Year: 2003

gd points out that there’s a new poll over at Gamespot: ‘Which of these highly-anticipated first-person shooters are you most looking forward to?’ Halo 2 currently has 42% of nearly 8000 votes… but you can help make sure it doesn’t lose that edge.

Hehe… for another take on the OXM Halo 2 scan issue, check out Penny Arcade’s comic yesterday. (More info is available in the news, as well.) Thanks to Ross Mills for the heads-up.

A sad, sad story… go read the tale of the AAARDP. And let this be a lesson to you! (A lesson about what, I’m not sure.)

Whoa. Ceri Thomas has created a Halo card game – and at first blush, it’s pretty dang high quality. Rules (and cards) come in the form of a 2.2 mb PDF; download it, print it on cardstock, and cut it up. I haven’t actually played it… but the rules are pretty clear, and seem to…

Slothboy let us know about ‘Ash vs. The Covenant’, his tribute to the Halo WAST-M. Check it out – timing is QUITE good. (Format is mpeg-4; QuickTime 6 will open it, but I’m not sure about other programs.) 9.2 mb, 1:26 long. Two thumbs up. Minor spoilers, for anyone keeping track.

For those who don’t remember, we announced a major bungie.org contest, the Pillar of Art, a few months ago. We wanted to take this opportunity to remind you that the deadline for submissions is now less than three weeks away; we need to RECEIVE your submission by May 16, 2003. (If you mail it on…

E3 is just 2 weeks away and as it gets closer so does the Bungie Fanfest. As is the tradition from previous fanfests, there are going to be exclusives that only folks that attend the event will get to experience. Hey, Bungie has to reward those of you that are traveling far (some from Italy!)…

Stuntmutt has begun work on a new comic strip – one that we’re hosting here. It’s called One One Se7en, and it stars your very own Master Chief, in all his MS Paint glory. We’ll be releasing new comics every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, unless something comes up. To start with, go check out ‘Mission…

Well, they might be a little hard to see… but Dolbex has put up a couple of hundred pictures from the Halo50K event. Unfortunately, the server is somewhat overloaded, so you might run into trouble seeing some of the thumbnails, or loading some pages. Be patient, though – there’s some fun stuff in there!

Good lord – as if you didn’t have ENOUGH to read… mnemesis, afraid that his job was being usurped by the young upstart Finn, went on an all-night rummaging binge and pulled out ANOTHER dozen-and-a-half morsels from the enormous Story Page email archive to mull over. Mosey on over to the Halo Story Page news…

Another Battlefield 1942 mod team throws its hat in the Halo ring. Inner Circle Halo is working on a conversion for BF1942 to bring Halo weapons and vehicles into a multiplayer environment that supports up to 64 players. Check out their website for some early renders… and if you’re interested in helping out, they’re looking…

In late March, an unofficial probe into some comments made by Pallor became what is now known as ‘The Megg Hunt’ – a community feeding frenzy that eventually involved hundreds (thousands?) of Halo fans, an attempt to discover an easter egg placed in Halo specifically for Meg by her boyfriend, a designer on the Halo…

Hart points out a quiz he’s created at Quizilla; What Weapon Are You? Take the test, and find out!

And again… there’s ANOTHER of the Dogtags sets up for sale on eBay; this one currently sits at just under $15 (much better than the $71 the last one closed at), auction closes in 2 days, but the seller has no history at all. Caveat emptor… and thanks to The_Unseen for the heads-up.

Wow. Halo: The Flood has shown up on Publisher’s Weekly’s Mass Market Bestseller’s List (number 11)! Wow. More details over at Bungie Sightings. Thanks to poenadare for the heads-up.

The last time the Movies database here at HBO was updated was mid-March – about 5 weeks ago. As of today, the 22 movies released since then have been added to the database. Total number of movies is up to 231; it’s getting to be an unweildy list. Time to rethink the organization, maybe…

We forgot to get back to this last week… but the Halo Dog Tags we mentioned on eBay a while back sold a week ago for $71. Ouch!

At least two big websites have picked up the info available in the latest issue of the Official Xbox Magazine, and have made some of it available in text form. Eurogamer fairly credits OXM as its source… Computer and Video Games doesn’t. (“Details have been released…” yeah, well, it’s terrible to actually NAME a competitor…)…

A week ago, BOLL came up with a new technique for creating cool panoramic views from Halo. He’s continued to create, and the current collection is up to 31 images. We’ve built them a home in our Miscellaneous section, and will add new images as he creates them. (Warning: the current page has more than…

In an effort to break the database system at the Halo Story page, Finn processes another 18 user submissions in the two days since his last Story page update. If you think your puny human brain can handle it, head over to the Halo Story Page and read, read, read! (FAQ coming soon, apparently.)