Author: Louis Wu

When Scott Edwin woke up again he blinked, remembered, and looked down. Or rather, he tried to look down, but couldn’t, because he was lying on his back.Find out what happened to poor Scott in Chapter 1 of Aragorn918’s ongoing ‘The Sceptre’, found in our Fan Fiction section. Don’t forget to leave him feedback!

Gotta stop that pokin’… This time it turned up a Halo review at Gamers.com. It’s a nicely written rave:Featuring as many shocking and exciting plot twists as Metal Gear Solid 2, Halo sheds the ultra-stealth focus of that title and replaces it with white-knuckle intensity Goldeneye wishes it had. They don’t list an editorial number…

While poking around in German sites I can’t read, I discovered a number of screenshots I’d never seen before at Halomedia – they’re not attributed to anyone, but they’re very high quality – absolutely worth a look. We’ve added them to our Screenshots database. (Don’t miss the obligatory Matrix shot…) Update: Uriel writes to say…

A few days ago, the German site GameStar put up a small article covering 4 launch titles for the Xbox. Halo gets the thumbs up (not really a suprise), but the real reason for this mention was a pair of screens they put up – well, one, in particular. We’ve added both to our Screenshots…

Bungie’s Achronos put up a few tips concerning GameSpy Tunnel software and playing Halo – if you’re experiencing high lag, read this for suggestions. (FWIW, we played a couple of three-player games (two Xboxes) last night using this software, with only minor glitches. I was WISHING for my opponents to get lagged…)

Two months ago, Uriel submitted our first German fan fiction. He’s now translated it into English – if you don’t read German, go check out Beyond Paradise now, in our Fan Fiction section.

Deimosâ„¢, from Subnova, dropped us a line to point out a new desktop he’d created – snag it from our Wallpaper section.

A review we missed – at Gamezilla – is long, thoughtfully written, and very positive. There’s some disappointment for the features lost in the move to the Xbox… but these aren’t enough to downgrade the game:A few poor elements hold it back from being the best it could be, like the overall lack of many…

Thanks to Chris Butcher, who posted a note on our forum clearing up a bit about the ambient life (and its omission in the shipping game):the ambient life was an important key to understanding the purpose of halo… unfortunately we didn’t have time to implement all the AI and animation for them, so there are…

Strider has created a new desktop image for our Wallpaper collection – go take a look. Them Bungie boyz sure know how to take screenshots…

VideoGameGal has reviewed Halo – their review is bundled in a streaming video with a review for DOA3 (the total length is 11 and a half minutes, Halo starts about 4 minutes in). They gave it an 8.5; The breakdown was Graphics, 9/10 (human character models could use work); Sound, 8/10 (it seems they didn’t…

Thanks to Griffon, who pointed out that there’s a Halo review in the latest issue of Edge magazine – they rated it 10/10, a score shared by only three other games in the 104-issue history of the magazine. Not too shabby!

Xbox365 ranks vehicles, weapons, and baddies in Halo (in lieu of a review) – don’t read the baddies list if you’re paranoid about spoilers, but mostly it’s safe. The headline sums up their attitude about Halo: ‘I Lost A Week To A Starship Trooper’. Nice! (Thanks to Narcogen, at Rampancy.net, for uncovering this.

Invisible Dream has put up their own Halo review – they loved the single-player game, though were a little disappointed with the number of weapons and the frequency and use of vehicles, but are skeptical about multiplay; their overall rating was 92/100. We’ve added this to our Reviews page.

Relaten Psitir writes to point out that a new Halo clan is on the scene – the Coalition of the Ring. Check ’em out!

[SE]X-Com, of Socket Error, has sent in another desktop for our Wallpaper collection.

Joseph Staten, Halo’s Cinematics Director, wrote to clarify one of my biggest gripes about Halo – the lack of saved gamestate in cutscenes. It turns out that gamestate (what the game looks like, around you) IS saved… in almost all cases. The few exceptions happen to be the few I noticed. (Figures, dunnit?) From the…

FriendlyFire writes about some of the issues brought up in our recent Halo Review, specifically the storyline. I’m going to break with tradition, and quote a boatload of his note, because it’s pretty intriguing stuff:[…] some dialog in the game makes me think that the Master Chief’s appearance on Halo is beyond coincidence. I’m refering…

Heh – the boys of Penny Arcade seem to be over their infatuation with Halo; today’s comic (and indeed the news) suggest that they never want to see it again:I’ve heard people say it’s too short. That’s a hard case to argue – in fact, quite the opposite is true. This is a game that…

Razorback sends in another nice drawing – useable as wallpaper, or just to look at. We’ve added it to our Miscellaneous Art section.