Author: Louis Wu

Recently, Ghôlsbane extracted the vector-format weapons schematics from the Halo Manual. We’ve tossed them up for you to grab, if you’re so inclined.

Fan Fiction entries from this weekend: Liberation, part 10, by Hoju Legend Hunting, part 1, by Dispraiser Under the sergeant’s cap, part 4, by Traumatised Marine Spartans: The War on Solstice, part 1, by Shadow X A New Year’s Day, part 10, by Guilty Spark Force 81, part 6, by NobleWard What are you waiting…

Yesterday, Bowser posted a note to our forum explaining how a slow run through the Maw seemed to gain extra time at Foe Hammer’s pickup site. Some experimentation showed the limits of this feature. Here’s a short film (23 seconds, 1.4 mb, QT format) showing a gain of almost a minute. The situation is this:…

Links around the Halo universe… there are lots. Chris Hamilton pointed out his new Halo site, Proximity Zero. It’s devoted to Halo 2 info. He plans to buy a domain name if the community grows enough, so go visit! Also, OrangeMC pointed out that the family of Halo sites at forerunners.org isn’t listed in our…

Another pair of Halo 2 covers for our collection – one is from Spikedadragon, the other from Z77. It’s getting to be a big collection!

Again, we had to filter out a number of images, but the remainder (four pieces, plus variations) can be found in our Miscellaneous Art section. Some nice stuff!

Heh – pu1l found a NEW .fortune message (if you don’t know what a .fortune message is, check the Easter Eggs page). We like this one.

Beginning to clear out the artwork backlog… first up: desktop images. Three new ones (and several that didn’t meet the newly posted guidelines) – check ’em out in the Wallpaper section.

More action figure goodness… this time, right from the source. Check out the story at b.net, including a nice shot of a Cortana figure prototype. (A tad too sexy for my taste… but she ain’t done yet.) Thanks to mnemesis for the heads-up.

Whoa – we forgot to get back to it. Thanks to archon, at the Marathon’s Story Page forum, for reminding us. A week ago, some Halo dogtags (from Japan) went up for auction at eBay. They closed a couple of days ago for $77.02. Now THERE’S a nice profit.

Nice find. Brandon Tyler points out an article at Yahoo which details the agreement between Racing Champions Ertl (a marketer of collectibles) and Microsoft to create collectible figures and vehicles based on Halo (among other games). No dates have been given.

scibot3 points out his new Halo site, Bungie Halo. Currently, the Weapons section is the most fleshed out, but he plans to add content continuously. Check it out!

For all those who’ve submitted artwork, fiction, movies, in the last few days – apologies for the delay in posting. It’s a holiday weekend, and we have relatives in town. I was hoping to get to much of it Sunday afternoon… didn’t happen. Monday, as well, looks booked up. I might get some time, but…

It took a few days, but a mechanism has been set up whereby Bungie community members who would like to contribute to the Brian Morden Recovery Fund can do so. Check this page for details.

Now this is a pretty cool glitch. In answer to the old chestnut “If a tree falls in a forest, and nobody’s around to hear it, does it make a sound?”, SaFruk discovered that on at least one multiplayer map, the answer is ‘No.’ Toss a couple of plasma grenades on a dead body on…

Whoa – can’t wait to see a bigger version. Dulaman87 noticed that the Ballantine entry for Halo: The Flood (the next Halo novel) now has all-new cover art. Is that the Master Chief with his helmet off? Update: Thanks to the more than half-dozen people who sent links to this picture (made local here in…

A Covenant anatomy project? Looks that way. Check out the details here, and get on the stick helping Shishka out.

Most movies we post are either fun gameplay vids, or trick exploits… this one’s different. ArakniZ took the time to build, step by step, a tutorial for Warthog Jumping. If you already know how to do this, don’t bother downloading the movie. This one’s for the folks who periodically pop up on our forum, asking…

Whoa – I’m slow sometimes. Bungie’s Letters to the Webmaster have been updated. He’s in top form. Or something. It’s even Halo-related. Go. (Thanks, Miguel.)

New to our forum? Shishka just wrote up a guide which should help newcomers fit in to the existing community. It’s not a set of rules… just a series of suggestions. Definitely worth a read.