Month: April 2003

NightHawk writes to say that he’s put up a website for his Dark Phoenixx Clan. Currently, the only game they play is Halo 2. (I guess that means they’re not very busy at the moment…)

Eleven Fan Fiction pieces for you today: Enigma: part 1, by Madcat_97 The Defense of Earth 3: The 889th Tactical Fighter Wing, by Steele Law & Order (Part 3 of 3) Lesson Learned, by el_halo_diablo 1st Special Forces group, by grylsy Fallen Angel 11: Little relief, by Gruntkiller/Covert A Single Motion: part 4, by Arthur…

Forum regular Poocho wrote up a strategy guide for playing Capture the Flag, with specific scenarios for Blood Gulch and Sidewinder. You’ll find it in our Miscellaneous section.

Another Halo mention in an online comic – check out If Then Else. Thanks to Ross Mills for the heads-up.

Must be the day for movie stuff… we got a submission from poena.dare:While scouring the net for Bungie trivia, I happened across a VERY rare find… the first-ever Halo movie. This thing is incredible and is truly an antique…. I’m talking dinosaur here. I think you will find it to be exceptionally interesting.Take a look…

Ross Mills points out that if you register on the Red vs Blue forums, you get access to otherwise unreleased RvB movies. At the moment, that means a Public Service Announcement… but in the future, it’ll give you early access to unreleased episodes.

Back in July, we posted a video by Warbow, showing a jump across the broken bridge underground in AotCR, without explosives. He didn’t quite make it to the other side (well, he did, but not a place he could actually leave from). synide recently submitted a vid showing this jump… but making it all the…

Hehe – Dark Helmet found a real-life Warthog (made by Peugeot) on the Xbox.com forums. It’s pretty slick-looking! (Okay, it’ll probably cost too much to make Warthog Jousting feasible… but it’s still a nice dream.)

Props to Aginor, for finding a pretty interesting presentation by Adrian Perez, Gameplay and Graphics Programmer for Bungie, who talked for MSImpact, a Microsoft-sponsored student organization at CMU, about some of the deficiencies of Halo: CE, and what Bungie is doing to make Halo 2 better. It’s a fascinating read. Head over to Unlimited Lives…

poena.dare continues his staff-stalking ways and turns up some interesting information from Brannon Boren’s online journal about Brannon’s Halo-related activities recently. Check out Bungie Sightings for the details!

Another review of Halo: The Flood has surfaced, this time on Subnova.

Nine stories for the Fan Fiction section:Just Getting Started Chapter Six, by James Kinsella Halo: Captain Keyes Story Part 3, by monitor101 The Assult on the Control Room: Archangels squad part III, by AlphaBravo343 OSIRIS XIII 01: SHADOWS OF THE SWORD, by TheRedFaction A New Breed Part 1: All Hell Chapters 1 and 2, by…

Once again, we’re falling behind in the art submissions; there might be more later today, if time permits, but as a start, here are three desktop images for our Wallpaper section.

Ryan ‘Mhaddy’ Matthews points out that the Junkyard has put up a fan-written review of Halo: The Flood; go check it out!

I completely forgot to post this yesterday – but it’s hilarious, and you HAVE to go watch it. Back in September, the guys who ran Drunkgamers.com started a project called ‘Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles’. It generated a lot of interest, at the time… but then the project dropped off the radar screens,…

Stories in the Fan Fiction section for the day – an even seven:A Foul Mood, by Dirty Commie Halo: 11th Strategic Interceptor Wing: First Engagement, by LordofDestruction Just Getting Started Chapter Five, by James Kinsella Flight of the Thunderbird, by Tommarrow and LordofDestruction Storming the Fortress—Part II of Souls of War, by CJ Champion End…

A couple of weeks ago, we put up a news article about an origami Master Chief project available from playmore.com. Later that day, Geeoff put up shots of his finished product (including a custom-added AR). We haven’t heard from anyone else… until today, when DocOctavius (in a transparent?but ultimately doomed-to-failure?bid to flood our front page)…

poena.dare is working on a strategy game called ‘Ringwor’, based on Halo. He’s currently soliciting feedback on the rules; check out what’s up already, and see if you can contribute!

Whoa – thanks to Ramius, who pointed out a post on Gearbox Software’s forum in which Dave Mertz of Gearbox confirms that Halo PC currently has screenshot capability. That will certainly make documentation easier!

The MC with a Peace pendant? Now that’s just wrong. Update: DocOctavius points out that it’s not a peace sign, it’s a Mercedes emblem. (And that’s better, somehow? No, no… that’s still wrong.)