Year: 2004

Forerunners.org has some fun stuff they’re giving away for the month of April; A non-US version of Halo (the winner’s choice of English, German, Russian, Chinese, Korean, Italian, and maybe others), and a large Halo poster. There are some bonuses, as well – check the giveaway page for details. Go sign up for free schwag!

This one we didn’t even WANT – but it was left on our doorstep, like a bedraggled kitten, and we simply didn’t have the heart to turn it away. Ross Mills’ Halo Ideas site is now a bungie.org subsidiary. We’re going to use it for waste management.

Halo is out to an early lead over Half-Life in the latest Gamespy Title Match – but it’s only been running for a few minutes, and there are almost 24 hours to go. Vote!

And the march continues. BOLL has turned halo.7708.net (home of HHHT, a powerful Halo hacking tool, and some sweet media), over to the HBO conglomerate. We are Halo of b.org – you will be assimilated.

Shiska, sister of forum regular Shishka, has posted a link to a number of screenshots of a work in progress over at The Silent Cartographers – and she may have made a mistake. Let’s see how long it takes them to notice (go quick!).

Psyrixx has agreed, rather than shutting down the Psyjnir Complex altogether, to sell to HBO; we’ve now added it to the HBO stable of Halo sites. We hope to continue to bring you some of the best Halo coverage out there – in fact, the plan is to bring you the ONLY Halo coverage out…

We knew it was coming… here it is! Bungie.net has finally put up a sneak peek of the new site it’s been slaving over for the past 9 months. Go read SketchFactor’s explanation… and look at the new site!

It’s a good thing that files.bungie.org came back online today… because as anyone who tried to download a movie from mythica.org has found, Brian Towne has given up. He’ll be hosting files for the Infinium Labs’ Phantom, an up-and-coming console, rather than Halo movies. And it all stems from bitterness over a long-promised, but undelivered,…

After years of trying to make a go of the full website, and failing, Psyrixx has finally admitted defeat; the Psyjnir Complex will heretofore be represented on the web only by its music subsite, music.psyjnir.org. (This site is managed by Jester, not Psyrixx, and so has a CHANCE of not being run into the ground.)…

Red vs Blue has put up Episode 28.5 for sponsors – and I gotta say, this is the funniest episode of the season, so far. You’ll find it in the Season 2 Sponsors forum (not the normal place). Go watch it. Now. Update: Oops – it’s not just for sponsors… it’s for EVERYONE. GO!

The HBO Weekly Review is revived… literally. I’d say there were 777 reasons to read this… but I think he miscounted; I get 776.

Bungie.net has posted a news item about the new lengths to which the product placement model is being taken in Halo 2; Keds, Arby’s and Starbucks are all among the companies that will be showcased in-game. (Product placement in games is nothing new; the sports games franchises have been doing it for years. This marks…

We bought Subnova today, as well. Next on the chopping block… eBay.

Calvin and Halo makes a mess today.

BOLL has created a new utility – it gives ANYONE the ability to create One One Se7en strips with Stuntmutt-quality artwork (mostly because it IS Stuntmutt’s artwork). It’s primary purpose, right now, is to provide our forumgoers with a way to communicate via pictures. A more complete explanation of how to use it (especially ON…

Ducain continues his pretty awesome experimentation with Warthog-assisted flying; the latest movie is just under 10 mb, 2:48 long, in WMP9 format. The forum post contains a pair of links to find it at. I’m amazed that there are STILL ways to blow things up that produce results I’ve never seen before… Update: Ducain added…

SexyJosh points out that he’s written a new Halo-related song for download; you have to register for access at the moment (registration is free).

Files.bungie.org (no, there’s nothing at THAT particular link) is now back open for business; this includes the FTC vids we host. Apologies for the 3-day downtime… we’ll do our best to ensure this doesn’t happen every month. (No guarantees, though.)

In other news, we’ve bought Rampancy.net.

Wow – nice conversion of Blood Gulch for Unreal Tournament 2004… There’s a download link in the thread (along with some pics), but unfortunately no attribution; I have no idea who created this. (The filename simply specifies that it’s a Vehicle CTF map, and the site it’s on has no real information.) Heads-up goes to…