Year: 2002

Ryan dropped us a note with a rather ambitious proposal – he hopes to get as many fan fiction writers together as possible, and as a group, tell the story of the game. Skill level of the writer is not important – everyone is welcome. All writers will have a chance to help with the…

Japanese economics… Dengeki Online has published sales rankings for last week; Halo placed 9th in Japan – the only Xbox game in the top 10 (indeed, the only one in the top 50). The On24 network is reporting that Xbox sales surged 70% in Japan for the week ending the 28th… the week Halo was…

Eep – Drunkgamers.com stopped notifying us when new installments of their multiplayer tips series come out (we might have pissed them off by forgetting to post about a Drunkathon they held a little while back), and we forgot to go back and look. In the past month, they’ve posted parts five (how NOT to win…

Lot’s of 6’s:Well Enough Alone, part 6, by Ryan Capture of the Bounty, part 4, by SkyRyan1 Last Hope, part 1, by SSJBRK ODST Saga, part 6, by Robo42786 Aftermath, part 6, by Alex Cross Go check ’em out in the Fan Fiction section!

The Psyjnir Complex, which has been down for a long time now, is slated to come back on May 14. Visit the site for an explanation of how that date was picked… and mark your calendars; they’re having a Hotline party to celebrate!

Thanks to That Weasel and Alan Wu, who have provided two new homes for the Demo Promo movie – links can be found on our mirror list.

Getchyer red-hot fan fiction here…Well Enough Alone, part 5, by Ryan Present Horizon, part 1, by Spook Halo: Aftermath (gj), chapter 1, by GarlicJr11 Operation False Prophets, part 11, by Ian Barnes The First Step Into A Long Fall, part 2, by JediKnight114 In addition, GarlicJr11 has created a logo to go with his writing…

A couple of weeks ago, Bungie released some cool dual-monitor desktops. Did you decide they were nice to look at, but that you didn’t have the screen real estate to show ’em off? Never fear – Allenthar has combined them into nice single-monitor desktops – you can find them, in a whole slew of resolutions,…

Thanks to Reaper7 (of Battleground: Halo) and Allenthar, who have both provided mirrors for the Demo Promo movie – you’ll find the links on our Demo Promo Mirrors page. Update: Oops, forgot Cybrfrk! He’s put it up, as well (with a .wmv on the way). Update 2: Brian Josselyn writes to say that it’s mirrored…

A couple of days ago, Team Overkill was kind enough to upload a copy of the ‘special ending’ that follows the single-level demo you can find on the June 2002 Official Xbox Magazine cover disc – we were going to release it, but Bungie came through with a direct version. (We’re THRILLED to get submissions…

A couple of escapades have been posted to the Gameplay Tricks section – some great out-of-map shots on Battle Creek (nobody’s ever gotten out before) and Blood Gulch (a whole BUNCH of places never seen before)… check ’em out! (More stuff coming soon.)

Djoey 154 writes to say he’s translated Marty O’Donnell’s GDC talk into French – you can read it at Halo-Game.

Your daily Fan Fiction batch: Covie In The Crib, by WolfgangMjolnir Halo: Aftermath (gj) (Prologue), by GarlicJr11 The First Step Into A Long Fall Part 1, by JediKnight114 Capture of the Bounty Part III, by SkyRyan1 ODST Saga part 5, by Robo42786 Interesting mix, today…

Last week, Trey Ikon submitted a series of pistol concept sketches – pretty cool stuff. Today, we’re adding another series that he mentioned on our forum yesterday – you’ll find ’em in our Miscellaneous Art section. That pistol/shotgun combo is getting prettier and prettier…

We get some pretty odd Wallpaper sometimes…

An early greyscale concept drawing of the Master Chief has been colored by WeTsLaYeR – we’ve added it to our Miscellaneous Art section.

A few weeks ago, SaTaN discovered a cool new trick – you could use the momentum of a vehicle to push your player up a LONG way. He described it on our forum, and then Bonk filmed a demo of the technique… but SaTaN’s put out a video of his own, showing how versatile this…

Daniel, of Team 7hr33, points out that his sister Robyn (Dephalt) wrote (and recorded) a very nice addition to Marty O’Donnell’s ‘Siege of Madrigal’, and the result is posted on Team 7hr33’s website. (Sheet music is also included.) Go listen! (It’s on the Miscellaneous page.)

Fan Fic For Freddy:The awakening, part 1, by agsbladerboy55 Capture of the Bounty, part 2, by SkyRyan1 The Hell Of War, part 9, by Jaywhit10 Get to readin’!

Alex Cross, who has been writing chapters for the Fan Fiction series Aftermath for about a month now, has submitted a desktop image to accompany the writing. You’ll find it in our Wallpaper section.