Year: 2002

Bunch of desktops for you today… some cool backgrounds that poena.dare #CP# pulled from a GDC Talk that Marty O’Donnell gave last spring, and some weirdly-shaped collections from Gasmask. You’ll find ’em all in our Wallpaper section.

In February, poena.dare #CP# created a series of images for discussions on our forum that helped illustrate Halo’s place in the galaxy, and your place in Halo. For some reason, though we mentioned them in the news, we never added them to the site itself. This has now been rectified; you can find all three…

Matthew Smith has put together a film he calls ‘Heaven and Hell: The Top and Bottom of the Silent Cartographer’. It’s 8:51 long, and weighs in at 24.2 mb. (It uses the DivX 4.02 codec to achieve this impressive feat, and is quite watchable.) It shows a number of things that have been filmed before…

Before any of you break your keyboards in your frenzy to send us word that Penny Arcade is reporting that Halo will have Xbox Live support… they’re not. Tycho mentioned a rumor he heard, but he follows it with but I haven’t heard this verified anywhere else, so keep your expectations low.We couldn’t agree with…

Ask, and ye shall receive (sometimes). BLOODLUST visited our forum this morning, asking if anyone had high-quality versions of the Difficulty badges visible at the start of Halo. Back in February, we’d posted a composite made by taking screenshots, then extracting the images… it worked, but the quality wasn’t very good. Dave Candland took time…

Wednesday’s Fan Fiction offerings: Halo: Apocalyptic wars Chapter 2, by Flood impalor HALO A New War of old Enemy’s Part 1, by Jeff Graham Halo Side Story Chapter Five, by Jordan Dotson Revolution 2 Return of the Forerunner Part 4, by Gruntkiller Just a few to read… Update: Neco Divad sent Chapter 3 of his…

Whoa. Dave Candland, in response to a forum thread, has put up a new desktop on Bungie’s Tru7h and Reconciliation site (it’s the last one on the page). WARNING – large spoilers are here for anyone who still hasn’t played the game. For all others, though, this is a masterpiece of work from Craig Mullins,…

The massive Halo 2 preview in the November 2002 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly is now available in our Press Scans section. The December issue hit the shelves today, so we can bring you the info-rich article from last month; if you like this article, consider subscribing to the magazine. Overall gaming coverage is pretty…

I’ve brought the Movie database up to the present, including a new movie (one we’re not hosting) showing a 16-second warthog jump. You’ll find mirror lists to the recent Jackass and Winter Season Promo films, as well as a few other recent entries. If all goes well, there might even be another one later today.…

Over at bungie.net, Dave Candland mentions a new Chapter Theme available for use on your 7th Column chapter site. You can see it in action here. It’s a tad dark… but pretty nicely done!

Stormsinger cranks out another awesome desktop image of the as-yet unseen Heavy Destroyer Phelios… go check our Wallpaper section. Wow.

Gasmask has turned the Halo vehicles into commodities; you can find his work in the Miscellaneous Art section. (For what it’s worth, this has been done before; Germain Couët sent in a pair about 7 months ago.)

StarWarsFanMan has added to the list of mirrors for the Jackass movie. Reminds me I forgot to actually make a mirrors list… tomorrow, I promise. Meanwhile, if you haven’t seen this yet, go visit the Green Marines!

The weekend’s Fan Fiction, bundled up: Outlaw, chapter 5, by Chris Cassani Halo 2: A New Hope, by Sephiroth He’s Baaaaaack! Chapter 2, by Killer_Fairy The Time Vortex: Part 1, by Arthur Wellesly Perfection: Parts 5-7, by Vincent Smith Halo: Apocalyptic wars Chapter 1, by Flood impalor The New Reach Campaigns Final Chapter, by Gasmask…

Cybrfrk has again updated the Gameplay Tips section – the Site Map is now complete. If you’re a tip submitter, you can use this page to determine what areas of the database are short of tips, and submit information in those areas! Thanks.

Eric Nylund described a special Spartan insignia in ‘The Fall of Reach’:      There was a special insignia on his uniformed [sic] as well: a golden eagle poised with its talons forward—ready to strike. The bird clutched a lightning bolt in one talon and three arrows in the other.Warbow has created this patch, for any wannabe Spartans…

GameSplurge put up a Halo 2 Preview this weekend. Nothing new, but hey, previews are previews, right? Thanks to Battleground: Halo for the heads-up.

Sean Smith writes to tell us that Matt Soell will be on The Gamesome Mac, a weekly Mac gaming radio program, tonight. Broadcast is 6-8 pm PST on Monday, November 4 (that means it starts at 9 pm on the east coast, and at 2 am Tuesday, UTC.) If you miss it, archives are kept.…

Another regular heard from… and another iGames qualifier loss. Vector40 described his Saturday, competing for entrance to the iGames Halo Winter Season. They won their first game (as did Team OvK), and lost their second (as did OvK). Good read, and some decent pointers for folks looking for advice on team games.

Dolbex wrote to say that a recent poll at the Halo50K site (‘What’s your favorite board to play on?’) showed that a huge majority loves Blood Gulch. Check out all the results, they might surprise you!