Month: August 2002

Whoa. Stephen Hawking has made an ad for Xbox Live! (Okay, okay, not really – but dang, Blackstar did a fine job of it anyway.) 10 megs, 1 minute, QT 5 format; we’re not hosting it, but that’s because Blackstar said we didn’t need to. We would, though – it’s really funny. And we will…

Shaun Alphonso has put together a vision of the Halo 2 box. You’ll find it in our Miscellaneous Art section.

Random Hero has submitted a Halo 2 Banner – we’ve added it to our Banners collection. (Lost in the mail for a day or so…)

Tuesday morning Fan Fiction:Short Story, part 6, by Jamie Halo: The Return, part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, and part 6, by NeoX Cry for a Hero, part 4, by el_halo_diablo Rise To Honor, part 17, by Shadow Don’t forget, series can be read in a single shot by following the…

Hmm… interesting. BOLL noticed that the Halo 2 trailer countdown at xbox.com is gone. Glitch in their database system, or something more nefarious?

Big-time correction – the PC Gamer article next month will be on Halo PC, not Halo 2. (Nijhazer’s curiosity on why a PC gaming mag would be covering an Xbox-only title is well-founded.) Thanks to Harry Al-Shakarchi for pointing out that I should read my email more closely…

Hippo news at b.net. I suppose if you’re gonna have a fetish…

Two new versions of the ‘Causing a Ruckus’ video for you, if the original was too big; a 21 mb .mov, and a 4 mb .wmv. Both suffer in quality compared to the original (though the .mov is pretty good) – but for those who can’t handle the big ‘un… give ’em a try. Links…

Late-night Fan Fiction update:Short Story, part 3, part 4, and part 5, by Jamie Shadows of Archon II (part 1), by Wado The Petersburg Affair: Part I, Chapter 1, by Saber Jamie points out that he’s still looking for suggestions for a title for his story. (This, I thought, was the sort of thing the…

Next month should be a rockin’ one for Halo 2 information – we received word that the October issues of both PC Gamer here in the US, and Edge Magazine in the UK will have large Halo 2 pieces. (Here’s Edge’s teaser, courtesy of Griffon.) Thanks to Harry Al-Shakarchi and Griffon, respectively, for the heads-up.

Thanks to vector40, and to Narcogen, of Rampancy.net – there’s a short-term mirror for the Causing a Ruckus movie up over there. It’s up until something big comes along – but it should alleviate some of the strain on existing servers right now. (It’s been added, temporarily, to the CAR mirrors page.)

We’ve gotten mail from movie makers, griping that our Movie Hosting Guidelines are too stringent… that there’s no way to make a good film anymore which meets them. Team Overkill is here to say that’s just wrong. They’ve submitted a ‘stunts’ film – basically, just gameplay stuff put to music – that easily meets our…

Quick update before hittin’ the sack… couple’a desktops for you. One from Xcruiser (4 flavors), one from Justin. Find ’em in our Wallpaper section.

Thanks to 909, who wrote up his HNC Regionals experience on our forum. Congrats on the great playing, 909, and sorry you missed that last lap! Eep – and before I actually got this posted, Matt Soell wrote up a mini-description of the Semifinals over in Bungie-land… no word, though, on the alleged playing of…

Word comes of a french Warthog Jumpin’ movie. The jumping is nothing special… but the dancing chiefs are pretty cool. 🙂 If you’re willing to watch it in Real format, go here and check it out!

Gamitopia reviewed Halo last week – and were unimpressed. While I’m loathe to sneer at Halo criticism for fear of being seen as an overbiased fanboi, the reviewer picked some of the silliest things to complain about:When you move onto each successive chapter of Halo, you’ll restart with Marine guns, regardless of what you ended…

Saturday Morning Fan Fiction Reading:Check Please, Part II- Teaser, by Kellen Squire Taker of Life, Giver of Death, parts 7 and 8, by Ian Barnes Short Story, part 2, by Jamie Rise To Honor, part 16, by Shadow The Journey Home, by JT3989 Nothing Left, by Eric Gunther Whew!

Vector40 went to the MaxGames competition at the San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation – read his insanely long (but quite entertaining) account of the goings-on on our forum.

Razorback noticed another description of the Halo 2 trailer – this time at IGN. Take a look, before it gets buried behind the IGNinsider wall. Makes you wish 19 days was shorter…

Yeroen, over at Bungie’s Tru7h and Reconciliation site, has posted the schedules for all the Regionals matches for the ongoing Halo National Tournament. Swing by if you want to know where to go when.