Month: October 2002

This came in a little while ago, but I forgot about it. 🙁 Jiberish Halo Productions has put together a little vid called ‘Halo – Session’. It’s in .wmv format, 2:31 long, and weighs in at 12.5 mb. Mostly, it’s a demonstration of what you can do with 400% health, a lot of rockets and…

A happy birthday wish to Stefan Sinclair! (Earlier today, the Bungie webcam text read ‘HappyBD2me :O)’ – it’s since been shortened to ‘:O)’. *Ar-Isildur speculated from the smiley that this was written by Stefan… and a quick check confirmed this.) Have a Surly Dwarf Ale for all the fans!

Took way too long (what else is new?), but the Xbox Live Bootcamp article is finally online. I was invited (along with 14 or so other people from around the country) for ‘Xbox Live Bootcamp’, an in-depth look at the Xbox Live gaming service, and what it means for Microsoft. A day in Seattle (plus…

Not really Halo-related, but PBO doesn’t have a news-posting mechanism (and even I’m not stupid enough to build something like that for a game that’s already been canned) – Rampancy.net has posted a short Q&A with Matt Soell about Phoenix, and the project that has replaced it. Check it out!

New video at Blackstar Productions this morning. It’s by Ben Dussault, and it’s in the vein of BSP’s Halo movies; inspiring music and Halo gameplay. 480×274, 1:30 long, 19.1 mb big, in QT format. Check it out! (There are a couple of movies we’ll be posting soon, as well.)

Sometimes, people just get too attached to what they’re doing. Pity them.

Heh – another Xbox Live Bootcamp writeup comes online – this time from Billy, at PlanetGameCube. It’s an interesting view of the whole shebang; he picked up on a lot of negative stuff I never even saw, one of the advantages of multiple viewpoints and backgrounds. It’s Halo-related only in the fact that some of…

Ferrago.co.uk has put up a Halo 2 preview – a nice overview of the current info. Take a look!

Bungie.net has put up an interview with Jesse Tribby, a Halo fan and Psyjnir Complex staffer who has been working really hard to make the iGames Halo Winter Season come together. If you’re curious about how some of the decisions were made, read this. It’s not often that a major competition like this is actually…

Recent Fan Fiction:An Elites Legend, part 1, by Neco Divad Death Dealers, part 2 (chapter 1, though), by Havok Shadows of Archon II, part 24, by Wado Have Design, Will Build, part 2, by hipboyscott Halo 2: Return of Death, part 2, by Lord Dagon Liberation, part 7, by Hoju Revolution 2 Return of the…

Three more desktop images for you in our Wallpaper section.

Another team tournament for you, in Michigan… The ACM Microsoft Michican Halo Tournament. This one’s 3 vs 3, takes place on November 7, and the entrance price is a measly $5/person. Check out the details, and sign up if you’re local! (This was announced on our forum.)

Pair of new art submissions; another SA-style sketch from Gasmask, and a pretty slick vignette from David Glen Walker. Check our Miscellaneous Art section.

Whoa, random info. Hot on the heels of a discussion over at Subnova about who’d left Bungie recently, we got mail from Matt Segur, a programmer on the Halo team who left after Halo shipped. He’s got a brand-spankin’ new mixed-media publishing company called Ghostweed Press, and they’re currently selling a book and a CD.…

iGames is ready to kick off their Halo Winter Season – a series of 4-man tournaments held across North America. Grand Prize is a trip for four to E3 2003… but there’s lots more to it than that. Go read about it at iGames! (Thanks to Jester for the heads-up.)

MacOSX Jaguar boot icons, and a pair of… situations, today in our Miscellaneous Art section.

Shallow Throat has gotten into the cough syrup again.

Congratulations to The Specialists, of San Diego, CA, who took home the $1,000 top prize in the Halo: Running Riot Invitational that took place on last Saturday. (We originally reported on this when it was named ‘CobaltNova’.) A massive summary (summary? blow-by-blow, almost) can be found on our forum. Thanks to emildux, of xboxlanaz, for…

Pallor points out that a blurb in the current issue of Rolling Stone has Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails) stating that Halo actually delayed work on his newest album:Halo is a spectacularly done piece of work. I got it right before I was going into the studio. I thought, ‘OK, to get on with…

Hehe – you knew it had to happen. Kayas pointed out a map for Unreal Tournament 2k3 called ‘SOT Bloodgulch’. The screenshot shows a bit more… um, scaffolding than I’m used to, but the concept is great.