Author: Crux Fidelis

Wow, talk about hardcore… Benjamin Ellison points out this page (originally seen on slashdot), devoted to selling a PCI card with one use: to speed up your SETI@home processing. For $129, you get a board with 6 processors on it, each having been designed to help the terrain following radar in PR-964 Cruise Missiles. There…

bungie.net is down! They said the server was closing this weekend but they must have shut up shop early. Could be down for some time as they move to Redmond and set up shop. Head on over to bs.bungie.org and Marathon’s Storyfor the first comments on the closure.

First Ever Xbox Console Shots! MSXBox have posted what they believe is a development pic of Microsoft’s Xbox and controller. They have also posted a complete Xbox Developers List. Matt Soell also gets featured for his comments on Xbox and how it will affect the PS2.

John Carmack gives his views on Xbox and the future of gaming on the PC in an IGN Xbox interview. Here’s a snippet: IGN Xbox: Would you ever consider doing original content for a console? JC: There are some pleasures to developing on a console that you don’t get on a PC, but I Would…

Xbox technology-head, Seamus Blackley, discusses console hard drives and why developers are having an Xbox love affair in an IGN Xbox interview. Here’s a snippet: IGN Xbox: Did you have the same problem convincing developers of themerits of the Xbox that you did convincing the general public? SB: No, I think that the main problem…

ARMAGEDDON informs us on our forumsthat he has made the Halo scans from PC Gamer (Aug 2000) available on the web at http://armageddon.gamehappy.com/halo/. These scans were originally from the Rampancy.net Hotline server, scanned and upped by Isolder. Thanks ARMAGEDDON and thanks Rampancy.net.

Not strictly Halo-related… except that its engine is Halo’s. GameSpot posted a tidbit about the game being worked on by The Team Formerly Known As Myth2… “The Phoenix Project.” Interesting little read. Thanks to NexZ, who mentioned it on our forum. Pax.

There’s another IRC channel devoted to Halo… #halo on Irc.EnterTheGame.Com. This is probably the same channel mentioned a couple of days ago in bungie.net’s news… anyone know what network this is? In any case, if you’re looking for a place to hang out and talk Halo, try this one. Pax.

Thanks to Majid “X” Manzarpour who points out on our forums that there are now 20000+ signatures at http://www.game-over.net/halo/. We have to agree with Majid it’s a “landmark figure”. Go sign up if you haven’t already. Bungie are paying close attention to it. Let them know we want Halo for the PC and Mac.

“Story page t-shirts sold out” says Hamish. All 49 of the shirts for the Macworld New York Bungie Fanfest 2000have been pre-ordered. Let’s hope they do another print run. Go read the seven reasons why you should have a Marathon’s Story t-shirt.

Don’t miss out on the Halo fun over at Penny Arcade The last two strips have been Halo related. Check theJune 21th and June 23rd strips.

Should Halo be Xbox only? 82% presently say NO at PlanetXbox. Make your voice heard!

Michael Maddux writes to let us know that a petition to keep up development of Halo for Mac/PC is online, and currently has almost 200 signatures. Stop by and let Bungie know how you feel! Pax.

A secret CIA source who asked not to be identified sent along this aerial reconnaissance photo of the Microsoft complex in Redmond. Seems the Bungie offices have already been added. Pax.

Shugashack and Daily Radar are both reporting that Eidos is shopping around for a buyer, and Microsoft is high on the list. That monopolistic tendency just won’t settle down, will it? Pax.

Woohoo! In this time of stress for Bungie fans Pax Nimbus has created a wonderful smile-inducer… halobungie.com! Check it out.”It’s absolutely, positively, a website.”     – Salon Pax.

The Corporation, a UK gaming site with a twist, has interviewed Tyson Green, aka Ferrex (Dead), of Rampancy.net, on the Microsoft/Bungie situation. Definitely worth a read. Pax.

Another German Halo site, www.planet-halo.de (not to be confused with www.planethalo.de, which came online yesterday), has updated their design. Take a look! Pax.

Halo in MacFormat (UK). Kudos to Phish who sends word that Halo features in the latest issue of MacFormat (UK). Not only that but Phish scanned in the front cover and transcribed the text. We can’t put it all up but here’s the first paragraph:The game that generated the most excitement at last month’s E3…

Happy Happy Halo Halo 4th July. Madfishwrites to tell us that the August issue of PCGamer will be out on the 4th July. We should have the full Halo movie… soon(tm). Thanks Madfish.