Year: 2003

Gonna be anywhere near south central Connecticut at the end of this month? Come visit.

Folks have GOT to learn to read: There are four (count ’em, 4) new movies in our uploads folder in WMP9 format. There are no alternatives for any of these – which means we (on Macs) can’t watch them, which means we (as maintainers of this site) can’t post ’em. There’s a note, in big…

poena.dare, man-about-town, has discovered a very interesting tidbit of chatlog from Larry Niven’s website, in which he discusses the fact that he was approached about writing a Halo novel (and that he turned down the invite). Now that would have been an interesting news post by Louis Wu, wouldn’t it have? pd also had this…

Interesting. The World Cyber Games Organizing Committee has announced two titles to represent console games in the WCG 2003 Tourney: Halo and SSX Tricky. This rounds out the total list of 8 games to be played at this year’s contest.To be chosen to represent consoles in a traditionally PC-oriented competition is a notable honor; moreso…

The Grand Rapids Frag Pile had another LAN party recently, called SWAMPCANDLE. (There was a small contest on the Frag Pile’s Seventh Column chapter site concerning this image of the prize trophy… but it’s over now. A larger version of the image is available on the contest page, should you want to play along.) What…

Bad news for Haloplayers – their host managed to delete the website, with no backups. 🙁 They’re rebuilding from scratch, and will be back up asap. (poena.dare had nothing to do with this mixup, as far as we can tell. You never know, though…)

Whoa. Major Story page update – Finn goes crazy. No details, because who knows, some non-spoiler types might be reading this… but a serious dent has been put into the backlog. (And to ensure that poena.dare makes it into every news post today, Finn included a wonderful Jefferson Airplane sendup by… well, you know.)

poena.”I wanna be in all of the news articles today”dare points out that he’s posted an interview with Brannon Boren over at Bungie Sightings. Brannon is a Microsoft contractor who (among other tasks) helps integrate the Halo storyline across various products (Halo videogames, books, etc). He’s also the man behind Dr. Catherine Halsey. For more…

poena.dare points out that Bungie.net has posted a new poll: “Which Halo gametype do you enjoy the most?” (He also has pretty strong feelings on what your answer should be – but then, there wouldn’t be need for a poll if you all agreed with him, so go vote!)

Last month, the rage was to see what could be done with a hacked copy of Halo. Most folks seem to be ready to move on, since the benefits of hacking require more risk than they’re willing to take… but before we go, we’ve got one more film for you. This one is from Dozi,…

In keeping with our desire to eliminate the backlogged movie queue, we present to you Jiberish Halo Productions’ version of ‘Halo Safety Dance’. It’s 9.6 mb, 1:17 long, in QT format, and brings back memories of the early 80’s. At the very least, it should bring a smile to your face. Thanks to Brian Towne…

Last year, Bungie introduced Halo Babies, whose first season aired on Fox through last October. The show is currently in syndication – but it’s unclear whether the second and third season will ever air. Bungie Sightings gadfly poena.dare has managed to dig up the full three-season Episode Guide, however, and we now present it to…

For all those burning questions you might have about the Halo action figures… Mehve has put together a FAQ at Bungie.net for you. Did you know they were planning a UNSC Marine action figure with an interchangeable head? Well, they are. Check it out.

A number of images posted recently on our forum (plus a couple that came in via email) have made their way into our Miscellaneous Art collection. Take a look!

Once again, xbill comes up with a technique that will make the lives of Halo Tricksters everywhere just a little bit easier. Read his forum post for a way to delay checkpoints until you’re in the position you want to be in. This could save you hours, if you’re, say, launching vehicles!

Woohoo! The new hooded sweatshirt is finally available at the Bungie Store. $30 ($32 for XXL) puts the MC on your chest and a hood on your head. Check it out!

A new HBO-themed banner has been submitted to our Banners section…

A pair of desktops for you today – black Halo. Check out the Wallpaper section.

Bungie Fanfest 2003? Cybrfrk noticed that the Bungie Webcam has changed to a closeup of the white (paper?) that’s been in the left of the frame for days… is this a preview of the invite that will go out for, say, a fanfest that might be linked to E3 2003?

Couple of totally random images for you today – Wraith0x (winner of the Silliest Email Address Ever award) sent in this single webcam frame, captured last friday when Cortana stopped by the Bungie offices. And James Loosli, headed to a color guard competition (as he says, “think hundreds of girls in spandex”), made up a…