Month: November 2003

Synide has whipped up a new vid, just in time for the opening of halo.synide.net. It’s called bridgeJump.mov, and it weighs in at 8.6 mb (QuickTime format, 320×240). It shows a trick not yet filmed (crossing the light bridge gap before the bridge has been activated)… but the rest of the movie shows what happens…

The Rabid Lilliputians, a clan of… well, small players with their tongues wedged firmly in their cheeks, have set up a tournament: Best of the Best. You go to their site, you vote for who you think are the top 10 HPC players. After the voting period has ended, the top 15 nominated players will…

There’s an article over at the Junkyard, written by MrFluffyPants26, about BOLL’s mods. The first half is pretty interesting – some thoughts from BOLL on which mods he likes best, and what he used – and then there’s a description of a few of the best-known mods. The second half is completely indecipherable – it’s…

If you live in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland, Halo Orbit is running a Halo quiz with Halo schwag as prizes. Take a look!

Reading our forum for these past couple of days has been painful. Dozens and dozens of new people (or even old hands who should know better), jumping in with links to rumors around the net, stating that Halo 2 will be out next week (or by November 28, or in time for Christmas)… SketchFactor jumped…

Stuntmutt takes a shot at Halo PC shortcomings in today’s One One Se7en. (This was FAR more relevant a month ago… blame the limitations of time, rather than Stuntmutt, for this.)

So what do you do when the AI in your head starts making you hear voices? (Well, her voice, anyway…) Check today’s Halo: Resolution.

Jake ‘Evergreen98’ Billo over at the Junkyard has written an interesting article on Halo’s User Interface, a part of the game you don’t pay a lot of attention to. (In general, the better a UI design is, the less you notice it. It’s there to facilitate your gameplay, not make itself known. Halo’s is quite…

Okay, I’m posting this to decrease the mail flood, not because I want to lend any validity to the absurdity. There are rumors around the net right now that Halo 2 will be released, in a suprise move, in less than a week. (Here’s one story now.) I don’t have any inside information on when…

Jillybean points out one possible use for newbies in today’s guest One One Se7en. Please don’t try this at home. Professional MC on a closed track.

Another massive Halo Story page update, Finn this time. Lots and lots and lots to read. Go read.

Lots of good tech info from the Westlake programmers on the IMG forum – if that goes offline, Madscientist transcribed a bunch of it in this forum post. Not long now!

mrsmiley stopped by last night to point out a new Halo Babies cartoon – I’m just reaching that section of the forum now. Looks like we’re getting away from water balloons to me… Explore the Halo Babies site, there’s also a bunch of other new stuff; new banner ads, AIM Buddy icons, and some new…

343GS has put up yet another teaser for their upcoming Flash Halo game; it’s a downloadable standalone Flash executable (runnable only on Windows platforms) with a bit of text about the game. It weighs in at 1.5 mb. Personally, I wish they’d put their efforts into actually CODING THE GAME, and hold back on the…

Team Sexy has posted deleted scenes from their ‘Hall of the Sidewinder King’ movie; dunno, but to me it looks like one guy running out of a base and through the tunnels. (I guess I thought it was gonna be bloopers, or something.) If you’re interested, stop by their forums and look for the ‘NEW…

IXIGhandiIXI pointed out a new comic over at 343gs.com. It’s called EchoFourNineteen, and it’s in their Downloads section. (The site is framed, so you’ll have to navigate there yourself.) Episode 1 looks at Brutes…

Whoa. So back on August 31, Rampant Cowboy pointed out a thread over at TeamXbox which was discussing a product someone found in their store’s database called ‘XBX-Halo 2 BUNDLE’ – price was $19.99, release date was November 15. RC’s thread went nowhere – there were a couple of posts, but I think MY feeling…

Today’s guest One One Se7en is by Michael M, and if you don’t get it, I’d suggest you revisit our Miscellaneous section. (The dangers of long lead times on strips…)

Yesterday, Bungie.net posted an interview with Jay Ubroh, the president of the Associates of Gaming Professionals, an organization devoted to professional Halo Xbox gaming. How AGP started, why Halo, and what’s next were all on the table. Check it out!

Blade writes to say that the Team Ice site has been updated; there are a few movies mirrored there (including the entire Fire Team Charlie series), and their new forums are now online. Take a look!