Year: 2003

B-Sharp found a couple of little-known books in the back of his local tech store… check ’em out (here and here) on our forum.

Three new themes are now available for your Bungie.net Seventh Column chapter, thanks to poena.dare – two are Pathways Into Darkness-related, but the third (First and Last) is a Halo theme (thus warranting a news post here). Check ’em out! Thanks to SketchFactor for the heads-up.

Hmm. Over at Subnova, HBO forum regular Shishka has put up a new feature – Subnova.comic. The first strip pits some Subnova personalities against… an HBO forum visitor. Ouch.

In case nobody noticed, Finn put up another bit of speculation at the Halo Story page yesterday. (You may or may not agree with the quoted item… but there’s a rebuttal linked at the end.)

Just a few Fan Fiction tidbits today…The Battle of Prometheus , by Brad Weiler Halo: FotF(Part 3), by Frensa Geran Ishkabibbl’s Story Part 2, by IshkabibblGo read…

Buddha writes to point out a site he’s built for the Halo parties he and his buddies hold. It’s called, appropriately enough, Halo-party.com.

The server crash last week put a crimp in the image processing, but I’m getting back on track. Here are the 6 backlogged desktops – enjoy the Wallpaper section. (I particularly like the Warthog one…)

That Weasel Television has added a number of movies to its mirror list:Halo Done Quick Part 1 (qt and wmp versions)Blood Gulch BalletTotal HaloHurt (qt and wmp versions)We’ve added them to our mirror lists here – go get ’em if you haven’t already! Update: Lion points out that he’s mirrored the Total Halo movie, as…

11 stories for you today in the Fan Fiction section: The Battle for Ardent, by Corey Lyon GTA: Carjacking Evolved, by Anonymous Guy Just Getting Started Chapter 2, by James Kinsella halo for starters, part 1: PoA, by Anthony French -Stage 1, by el_halo_diablo An Endless War, by Chris Mills Chapter 7-Assault, by Ultra Sonic…

Before I get yelled at by Opie301 again for forgetting, Finn put up a hefty Story Page update just before our box died a few days ago – it’s now visible to the masses. Go read!

During the past week, we’ve had word of several mods/skins for other games, using Halo designs. A couple are now housed here. First up is agentJ64’s Master Chiefette model for Jedi Knight II – pretty sweet! Then, we’ve got a Halo skin for Counter-Strike made by rdc^kosh (and found by Matt Smith) – with a…

Okay, the server is back where it started. Dunno how long it’s going to take for folks to find it again… but the backup will stay up (if not updated) for a little while, at least. In the meantime, here are the Fan Fiction stories that were in the queue when the box went down.…

Quick status update: the original server is back online, but it’s not completely ready for prime time yet. Unfortunately, I’ve got an engagement this morning that will keep me from making the switch before mid-afternoon, eastern time. (Once the switch is made, HBO might be unavailable to you for a short time; I’ve set timeouts…

Funky. A Microsoft-run Xbox promotion site, Playmore.com, has a pretty cool little toy for you; Halo Origami. It’s an 800k PDF that, once printed and cut up, lets you put together your own little Master Chief figure. It’s a totally Flash-driven site, so pointing you directly to the product is not possible; but after it…

Another Calvin and Halo, from Warbow, to lighten a relatively rough week. (Thank goodness it’s Friday!) Enjoy.

Do you play Halo on Xbox Connect? Would you like to join up with HBO Forum regulars in these games? goatrope has put together an HBO XBC Name list to help you do this. Check it out! (Send him your XBC and HBO forum handles if you want to be added to the list.)

He’s been quiet on the posting front… but Crux Fidelis, our stalwart behind-the-scenes guy, has gotten himself interviewed by Ryan ‘Mhaddy’ Matthews… go check the Junkyard’s Spotlight for the lowdown on this Benedictine bloke!

A Halo tournament in Scotland? Aye. Check out ntlworld’s Home Gaming League page. Games are every Thursday, admission is £5.50/player. Thanks to Les Campbell for the heads-up.

Kudos to Mike Smith, who noticed that the front page of the E3 2003 website has a listing for an ‘Expo Spotlight’:3-20-2003榦amp;#8226;æ “neak Peeks returns with a vengeance. Halo 2, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, and StarCraft: Ghost headline this year’s session. Other speakers include John Carmack, Brian Reynolds, Seamus Blackley, American McGee,…

Stuntmutt found a page (182K) in Toyfare magazine (issue 69) showing Joy Ride’s Halo action figures. We’d put this in the Press Scans section… but I can’t find any useable online info on Toyfare. (One of these days, we’ll post the collection of pictures from last month’s Toy Fair in New York… but this is…