Month: June 2003

Four desktop images for you, as well, clearing out the Wallpaper queue that’s built for a week now. Sorry about that…

Seven art bits for you in the Miscellaneous Art section today. Now, before anyone jumps into their email program to write a nasty missive about how this image or that one doesn’t meet our posting guidelines, and how the hell could I post it, blah, blah blah (as seems to happen pretty much any time…

Today’s One One Se7en looks at Bungie’s underlying motives… I think Cortana’s pretty sharp, when it comes right down to it.

Whoa – the Fan Fiction submitters have been busy this weekend. 17 new stories: Longsword: Desperation-Part Two, by Sterfrye36 Robotic Deception, by Gasmask .halo 2, by Neo//hack One Shot, One Kill Part 1, by HunterKiller .halo 3, by Neo//hack The Fallen: Halo 2 Chapter 1 Section 1, by Hikaru-119 The Fallen: Chapter 1Part 2, by…

Andrew Katz pointed out that Gamers.com (the parent website to EGM, whose poll on the most exciting game at E3 we reported yesterday) has their own poll, with the same question… and as of right now, Halo 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3 are tied with 28% of the vote each… while Half-Life 2 is…

Well, many couldn’t wait… but many did. The July 2003 issue of the Official Xbox Magazine hit store shelves yesterday… so we can now bring you the June issue, with the 14-page Halo 2 Exclusive that got folks so riled up last month. You’ll find it in our Press Scans section.

gspawn points out a poll (that seems to have ended) over at Electronic Gaming Monthly’s website; they’d asked ‘which game from E3 has you most excited?’ – and Halo 2 ran away with 39% of the vote. Not bad! (Again, though, Half-Life 2 wasn’t one of the options…)

Calvin Hansen alerts us to a version of Hang ’em High for Star Trek: Elite Force, over at EliteForceFiles.com. The screenshot looks pretty good!

Wolf writes to say that Sector 7 will be putting up a ‘Halo Quiz’ soon. There are already 15 questions… but they need more. They’re looking for fan input… if you have a question, send it along (along with either 4 answer choices, if it’s multiple choice – true/false questions are acceptable as well) -…

Stuntmutt pointed out that some of the newest One One Se7ens (no, you can’t see ’em yet) had better looking type than the older ones – and I realized that this was the fault of a setting on my computer. (It’s a long story.) Bottom line: I’ve gone back and regenerated ALL the One One…

A few weeks ago, we posted a note about a movie that was being hosted by BOLL, temporarily. It was only up for a day or so… nukedude has come to the rescue, and if you’re interested in the film, you can grab it there.

Episode 17 of Stuntmutt’s One One Se7en is up and ready for reading. For the 3 of you still holding out for the PC version of Halo, there are spoilers in this one. For the rest of you… giggle.

Breandan Conaghan points out that Gamer’s Logik has a front-page poll asking what E3’s hottest title was. As of now, Halo has almost 30% of the 382 votes. Feel free to add your 2 cents. (It’s definitely a console site; Half-Life 2 isn’t even on the list.)

kiro69 points out that the July 2003 issue of MacAddict shows the results of a poll they held; “What would you most like to see ported to the Mac?” Halo placed first with 29%. (I gotta ask… what were those other 71% of respondents thinking?)

Episode 9 of Red vs Blue has been posted for Sponsors. Once again, there’s some AMAZING footage… and Sarge is back, with an item we ALL want. Go get it! (If you can’t pony up the $5 to become a sponsor, you’ll have to wait until Sunday for this one.) Thanks to CYBRFRK for the…

Seven entries today in the Fan Fiction section? ONI Black Ops Part Eleven(Finale), by Havok Desperation- Part One, by Sterfrye36 True Purpose(8), by Frensa Geran Halo 2: Revenge of a Spartan, by LostRock The Fall of Fate: Trapped , by ‘Nosolee .halo, by Neo//hack Halo from the Flood’s Point of View: The Sergeant, by Simpsons…

The Nightrider points out that Bungie’s Halo PC FAQ gained 3 new questions yesterday – check ’em out for info about playable demos, beta tests, and the Mac version of Halo.

In our third Halo50K post of the day, Ryan ‘Mhaddy’ Mathhews of the Junkyard writes to let us know that a spotlight of dolbex is now up in their Spotlights section. (I like his favorite sites list.) While you’re there, you should read the spotlight posted a couple of days ago of Michael ‘Fluffy’ Karlsson,…

Ninja on Fire has put up a LOT of pictures (over 100, I think) from his Halo50K experience, right here on HBO. (He was a member of Team HBO, after all.) There are lots of pictures of unnamed teams… so if you’re here, and not labeled, let nof know! This layout should give you a…

Another mini-movie from HUNTR-KILLR. This one shows another setting you can toggle with a modded box – it’s called ‘magnetism’, and it determines whether marines (and the MC) will automatically exit a warthog when it flips. (It also keeps you from being ejected from a Banshee if you hit something, or fly vertically.) I’m POSITIVE…