Month: August 2002

The Psyjnir Complex claims to have a source on the inside – the inside of WHAT, we don’t know – with some information about the future of the Halo franchise. Or maybe it’s the local McDonald’s franchise. I can never tell. Check ’em out anyway.

Sometimes, you just can’t catch a break. Last month, HBO moved to new digs – bigger pipe, better server, yadda, yadda, yadda. This morning, I received a phone call – the owner of the colocation company that HOSTED that new server had skipped town, and the datacenter was threatening to cut power for non-payment of…

Got a kid? Do you play Halo with them? Jon Sager does – and gets beat by his 6-year-old daughter. When you’re done laughing, go read his column over at Gamespotting, for some pretty interesting observations about parenting and gaming (and how they relate). Thanks to Team Overkill for the link.

Skavenger_s7 found a pretty interesting little device which will take the four panels of a split screen and send ’em out in different directions – no more cheating by looking at your buddy’s screen in multiplayer! Mirrors and cardboard can bring fair competition back to your lan gatherings…

Strato99| noticed some new Halo 2 material over at the Xbox.com press site – a couple of isolated shots of MC (that is, separated from any background), a nice version of the Halo 2 logo, and the four main screens with no watermarks on them. These aren’t really hi-res or anything… but if you’re building…

Take a day off, come back to a flood of submissions. We’ll start with desktops – there are 5 new ones: h2_wait.jpg, by Justin halo2wal102.jpg, by Chome (3 flavors) hippopaper.jpg, by Justin MC.is.back.jpg, by Chromejr45 One.More.Time.jpg, by Dusty Patt You’ll find ’em all in our Wallpaper section.

The DVD that came with the August issue of the Official Xbox Magazine contained a short movie called ‘Pyramid of Destruction’. Team Overkill converted it to a web-friendly format last month, but we couldn’t bring it to you until the issue was off the shelves. It went off the shelves this week… so here it…

Unhappy with the quality of the previously released Halo mini-games, tino built something a bit more extensive. Multiple levels, and (apparently) a multiplayer mode, too! I only tested the first couple of levels… but it’s pretty fun; brings back memories of the early days of gaming. 🙂 It’s Windows-only, and almost 9 mb, zipped -…

Recently, Dan Chosich released ‘Reminisance’, a dream-sequence film with some very interesting editing. It originally came in just a Windows Media format – but there are now a pair of QuickTime versions available. Dan himself created a 94 mb version, and Brian Josselyn made a 60 mb version. Links to both can be found on…

Saturday Morning Fan Fiction:The Jump, part 1, by Stefano Scalia The Discovery, part 6, by strategyfreak The adventures of Mate-rik, part 2, by Leadbutt Cry for a Hero, part 1, by el_halo_diablo Fafnir, part 3, by KnightmareWolf Titan, part 3, by Jaywhit10Go get ’em!

Whoa. Inbox is FULL of Halo 2 Wallpaper today… Check out these 8 new submissions!badday.jpg, by Vinny MacH2.The.battle.Begins.jpg, by Knight Premierhalo2.jpg, by Kaworu Nagisahalo2targetwall.jpg, by ApostleHalo2Wallpaper.jpg, by Alex ‘Whistler’ Samouridishalo2_desktop.jpg, by authorhope.jpg, by Dusty PattImprovement1024.jpg, by AllentharYou’ll find ’em all in our Wallpaper section.

There just never seems to be time to process the Gameplay Tricks queue – I’ve decided to put them up a few at a time, which has to be preferable to waiting until I can process a dozen or so at a stretch. There are only 4 for you right now – but that’s 4…

Pez Mohr has put up a web interface for his Halo Movie mirror site – and we’ve put an easier name to remember on it. Check it out! (The web part is pretty slow… but the ftp downloads are quite fast. In addition, he’s provided news/movie links from here, to help you decide what version…

Alex Cross submits our first Halo 2 Wallpaper. You’ll find it in the Wallpaper section.

Miscellaneous, indeed:Mr Bill Jr V pushes the limits of what can legitimately be called Halo misc. artTeam Overkill pushes some other limitsYou can find their work in the Miscellaneous Art section. (We may have to start cracking down.)

A whole passel of Fan Fiction entries this morning:The Discovery, chapter 4 and chapter 5, by strategyfreak Rise To Honor, part 14, by Shadow Falling, by Vector40 Shadows of Archon, part 2, by Wado In addition, we received this note – take it as you will. (It’s not fan fiction… but it pertains to it.)

Last night, we announced Chaos on the Ring II, a new movie from ZiDigi Online. Response has been positive… except for some material at the beginning and end of the movie. In response to critics, the team has released a second version – it’s identical to the first, except it’s missing the first 30 seconds,…

Asmodeus has turned in the next chapter of his Legendary Walkthrough – The Library, one of the longest levels on Legendary, has now been pinned down. Having trouble with those waves of enemies? Come on by, and snag a few key techniques!

Fan Art continues to pour in:Warbow speculates on state-of-the-art camouflage Germain Couët looks at localization optionsCheck our Miscellaneous Art section for details

Another Halo 2 Press Release – this one specifically about Halo 2 (instead of Halo 2 and Project Gotham 2 combined). You can find it at Team Xbox, among other places… more drool material:”‘Halo 2’ is a lot like ‘Halo’, only it’s ‘Halo’ on fire, going 130 miles per hour through a hospital zone, being…