Author: Louis Wu

Another first – Getting completely OFF the map on the level Halo. Folks have gotten to the tops of the mountains in the Reunion Tour section (and even ALMOST to the top in the Flawless Cowboy section, though the jeep loses power before you peak, and drops back down)… but nobody’s documented getting OFF the…

Cal has turned in another series of pics – this time, he’s put 4 ghosts and two warthogs upstairs in a Sidewinder base. Pretty pictures (though less useful in multiplay than, say, filling a Blood Gulch base – there’s no flag to block up here) – and some interesting physics glitches when a jeep gets…

We’ve gotten requests a number of times for pointers to the symbols used in the difficulty screens at the start of Halo (most recently, this morning). We’d put this page up back in October… but the images are somewhat small. To make life easier for those attempting to use these symbols in clan websites or…

It’s Cortana Day at Tru7h and Reconciliation! Bungie has put up new storyboards (for a major Cortana scene), Cortana voice outtakes, and an interview with Jen Taylor, the voice of Cortana! (The interview will show you a glimpse of Matt Soell’s odder side… but it will also give you some good info on Jen, the…

The Warthog jump movie got a mention (thanks, Tarrsk) on Penny Arcade, among other places… my guess is, demand is not going to die down any time soon. (And download numbers are rather high, according to a couple of mirror hosters…) With all that in mind, we want to thank Dukeman330 for adding another mirror,…

Rather than reword it badly, I’m just gonna shamelessly suck text from the AIAS site:The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) today announced the finalists for the 5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards. Halo: Combat Evolved for the Xbox, developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft, and ICO for the Playstation 2 (PS2), developed by…

MaxThndr turns in Chapters II and III of Halo II: The Ardan Landings – again, spoiler warnings for those who haven’t played Halo yet. Check ’em out in the Fan Fiction section (or read the whole series at once).

R.G.’s Warthog Jump movie, showing the stockpiling of large numbers of explosive devices and their potential effect on heavy equipment, has inspired other Halo engineers. TitaniumPez has taken a few pictures showing how to bring the Scorpion, previously useless once you reach the pillars after the ice area of Assault on the Control Room, just…

The first mirror for the Dukes of Halo vid has popped up – jump on over to the Psyjnir Complex Hotline server for either the medium or small versions. (And while you’re on the net, fire up a web browser and read the funnies at the Complex’s website…)

Reidbo has put up a small movie called ‘Dukes of Halo’, based on the intro to the TV series ‘Dukes of Hazzard’. Stays true to the original, and has a few nice jeep launches (Bo would be proud). There are two versions – a 320×240 version that weighs in at 6.3 mb, or a 240×180…

Heh – take your lanfest to the Next Level. The Bay Area Halo Players Group have put together a pretty slick website for the Battle of the Bay, an upcoming lanfest in San Francisco. They’re looking for 48 Halo players to participate – they’ve got Bungie-supplied swag to give away, and the Official Xbox Magazine…

We’ve put our first image up on the One-Shots page… not so much because we were ready for it to go live yet, but because we received a submission of similar pics for the Gameplay Tricks section, and wanted to make sure that credit went where credit was due. You’ll find Roman’s Ostrich pic on…

Supreme War Master T’soll Vorskray grinned with delight as the last of the pathetic human battle ships was obliterated, the Gods surely smiled upon his forces on this glorious day.Corbantis revisits the Fall of Reach… from the point of view of those who DIDN’T make the jump to Halo. Check out ‘The Tides of War…

Yeroen put up a note about the World Championship Halo League (self-titled) – they’re trying to secure sponsorship so that they can offer cash prizes in their online Halo tournaments… but in the meantime, you can sign up for online play (via Gamespy Tunnel) at the W.C.H.L’s website. Good luck to these guys! (A small…

PTM dropped us a note to let us know that Halo Online now has their forum online. You can find it here.

Due to the overwhelming number of people who are complaining that they can’t view the movies on this site, we’ve added a QuickTime movie question to our FAQ. If someone asks this question on our forum, or on a different forum, feel free to point them to this entry. (And speaking of QuickTime movies, the…

The list of mirrors for the Warthog Jump video has been getting hard to follow, so we’ve made it a little easier to figure out what’s where. Here’s a full list, broken down by which version is mirrored and what protocol is needed to get it. For all those having trouble seeing it – this…

TeamXbox has an article about the cooperative agreement between Microsoft and Del Rey books – based on the success of ‘Halo: The Fall of Reach’, Del Rey plans to put out 2-3 more books this fall, and 6 titles in 2003. Most interesting to readers of THIS site:Three new novels are tentatively planned for release…

Tom’s Hardware Guide has put up an article on the Xbox, and includes a 2-page overview of Halo, among other games. It’s not really a review… but it’s a nice read, written from a hardware junkie’s perspective. They liked it. (Thanks to XNOR for pointing it out, and DeAdLy_cOoKiE (whoa, twice in a week) for…

Even more mirrors! First, for Cal’s Blood Gulch Tower movie:Unsys.com (thanks, Doum) Mythica.org (thanks again, Brian) One more Warthog Jump mirror has surfaced, as well – Rampancy.net is serving up the hi-res version. (Thanks!) We’ll compile full mirror lists for both movies later today.