Author: Count Zero

Bungie’s superstar intern Skip Weasel gets into the holiday spirit with a guide to love on Bungie.net. Neither Bungie Studios nor Bungie.org are responsible for the consequences if you choose to take his advice.

Early this morning, the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry for a scheduled 9:16 EST landing, within four days of the 17th anniversary of the loss of the shuttle Challenger. With it were lost its crew of seven. Our thoughts and prayers go out to them.

The DVD that came with the August issue of the Official Xbox Magazine contained a short movie called ‘Pyramid of Destruction’. Team Overkill converted it to a web-friendly format last month, but we couldn’t bring it to you until the issue was off the shelves. It went off the shelves this week… so here it…

OK folks, this is the big one: Real details on the computer version of Halo. Zaruthustran first broke the story on the forum, and then the press release hit Blue’s News. The important parts: PC version: Gearbox Software (Half-Life: Opposing Forces). Macintosh version: Westlake Interactive (Mac ports of Deus Ex, Unreal Tournament, and more). Publisher:…

Thanks once again to Team Overkill, who provided copies of the Halo-related videos on the July OXM DVD – the top 3 Top Plays were Halo stunts, and they made a movie called ‘Dreams of Master Chief’ (a spoof on Warthog Jumping, with stunt footage by Randy Glass himself). The films are 2.2 mb and…

Apparently yesterday’s translation of the GameReactor interview left a bit to be desired (despite being endorsed by the man himself). So much that Christian H?jberg has sent in an alternate translation (as well as pointing out that GameReactor is a Danish site, not Scandinavian as was claimed yesterday). Since I have no way to verify…

If you’re in the southeast Michigan neighborhood and have a hankering for a SPNKRing, MOSHPIT is planning a big Halo bash “within the next month”. From the looks of this, it will be a major event, with food, organized tournaments with prizes, and laser tag(!). For more information, head over to the MOSHPIT Seventh Column…

Johannes Petersson has sent in a translation of the GameReactor interview posted earlier. Thanks from everyone on this side of the pond!

fAt1 informs us that the August issue of PC Gamer UK claims to have a little information on the computer version of Halo. Specifically, they predict that Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Max Payne, is doing the port. Remember, this information did NOT come from Bungie and has NOT been verified.

Subnova has noticed an interview with Halo designer Jaime Greisemer at the Scandinavian site GameReactor. There is no English version of the article, but translation assistance is always welcome… Thanks to Pallor for the heads-up.

David Allan drops us a note that the next issue of the UK’s Official Xbox Magazine will have information on “Halo 2”. He adds that the magazine will also include some making-of-Halo content on the DVD. This issue hits the stands June 19.

Not snow or rain or E3 will stop the fan fiction: The Hell of War Through The Eyes Of A Marine, Part 12: The Last Battle by Jaywhit10 (The final chapter) Banserki’s Journal, Part 6 by Sarge This should help pass the time while we wait for news from the fanfest…

A LOT of people have informed us that this story at Computer and Video Games claims that “Halo Online” will be a full sequel to Halo. Before you think too much about what this statement means, notice that this article was taken from what Microsoft PR said and NOT from what Bungie said.

MacGamer has scored an E3-related interview with Bungie’s Matt Soell. Thanks to Harry Al-Shakarchi for pointing this out.

We’ll keep getting email until this is posted, so here it is: Shacknews has an interview with Chris DiCesar, the group PR manager for Microsoft Games. Note that this interview says exactly what Bungie has been saying all along: They want Halo for computers to happen, they just don’t have any details yet. Thanks to…

I’ve just received word that Louis Wu is back from his vacation. That means that all the content I’ve been too lazy^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hunable to post will go up pretty soon, probably as soon as Louis gets Security to break into the control room and remove me. Oh well, I was starting to miss that basement anyway…

The Hotline section of the beleagured Psyjnir Complex is back up, bringing with it all the Halo content mirrors hosted there. Thanks to Ar-Isildur for the good news.

The Halo content mirror at Mythica.org has returned, bringing with it new hosting for Warthog Jump, What Goes Up, HILTSPALTH, and Chaos on the Ring. Thanks for the bandwidth!

At last, at long last, Frogblast has found the elusive Halo Hippo! Matt has confirmed that the hippo theory posted here is the genuine item. Extremely lethal indeed…

A new Halo video has surfaced, named Chaos on the Ring, featuring “everything from warthog launching to synchronized grenade tossing”. It’s in WMV format, so I can’t check it out myself, but it’s got stuntmaster Randy Glass’s stamp of approval. Looks like we could use some more mirrors…