Month: February 2004

Knives sent in a rather bizarre pic (29K) that looks to be taken on Halo Xbox. A bunch of folks discussing it on IRC couldn’t make head nor tail of it… so here it is, for the rest of you to speculate about. Post your thoughts to our forum!

Today’s Sunday One One Se7en (assuming I didn’t screw up again and forget one of Stuntmutt’s) is from Wavehawk… and points out a missed (but pretty useful) feature in Halo.

17 pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section: The fall of the covenant Part 1(of 3), by Jetboogieman Visions of Purity Part 1: The Spartan, by xitWOUND117 Mysteries Part 3, by Horror Who You Are, by Frensa Geran The Enemy Within-Chapter Three: New Hopes, by Mind_Affecting_Parasite The cruiser, by retardedmonkey The Strive to…

SparkEdit 3.0 has been released – swing on by HaloMods for details and a download link. Object Duplication, baby! (Thanks, Turbo)

Blackstar finished his Offensive Tetraboxing lanfest vid, commemorating the massive lanfest held here at HBO HQ a couple of weeks ago. It’s over 9 minutes long, weighs in at a massive 93 mb, and is encoded in MPEG4 format. (As Blackstar says, if you can watch the QuickTime versions of the Red vs Blue vids,…

In just long enough to notice a new Subzero Chronicles comic – hehe, I played in a game like this today. Thanks, MarkHawk. Update: should have read the whole thread… MarkHawk points out a new wallpaper, as well.

SanchezTheLlama has posted his weekly update of Project Halo: Webwar Evolved. A new battle rifle, new music, engine progress… things seem to be progressing nicely! Check it out.

At the risk of generating yet MORE mail complaining about the database problem, I’m posting today’s Guest One One Se7en. It’s from Bridie… and it scares me a little. I think it must be British humor. (I say that because we don’t HAVE Minties here.) Update: my mistake; it’s not a British thing at all,…

We’re having some trouble with one of the machines serving HBO pages; if you load a page, and get an error page that says ‘The database failed to initialize’ – please, reload the page. Almost always, it’ll work the second time out. We’re doing what we can to fix this… please be patient. (You don’t…

SESpider, with the help of PsYcHoDaN, has completely overhauled the layout of the Miniature Halo layout, and you can see the results in the latest edition; Miniature Halo Page 17 is now up for viewing. He asks that you please email him (link on the Miniature Halo page) with your thoughts of the new layout…

This week’s Bungie Update can be found at 343GS.com – in their forum. Give it a look – lots of very cool little tidbits. For folks looking for new screenshots or a movie, this isn’t for you… but for people who want to know where the team is, and how the development is going… check…

SketchFactor, over at Bungie.net, has written up a full article on the Halo PC World Championship, held recently in Los Angeles. It’s not quite as good as being there… but it’s as close as most of us are gonna get. Check it out!

A quick reminder – tomorrow is the day for the Winter Philadelphia Regional Tournament, run by Major League Gaming. This will feature the biggest Halo tournament ever held in the US, with over 300 competitors and 75 teams already registered. The guaranteed purse has been increased to $16,000, to be awarded to the tournament winners.…

Walshicus updated his Halo Stellar Cartography information, based on requests from fan fiction authors. The map, small Excel file, and text information are all new. (The large 30,000-star Excel file is unchanged.)

343GS.com has put up episode 14 of its EchoFourNineteen comic; check the downloads section. Thanks to MasterToad for pointing it out.

A tiny tidbit from bentllama – the bizarre T stance occasionally seen in Halo animations when they SHOULD have a weapon, but don’t, has been fixed; it won’t show up in Halo 2. Always nice when glitches are taken care of!

Red vs Blue episode 24 is up for Sponsors now – 3:55 of Warthog goodness. Oops, sorry… Puma goodness. The cliffhanger for next week has me on the edge of my seat!

Da Loaph discovered an interesting little page; it’s a part of the Oddlots Irregulars website, and it pays tribute to Halo. There are a couple of comics on the page, as well as a couple of custom gametypes (downloadable, even). Take a look! Update: It’s now 2005, and Oddlots has changed its site layout dramatically;…

CENOBITE has opened a new Seventh Column chapter, the Blood Chiefs, devoted to the creative side of Halo. It’s a place where ‘an elite group of artists, musicians and writers can share their love of the world that is HALO. ‘ It currently contains a link to an older piece that bears quite a bit…

Craig Mullins, master digital artist (with longtime ties to the Bungie community), has posted a new sketch of the MC on his site; it’s not in the Gallery yet. (There are a few images in the gallery that might remind you of Halo items – there’s a buggy that bears a resemblance to an early…