Author: Louis Wu

Cowboy Leo recently dropped off a new Logo enhancement for us – we’ve added it to our Logos page.

A couple of Halo reviews have surfaced recently… JJBok spotted one over at Gamer Chickz, and Blue’s News noted one at Game Basement. We’ve added both to our Reviews Database.

Brian Josselyn, aka Blackstar, has put together a couple of movies for your viewing pleasure. The first is a trick with relatively far-reaching implications – what are the limits on projectile flight? (This has been added to the Tricks queue, as well.) You can find some interesting discussion about this movie on our forum. The…

A few days ago, Sno mentioned his Ultimate Tiporium on our forum. It’s not only Halo material, but there is a Halo page there. Some of the tips use techniques that Vidmasters might scorn… but sometimes, it’s whatever keeps you alive! Take a look.

Overshadowed just a little bit by the official MS PR announcement about PC Halo was an update to the Screenshot Captions section of Bungie’s Tru7h and Reconciliation site. There are 4 new photos… and some of ’em just make you want to break in to Bungie Headquarters and steal that dev kit. First heads-up props…

Whoa… back. Sort of. First off, I’d like to thank Count Zero for the backup this week – he kept the site running while I was incommunicado (unexpectedly so – who’da thunk that I wouldn’t be able to find something faster than a 19200 connection in Bakersfield… or even any time to log in with…

Dang, almost forgot – this came in on Saturday, but we were so busy playing Halo that I never put it up. 🙁 NevaFuse and Spike Lee made (and are hosting) a movie called ‘Blur of Halo’. It’s a Warthog Jump vid, in .wmv format; it’s 8.8 mb, and a bit over a minute long.…

That Weasel writes to say that he’s put up a mirror of ‘Hamlet’ at That Weasel Television, and n3m has temporarily put up a European mirror of ‘The Castle’, as well; it’s always nice to have multiple options! (And Psyrixx wrote to berate us for forgetting Bungie Day on Sunday… don’t worry, we noticed.)

Culture comes to HBO – The Master Chief stars in Hamlet, a new movie trailer by Warbow. (A cookie to anyone who can tell where Blackstar helped out…) This one gets the HBO Seal of Approval. You’ll find it at Mythica.org (where else?). 4 megs, in QT5 format – check it out!

Jester has written up a summary of the Northwest Regional Halo Tournament, held at the end of June in Boise. You can read it at The Psyjnir Complex. Congrats to the HALOID Elite!

It’s the last Fan Fiction for a few days – Spartan415 has turned in Chapter 7 of The Lost Spartan. I’m going to be out of town for a few days, and while it’s POSSIBLE that I’ll find time to process fan fiction, it’s rather unlikely. Enjoy!

Built-up Fan Fiction:There is Another, chapter 2, by Chris Reebe Ascendant Part VI, by Archangel’s Blade The Halo Saga, by Ariel Razon Little Round Top, by Anthony Coronado Rise To Honor, part 7, by Shadow A Second Last Chance, Chapter 5 and Chapter 6, by Torch99 The Halo Saga has been split into 5 pieces…

‘Freedom to Kill’ Quick Update: We’ve set up a webcam showing the gameplay on one of the screens here – a beautiful projector image provided by Freewill. There’s no guarantee that what you see will be interesting… but you’ll see what we see, refreshed every 30 seconds. 😉 (We may actually move the camera around…

Gonna be scarce around here for a bit… but here’s some Fan Fiction to keep you busy:Rogue Enemies (several parts), by Spartan415 Pre-Op – The battle of Beta Tucanae, by Knight Premier Titan, part 1, by Jaywhit10 The Aftermath, part 3, by Gasmask Enjoy your weekend!

Music4Games.net has reviewed the Halo Soundtrack… and it’s definitely worth a read. It’s not an album you’ll find in your record store’s easy listening section, they say: This soundtrack really highlights the importance and difference between writing great “game music”, as opposed to simply writing great music that’s used in a game. They didn’t love…

Fourth of July Fan Fiction:Rise To Honor, chapter 6, by Shadow The Brethren of Saturn, chapter 4, by Lynnada There is Another, chapter 1, by Chris Reebe That’s all for today – back to enjoying the holiday!

We don’t get many of these any more, but Scott Dyer has sent in 3 new modifications of the Halo (Combat Evolved) logo. You’ll find ’em in our Logos section!

Fireworks-filled Fan Fiction on this Fourth of July:Order of the Seraphim, chapter 4, by Jehkoh Halo 2: The Fallen, by Mike Foreman My Funny Little Life: In the Beginning,, by SkyRyan1 Halo: The Forerunner Chronicles, chapter 2, by Anthony Coronado The Lost Spartan, chapter 6, by Spartan415 And just in time for our 547th entry…

Juicy Bungie goodness – on the one hand, we’ve got the next chapter of Bungie’s Halo Legendary Walkthrough, created by CandyMan – Assault on the Control Room never looked so gorgeous. (mnemesis, who pointed out all the nice links, especially wanted you to notice Sarge, the incredible one-handed sniper.) On the other hand, we have…

Skeletor noticed a hardcover version of the Fall of Reach on the Bungie Webcam (saved for posterity here) – and Matt Soell dished up a few details about this version. If you want it, you gotta buy 6 books for the price of one…