Month: January 2004

Interview news: in case you missed it, the call for interview questions (that we posted in good faith yesterday) was a load of hogwash; they’d never gotten any permission from anyone at Bungie to do anything LIKE what they said they were planning. I guess the ploy worked, however, insofar as they were probably looking…

Wonga. Ed Fries, Microsoft’s VP of Game Publishing, and a huge Xbox promoter (and Halo advocate) from the very start, resigned today. What will this mean for Microsoft in general, and Bungie in specific, in the future? Too soon to tell… Thanks to Lophan for sending in the Bloomberg update. (I couldn’t find a web…

A note came in last week, just in time for me to read before leaving for San Francisco. I’d hoped it would make it into the next Miscellaneous Art update, which (I’d also hoped) would be coming soon. Well, it can STILL make it into the update, but that update isn’t coming right away, and…

Oh, my goodness. Somehow, I missed this the first time round, and so did everyone else here. Ouch. Blackstar put together a short (55 second, 6.7 mb) QuickTime MP4 vid using footage from a single cutscene in Halo and audio from The BBC’s version of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It works beautifully. Thanks to…

And, of course, your daily dose of One One Se7en – today from rapture, who must be reading my email again.

Today we’ve got another Calvin and Halo for you – this one is Warbow’s, and it’s bringing back memories…

Synide has put together a rambling, 6+ minute long film showing… well, lots of stuff. It’s called ‘WTF LAG’, and even starts out showing a few clips explaining this expression in humorous fashion… but quickly moves on to gameplay tricks, funny situations, and downright awesome skillz on the battlefield. (There’s a 20 second segment where…

Mad Cow pointed out a thread over on the Gearbox forums; Hellface made it clear, a couple of days ago, that the Halo Editing Kit is still a little ways away. On the plus side, the delay is due in part to some ‘huge new features’ in the app itself… Okay, I’m sitting on my…

24 pieces for you in today’s Fan Fiction update; that’s what happens when I skip a day or two. Life Workin for HBO, Part Seven, by Hunter_Killer All Roads Lead To Sol…Just Make Sure To Bypass Mars: Chapter 19, by S7N ODST Marching Cadence, by Helljumper Marooned Chapter 12, by Steve Ollett Return to the…

GLADIATRRR3000 has created a new Halo Flash animation – you can find it on his Freewebs site. (Comments can be found in this forum thread.)

Frankie has posted a pretty jaw-dropping article over at Bungie.net on the Nightmare Armor guys – including a very first look at the Helmet (with glowing lights!). Wonga. I’m trying to figure out how many of my children I’d need to sell for the $4000 they’re asking…

Sharp eyes on sirBoB – he noticed an entry called ‘Halo MM Boxed Set’ on the Random House site. Due out September 2004, it’s likely all three Halo novels (price is about right for three mass-market paperbacks…), but we’ll know more when they post it.

Wolfy dropped off a note in our forum – Sector 7 is running a new version of its Halo Quiz; 45 questions about Halo. If you get stuck, there are a couple of answers (and hints to others) in the thread on our forum.

Devin Olsen has created another stop-motion movie using the Halo action figures; this one is called ‘Red Sucks, Blue Rules’. It’s hosted by nukedude. It’s not very big – 1.6 mb, 37 seconds, in WMP9 format. Take a look!

nof points out that XboxAddict has been given the go-ahead to interview Bungie, and has decided to collect questions from the Xbox Addict forum members. They’re not accepting questions yet – but the final interview (25 questions) will be submitted by February 1, so they’ll have to start pretty soon. Keep an eye on the…

Chris Bryan has sent us a few more shots of his wearable MC suit – he’s hard at work on the main part of the body. Check out the details (scroll to the bottom of the page; images are added as they come in).

Halo GT has opened up an Online Members section of its clan. At the moment, membership is open only to Aquaduct users, since he has to play you first before you can be included – but once Aquaduct 2 comes out, it’s open to anyone. If you’re interested, swing by the site and join up!

Last year, we said goodbye to a good friend, Brian Morden. Recently, there was a guestbook set up so that people could discuss their memories of Brian. (He would have turned 20 on January 10, 2004.) If you’d like to contribute, simply follow the link! (Tirion, who pointed it out to us, also mentioned that…

Battleground: Halo has posted a new article today; Banshee Ace discusses the ins and outs of Banshee flying. If you’re having trouble living through Banshee encounters, you might want to read this.

Today’s One One Se7en is a crossover strip, using Halo: Resolution characters. Er, character. Er… something. (The strip is Stuntmutt’s – just didn’t want to confuse anyone. The credit for the strip is referring to the artwork on the HR MC.)