Year: 2004

Dolbex, of Halo50K fame, has put together a nice retrospective of his local group, Been Mawed. It’s mostly interviews of group members, with some screenshots and a tiny bit of gameplay thrown in; if this sounds boring, don’t bother downloading it. It is, however, a great view into how groups like this get together, and…

Because it’s no fun to be a Desktop creator and see 30 desktops get posted and realize that yours wasn’t among them, we’ve posted the NEXT batch of 30 – you can find them in our Wallpaper section. This MOSTLY brings us up-to-date, wallpaper-wise. Hopefully, at some point soon, the Miscellaneous Art queue can be…

I posted a new Mailbag update last night, but it took me until now to recover sufficiently to post news about it. Enjoy.

There’s a new Frontline with Suzie posted, titled ‘Cancel Christmas!’; this one is an interview with Sarge. Thanks, heavy shift.

Massive Bungie Weekly Update this week – you can find it over at Forerunners.org. You may THINK there’s nothing more to do, when they’re so close to wrapping up… but you’d be wrong. They’re all pretty busy. Read the update to see HOW busy. Proximity voice? How cool is THAT?

A few weeks ago, we mentioned a rumor that had surfaced in a recent issue of EGM – that there was a possibility of a Game Boy Advance Halo title in the works. Today, Frankie puts that rumor to bed over on Bungie.net. Personally, the fact that the ColecoVision talks fell apart is more of…

Well, I haven’t by any means cleared the queue – but I’ve brought the backlog up to the end of April. There are 30 new desktops available in the Wallpapers section, with about 40 remaining in the queue. It’s amazing how fast things build up…

Episode 36 of Red vs Blue has been released for sponsors – check the Season 2 sponsors forum. ‘Dr. No-no’ is pretty funny – Donut needs martinis or something. (Maybe a Red Bull.)

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…