Author: Louis Wu

I guess even the Fan Fiction writers got caught up in the E3 content craze – there are only four stories for you today: True Purpose(4), by Frensa Geran ONI Black Ops Part Five, by Havok Foresaken Forefathers Part Two: Righteous Rebirth, by Havok and AlphaBravo343 Halo 2: The Wraiths part two: New Friends, by…

And 8 art pieces for you… check the Miscellaneous Art section.

So much Halo 2/Halo PC goodness… we’ve neglected the staple parts of this site for too long. First up, desktop images. There are 5 of ’em for you. Check the Wallpaper section. (There are some real classics in there…)

Nick has posted the full 1280×960 un-watermarked versions of the 6 Halo 2 shots released yesterday on our forum. (ShackNews put them up yesterday in this format, as well – it’s nice when sites are willing to distribute press material without branding it or altering the size…)

IGN has put up 8 clips, over 40 megabytes worth of material, of gameplay in PC Halo, including views of new maps, and the use of the fuel rod cannon. As of right now, it’s not Insider-protected. Go check ’em out! (Thanks to Bullseye for the heads-up.)

In a stunningly sudden series of events, another Halo egg has been found… all in a day, sort of. Read the story on the Eggs page. A weird symbol, noticed 17 months ago, brought up again and again over the past year and a half… and then BOOM – identified (well, almost) by a threesome…

While we were sleeping – er, crashing, Bungie put up another desktop on their Wallpapers page. (Last image on the page.) You know… that sure looks like S’pht writing in the background, to me…

Batfink has created an MC model – and applied it as a dog, as well as the standard shape. Pretty funny stuff!

Evil Otto chimes in to a thread concerning a mark on the bottom of the pistol. It’s a bad time to ask – a number of the crew are down in LA at E3 – but it’s likely that this image is deliberate, and it’s possible that this image is actually an egg. More as…

So, seeing as how it’s a slow news day, Finn decided that it might be a good time to take care of a few little Halo Story Page posts. Well… maybe more than a few. Okay, if you really want to know… 29. There. Happy? Geez. (He didn’t even have the decency to stop at…

Dang – wouldn’t you know it? Bungie has updated their Truth and Reconciliation site with new Halo PC screens – and because they love you so much, there are three never-before-seen images in there. Go get ’em!

Likely, anybody who went poking around after downloading the clips alraeady saw this… but we figured we should mention it, just for completeness’ sake. IGN posted their demo impressions late last night. Man, even after seeing the trailer, I’m droolin’ over the writeup. Check it out.

To all the people sending in versions of the Gamespot/IGN movies, for wider distribution, two things:It is totally against our policy to distribute material that is restricted by its owner.It’s totally unclear to me whether Gamespot and IGN even had PERMISSION to tape the press conference footage last night… the release I saw stated ‘no…

Okay, everyone’s jonesin’ for some Halo 2 goodness, and not everyone’s gettin’ their fix… but the old world must go on, as well. Mythica’s server load is back down to human levels, so it’s time to release another movie. This one’s called ‘Bein’ Green’ – and it sets some basic MC action to a backdrop…

If you’ve got a PC, and you’d like to hear a live interview with Randy Pitchford, President of Gearbox (the folks bringing you PC Halo), then stop by Gamespy, pick up a copy of the Gamespy Arcade software (Windows only), and tune in tomorrow morning at 11 am pacific (18:00 UTC) for the goodness. If…

For those not willing (or able) to download the IGN or Gamespot full trailers, and not happy about waiting until the web version is released to the world, we’ve put together a transcript of the dialogue. There are a few holes (and we’re happy to get submissions to fill them), but all in all, it’ll…

More Gamespot Halo 2 coverage: there’s a Halo 2 Impressions article (you can compare it to mnemesis’ piece here) and two new Halo 2 trailers – one for basic subscribers, one for paying subscribers. Unfortunately, the video downloads REQUIRE a PC – they’re handled by a protected delivery system that has no Macintosh software available.…

Recently, there has been some discussion about a pair of screenshots for PC Halo that have appeared (one each) in the current issues of Computer Games Magazine and Computer Gaming Monthly. For those who can’t wait until June for us to post the press scans, the shots are now online at Microsoft’s PC Halo site:…

Gamespot has posted 6 spankin’ new screenshots of Halo 2 – and all I can say is, bumpmapping is astounding stuff. You must see these. Thanks to Ross Mills for the heads-up. Update: these images are also available (at a smaller size, but without the gamespot imprint) from the IGN media page.

For those of you who want a more in-depth description of the teaser itself, our very own mnemesis was there… and wrote up his impressions a couple of hours ago. There are no pictures, other than the ones his words will paint in your mind… but for those who have to wait to see the…