Month: February 2004

Halo: Resolution doesn’t have a lot of respect for Captain Keyes…

Dang. Dolbex has decided to get into the Screenshot act – 21 shots, containing tons of spoilers (for those keeping track). Some seem a little washed out… but all are pretty dang impressive. Mod city, baby!

Another 18 stories for you today in the Fan Fiction section: Battle For Reach pt.1, by Chris Hidden Threat: Chapter 3 – The Plunge, by NBD24 The Soldiers of Angelon: The Lady of Shadows, by Jinkaiden-XI The Siege of Zion Base; Part Two: Siege – Chapter 9, by Scimitarex The Siege of Zion Base; Part…

Scimitarex tried his hand at Screenshot composition – and I must say, the results are pleasing. These are more sweeping visions of Halo’s snow levels than other shots we’ve seen recently – I think they give a nice sense for the grandeur of Forerunner architecture. Take a look!

About a year ago, we mentioned a polyphonic ringtone for your cellular phone – the midi file it used was pretty impressive. It seems to have vanished from the web… so Deimos Fawkes has kindly made it available at Subnova. It’s a 16K download.

Later than usual, but it’s been a busy few weeks… last Friday’s Frankie’s Weekly Bungie Update has been added to the Update database, and is now searchable by all. Use the power wisely…

XLNC continues his Astounding Screenshots collection, this time with 10 shots that show off the breathtaking to the hilarious. They’re not just HUDless – they’re gorgeously composed. Wow.

MereCatfish has pointed out a link to a large movie he’s made available for download – it’s a 31 mb WMP7 film showing almost 7 minutes of an Oddball game on Death Island. You can grab it off his server if you’re so inclined.

Narcogen, in an attempt to make this Rampancy.net News Day (unlike c0ld vengeance, who would never do such a thing), has sent in a link to an interesting poll: Which Bungie game had the best story? Go vote now!

Today’s Guest One One Se7en is a c0ld vengeance piece. One wonders if there might not be a little autobiographical content in there…

A new Calvin and Halo today – the moral is, think about the stars, but shoot for the ceiling; it’s closer.

mrsmiley writes to point out a new contest at Halobabies.net – anyone who is now, or becomes in the next two months, a sponsor of the site ($10 donation) is entered into the contest. Winner will be determined at random from the available pool. The prize – you’ll get drawn into a Halo Babies comic…

A few days ago, we mentioned an article over at Battleground: Halo on teamkilling. Today, Narcogen, at Rampancy.net, has written a rebuttal. Well, not so much a rebuttal as a rant on volatility. For the money, I think he’s spot on in most of his points.

Rapture has added some pretty cool wallpaper to his cellphone… Update: Narcogen, unwilling to be outdone, added a Halo 2 screenshot as the background image of his Handspring Treo. w00t! Further Update: Narcogen has added a download link for his image, and BOLL has pointed out his own (much older) phone customization.

Splitboxer wrote to point out that the first Xbox Connect 4.0 /Aquaduct 2 game happened yesterday (today?). Mac/Xbox Halo players will soon be able to compete head to head with PC/Xbox Halo users. w00t!

Couple of healthy bugs in yesterday’s Sparkedit 3.0 release – they’re fixed in today’s 3.01 release. Details at HaloMods. Thanks, DHalo.

DocOctavius was playing with some freeware modeling tools yesterday… look what he came up with. Pretty nice work, you ask me!

Here’s a Halo Fan Music submission unlike any other we’ve received… this song comes from Mothergoat, the composer of the Hail 117 Anthem, and while it’s Halo-inspired, it’s not as obviously based in Halo’s themes; it’s designed for fan music videos.Seeing the Oddbrawl video made me realize the Hail 117 Anthem is more theatrical than…

One One Se7en reaches new highs in lows. I’m only sorry that iMC had to be the one bringing you this pun.

The saga of the Scorpion continues on Halo: Resolution. This one ain’t lag… it’s range.