Author: Louis Wu

In an uncharacteristically patient (for this subject) post, Matt Soell elaborates on the reasons that information about the PC version of Halo hasn’t been forthcoming – definitely worth a read for those impatient for new info or confirmation of the project’s continued existence. Thanks, Matt!

That’s a lot of copies… Halo sales, according to information released by Microsoft at the Computer Electronics Show (via Wired Magazine) have topped 750,000 copies in the first 2 months of availability. Not too shabby! Thanks to Mr. Yun for the article heads-up.

Heads-up to all: I’m finally (after a pretty long day on planes) in San Francisco… until tomorrow, I don’t have much of an internet connection, so don’t expect too much in the way of updates. (Crux is around, though…) Tomorrow should be better.

Psyrixx needs more sleep. Definitely. (Preferably without dreams…)

We’ve added the 65 screenshots (LADEN with spoilers) from the GamePro Strategy Guide we mentioned a couple of days ago to the Screenshots Database. Enjoy!

The Halo Story Page gets its first submission… Biblical connotations everywhere! Check it out.

Heh – turns out the Editor of Amazon.com’s ‘Xbox Delivers’ feature (a newsletter delivered to over 100,000 Amazon visitors) is a Halo fan – this week’s note is devoted to Halo, and all the goodies you can get with it. Take a look!

Torsten Kuhnke points out an interesting little passage on this page; a writer named John Tynes is apparently working in a writing capacity on a Bungie Xbox game that’s due out in about a year. [Best guess: Phoenix.] Scroll down about 6 paragraphs:Happily, my writing work for Bungie Studios at Microsoft has resumed just in…

The first two entries to our Gameplay Tricks page have been added; both have been seen before, but we’re starting to get organized. DT_Spike’s vehicle collection on Blood Gulch has been moved over from its random location… and the page created by Ben Kane, formerly hosted at Geocities, is here now. Check ’em out!

Game Critics has put up not one, but two Halo reviews – and they’re different enough that they both make the Reviews listing here at HBO. One maintainer was disappointed by the compromises induced by the Xbox conversion, the other raved about Halo’s playability. Check ’em both out!

Blam!… At long last, the Halo SETI Marines regain a position (to 61) in the Battle of the Teams, halting a multi-week downward slide. No new team members… just a readjustment of the SETI servers, it seems. However, the total number of Marines who turned in a unit this week is down – are you…

As though called by the upcoming new ‘Tips and Tricks’ section, Ben Kane has updated his collection of odd places in Halo, including easy-to-follow visual directions for getting to the top of 343 Guilty Spark without jumping on the dropship. More to come, it seems… but start here!

Been a long time coming… but this old site finally got a solid shaking-up. Everything’s been reorganized to be easier to find… and new sections, for new content, have FINALLY been added. The chunk you want to be looking at is labeled ‘Game Fun’ over in the navbar to your left… the brand-spanking-new Halo Story…

Uriel points out that GamePro has put up a pretty nice little Halo Guide (complete with a whopping 65 screenshots) for your playing pleasure. WARNING: There are major story spoilers here; do not read this unless you’ve finished the game (or are completely stuck somewhere). We’ll add the screenies to our database in the near…

haloXperience has gone live, a bit ahead of schedule. It’s not all there yet… but they’re pretty enthusiastic; if you read German, go visit!

Kapitsa’s finger jerked backwards. Hard. Covenant fighters began to take damage and explode. The Viper’s 400-megajoule laser began sending pulsed, invisible, and deadly rays of energy towards the Covenant fighters. Flores’ Viper opened up, too. More great fanfic from Kellen Squire – life on the edge of the combat theatre. Check out ‘Jericho VII -…

Tom Murphy sends in Part 2 of his ‘Pride and Honor’ series… strong hints of Steakley in there. A good read! You’ll find it, and lots more, in our Fan Fiction section.

Ben Kane and Greg Mouland have managed to get on top of Truth and Reconciliation… not much up there. You can find pics at Ben’s Geocities site. They’re still working on new stuff! (Oh, and for folks having trouble getting on top of the Dropship to jump to the top of 343 Guilty Spark -…

Razorback drops off a cool pic from the cover of a Portuguese magazine, BGamer – he wants to know where they found it. Me? I wanna know where I can get a bigger version.

David Candland admits to ignorance of Shakespeare (or maybe it’s just innocence… nah) with regard to one of the Outtakes posted yesterday at the Truth and Reconciliation site. And he acknowledges that lone marine on the hill… Dave, you’re supposed to stay tight-lipped, geez.