Author: Louis Wu
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Necessary Appendages
Oh, the problems with being a pixellated character… check Halo: Resolution for Captain Keyes’ latest problem.
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Writing for writing’s sake
Finn, taking a break from the Halo Story page, has written up a couple of interesting rambles; there’s his (slightly overdue, but still welcome) impressions of the 4-day bacchanal that was E3 2003 (complete with pictures), and an entertaining essay on Bungie and the Heroic Epic, an exposition on the depths of Bungie’s storytelling… quite…
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Grumpy Review
Curmudgeon Gamer has written up a review of Halo PC; interesting overview. Pointed out by Mr. Mechanical on our forum.
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Tourney details, new clansite
A few websites for you: first up, we mentioned the Blue Pheonix tourney recently, but couldn’t find the website; turns out, the server is case-sensitive. Go look it over for tourney details. In addition, we’ve got word of another Clan site for you: Clan uD is currently recruiting. They can also be found on IRC…
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HBO-GameDaemons glitches fixed!
The mystery of why the HBO-GameDaemons was difficult to connect to has been solved! Turns out there was some confusion as to what IP address it resided at; it’s now at its original home (which is different from the IP it’s been at for the past few weeks): 69.12.12.101. It can be connected to directly…
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Zee Storees, Boss, Zee Storees!
25 pieces for you in today’s Fan Fiction update: Spartans Of Darkness Part 3, by SpartanOmega Threat Assasin # 1- Chapter 4- The Plan, by Lone Jackal And now all hell will break loose Part 8, by metallicafan The Spear of Tyr, by Gre’Thor117 Confed Wars, Part One, by Hunter_Killer A Series of Wierd Events-…
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Get your passport ready…
Bungie.net will be offline next week in order to update the site in a major way – read the details in this article. What this will eventually mean to you is a lot more Halo goodness, customized the way you like it… so get ready.
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The wackiest HPC server just got wackier.
In what was a long-overdue overhaul, the HBO-GameDaemons dedicated server mapcycle has been radically rewritten. Several games that didn’t work were tweaked, others were removed altogether, and a few new ones were added. Chief among the additions are several gametypes developed by long-time Bungie fan (but only recently a Halo convert) Dispatcher – as far…
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Rumor number 2 – you’re outta there!
Undaunted by the dousing of the ‘Halo 2 is coming this week’ rumor, the gnomes have developed a NEW rumor – this time that ‘Halo 1.5’, a Live-enabled version of Xbox Halo, will be released by the end of the month. (Stories are on sites like GamesRadar UK and Eurogamer.) Evidence cited includes a new…
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The Grunt League is underway.
CobaltNova writes to point out the Week One Summary of the CobaltNova Halo League, with player stats and rankings. Check it out!
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$70K… for playing Halo?
CPL has announced its Summer 2004 Extreme Championship, with a $70,000 Halo PC CPL-Assault tournament. Wow. 4000 players (it’s bring-your-own-computer), July 28th-August 1st in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Thanks to SketchFactor, over at Bungie.net, for pointing it out.
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Clan Electrik – they’ll light you up.
plumpy writes to point out the website for Clan Electrik, a Halo PC clan in Utah. Nice looking website (should have entered it in the CarnageReport contest) – check ’em out!
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Bits and Bytes from Gearbox
rapture saved you the trouble of reading the Gearbox forums by pulling out a raft of interesting tidbits posted by Gearbox employees; info about the next HPC patch, teasers about easter eggs, info about the editing tools… go look. Then thank rapture.
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So Far Behind He’s Ahead
Today’s One One Se7en continue’s the thread started on Monday – how many shots do we need to take at Halo PC’s framerate, anyway? (I mean… it’s not like it’s a fast-moving target…) We’ve also added a Guest Queue approximate wait time, to let strip creators know what they’re in for when they submit a…
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I Thought We Were On The No Call List!
OMGWTF – 500 years in the future, and we’re STILL getting cold calls? Halo: Resolution looks at one possible solution.
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The Mysterious Utah Halo Tourney
Chase writes about a Halo Tournament in West Jordan, Utah, on February 6. It’s called the Blue Pheonix (no, I didn’t spell that wrong). It had a website… but it seems to be gone already. Now you know what I know.
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Pretty Pics for your screen
Seven desktop images for you today on the Wallpaper page, clearing out the queue. Better than last time! A word of warning – a couple of these come dangerously close to failing to meet our image posting guidelines… please, if you’re submitting artwork, read the guidelines. Thanks!
