Year: 2002

In an effort to live up to their name, Games First has put up a ‘preview’ of Halo 2. There’s nothing in there that hasn’t been seen elsewhere… but it is the first ‘preview’ (named as such) we’ve seen. First mentioned at VoodooExtreme, but we snagged it off Rampancy.net.

Jester has written up his experiences at the Halo National Tournament – swing by the Psyjnir Complex for the details. 4 rounds, lots of deaths…

We received word that Mad Gamers reviewed Halo – they gave it a 10/10, downgrading it only for framerate drops at high action points. We’ve added it to our Reviews database.

HBO Babies – the Pilot! Check it out. (.wmv format, 1.7 mb.) Okay, okay, it’s fan-made… but check it out anyway! (And thanks to MasterOmok for sending it in!)

On April 12, This Side Up sent in some designs for proposed Halo maps. Today, a new batch has come in – this time, they’re textured. We’ve added them to his Map Designs page.

Warbow has created a nice little set of Halo cursors for Windows users. (These work in 9x, NT 4.0, Win2k and XP – Me’s not listed?) Directions are included – the download is tiny (8k), so what are you waiting for? (A static preview, not showing you the animation, can be seen here.)

This is really yesterday’s fan fiction – but life was busy…Cry for a Hero, part 3, by el_halo_diablo Shadows of Archon, part 5, by Wado The Discovery, part 8, by strategyfreakGo get ’em!

A pair of new desktop images for you – Ken Schreiber compares Halo and Halo 2, and Allenthar colors in a cool Bungie wallpaper (in a multitude of sizes). Check ’em out in our Wallpaper section! Update: We’ve added a third image for the morning – this one from Deimosâ„¢, over at Subnova.com… it utilizes…

Artwork for you this morning:Priceless MC, by WildebeestNZ (another MasterCard takeoff)Halo 2 Cover, by Jesper Nielsen (a projection of the future label for Halo 2)Enjoy – you’ll find these in the Miscellaneous Art section.

oldmano’theC has created a pretty amazing ‘Fan Fiction’ – it’s a video called HALO Genesis?1, and it shows one vision of how Halo might have been formed. It’s fully computer-generated footage – there’s nothing from the game itself (except the title, and maybe the planetary layout) – even the music is original. It’s available from…

This was noticed a week ago, by Bachus, first… but we’ve finally added the new Halo 2 banner from the main bungie.com web page to our Banners collection. It shows the MC before an open airlock, an interesting viewpoint not shown in the rest of the currently released media.

The Psyjnir Complex’s Shallow Throat tells all! (Well, tells SOMETHING.) Halo 2 storyline – revealed?

Smilebit has a theory about the delay of the Halo 2 trailer…

A few days ago, we posted a desktop image submitted by Chome, of Xbox Weekly. Turns out that pic used (without permission) the artwork of Greg Martin, specifically a picture called ‘Inevitable’. At the request of Mr. Martin, we’ve yanked this entry. (He does some pretty amazing work – you might want to browse through…

We mentioned the Halo National Tournament thoughts of Freewill, and Team Overkill – now there are a bunch more at Bungie’s Tru7h and Reconciliation site. Stop by, and see what people were experiencing…

Even when we say no, someone says yes. Kevin Chambers’ movie ‘The Drunk Master Chief’ was turned down here for hosting because it didn’t meet our (rather stringent) posting guidelines… but it’s already found 2 homes: Haloid is hosting it on the web (last item on the list), and the Psyjnir Complex is hosting it…

Ouch! Xbox.com has put up a ‘Halo 2 Trailer Countdown’ – and it’s set at 21 days. Ugh. (Unfortunately, even though the link it goes to is broken, Bungie has confirmed that the date is correct.) Think of the interim as a reflective period… (Matt Gray gets the nod for the first heads-up.)

Vinny Mac has submitted ‘Marines’, a pretty cool Flash file – it’s just over a meg, and it’s really nicely done. You can call it a music video, I guess… low-tech, but some laugh-out-loud moments. Check it out!

It’s happening again. 🙁 Recently we had two movies submitted to us (different submitters) containing interesting gameplay clips put to music. They’re very different – one focuses on a Master Chief who can’t drive, is in .wmv format, is almost 9 minutes long, and weighs in at 14 megs, the other focuses on what happens…

Team Overkill has written up a description (with pictures) of their experience at the first round of the Halo National Tournament. There’s some interesting stuff in this thread on our forum, as well.