Year: 2003

To all the people who have suddenly begun to send us ‘new ways out of Blood Gulch’ (after months of silence on the subject, we’ve gotten half a dozen messages in the past few days, from different people): The top of Blood Gulch is COMPLETELY tapped out, tricks-wise. To get out, you can use a…

Wow. If you’ve got a phone with a polyphonic ringer, check this out. (Even if you don’t, listen to the midi file. It’s pretty dang impressive.) Thanks to Team Overkill for the heads-up.

There’s another Dogsounds Art Challenge brewing on our forum. Rules are here. (At some point soon, we’ll put up a page of the submissions to his first challenge – but as far as I can tell, he moved the deadline back because he hadn’t gotten around to entering himself, so it’s not quite over.)

Here is the last Fan Fiction update until I can get a user-operated form up and running. Luckily, it’s a huge number of stories – should keep you busy for a while.Jackal Interview, by Gasmask Earth: A Halo Tale, part 4, by Nike Changes Two, by Mark Boone Justification Pt. IV, by Rixor The Enigma…

I give up. Fiction is now coming in faster than I can actually process it. As of this moment (timestamp on this article), the fan fiction section is closed. Stories received before this point (and I think we’re up to 18, in the past 48 hours) will be processed sometime tomorrow morning (by 17:00 utc).…

Whoa. The Trickstering continues. Two new tricks have popped up on our forum today – NJ_HitMan found a place on top of 343GS where the player becomes invisible, seen from the point of view of his coop partner (details and a movie in this thread, and more details in this one) – and xbill, long…

Posted last night – Bungie.net has updated their Wallpapers section to include a cool new desktop that uses the image that will be found on the new Halo novel to be released next month. (The original artwork can also be found in the Gallery.) Of course, if you’re still trying to avoid spoilers, don’t look…

Dinky has added a mirror for the small version of the Halo50K Framework film at HaloJuggaloProductions – and because the mirrors have handled the strain, we’re going to continue with the clearing of the movie queue. First up is a film submitted about a month ago (yes, it’s been a while) – it’s called Hackin…

Johnny points out an interesting product at EB Games – preorder Brute Force, and you’ll receive a free Ultimate Halo Companion DVD Set. There’s a picture of the product (mirrored locally in case it disappears)… but no description. If we find out what this is, we’ll let you know!

Stosh has put up a new comic at blam.moap.net – I hope this one doesn’t prove to be true. (There’s also another Halo-related one that I hadn’t seen before…)

A user has just tracked down what had seemed to be a problem with the server here… and I thought it might be worth passing on the information. He’d recently found that images in some sections were disappearing. Further investigation showed that a single line of the navbar on the left of every page was…

Hehe – Cybrfrk has been capturing Bungie webcam images automatically, and this morning, it paid off. Apparently, someone put an MC action figure in the picture for ONE FRAME – Cybrfrk noticed it while reviewing recent captures. You can find details (and the frame) on his site, linked from his forum post.

A group of halo players that gets together every Saturday night is looking to recruit players for their lanfests. The only problem is… nowhere in the email I was sent, OR on their website, do they list where they are! The website mentions gatherings in both Ecourse and Plymouth – both towns in Michigan. However,…

Last chance to get into Bungie’s pants… contest closes tomorrow. How much money IS in there?

Six Fan Fiction submissions in the past 24 hours – and zero rejections due to the new rules. Nice!Project RAVEN Chapter 1, by Jerry Dark Halo: Chronicles of Fright Part 3, by Wado The Battle For Sigma Octanus Chapter 3, by moniter101 Halo: Reunion from Destruction Part 2, by Frensa Geran Chance, by Mr Bill…

Strato ran across a Master Chief model for UT2003 – you can find it at UT2003 HQ. The download is just over a meg, and there’s a screenshot (mirrored locally in case it vanishes) to show you what you’re getting.

Recently, there was an impromptu art contest on our forum. A couple of the contestants were Postman and Shishka – both have have their entries added to our Miscellaneous Art section. (There are a couple of OTHER images in today’s update, as well. Check ’em all out!)

A pair of desktop images were submitted recently – you’ll find ’em both in our Wallpaper section.

Thanks to Whoknew – his Halotics server is the newest mirror to grab the new Halo50K Framework movie from. (As one discerning viewer wrote, this movie “was so good it was scary.” He warn’t kiddin’, either.

Holy Paperbacks, Batman – Halo: The Flood is now available for pre-order at the Bungie Store! (Wallpaper from the cover coming soon. Read about it here.)