Year: 2002

Three new desktops for you today, including a rather oddly shaped one, an image that was first submitted in a much smaller size for the Misc. Art section, and a subtly changed image (look closely in the shadows). You’ll find all three in our Wallpaper section.

Another comic from Stosh – this one should be appreciated by Matt Soell. You’ll find it in our Miscellaneous Art section.

And while the sick are sleeping, the gnomes work. The Subnova Hotline crew, aided in no small part by Miguel Chavez and in spite of their neglect of the correct answer dangled in front of their noses no fewer than 4 times by Cunbelin, managed to solve the egg mystery; details can be found on…

Wow. Are you a UK resident who hasn’t been able to justify the price of an Xbox yet? Here’s a deal you just can’t turn down… £194.99 buys youXbox Console (with one controller)HaloSplinter CellJet Set Radio FutureSega GT 2002(You can buy the same package, without Halo or Splinter Cell, for £35 less… but why would…

Project-Halo has gotten a facelift, and some new content… browse around!

Start the weekend with some Fan Fiction: Fafnir, part 9, by KnightmareWolf The Tides of War, chapter 6, by Corbantis Shadows of Archon II, part 28, by Wado Get to readin’!

Over the last few days, the HBO forum has fixated itself on finding a mentioned-in-passing easter egg in Halo. Elan Sleazbagano has done a decent job writing up the progress to date; start here, if you’re interested in joining in the hunt. What began as a casual remark has turned into another community event like…

Eric Redmond turned in a very nice piece of Halo artwork; it would probably make a great desktop, if not for the fact that it’s less than 400×300 pixels. Nonetheless, it’s worth looking at; you’ll find it in our Miscellaneous Art section. (There are game spoilers in this image.)

Ever wonder how Bungie works out their multiplayer map designs? Are they totally haphazard, or is there actually thought behind the various features? Get the lowdown on three different maps at Bungie’s Tru7h and Reconciliation site, in the latest story written up by Mordia, entitled ‘Designing for Carnage’. Very, very cool.

Next weekend, a large gaming event is taking place up in Ontario – Fragapalooza East 2002, 3 days of carnage with $40,000 in prizes to be given out. The focus is on PC games (UT2003 and Warcraft III), but also listed on the ‘Official Tournaments’ list is Halo CTF, 4vs4. If you’re nearby, this might…

End-of-the-week Fan Fiction:HALO: Pilots of Autumn, part 2, by Jake Anderson Wings of Death, part 13, by el_halo_diablo Stormbringers, part 2, by WildebeestNZWhat’s on YOUR bookshelf?

James Snow has turned in an update to an older banner in our collection – you’ll find it in the Banners section. I’m not 100% comfortable with banners that were built to plug other fansites… but we accepted the older one, so we should accept this one. In other banner news, I need to figure…

Want a lot of Warthogs on your desktop? Visit our Wallpaper section.

Late afternoon Fan Fiction:I want to be a Spartan, part 2, by assman Stormbringers, part 1, by WildebeestNZ Decisions, part 2, by Warbow This is Suicide, part 2, by Neile Pederson Go get ’em!

A pair of new desktops for you have been submitted to our Wallpaper section. (A reminder; if you upload material either to our ftp uploads area or our http uploads area, and do not identify it, we cannot post it.)

7th Column chapters Halo Diplomatic Core and xboxlanaz have taken it upon themselves to create a list of the top chapters in each state of the US, one chapter per state. You can see their work in progress here. We’re tickled that the HBO Junkies were picked as the Connecticut representative. Check out the list,…

Back in August, Mr.Poke discovered a pretty cool mp3 of some of Jen Taylor’s voice acting credits. It’s pretty fun to hear ‘Cortana’ selling body wash and chicken strips. It never occurred to me, or to anyone else who communicated with me, to look for other Halo voice actors… but today Stuntmutt found a similar…

Whoa – great find by Ghôlsbane. If you visit COMPUTERCAFE.com, and navigate your way through gallery -> broadcast -> Bungie (in the Flash version, it’s the first icon), you’ll see the opening movie (the cells morphing into the earth, with a Bungie logo), and its credits.It was created by NoiseTV, for Microsoft/Bungie. Interesting that nobody…

That Weasel, enjoying the newfound space on That Weasel Television, has added two new mirrors; the OXM Warthog Jump movie and Jackass. Links have been added where appropriate. He’s also put up a movie we decided we didn’t have space for; The First Time Playing Halo Online, by Assassin X. It’s 20 mb, 8:25 long,…

Just a couple of entries in the Fan Fiction database today:HALO: Pilots of Autumn, by Jake Anderson Sestina to Master Chief, by Megan Swaine For those who don’t know what a sestina is, you should read this.