Year: 2002

Matt Soell points out that the Halo Rumor Control database (linked prominently from our FAQ) has been updated. He was spefically talking about information about Halo on Xbox Live (it is not, and will not be, supported – though Halo 2 will contain Xbox Live support) – but there’s also information about the Halo 2…

As a followup to last week’s ‘Making of the Halo Trailer, Part 1’, Bungie has posted ‘Part 2’ at their Tru7h and Reconciliation site. It’s a pretty amazing read, if you’ve ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes, soundwise. Beyond the electronic magic, there were 35 live musicians involved in what you hear, including…

Friday’s Fan Fiction: Viper Squadron Chapter 1, by Havok The Shadows – Part 6, by Glenny UNSC Long Range Rifle Group – Base Camp, by Blindside Nice small batch, today…

Phil Howlett writes to point out that the OXM UK cover DVD number 8 (July? August?) contains some pretty interesting warthog jump footage – apparently, there’s a jump onto a pair of covenant dropships (sequentially, of course). Unfortunately, we have no access to this disc – if anyone reading this subscribes to OXM UK and…

Drunkgamers.com is getting ramped up for a series of gameplay videos known as ‘Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles’. To whet your appetite, they’ve created a 2-minute-long trailer for the upcoming films – it’s available as a 30 mb DivX-encoded .avi, or (with some compromises) as a 10 mb QuickTime 5 video. It’s pretty…

Seems Microsoft has requested that Halo Game remove the MOX October cover from their site. (Sort of silly, if you ask me – it’ll be on newsstands in 5 days.) If you missed it yesterday, there’s always next week… (Thanks to Roger Wilco for the heads-up.

Thursday’s Fan Fiction:Wings of Death, part 2, by el_halo_diablo Banserki’s Journal, part 9, by Sarge Titan, part 6, by Jaywhit10 Shadows of Archon II, part 12, by Wado A New Breed, Chapters 1.1 – 1.2, by Geshtu Revolution, part 7, by Gruntkiller Only 24 more hours till the next update!

Okay, this is just plain disturbed. I’m thinkin’… the next time I go to Altoona, PA, I’m bringing a dog with me. A BIG dog. With sharp teeth.

In the hopes of fending off a (continuation of the) flood of composite pictures, I’d like to ask that people not send us images of famous (or even not-famous) heads pasted onto the MC’s (or any OTHER Halo character’s) body; we just don’t have the bandwidth to host stuff like this. You’re welcome to put…

Guh. There are some guys who want to build a Mjolnir Mark VI suit. Not a model of the suit – not a wearable mockup… but the real deal. (Well, aside from the stuff like muscle augmentors and neural hookups, I guess.) Somehow, they’ve come up with a parts list for this, with a pricelist…

Petitions, petitions… B-go points out another one; this time, it’s aimed at letting Bungie know that there’s a mass (currently 5, but they’re hoping for more signature) of under-18’s who really want to be able to participate in a national Halo tournament. (I’d be astounded if Bungie didn’t already know that – but they’re aiming…

Halo Game has posted the cover of the October 2002 issue of the French MOX (the Official Xbox Magazine) – the issue should be on the stands in less than a week. Nice artwork! (Thanks to cubanB, who noticed it first on a few message boards.)

Today’s Fan Fiction offerings: ROUND-THINGIE: Combat Devolved, by Matt Anderson HELLJUMPERS chapters 6-7 and chapter 8, by Havok UNSC Long Range Rifle Group – Assembly, by Blindside The Shadows, part 5, by Glenny Shadows of Archon II, part 11, by Wado English Coursework, by Ross Mills Get to it.

New desktop image from Jerry H. Find it in our Wallpaper section.

Thomas Bottrill points out an online petition , UK4HALO, calling for a UK Halo tournament. If you’re a UK resident, and want to make a statement about the need for a tournament along the lines of the Halo National Championship here in the US, drop by and sign the petition.

Its lack of useability was getting on my nerves… so the Screenshots Database has been overhauled. It’s also been brought up to date. Feel free to browse through it, and if you run across any glitches or anomalies… please, let us know. I can’t fix it if I don’t know it’s broken. There are shots…

Worth a read.

A new comic has been put up at Bungie.net – and it’s pretty funny. According to Dave Candland, this is an ‘actual embellished conversation’ that took place during the creation of the Halo 2 trailer. Makes you wonder how all those guys are still alive…

Inside Mac Games has posted their eleventh installment of “One on One with Glenda Adams” where one of the topics discussed is Halo: Tuncer: Can you give us any details on Halo for the Mac? How will it be different than the X-Box [sic] version. Any details on networking you can talk about? Glenda: There…

Having trouble on Two Betrayals? Never fear, our own Asmodeus is here to help you out. The latest section of HBO’s Legendary Walkthrough has gone up, and it should get you through those generators without a hitch. Get to readin’!