Year: 2003

Speaking of comics… today’s Guest One One Se7en comes from Devilmingy, and looks at a (now-abandoned) Red vs Blue spinoff series. Oh, the problems with non-instant release of topical material!

Thanks to mrsmiley, who points out that Halobabies.net has been updated with a new comic.

Griffon points out that PC Gamer UK covered Halo in its latest issue; it’s a 4 page review that calls Halo ‘one of the greatest first-person shooter single-player games of all time’. They gave it a 91% – which they said would have been a 94% had co-op been enabled. Scans will be added when…

Inside Mac Games got a chance to play the beta version of Mac Halo recently, and has written up a 3 page preview. If you’ve been waiting for more news of this version, check it out! Thanks to Blackstar for the heads-up.

Oops – another tournament, this one Xbox-based, and starting today. The ‘Master Chief Mayhem’ Xbox tournament takes place in Cyclone Skatepark in McKinney, Texas. A pre-party happens today until 11 pm (about 2 hours from now), then registration for the full tourney ends tomorrow morning at 10 am. $40 early registration, $50 at the door,…

SeeMePlayMe is running a series of online tournaments, starting this Monday. Visit their Halo Tournaments page for times and server names… and see what’s what!

A new news site is up and running – Halo HQ (no relation to any site with that name in the past, for oldtimers) will be adding to the content that’s currently up. They’ll be looking for newsies, as well; if you’re interested, drop pyro a line.

Missed this in the hubbub yesterday… but Shishka has written up a Halo PC Gametype FAQ and posted it over at Subnova. Some of Halo’s gametypes are different from what PC FPS-players are used to; I saw this firsthand yesterday, when I was killed several times by teammates who had no clue what the rules…

Neko Ewen posted yesterday on our forum about some Halo comics… check ’em out!

The next episode of Halo: Resolution is up, as well. Cortana and the MC find… wheels. I knew it couldn’t be quite as simple as just having Foe Hammer drop off what I needed…

That Cortana, she’s a card… just check One One Se7en. (Or is she ON a card? I can never remember…)

While we slept, the mirrors for the Halo PC dedicated server (pre-release, remember) continued to pour in. The full mirror list is here, a backup (in case HBO is down) is here. Both links can be found on Bungie.net, if you can’t get here. It’s amazing to see how many people are already playing online!…

Even the Fan Fiction writers are affected by the release of Halo PC – only 8 submissions in the last 2 days! Derailed Part 7, by Dispraiser Unforgiven, by Mainevent Attack on ERISTOCK Part 6: The Boarders, by xitWOUND117 The Final Conflict: Chapter 2, by Blade Homeworlds XVI, by Mainevent A song by a Sergeant…

BOLL hit upon the very intelligent (but not previously considered) idea of yanking the map files from the server download. This is NOT a download for someone who wants to simply unpack the server and go… but if you’re going to be serving from the same machine that you’ve already got Halo PC installed on,…

Okay, here’s the deal. Bungie and Gearbox didn’t wanna let you folks spend the weekend without a dedicated server for Halo PC – so they’re seeding you with a pre-release version. It runs nicely, it’s just a bit rough on the front end. You’ll want to read the installation instructions very carefully for details on…

DOH! I’m an idiot. Mythica.org went live again this morning… and I forgot to mention it! It’s up and running, and serving movies like there’s no tomorrow. Bandwidth isn’t going to be a huge problem, because if/when Mythica hits its limit, we’ve got a backup in files.bungie.org (which mirrors all of Mythica’s data). If there…

K2 writes to say that on the Hardfought forum, there’s a thread devoted to tweaking your computer (and Halo PC) to maximize performance. Lots of information; you’ll have to register to see it, though. Take a look!

Cunbelin has written up a short guide to help optimize your multiplayer experience in Halo PC (thereby obviating the need to write one myself). You can find it over at Subnova.

Woohoo! momo noticed that Westlake’s Project Status page has been updated; Mac Halo status is now Beta. Gettin’ closer…

The second wave of Halo action figures (including the Elite, the Ghost, another MC with new weapons, a red MC, and the Warthog (same as Wave 1, but some folks were having trouble finding it), are now available for preorder from DieCastExpress. Thanks to MinM for the heads-up.