Author: Louis Wu

GameSpot UK has repackaged the preview GameSpot (US) published two weeks ago (UK spelling, a final paragraph acknowledging that it won’t be available in the UK for quite some time), and added a subset of the huge collection of screens Gamespot US put up last week. I suppose if you space it out…

Salon looks at the Xbox launch… and sniffs its nose. It sees the entire console as uninspired, with Halo and Oddworld as the only standout games, but doesn’t think they’re enough:In the console space, where the potential audience is in the tens of millions, the field is dominated by instantly identifiable, engaging personalities, intrinsically linked…

Thanks to fate, who noticed new Halo coverage (and media) in a FiringSquad article on the Xbox launch. (Halo’s section is 2 pages long, starting on page 4.) Included is a passel of screens (20-someodd, mostly stuff you’ve seen before, but with occasional interesting variations) and a 20 MB DivX-encoded AVI (no spoilers). This isn’t…

Markus Tacker noticed this image on the webcam last night… either Matt has decided that answering the ‘is it REALLY coming to the PC?’ question has gotten to be too much, and is contemplating a particularly messy suicide, or he’s preparing mentally for a voice role in the hush-hush Phoenix project. Or maybe he just…

TeamXbox is giving away 10 Halo Game Guides, from Prima Games – head on over to register to win one. WARNING – the sample tips in the article contain spoilers.

Our forum is starting to see stories of folks and their first Xbox experiences with Halo in their own living room. Nij and The Shrike seem to be the first forum-ites to report back… and the news is good.

Over at Xbox.com, Jacqui Kramer writes about hardcore gaming from a female perspective… and she loved Halo:Here we have everything a grrl could want: Beautiful, sweeping landscapes with the perfect tinge of weather. Why, Jane Austen could be writing about this place: “Forsooth, it is winter, and I am here to turn the sweet white…

vladinn@msn.com lets us know that another Halo domain, halogame.com, is up for auction – starting bid is $500. Given that haloserver.com failed to sell for $61 last week, this seems rather steep… but hey – who are we to judge?

Lophan points out a fun read – GamesFirst put up an article called ‘Notes Scribbled in the Dark While Playing HALO’. That’s exactly what it is… some of ’em are great.Okay, this is silly. The Warthog should be able to climb this hill, but all it does is spin out. Oooh, pretty dirt clods.Okay, that…

You want a piece of this? No7orious turns in a sketch he did in class in honor of (in his words) “Happy Halo’s Eve!” Check it out in our Miscellaneous Art section.

As you might notice, there is now a prominent flag at the top of this page (and all news-related pages at HBO). The setting you choose will decide whether you see news posts with spoiler-related information in them, or not. Read the ‘Huh?’ page for more details. And please – if you run into a…

Harry “I just can’t stop” Al-Shakarchi drops off ANOTHER link – this time to the latest issue of an ongoing column at Xbox.com – State of the Xbox. In issue 7, Jeff Henshaw looks at gameplay – and a new, 40 second Halo clip is included. No real spoilers – it’s the beginning of the…

Harry “I’m your Halo man” Al-Shakarchi points out that the entire Halo Manual is now online (along with the rest of the launch title manuals), in PDF format. 1.5 MB, baby!

Thanks to Razorback, who noticed that the IGN Xbox Halo review is now open to non-Insiders.

Meet Bungie Studios – Harry Al-Shakarchi points out a news article on Xbox.com detailing the history and timeline of Bungie Studios. Mostly, it’s a good read. (Sort of disturbing that Weekend Warrior gets more text than the Myth series or Oni… but hey, I didn’t write it… and MS is probably looking at it from…

Wow – Xbox.com’s Halo site has gotten some major overhauling done! The full timeline is up, an overview of the MJOLNIR armor is up, the TV spot is up (asf format, but nice and big), and there’s a new link for ‘Forums’. (This is actually just a web interface to the Usenet newsgroup we mentioned…

Matt Soell gave HomeLAN an interview – it’s a good read. The interview actually took place a few weeks ago (Xbox testing was still in progress), but the info is up-to-date. Matt talks about gameplay issues:HomeLAN – What sorts of enemies will the player face in Halo? Matt Soell – The Covenant is a collective…

As everyone and their brother have already noticed, The 7th Column has finished their countdown – but you STILL can’t see what’s inside.Your browser is incompatible with this site. Please upgrade to Internet Explorer 7. A version of this site for earlier browsers will be made available shortly.(No, there is no IE 7.) Give it…

Funky J posted a very nice ‘Halo Impressions’ piece on our forum this morning – 7 hours in his local Software Etc. (You’d think they’d have thrown him out…) Kudos to Rampancy.net for posting this before us… not that we COULD have posted it, of course – the dang site’s been down for the past…

It’s the end of an era… the Hermes Trismegistus saga has come to a finale. Tursas has submitted the Epilogue… and a fitting closing it is. Find it (and lots of other good reads) in our Fan Fiction section.