Year: 2003

Wow. The ‘Not in 2003’ news on Halo 2 is big enough to be reported by Reuters. Now that’s impressive for a videogame release date status update… (Thanks to mnemesis for the heads-up.) Update: Griffon points out that it made the BBC news, as well. When was the last time you saw this sort of…

And the Fan Fiction keeps rolling in. The latest installments: Life of a UNSC Marine Part I, by Tygpj The U.N.S.C. Thunderbird, by Tommarrow Chapters 1 & 2, by LostRock The Battle for Rackma VI: Part 1, by gwinnalex Legend Hunting Part Five, by Dispraiser Assault on Edina 2, by Steele Part 3-The Incursion, by…

If you’re like me, there are certain comics that simply made you sad when they stopped. Bloom County, The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes… well, our very own Warbow has resurrected one of these classics and updated it for the present day. We’re proud to bring you the first four strips of Calvin and Halo.…

Fan Fiction writers: early submitters have pointed up a couple of errors in the system. The biggest one, however, was simply a misunderstanding; folks didn’t seem to be able to figure out my explanation of why their ‘filename’ was being rejected. I’ve rewritten a section of the directions to clarify this problem. (Scroll down to…

::crosses fingers:: Okay, I’m approving the first batch of user-submitted Fan Fiction; here’s hoping it all works properly. Stories for you today:Halo: Reunion from Destruction Part 4 of 5, by Frensa Geran7- The Flood Zero, by nicholas5 Way War Part VI: unwelcome neighbors and Part VII: Redo’s new life, by DemosthenesChapter 2-Explanation/Touchdown, by Ultra Sonic…

I’m fallin’ out of my seat, laughin’. We got a note from ed, asking us if we knew anything about the new Halo 2 shots showing at Giga.de, a german TV affiliate of NBC-Europe. In ed’s words,Giga is a well-known show about all sorts of internet-themes, and I don’t think they would lie, but I…

PlanetXbox has posted what they call a ‘narrowed down’ release date of Halo 2: someone who works for PXB who was at the GDC heard from someone that the ‘slated release date’ is Q1 2004. Now, given that Matt Soell (who is DEFINITELY more of a known quantity than an unknown source at a gaming…

Okay, I think it’s ready. The Fan Fiction section now has an online submission form, and it’s the ONLY way we’ll accept stories. (Upload them, or email them to us, we’ll politely point you to the form, the first time. After that, we’ll simply discard them.) Now, it’s been tested, but not RIGOROUSLY tested; I…

Hehe… BOLL is building a new desktop, and needs help with a caption. Do your stuff. Update: Looks like BOLL changed his mind – he doesn’t want captions. (The pic is still worth looking at, though…)

Forum regular Shishka was at the Game Developer Conference yesterday; you can see his report (and a few pics) in this forum thread. I want one of those ‘Make Your Mother Proud’ signs! Update: Dan Chosich pointed out an article at HomeLAN Fed on the talk given by the Bungie folks on Halo. It’s not…

Interested in making a decent chapter site at Bungie’s Seventh Column? Well, sit right down and read what SketchFactor has to say on the subject – after you read his ‘Building a Better Chapter’ article, you’ll be on your way to a fantastic home for your group!

Forerunners.org is giving away a copy of Halo – all you have to do is sign up by March 31. Visit their Giveaways page for more details. (Thanks to B.net for the heads-up.)

Seven desktops for you – you’ll find ’em in our Wallpaper section. Back to Fanfic…

I’ve been lax about image submissions recently – busy with the Fan Fiction backend, I guess. Here’s the first batch – 6 images for the Miscellaneous Art section. (Once again, there are a number of uploaded images I could not include, because they came with no attribution… and several people, not seeing their artwork displayed…

Matt Soell has posted a news item on Bungie.net about Halo 2’s release date – it will not be shipping in 2003. They’re not willing to rush the project in order to make the Holiday deadline. on the plus side, Matt states that Halo 2 will be shown at E3 in May. Straight from the…

One of the earliest Halo Trickster teams, and one of the most impressive, Team 7hr33 has overhauled its website. Most of the changes are under the hood, so it’ll LOOK the same… but there’ve been a few very nice additions. Most importantly, though, is new content… and there’s quite a bit of that. Hit the…

Bungie’s Pants Contest is over… Alex Edwards was 7 cents shy of the correct total of $50.57. (That’s almost twice what I’d have guessed was in there… I think I got the size wrong.) There are more details (and a better writeup) in the B.net article, so go read it.

The HBO XBL Gamertags list has become slightly more functional – you can now (finally) limit your search to a specific starting letter (either HBO Forum Name, or XBL Gamertag, or, if you’re clever, both). For Fan Fiction authors who are getting frantic to submit their work, take heart; this change was made because I…

Pallor reminds us that some of the Bungie guys will be attending the Game Developers Conference this week: Lead designer Jaime “Flawless Cowboy” Griesemer will be on the On All Levels panel, discussing level design. Jaime, tools/AI programmer Mat “MSN” Noguchi, and audio director Marty O’Donnell will present Halo: Development Evolved, discussing Halo’s design and…

Yesterday, there were several posts on our forum revolving around the Pants on the Bungie webcam (which were opened yesterday, and their contents counted). Bungie.net will be posting the winner of the contest soon (probably today), but in the meantime, if you missed the Opening of the Pants, Cybrfrk has graciously provided a recap. (You…