Year: 2002

Three Fan Fiction pieces were added to the database earlier this evening, but I didn’t have time for the news post:The Fall of Lunar 4, by Dispraiser The Fall Of Reach (poem), by Spartan 117 Wings of Death, part 15, by el_halo_diabloDispraiser’s story was first released a week ago, under the name ‘The Lunar 4…

Glen Sanford has created a small program (unfinished at the moment) to rate yourself as a Halo player. Simply plug in the stats from the final screen of a multiplayer game, and it’ll rate your skill (from ‘Too bad to calculate’ to ‘Level 10 Spartan II’). Currently it only works for Slayer games… but at…

So a few days ago, I got a message from Bizkit522, a regular over at the IGN Halo board, mentioning the similarities between a couple of Marty O’Donnell tunes. Hurry, from the Oni Soundtrack, kicks in right after Konoko’s uncle is killed, and and is a high-tension piece punctuated by quick violins. On a Pale…

Although Jester and Psyrixx, two original members of the iGames Players Council, have recently stepped down because of differences with the iGames philosophy, the games go on. Round 2 takes place this Saturday, December 14. Get some details at Bungie.net.

The Halo community, once again proving how much it rocks, has provided you, the viewer, with a boatload of download links for the new trailer for Brian Josselyn’s Halo Movie. We’ve compiled them on the Halo Movie Trailer Mirrors page.

A holiday card… from poena.dare. Love it!

In the hours since we mentioned it, there’s been quite a bit of activity surrounding the Halo Movie trailer put up by Blackstar Productions. Nick has created a smaller, modem-friendly version (8.3 mb) which we’ve mirrored at mythica.org… and Brian himself has posted a smaller (21 mb) version at the home site. This one (as…

The entire weekend’s Fan Fiction in one fell swoop: Halo Christmas Carols, by Gasmask Revolution 2 Return of the Forerunner, part 7, by Gruntkiller Wilkins, part 2, by Phat Bob A New Year’s Day, part 1, by Guilty Spark A Fresh Start, part 1, by Simon James This is Suicide, part 5, by Neile Pederson…

gd managed to grab a pretty funny sound clip of the Sarge, on Silent Cartographer – read about it in this post, listen to the relevant piece here. I’ve never heard this in the regular game (gd got this off the one-level demo) – I wonder if it’s unique to the demo, or if it’s…

Michael DiBiccari knocked down a Banshee on AotCR, and its landing spot was rather timely, given the season. We’ve added the pic to our Miscellaneous Art section.

Bonk comes back from a pretty long absence with a new cutscene blooper vid; 10.5 mb, 2 and a half minutes, in QuickTime 5 format. Messin’ with the Master Chief in the Shafted cutscene… to see what you can do with Bungie’s prescripted stuff, go check it out at iBonk.com!

The site’s being slammed pretty hard at the moment, so I can’t even get in to grab a copy we can put up at mirror sites, but it seems Brian Josselyn, of Blackstar Productions, has put up a trailer for his (in production) Halo movie. According to some forumgoers, it’s pretty impressive!

Whoa, interesting. Mark Levin has whipped up a Circular Room Grand Tour with pictures and commentary about the indoor portions of Assault on the Control Room. This is the first really intense look at the possible meanings behind the structures on Halo… and there are some interesting speculations. Check it out!

Xboxlanaz, a Phoenix, AZ-based 7th Column chapter, is hosting another big team Tourney, the Halo: Killtacular Invitational, on January 11. Top prize is $1000. You can read all the details at bungie.net.

Five new banners for you – four from Tru7h, who submits a series of HBO banners, and one from doggone, who plays with the ‘O’ in Halo to come up with a new Halo 2 logo. Gettin’ to be a real collection!

Red Loser has started a site devoted to the legendary Yellow Banshee… check it out for everything there is to know.

While it’s true that the Tricks queue has languished for months and its maintainer should be taken out and summarily shot, folks are still discovering cool stuff about Halo. Case in point: Finn, stalwart Halo Story page pillar, has discovered an unexplored area in Halo; a fourth Pulse Generator on Two Betrayals. It’s not fully…

The last two movies uploaded (Halo Hoedown and Priceless Lessons) have been added to the Movies database. Definitely makes life easier when you know where to find it!

ArakniZ has submitted a short film with some important lessons to be learned if you want to be a Halo pro. It’s just about a minute and a half long, and you can find it in QuickTime 5 (5.3 mb) or WMP 9 (3.9 mb) formats at mythica.org. (Notice that 9 on the Media Player…

Jake McCarthy writes to say that there’ll be a Halo Tournament at Central Michigan University, in Mt. Pleasant, next month. 4v4 gameplay, $5 team registration, the event will happen in the Carey Dining Commons in the Towers on January 25, at 7 pm. If you want more info, you can call Jake at (989) 774-6367.