Year: 2003

GameSpot has posted a Halo Game Guide; it requires basic registration (free) for the web version, and paid registration for the downloadable Acrobat version. Lots of interesting information for Halo newcomers, and 27 new screenshots. Thanks to Scimitarex for the heads-up.

Mat Noguchi’s blog answers another niggling question about why a certain glitch occurs. You may have noticed that the Scorpion tank can be used as a catapult, of sorts; if you’re standing on an upside-down one, and flip it (‘Press X to flip’), you’ll be launched pretty darn high. (This was first noticed about 2…

Team Sexy has been working on a new movie called Damnation – but it’s been delayed, for technical reasons. To tide you over, they’ve created a movie called ‘Too Much Time’, which parodies most of the gameplay movies out there (their own included). To get it, simply register on their forum, then download it from…

(GT)Juggler created another Halo GT video – this one’s 5:18 long, and available in two sizes; a high-res version at 56.5 mb, and a lower-res version at 12.7 mb. (They’re both 320×240 screen res; one just has less compression.) It’s full of tricks, funky places to go, weird camera angles… fun stuff to watch. Almost…

Another server browser, Qtracker, has now added support for Halo. Yet another option if you’re unhappy with the internal browser built into Halo PC. Thanks, Blues News (via Ash).

Today’s guest One One Se7en comes from Experiment_01, and looks at one of the downsides to careless multiplay.

You’d have thought that we’d have planned something clever for news post 7777, wouldn’t you? Something suitably Bungie-oriented, maybe mysterious… definitely cool. Yeah, well, it crept up on us. Meleed us in the back of the head, even. Sorry; there’s nothing here. Not even a clue (even an obscure one) for the Great Halo Scavenger…

As a reminder, the list of places you can grab the 131 mb Halo PC Demo has grown to more than a couple of dozen, in many countries. There’s still no official word on dedicated Demo servers… but have no fear, they’re coming.

Monster quantities of Fan Fiction: Harvest, by Hikaru-119 Angels war III stage, by Javier Fernandez-Vina Human Elite Interlude: Between ch 2 and 3, by Tinmad! Blue Squadron Chronicles, Part Two, by Hunter_Killer Pilots Life: Chapter 1-Alpha Squadron, by Captain Rasc Homeworlds (X)2, by Mainevent The Rise and Fall of the Flood Chapter 11, by BlackValkyire…

Dang. synide shows how it’s done. Check out this flag capture on Timberland – it’s just a meg, 15 seconds long, and if every cap went this smoothly, games would last a couple of minutes. You can let him know what you think in this forum thread.

DOH! This came in yesterday, I totally spaced. Battleground: Halo has interviewed the co-owners of the Cobra League Network, a group devoted to game ladders (one that recently added Halo to its lineup). The interview gives some insight into how the group was formed, and what they do… go check it out for info on…

New Halo reviews at Adrenaline Vault, GamePlanet.nz, Gaming Illustrated, and The Entertainment Depot. Opinions ranged from ‘eh’ to ‘good with flaws’. Thanks, as usual, to Blue’s News. Update: oops, missed one; Boomtown looked at it yesterday, too. Thanks, Narcogen (who got it from Shacknews).

The Adrenaline Vault has posted an interview with Randy Pitchford about Halo PC’s performance. On the positive side, he points out a bunch of the critical issues that explain some of the negative press Halo’s been getting. (The biggest is that this is really the first mainstream game to extensively use DX9 – and people…

Yayap the grunt has written a short FAQ about the Great Halo Scavenger Hunt; we’ve linked it in our list of helpful URLs on the right side of the forum. Yayap isn’t a Bungie or b.org employee; he’s just a fan who’s written up what’s known about this hunt to date. If you’re having trouble…

Oops – almost missed this one. SketchFactor posted a mini-update on Mac Halo over at bungie.net; the official beta testing starts next week. That’s rockin’ news…

Speaking of comics, today’s guest One One Se7en comes from forum regular hehbo2k3. He looks at the PC coop issue. And what an issue it is.

New strip over at Halobabies.net! The Baby Hunter… ain’t very nice. Thanks, mrsmiley. (There are also a couple of new sketches in the MOXC Sketches section, for registered visitors.)

Michael M. points out an article about Halo PC on XtraMSN, a New Zealand portal site. Not a lot of info… but press is press. Now let’s see… $99 NZ dollars… that’s about $59 US. Not too bad.

CNN reviewed Halo today – sort of. That is – it’s not an in-depth review… but it’s a full CNN article, and that’s about as mainstream as it gets. Mostly, the reviewer was happy with it. (He was sad about the lack of coop.) Thanks, RustedAngel!

Mirror sites for the Halo Trial are coming fast and furious. We’ve compiled a mirror list; if you know of a mirror that’s not listed, please drop us a note. Thanks!