My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2004

  • No contest, dude. (Okay, maybe a small one.)

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    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!

  • Porntana.

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    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 Sandwich.

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

  • HBN Contest

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    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…

  • Teamkilling, revisited

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    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.

  • Call me.

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    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.

  • It’s coming… sooner

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    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!

  • Sparkedit bugs fixed

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    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.

  • Nice Chief, Chief

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

  • A Song to Kill By

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    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…

  • Rap With a Silent ‘C’.

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

  • You’d Think It Would Have Hit Something

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

  • Random Lake of Fire, indeed

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    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!

  • Flood Control

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    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.

  • Sunday Words

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    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 is out

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

  • Offensive Tetraboxing – on film

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    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,…

  • Got a N00blar? You’re FUBAR.

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    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.

  • Project Halo: Weekly Update

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    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.

  • it’s Times Like There You Need Minties

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    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,…