Author: Louis Wu

Heh – very cool. Deimosâ„¢, of Subnova, has managed to get the Warthog back to the very start of the level Halo – follow this link, then head to the bottom of his ‘Halo fun page’ for a pic. (We’ll be adding this to the One-Shots page in the near future.)

Another mirror for the Warthog Jump movies just surfaced – thanks to Steve Campbell, who put them both (hi and low-res) up via Hotline at hl.forerunners.org. Mmm… resumable downloads…

MaxThndr drops off Chapter 1 of his new ‘Halo II: The Ardan Landings’ series. (Warning – there ARE story spoilers in this one.) We’d like to make a request of Fan Fiction writers – we’d like to ask that if you decide to write chaptered stories (as a huge percentage of you do), that you…

Hmm… this is interesting. If you’ve ever headed back to the start of Silent Cartographer after activating the Cartographer (that is, rather than getting into the dropship that would end the level), you’ll find that all the Marines you’d left near the start were dead. (Presumably, they were slaughtered by random Covs you managed to…

More movie mirrors… Tim writes that he’s got the hi-res warthog jump movie up on maserati.ca, and Vector40 has put up a copy of Cal’s ‘Climbing Blood Gulch in a Ghost’ (in .rm format, same as Psyjnir’s mirror) at The Junkyard. (Cal has also – temporarily – put up a copy on his own server.)…

More video material – Cal, a frequent contributor to our Gameplay Tricks section, has made a low-resolution movie showing how he got a ghost up to the Tower in Blood Gulch. If you can help him with the hosting of this 3.5 mb movie, drop him a line!

Mirrors for the Warthog Jump movie: Psyjnir Complex Hotline (Hi-res – Files>Halo>Movies>halo_warthog_jump_.mov) Mythica.org (Hi-res – thanks, Brian!) bungie.org mirror (lo-res only) Original site (both, for now – low-res-only soon) More as we hear of ’em! (This one’s really worth seeing, if that wasn’t clear already. Check the praise in this forum thread.) Quick Update: Drew…

Okay, put your coffee down (and anything else nearby that might spill), and run, don’t walk, over to this directory. Randy Glass has made one of the funniest fan vids I’ve ever seen – a brilliant combination of Halo footage and miscellaneous sounds and music… it simply MUST be seen to be believed. (Remember, he…

A couple of Wallpapers came in recently – the SocketError Team dropped off another one (sort of hurts my eyes after a while), and the BlargMaster whipped up a nice image using Strykerwolf’s new Counter-Strike skin. You can find both of these in the Wallpaper section.

Tom Murphy turns in Part 3… hmm, half of Part 1… well, the next bit of the ‘Casualties of War’ series. You can read the latest piece alone, or the series as a whole – whatever’s easiest for you. Don’t forget to tell him what you think!

The Halo SETI Marines continue to hold steady at 61 in the Battle of the Teams – the big mover today was Rogue Spartan IV, who leapt into the top 600 in his second week on the team. Are YOU moving? Check the 7 day stats page to see!

If you want a good laugh, check out the bottom of the boot of the new Counter-Strike Master Chief skin created by Strykerwolf. He’s made it easy for you… he’s posted a link to a pic in a recent forum post. (The REAL MC, btw, has Marcus Lehto’s initials burned in.)

The long-awaited Halo Story Page Level Transcripts are beginning to appear again… Level 5, Assault On The Control Room, went up about 3 minutes ago. Don’t forget – if you find/know of additional text, feel free to send it to the Halo Story Page crew! Update: Level 6 (343 Guilty Spark) has now been added,…

Thanks to DeAdLy_cOoKiE (whoa, did I just say that?) for pointing out a new Halo review at MGON – they loved it. We’ve added it to our Reviews section – total currently stands at 68 reviews, with an average score of 94.5%!

Metafire, aka Frogblast on our forum, has given us permission to mirror some of the tricks found on his Exploration pages. We’ve added four new collections to our Gameplay Tricks section – an illustration of a climbing route up Silent Cartographer (not requiring explosives), a route out of Truth and Reconciliation, and a pair of…

potatorobot writes to say that he’s created a side-scroller called ‘Zalo: Combat Devolved’ – it’s a parody of Halo, “the world’s best game”. More information – and a download link for a Windows executable – can be found here. (The HBO staff hasn’t tested this game yet.)

Heh – Aaron Suhr made a short movie showing a pretty nifty way of killing a Banshee. I’ve never had that sort of luck…

Hibiki points out that the Counter-Strike skin that Strykerwolf has been working on is now finished, and posted at Polycount. Go check it out – if you play C-S, you MUST get this skin!

Kaworu Nagisa submits a gorgeous pair of images for use as wallpaper – they’re actually a bit small for my desktop, but they’re both really nicely done. Check ’em out in our Wallpaper section.

Some of you might remember a site called ‘The Online Universe’ – it disappeared from the Halo scene last summer sometime. It’s back, renamed as The Gaming Universe, and there’s a new Halo Question of the Week – stop by and make your opinion known.