Year: 2002

Mnemesis, our stalwart (or so we thought) Story Page maintainer, is currently schmoozing with the upper crust, and watching the Halo National Championships… and plans to report back… to Bungie.net! Yep, that’s right, he’s been conscripted as a B.net roving reporter, and plans to post his observations there. Ahh… what the heck, they’re nice guys,…

A harbinger of things to come? Check out this sneak preview of a Halo 2 site. You didn’t hear it from us.

Our spies are everywhere. Here’s a snapshot of the postgame carnage report from a 16-player CTF game at the reception for the Halo National Championships, held last night at the DoubleTree in Westwood, CA. From our trenchcoat-wearing guy in the field:It’s the postgame carnage screen shot from a 16 player CTF on Blood Gulch. The…

Stuck on the Library on Legendary? Yes, you could check our our very own Legendary walkthrough, right here at HBO… but it doesn’t come with the nifty-keen pictures you can get along with Bungie’s version. Check it out!

Heh – this story has been floating around for a while, but the comic-book-ripoff angle is new for me, and pretty amusing. The US Army solicited proposals for a nanotech suit for the soldier of the future. (The concept art looks vaguely familiar…) If you want to read some background on the project, see this…

Another quick trailer for you – Halo: Reloaded. 7 megs, 1:21, QT5 format. The audio has a couple of glitches, but nothing serious. If you like it, let Black_Jackal know, on our forum!

There’s a short article in the October issue of PC Gamer about PC Halo – and while much of what’s in it is either common sense or speculation, there is an interesting discussion about aiming. The Xbox version of Halo has been honored for the way it controls (after some practice), but obviously it can’t…

A pair of desktops for you in our Wallpaper section…

Heh – gotta love it when they write the news for you. :)The Psyjnir Complex is giving away three Halo Soundtracks to the people who can predict the winner of the Halo National Tournament Finals. Go to the Psyjnir 7th Column Chapter to enter. So? What are you waiting for?

Wondering about the 16 folks who made the finals of the Halo National Tournament? Bungie has put up a story about them at the Tru7h and Reconciliation site. Give it a look! (The finals this weekend will be broadcast later on G4tv – if anyone knows when, please be sure to let us know! It’s…

Seems the Xbox has dropped in price AGAIN in Europe – this time to €250/£160. Timing of the announcement was within an hour of Sony’s announcement that the PS2 would drop, as well (to the same price point). A decent time to pick up a console in Europe! (Thanks to Manitou for the heads-up.)

Fan Fiction flood: Rise To Honor, part 21, by Shadow Cry for a Hero, part 8, by el_halo_diablo The Beginning of the End, Part 2, by Wonga Shadows of Archon II, part 6, by Wado Ascendant Part IX, by Archangel’s Blade Unexpected Surprises, by JediKnight114 The Discovery, part 9, by strategyfreakIf ‘The Beginning of the…

Warbow has put together a table showing which cutscenes in Halo are alterable by the player, and which are not. If you have information that supplements (or contradicts) this, join in the thread!

Whew! Another 31 reviews added to our Reviews database – total is up to 177, and the average rating is 94.6%. There are no print magazine review scores included – just online sources. We received a recent submission which doesn’t really qualify as a ‘review’, since it’s not from a gaming website – but there’s…

Guh. On the heels of yesterday’s announcement of the Forerunner’s network opening, we’ve received mail from Jack Smith that he’s trying to build a ‘coming soon bungie fan network’ – and needs maintainers for the following subsections: Oni, Myth, Marathon, PiD, Minotaur, and Abuse. (He’s got Halo covered, it seems.) This is an all-volunteer effort,…

wolfboy points out that we haven’t added the Halo National site to our Links page. (We mentioned it in the news on May 20.) Oversight rectified! (Site’s looking good!)

Thanks to Harry Al-Shakarchi, who pointed out another cache of Halo reviews. We’ve added 10 more to our Reviews database, and will continue to add more over the next few days.

Not really Halo news, since their Halo portal is rather empty… but Forerunners.org is finally open for business. The Marathon section is the most filled-out… but there’s also a Myth section and a (coming soon) Oni section. They’re a free webhosting service for sites related to Bungie games, and they’re being run by old-time community…

A new logo by Nolan – we’ve added it to the Logos section.

Game Studies has posted an intriguing article on Halo, and its place in the gaming world. Not a review so much as a look at what Halo brings to gaming, it studies how Halo tops its competitors, and what makes it special. Definitely worth a read. Thanks to Bowser for the heads-up on this one.…