Month: January 2004

Blackstar’s Calvin and Halo today rang such a chord in me… been there, done that.

The Fan Fiction section was offline for a bit; folks seemed to stop writing, because even now, after it’s been back up for a couple of days, there are only 11 pieces for posting: The Final Meeting – Part 2, by Bluestone It can’t be right, by Awacar Part 1: On Angel’s Wings, by Aonghus…

Another Guest One One Se7en from Lt Devon… you have to be up on forum trivia to get this one.

The Free For All seatings for the 3 vs 3 tournament at X Tournaments this Saturday have been posted; if you’ve signed up, go check out where you stand.

A few Halo-related links that have come in recently, but not been posted… Xfire is a game server browser/chat app for coordinating with your buddies. The Dark Phoenixx Clan had new forums running – on Saturday, when they mailed us. (They seem to be down now.) And Halo.Fropco came online yesterday – it’s part of…

Ooh… almost missed the note from Finn… looks like the Halo Story page has been updated. Some intriguing stuff in there… good to have the boys back in harness. (Well, one of ’em, anyway.)

Wow. nukedude pointed out some screenshots of a multiplayer level he’s working on (in gmax); it’s a part of Assault in the Control Room, and looks to be pretty interesting when it’s finished! Check it out, drop off your suggestions in the thread.

Interesting – EvilMonkey reports that the new demo disc for the Xbox instore demo at electronic retailers contains some new ‘exclusive’ Red vs Blue content – short clips that only show up when the disc is in Attract mode. (That is – you have to leave the Xbox alone for a few minutes to see…

Ragnarock sent us a couple of pictures of a 3dsmax version of Hang ’em High he built for a class last year. They look amazing. (He was planning on using the model in a cg movie… but got busy.) Take a look at these shots; they’re great!

Way back when, when the Xbox was new in Japan, you could get a set of promotional dogtags in a cool pencil case by pre-ordering Halo. Over the years, these tags have shown up on eBay from time to time; there’s another set there now. The writeup says “LAST ONE OR YOU WILL NEVER GET…

One One Se7en plays with foreshadowing. It’s as subtle as the rest of One One Se7en.

Halo: Resolution looks at trickster Spartans… but I gotta say, they’re gonna need a lot more than that to succeed.

Hehe – PfhorSlayer tempts the Macheads in the audience with screenshots of Aquaduct 2 – even though you can’t actually download the app yet. Looks like a dream… I might even have to try XboxConnect again. 🙂

Whoa – take the night off, miss some pretty big stuff. SketchFactor interviewed Lorraine McLees over at Bungie.net – and if the timestamp is to be believed, it happened on MONDAY NIGHT! And it wasn’t until yesterday that anybody on our forum noticed this. (Thanks, Scimitarex.) It’s a pretty specific interview; Lorraine discusses what’s involved…

A couple of days ago, the Mac version of Halo was updated to 1.03, allowing Mac users to play with their PC brethren. The update also added a copy-protection scheme that required that the CD be in the machine in order to play Halo – a major change from the previous version. This change has…

SESpider has turned in Episode 12 of his Miniature Halo comic; check out that rockin’ plasma sword!

Macosxhints.com has made Mac Halo their software pick of the week, giving it a rating of 9/10 and writing a pretty positive review. Thanks to Jarvis Badgley for the heads-up!

Today’s Guest One One Se7en comes from Dark Impaler… and checks out the advantages of the MC’s new armor.

Eep – we forgot about our Comic updates today! FIrst up is Calvin and Halo – this time it’s the Warbow half of the tag team… and I gotta say, I was just IN that situation yesterday. Ouch.

On-X points out that halo-mods.com is holding a poll for your favorite mod; right now, MonoxideC’s Library Multiplayer map is winning, but there haven’t been many votes. If you mod your box, go add your vote! Update: I misunderstood – the voting is not just your average poll, it’s to determine the winner of their…