Author: Crux Fidelis

Dorram sent us in this Bungie webcam pic from yesterday. If you’ve been following some of the discussion on our forum you’ll know what it’s all about. Just what is on that screen? Bungie’s webcam page can be found here. Pax.

Noah Brimhall informs us that the the XBox feature in the May 2001 issue of Wired Magazine is mostly just a review of the hardware with one really cool picture of the guts of the machine. Other than that there are only a few mentions of Microsoft’s console strategy, but no mention of Halo. Thanks…

Thanks to Dorkonaspork for sending in a whole bunch of scans of the Halo preview in the latest Next Generation magazine. Unfortunately we can’t upload these until the mag comes off the store shelves. You can see small sized pics of the full article over at Bungie Sightings. Please buy the magazine if you want…

Thanks to Ilium Rise who points out on our forum that Blue’s News gets a touch of Halo. Their main logo has been featuring a different game each day and presently it has the jeep from Halo. Pax. Update: Frans P. de Vries of Blue’s News informs us that their logo changes once a week,…

Dink!… The Halo SETI Marines fall another notch, to 50, in the Battle of the Teams – overall crunching was down this week (due to the holiday?). DarthFlounder takes over 3rd place, pushing his way to the top… how long until there’s a new top dog? See how YOUR stats measure up on the 7…

“Prepare for dust off and immediate medevac, we’ve got a man down.” “Roger that Group 3, proceed to rendezvous point. Network trackers on-line, we see the enemy, Zulu out.”Foxhound sends in the final chapter to his ‘Group 3’ story – you’ll find it in our Fan Fiction section. (Remember, you can read the entire story,…

Cleaning out our Uploads folder, we ran across a couple of desktops uploaded recently. They came from Sweden, that’s all we know. Claim ’em if they’re yours… or just download ’em from our Wallpaper section. Pax.Update: Claimed.

Griffon, of Halo Command Central, sends word that something is afoot… nice redesign! Pax.

Thanks to Nick Rolfe, who points out (on R.net’s forum) that Demonews.com has gotten their hands on a Halo Tech Demo, featuring all the weapons and the first two levels. Warning – it’s Direct3D only. If this works for you, go grab it! Pax.

Zypper posted a pretty nice summary of an Xbox Tech Demo held on the USC campus today… definitely worth a read. Pax.

Brian Davis sends in a second desktop image for today – same style, different colors. Check it out in our Wallpaper section. Pax.

Why PC Gaming Will Not Die. The Adrenaline Vault has a featured article on the perceived threat of console gaming to PC gaming. Go put your fears to rest. Pax

Things that make you go ‘hmm…’ Readers of the Marathon’s Story page might remember that in the series of webcam movies Hamish has been posting for a couple of weeks, there was a missing day… and David Candland (part of the Online team) wrote to tell Hamish that that particular day, “That timeframe is more…

Dink!… The Halo SETI Marines fall a notch to 48, partly due to lost units, but partly due to leveled-out crunching. Don’t blame DarthFlounder – his output has INCREASED, to over 200 units a week. The rest of the team, though… there are fewer than 1/3 that actually produce a unit each week. Are you…

A cautionary tale… Anrkey’s latest Fan Fiction offering, ‘Joyride’, explains why you should be careful what you get into… You’ll find it in our Fan Fiction section. Pax.

fate noticed that the Xbox.com Halo site now has the following comment:We have a better video coming soon!There’s also a fun new Halo flash animation at the top of the Games page… but don’t follow the link, it’s showing its PC origins: http://www.xbox.com/Games/\games\halo Pax.

Todd Hansen sent in a couple of theories, which we’ve added to our Theories section: Ring Rotation and Weapons Usage, which plays with orbital bombardment, and Orbits/Seasons/Communications, which looks at weather patterns on the Halo. Have your own ideas about the Halo? Send ’em in! Pax.

SOKAR writes to say that Halo Empire, another German site, has also mirrored the two Gamestock movies – you can find the small one here, and the larger one here. More relief for our European brethren! We’ll try to update the movie mirror lists soon. Pax.

Massa writes to say that Halo Network has mirrored both Gamestock movies – you can find them here. This should save cross-Atlantic downloads for Europeans… Pax.

Hawk from HaloCenter would like you to know that they have mirrored the Gamestock movie. Swing by if you’re having Flash troubles with Microsoft’s site! Pax.