero said recently was true – I’m pretty much out of touch right now, and database updates are gonna be hard. However – I’ve found the time to add a couple of submissions to the One-Shots page, as well as a collection of images to the Tips and Tricks section. Yes, there are…

  • [insert sigh of exasperation here]

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    Posting this is probably futile, but it’s been a slow day… Yet again, a confirmation of the PC/Mac version of Halo has been posted. Perhaps a secondhand report from some random forum poster (no offense, Jager) will satisfy those who will not believe the official statements from Bungie.