Month: June 2004

Uh oh… today’s One One Se7en might have caused a problem. Sarge did something he shouldn’t have done… and he and MC seem to have… vanished. They might even have been blown to another site. We’d appreciate it if you’d keep an eye out for them; we need ’em back by Monday (Sunday if Stuntmutt…

Eleven new pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section – stories, poems, the whole shebang. Go read.

Halo: Resolution discusses the important parts of a ship.

New content at Halo Babies; a new strip, of course, and 3 new Fan desktops, all quite nice. Check it all out!

Nasa may have discovered how something like Guilty Spark came about; their prototype is red, not blue, but it’s an answer to the need for environment sensor/webcam/intercom/PDA that doesn’t pose a safety risk in free fall. It’s cute, to boot. Thanks to Peter M. for pointing it out… should make you think a bit. (Peter…

Merecatfish has sent us a note about Oochy 2, it’s a sequel to Oochy Woochy. It’s 13.7 mb, in WMP9 format (4:11 long). It shows… well, I’m not sure. It shows you glitches in maps you’ve never seen before (and that aren’t identified in the movie). You have no clue what’s a glitch and what’s…

The June issue of GamesMaster (a British Gaming mag) contained a 2-page article on Halo; it’s mostly content that’s been seen in other scans, but ther eare a couple of maps that are nice. Since this issue is now off the newsstands, we can give it to you in our Press Scans section. Thanks to…

Sometimes you wonder how much thought went into level design. Calvin wonders, too, in today’s Calvin and Halo.

The leaderboard for Going Nowhere Fast has been updated with a couple of new Pillar of Autumn times; that level is now down to 6:08. The contest ends 3 weeks from today – there’s still plenty of time to submit runs, but folks should consider some of the less-exploited levels. Pillar of Autumn, Silent Cartographer,…

Very cool. Ben, from XboxOttawa, has put together another Flash game – in this one, you’ve got to take out Covenant troops with your warthog. Your hog takes damage, so be careful… wipe out the communications pods for a temporary map to the baddies. And stay away from artillery – it’ll tear you to pieces!…

Unexpected – but not in the least unwelcome… our Subnova mirror, halosn.bungie.org, is back online. While everyone will benefit from the extra breathing room this gives us, bandwidth-wise, the folks who benefit the most are Fan Fiction readers and writers – that section is back online. Additionally, the 7 stories in the queue when it…

Noah Hofman, aka Shrike, has sent word about a new Halo track he’s created; it’s a remix from different parts of the main theme. It’s made for listening to while playing Halo – and it works nicely for that! 7:18 long, 8.3 mb big… give it a listen! Update: if you’d like to use this…

Warbow posted some pics on our forum. The story behind them is in the post. He said they weren’t supposed to get front-page mention… but I like ’em. So I’m mentioning ’em. So there.

Not that we’ve, like, gotten behind or anything… um… but the Bungie Weekly Update Archive is now up-to-date. Again. Finally. Just in time for a new update in about 2 days. Eep.

One One Se7en comes up with a way to make Halo more like Halo 2. Or something. (Make sure your volume is turned up.)

When in doubt, reach for a Monty Python Joke. Halo: Resolution did.

There’s an editorial over at Gamespot that faults consoles for supporting only 16 players per game, max – it argues that PC games are going past this by an order of magnitude, and the reason is dedicated servers. There are some decent counter-arguments in the forum thread started by 3Suns that brought this to our…

Interesting article over at Bungie.net, posted late yesterday; Frankie interviewed Sgt. Kelly Hafer, recently back from serving in Iraq, about Halo-playing amongst our armed forces. Google ‘camel spiders’ for some pretty funky photos…

Halo 2 took 3 of the four awards it was nominated for at the Best of E3 2004 Game Critics Awards; Best Console game, Best Action Game, and Best Online Multiplayer. (It was nominated for Best of Show, as well, but lost out to the Sony Playstation Portable.) Not bad! Halo 2 tied Splinter Cell…

What’s wrong with video games? Calvin and Halo might give you a clue…