Author: Louis Wu

Gordi turns in another chapter of his unnamed series – this one is called ‘Whiskey Nine’. It’s good – read it. Fan Fiction section, of course.

Quick note; for those sending in submissions for our Tips and Tricks section, please don’t lose hope; I’m still on the road, and won’t be able to add these before the middle of next week, when I arrive home again. I haven’t lost them, though!

Germain Couët turns in another large image for use as a desktop – check it out in our Wallpaper section.

Halo: A Strange Tale, Part 2 enters our Fan Fiction collection – and aside from some spelling anomalies, it seems to want to tie Marathon into Halo a tad more tightly. Check it out.

Battleground: Halo’s new layout is now live. Check it out.

In a briefly worded post, Marty O’Donnell clarifies the status of the Halo Soundtrack project:1 CD All Halo music soon(tm) Yep, we’re droolin…

Gasmask sends in the first installment of ‘Halo: A Strange Tale’, looking at the exploits of the MC and Cortana about 6 months after Halo. Check it out in our Fan Fiction section!

Games Radar has an article on the Japanese launch of the Xbox – Release date is set for February 22, and launch price is 34,800 yen (a little over $250). Even though shooters aren’t as popular in Japan as they are in the US, it’s still a little surprising that Halo is not a launch…

Heh – Mark Levin points out this page, devoted to an Xbox emulator. Sounds exciting… except that the screenshot of the emulator showing Halo in action looks… somewhat familiar. Okay, REALLY familiar. In fact, I don’t think you can actually REPRODUCE this scene in the shipping version of Halo. Ah, well… careful what you download.…

Reg Juice Schultz, Vitamin and KillGore =PN= all dropped us notes to let us know that Games Domain has posted a ‘Preview’ of PC Halo. There’s really not a lot of information there… and whatever decent speculation you MIGHT find is diminished in value by the final line:Expect more details on the acclaimed title update…

Chmee writes to point out that Battleground: Halo is being revamped. The front page says only ‘Reformat in Progress’… Update: SonicStorm, of BGH, has asked us to adjust our post to respect BGH’s privacy until the new site design is live. Keep an eye on them for developments.

Tom Murphy releases two Fan Fiction articles; the third installment of Pride and Honor (depressing) and a satire called ‘Halo: A Comedy’ (a little depressing, as well, for how close to reality it comes). Check ’em out in our Fan Fiction section!

For those who didn’t notice, the Halo Story Page processed a slew of submissions yesterday… several sections got updates. Make it a daily (or almost-daily) stop!

Gaming Age has a Quick Poll – Game of the Year? Halo is currently leading (with Grand Theft Auto 3 close behind). Go vote! Thanks to op_ivy for the heads-up.

Get Into The Game has put up the transcript of the chat with Chris Butcher… and it’s a great read! Lot’s o’ good technical info… and some silliness:i am tyler durden does the Master Chief wear boxers or briefs? chris butcher [peeks] let’s just say he’s the ultimate commando Go read the rest; chock-full of…

Forum regular *Ar-Isildur of *WP* is hosting an end-of-chemo party that focuses on Halo – read the details here. 24 hours of Halo goodness… it’s gonna be worth the trip.

Miguel Chavez points out that Bungie.net has put up a new QuickPoll – who do you think is going to win the Bungie Pentathlon this Friday? Before you vote for the best-named team (Online Cinematesticle – made up of the Online, Cinematics, and Test teams), remember that multigenarian Marty O’Donnell will be anchoring the tug-of-war.

Images dance past, flashing by at increasing speed until he cannot begin to decipher what they might be. Next come the lights, expanding into thin lines stretching endlessly, arcing behind some unseen horizon. As he watches, they bend and ripple against each other, dissolving amongst the rainbow spectrum like the pattern of waves crisscrossing one…

Interesting MacWorld tidbit: During downtimes at the MacOSX Gaming presentation area, a movie looped all day, showing footage from current and upcoming Mac games. One of the clips showed Halo… footage from the E3 2000 movie. At the bottom was written ‘Halo: Published by Bold by Destineer’. Luckily, Peter Tamte of Bold was on hand…

Inside Mac Games caught up with Peter Tamte here at MacWorld yesterday… and one of their topics of conversation was Halo. As for Halo, Tamte confirmed what Microsoft has been saying: Halo will come to the Mac. Other than that, no details were forthcoming whether Bold will publish it. Not a lot of info… but…