Author: Louis Wu

Apologies for the news blackout of the last 36 hours – HBO HQ was host to a 15-player lanfest yesterday (guests started arriving at 9 am, we closed the last door around 11 pm), so updating took a second seat. 🙂 In that time, Computer Gaming World columnist Jeff Green put up an article at…

A month ago, Xbox Au posted a Halo review – they said it was derivative, but gave it a 9.4. They’ve now yanked that review, and written a new one – score has dropped to 8.8. (They were unhappy with the short replay value. Guess nobody told them about the exploration possibilities.) We’ve adjusted our…

New Wallpapers at Bungie’s Tru7h and Reconciliation site – six images, in four resolutions each. (Spoiler warning is necessary for the last one.) Check ’em out!

Heh – it’s not every day that fans find out something that BUNGIE didn’t know… three weeks ago, Matt Soell created the Rumor Control Database in an effort to debunk the most common (false) rumors concerning Halo that have been circulating the internet. One of the most persistent has been “If you beat the game…

Loren Judah has turned in another desktop image – this time Hunter-based. You’ll find it (in two resolutions) in our Wallpaper section.

Another pair of Halo reviews has come to our attention: Xbox Advanced and Gamespot UK. We’ve added both to the Reviews database. Thanks to EssBee and DT_Spike, respectively, for the heads-ups.

Tarrsk posted a very nice MC sketch to our forum – we’ve added it (and two partial sketches, showing the progress of the work) to our Miscellaneous Art section.

The daily Fan Fiction influx: Banserki’s Journal, Part 4, by Sarge The Hell of War, Part 4, by Jaywhit10 Covenant War, by Slith The Rookie, Part 2, by The British Commando Order of the Seraphim, Part 3, by Jehkoh I’m also impressed by the level of feedback being given on the Fan Fiction entries -…

Djoey.154 sends in version 2 of his Halo Winamp skin – again, since we don’t have a downloads section, you’ll find this in the Miscellaneous Art section.

That Weasel Television has mirrored 3 flavors of ‘Halo: The Movie’, and both flavors of the Rocket Dance video, for anyone having trouble getting any of these films. This community is great. (The ‘Halo: The Movie’ mirror list has been updated – and hopefully I’ll actually compile a Rocket Dance mirror list today.) Update: Mirror…

Five new writing bits for you:The Mutant’s Ode and An Elite’s Eye View (poems) by Gasmask Roughneck Two-Zero Chapter One and Chapter Two, by Anthony Coronado The Rookie, Chapter 1 by The British CommandoIt’s coming in almost faster than I can read it – are the rest of you keeping up? Keep your eyes on…

Two more mirrors for the Rocket Dance vid (high-res only):Allenthar’s mac.com spaceMatt Hanlon’s personal serverI’ll compile a full list soon – thanks, guys!

More mirror links! Jop Peters has graciously agreed to host the .wmv version of ‘Halo: The Movie’ (his space on endoria.net was already home to both .mov versions), and MFG Angel, of Bungie.de, has put up all three versions, as well. Finally, Narcogen has put up a larger iteration of the re-encoded version of the…

More movie info – Rampancy.net (now at rampancy.synfibers.com, since the dns is still hosed) has put up a 9 mb, 480×320 version of ‘Halo: The Movie’ – it’s actually 240×180 doubled, but the compression’s decent, and it looks good. Nice choice for limited bandwidth users. It’s been added to the mirrors page. Also, Brian Towne…

Three more tricks for you in the Gameplay Tricks section – pete_the_duck does some exploring on Halo and Silent Cartographer. More coming soon!

LaZ_EyE has submitted another pair of desktop images – this time in muted greys. Check ’em out in our Wallpaper section.

StormSinger turns in another great render – this time it’s pistol ammo. You’ll find it in our Miscellaneous Art section.

When it rains, it pours… we’ve got another one, and this one’s worth watching, too! It’s a gameplay vid, not a cinematic piece… but it’s got some laugh-out-loud footage in it. It was recorded by Ian Haddock during last weekend’s Battle of the Bay… and man, now I wanna play 16-player rockets-only on Blood Gulch!…

Mirror, mirror, everywhere… if the 27 mb version of ‘Halo: The Movie’ is too much for you, we’ve added a 9.4 mb version that’s just a bit more compressed. (Still pretty good to watch.) In addition, CYBRFRK has re-encoded it to .wmv format – this one’s only 5.6 mb, and is probably the way to…

Another The Halo Movie mirror – this time in France. Thanks, Firfin, of Halo-game.com! (We’ve added it to the mirror page.)