Author: Crux Fidelis

Nabisco Lobstrosity drops a note on our forum that the Arbiter, a Covenant clan, is back online and ready to rock. Swing by and take a look! Pax.

The SETI team ranks page hasn’t been updated since Sat (Dec 9) so NO we haven’t been slackin’ on the SETI stats. The Halo SETI Marines are still crunchin’ away and team membership is solid. Help the war effort this Christmas… buy Covenant bonds. Pax.

While a number of sites have already mentioned the games.macnn.com editorial on the lack of ‘realistic violence’ in Oni the Story page goes further and asks what effect this will have on Bungie’s Halo? If the editorial is correct in suggesting that the ‘realistic violence’ was removed to achieve increased sales in the console market…

We’ve had a couple of recent desktop submissions… we apologize for the delay in getting them up. One is a beautiful gas-cloud pic, the other an enhanced screenshot. You’ll find both of them in our Wallpaper section. Pax.

As noted by Electric Sheep on our forum, cortana.org has gone live with some intriguing info. A quick registry search shows that this domain was registered on December 5th by Steve Campbell, a long-time Bungie fan with some interesting contacts in and around Bungie Software… one wonders, what’s behind this domain, and where is it…

Wha…? I’m right here, ya bastard. I’ve been doin’ your dirty work (and your laundry) for months now… ‘remedial web maintenance’ my arse. See if your precious SETI stats get posted while you’re gone, ya skinflint. Hey… while I’m here… we just learned there’s ANOTHER Polish Halo site out there… Sebastian ‘DZASKUL’ Jaskula tells us…

I’m with Ding on this one. Hamish gets my vote.

General DwK writes to tell us that the Terra Defense Force is back, and looking for new members. Check ’em out, and join up if you like what you see! Pax.

Looks like all that crypticity (yeah, we made that up) over at bungie.org was just a site redesign. (A pretty nice one, actually.) Now, if only we could figure out how many of those random links in the Habete Quidam section pointed to HBO… Pax.

Another redesigned Halo site: Kaidu writes to tell us that Halo Tip has been overhauled – stop by and take a look! Pax.

Man, they’ve done it again. Battleground: Halo, the Halo site voted Most Likely to Overhaul Their Graphics, have once again overhauled their graphics… and this time, have joined the ranks of Sites That Are Nasty In Netscape 4.x. Minimum requirements to view the site: IE 4, Netscape 6 (yeah, it sucks, but it uses bigger…

Iden sends in a new story, Firestarter Squad, for our Fan Fiction section. Adrenaline-packed read… go check it out! Pax.

As Mark Levin points out on our forum, even Blue’s News has gotten in on the “isn’t that Planetside screenshot a lot like Halo?” game. (This game was first played by Nights, on our forum, Tuesday.) Concentration, anyone? Pax.

Ryan “Mhaddy” Matthews sent us mail that the Junkyard is having a contest… they’re making custom-designed Tribes maps or logos. Visit the site, click on Custom Orders, and fill out the form (name and email)… if you win, they’ll make you what you want. Apparently, the logos part can include Halo. If you’re interested, stop…

BluR sends word that a new Halo site, Halo Heaven, has come online. News, pictures, movie links, info. Take a look! Pax.

Zero4 writes on our forum that his clan, Halo Death, is recruiting. Join up today! Pax.

We just got mail from Geert Roete, saying that there are some Halo shots posted at the Dutch site Ultimate Gamer. They’re just screen grabs from the E3 movie, though, and the text is very sparse (one sentence), so I’m not really sure what the deal is. You can go look anyway, though… there might…

The Halo SETI Marines continue to crank out units, slightly improving last week’s total output. DarthFlounder remains in the number one Crunch position, and last week’s Frogblast award winner, Trux, was surpassed this week by camw. All the gory details can be found on the 7 day stats page. Pax.

Clay Bratt has put together a new Flash Halo logo… you can see it here. (Thanks to Clay for the heads-up on our forum, and to •Mimer for the corrected URL.) Pax.

“Halo-Online” writes to say that a new Halo fansite is up and running in Germany… halo-online.de. German speakers, check ’em out! Pax.