Year: 2003

Well, we might not have access to Marty O’Donnell’s vast snippet archive… but Captain Spark is doing his best to keep up. 14 new submissions, based on some creative torturing, can be found in our Dialogue Databank today.

11 Fan Fiction bits for you today: Project: Shadow Spartan, Prologue, by Agent Shade Return of the Chief: Chapter 1: Lab Experiments, by Nightblade Escape from Marakesh, by The Scribe Battle for the Colonies Part One: Alpha Comus 8, by Hunter_Killer True Purpose(14), by Frensa Geran Oblivion Chapter 2, by Reclaimer Project: Shadow Spartan, Chapter…

IGN has a realtively new feature where readers can rate the game they’re reading about. Yesterday, they posted the top 10 rated Xbox games, as decided by their readers… and Halo is number 1. Thanks to Hank for the heads-up.

Massive updates at Bungie.net today. (Yeah, yeah, you all know about it already – that’s what happens when I’m away from the keyboard for 6 hours on a Friday afternoon.) Lessee if I can get all of it into one post:Part III of the Making of E3 demo article has gone up; Sketchfactor interviewed Marty…

The continued adventures of a MC Puff(y) on One One Se7en today… that Sarge, man, he’s cold.

Wow. Looks like if you preorder Halo PC at Gamestop, you get a mini Blue Master Chief action figure, free. We’re not usually big on preorders… but this one seems like a pretty good deal. Thanks to Jonah for the heads-up.

Red vs Blue have put up Episode 12 for sponsors – and man, this one is nicely done. Filmmaking is topnotch, and plot twists abound. There’s a new server online, and it’s working considerably better than the old one (though it’s not clear if it will be available to non-paying visitors) – but if you’ve…

FTC, of Xbox Ottawa, is rapidly making a name for themselves in the Halo moviemaking world. Their first and second movies were both critical successes – and they’ve just released Number 3: When in doubt, take a ghost and jump out. It might take a couple of watchings to get the whole storyline, and the…

Annihil8or sent in a few adjustments for the Weapons Respawn list – always good to have folks double-checking.

12 new snippets for the Dialogue Databank, thanks to Captain Spark. We’re up to 220. I still haven’t found time to re-record the Loony Toons signoff.

Continuing the trend of posting 3-month-old screenshots, Gamespot put up 12 new pics yesterday, as well. They’ve all been seen before – but some of the Prophet variants they put up are larger than any alternatives posted to date. Worth a look, if you’re an avid collector. Ross Mills was the first to notice on…

Looks like a bunch of US servicemen stationed in Iraq organized a Halo tournament over the Fourth of July weekend… not a bad way to spend it! TeamXbox has the details (and a nice pic). Thanks to Caligula Caesar for the heads-up.

Dylan Velasquez writes to tell us of a recreation he’s made of the Halo map Longest for the Half-Life engine (for use in Counter-Strike) – check out this preview (105K). Lookin’ good!

Nine Fan Fiction stories for you today. A Marine Named Peters: Move Out!, by GLADIATRRR3000 The first of Johns woes, by jellis186 On A Pale Horse: The Esteem, by Silent Hunter Forsaken Forefathers part IX: Defection, by AlphaBravo343 and Havok A Marine Named Peters: Fly Away Home, by GLADIATRRR3000 Its Just One of Those Days…

Okay, so Mythica’s been back online now for 44 hours. In that time, it’s served 260 GB of movies to you greedy bastards. What are you trying to do… kill it? Well, fine. Chew on THIS. It’s a 12.4 mb QuickTime version of a movie released by MaverickJ back in late June (originally in both…

Wow. That didn’t take very long. About 20 hours ago, I posted a note about a contest sponsored by gwdp….to, involving getting in to the separated room on Chill Out. Almost 2 hours ago, Macegac posted a movie (with BOLL’s hosting help) showing the completion of that challenge – and this is something that folks…

Devin Olsen has created a Mountain Dew parody – you can find it on Lion’s Truth and Reconciliation site. It’s just under a minute long, and weighs in at 7.7 mb. If you haven’t seen the original it’s based on, don’t fret – it’s included. QuickTime format.

Captain Spark has turned in another 39 snippets for the Dialogue Databank. Along with the bits submitted by Jamirus99, Gholsbane, and Wraith yesterday, these bring the total up to almost 210 samples. There are some good ones in there! (If you choose to record – do your best to get clean samples, without a lot…

ToTheGame has ALSO put up ‘new’ screenshots; again, these are pre-E3, and most have been seen before. However, the first shot (a Brute model) and the last (a nice shot of the new Warthog) are really new. Check it out! Thanks to Eclarap, of Halo-Game, for the heads-up.

Team Xbox has put up 7 ‘new’ screens from Halo 2 – actually, they’re digital versions of some images posted in the June issue of the Official Xbox Magazine. (Three have appeared online, in a slightly smaller form, already – check our Screenshots section for details.) Thanks to CuBaNo for the heads-up.