Year: 2003

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.)

CNNmoney has an article on the potential problems Microsoft is facing this November… when hundreds of thousands of Xbox Live subscribers come up for renewal, and the hook MS was hoping would bring them all back for another year (Halo 2) will still be a few months off. It’s an interesting read, with some fun…

Thanks to strato99l, who pointed out an April 1 story that we missed. Xbox Evolved has an ‘interview’ with Alex Seropian, in which he discloses that Halo 2 will be multiplatform, with versions for both the Playstation 2 and Gamecube to follow the Xbox version. The biggest mistake here is using Seropian as the interviewee……

Thanks to Benny, who grabbed and scanned a text-rich article from last month’s Atomic Magazine, in Australia. You’ll find it in our Press Scans section.

Two clarifications about older issues… back in early March, Mr. Fuzzles discovered that meleeing a multiplayer opponent in a very specific spot (the right shin – the foot won’t do, the hip won’t do, the left side won’t do) results in an instant death. This seemed too specific to me to be accidental; I suggested…

In much the same way that poena.dare is keeping track of Bungie employees through the Bungie Staff Tracker at Bungie Sightings, Cybrfrk has begun to put faces and real-world environments on the names you read about every so often. Check out his ‘Faces of Bungie WebCam’ page for some cool candids!

About a month ago, we received a movie from Scott McCallister, called ‘Bodies of Halo’. Timing is pretty good. We completely forgot to post it, though. So here it is, now. It originally came in as a WMV file – 17.2 mb, 3:24 long. We converted it to a QuickTime MOV as well – 15…

Live in Central Wisconsin? Check out this Team Tourney – May 3, in Madison. Details in the post…

We forgot to put up a Fan Fiction post yesterday, so there are 12 stories for you today:Super Covenant -part1- Handicapped Elites?, by Matt James Just Getting Started Chapter Four, by James Kinsella JOY RIDE, by HALO MASTER DAWG Prelude to thAssult on the Control Room: Archangel squad part II, by AlphaBravo343 End Game: Prologue,…

Forerunners.org has put up a Comic section – the first entry seems to be a PPR knockoff. Check it out…

For those who missed the two big stories in yesterday’s news, Bungie’s put up a full decription of both the Fanfest and the Ultimate Halo Fan contest; get over to Bungie.net and read!

I hate to yank the thunder away from Bungie.net… but it looks like Gamespot already did that, so I figure it’s okay to pass on some extra details about the upcoming Fan Fest in LA. First off: it’s not attached to E3 – you can go even if you’re not eligible to get in to…

According to Gamespot, Microsoft Game Studios is looking for America’s Biggest Halo Fan – the winner to be sent on an all-expenses paid trip to LA for the Bungie Fan Fest to be held during E3. To enter, you need to submit ‘an original and creative video that clearly demonstrates why [you] believe yourself to…

Interesting speculation from Cybrfrk. Webcam shots show large numbers of people in the Bungie office last night past 8pm (local time). Levi (with some help from Djoey154) notices that someone is filming something in the offices. Matt Soell points out that one of the guys in the pictures is from the Official Xbox Magazine. We…

Oops… careless. mnemesis updated the Halo Story Page today, with a non-fake look at Halo: The Flood – stop by for some enlightenment. (Spoilers, of course, are rampant throughout.) There’s also an intriguing note about a mysterious character…

April Fool’s pranks (those we can talk about) are outlined in this postmortem. Don’t read it if you feel knowing for sure would spoil the magic.