Year: 2003

Thanks to jayWHY, for noticing that Machinima.com has posted the results from Saturday’s Machinima Awards 2003 (they’ll be officially posted by Machinima.org later today). Red vs Blue’s Blood Gulch Chronicles took Best Independent Machinima Film, Best Writing, and Best Picture – not a bad collection of prizes! (You can download most of the entries, including…

You may have noticed that our Halo PC dedicated server has been offline for about 24 hours; we’re having trouble figuring out what the problem is. In the meantime, though, our friends at Subnova have come to our rescue – you’ll find a server called ‘HBO-Subnova’ in the ingame server listing now. The password is…

Tycho, from Unreal Ops, dropped us a note about a new site he’s started up called (not surprisingly) Halo Ops. It’s a slick-looking site, and it starts off with a bang – an interview with Randy Pitchford, put together during the Halo PC Fanstock event that took place a couple of months ago. Some very…

mehve is back from Anime Reactor (we mentioned she was going last week), and has posted a quick summary of events at Bungie.net. Sounds like a more complete writeup is coming!

Nice. Mat Noguchi took a look at a thorny issue (why does the Xbox, with (by today’s standards) middle-of-the-road hardware, kick PC butt when it comes to rendering Halo?) in his weblog. Definitely for the geeks… but an interesting read. (Noticed by Cullen, in our forum.)

Whoa. Not one, but TWO new updates to the Halo Story page – mnemesis is making significant inroads on the bulging mailbag. Sevens, Forerunner, malicious AIs, and more! Go read all the juicy details.

Stuntmutt, inspired by the rockin’ online fun of Halo PC, hits it right on the money with a Sunday One One Se7en. (Timing is pretty slick, given the recent passwording of the HBO server, limiting access to HBO visitors alone…)

You may have noticed that the HBO Halo PC dedicated server is now password-protected. No, we’re not getting elitist, or anything… we’re simply opening up space for folks from our very own community looking to play with each other on a great server. If you visit our forum, there’s a big, hard-to-miss link near the…

Sparkedit 2.0 has been released – and it now works with Halo PC. Just tested it out – and I must say, it’s pretty slick. Check it out! (Thanks to Grenadiac for the heads-up.)

Once again, we’ve let the user-submitted artwork sections fall by the wayside because of the madness surrounding Halo PC (and now Mac Halo). Apologies to creators and viewers alike. We’ve got 5 Miscellaneous Art pieces for you today, including a modified screenshot, two comics, and a pair of awesome drawings. (ZZoMBiE13 continues to blow me…

Multi Player Zone is offering free bookable Halo servers; you need to register (free) to read that, or to visit the ‘book a server’ page, but if you’ve got a clan that needs a server to practice on, and you’re broke… check ’em out. (They’re in the UK, btw.) I found this link at Halocity.

funky wrote to point out a new Halo PC browser app – it’s called HaloSpy, and it lets you query specific servers for detailed info (before joining the game). You can read about it (and see screenshots) in this thread at Halocity. It’s not available for download yet.

Website roundup: these are links sent to us in the past few days. Apologies for any delays in posting.Black vs Red – a new series of movies (there’s a trailer up – but it’s totally black)Avatar Storm (follow the Halo Page link) – not much there yetClanBase added another pair of Halo ladders – Team…

Ooh… I’ve been waiting for this One One Se7en guest strip to make it out of the queue for a LONG time. BOLL, in typical BOLL fashion, takes One One Se7en to the next level. (I went and looked into the memory card slots of my controller, just to be sure.)

18 stories for you this time around in Fan Fiction: The High Tide Chapter 1+2 together, by Relentless_hate Halo 2: The New Front (Chapter 3), by System Failure The Resurrection of the Chief Chapter 1, by CovieKilla A Pilot’s Life: Chapter 4- Desperate Battles, by Captain Rasc Devestation- Chapter 8- Destruction and Devestation, by Michael…

Okay, this never got posted on the front page because it was sort of a cool bonus for folks with Halo PC to find on their own… but it’s starting to clutter our forum, so I’m putting it here. On the Halo PC CD is a Goodies folder. (Most people never see it, because the…

CarnageReport.com, just opened a couple of days ago, is already running a contest! They’re looking for the clan with the best website. Rules are posted, and you’ve got until November 15 to get an entry in. Prizes are Bungie schwag – goodly chunks of it. Take a look!

mnemesis, loathe to let a month go by without an update, posted a collection of postulations on the Halo Story page – just 29 days since the last one! Worth a read, for sure!

Thanks to mrsmiley – there’s a new comic up at Halobabies.net. I’ve had exactly that feeling!

The Machinima Film Festival to take place in New York tomorrow got a writeup on MSNBC. Red vs Blue (nominated for lots of awards) is mentioned prominently, and even Randy Glass’ Warthog Jump site gets a link. Check it out! (Thanks, Kev117.)