Author: Louis Wu

Thanks to Maszimo, who sent in a rewrite of ‘Private Reg’s Last Day of Combat’. I haven’t altered the submission date, but it’s still available in our Fan Fiction section.

After 5 days of downtime, the SETI servers came back to life on Saturday… the output of the Halo SETI Marines suffered. Total units processed were down from ~3000/week to 600 this week. Ouch! Check the gory details on the 7 day stats page.

It’s Monday again, so it’s time to increment the Halo Updates database. The update posted at BGH on Friday has now been added. The word of the week is ‘fun’ – how often has Matt used it? (And does it tell us anything about the state of mind, over time, of the Halo team?)

PunkRocker finds ANOTHER Halo news item, this time at Daily Radar. It’s a preview of Gamestock, Microsoft’s press-only event coming up in a bit over a week, and they refer to Halo as “the ace in Microsoft’s hand”. Heh… 5 card stud, anyone?

Still using the oldest known screenshot, but with nothing but kind words, xbox.ign.com puts up an Xbox Preview Guide, and says of Halo:Expected to make its Xbox debut at Gamestock 2001, this highly touted FPS title from Bungie is expected to change the face of action gaming with this Xbox-exclusive. This probably the best looking…

Erbium-=SUN=- writes to remind us that the SETI servers are online again. (They came back yesterday morning, but due to the huge demand for new units, it was often difficult to tell.) Let’s get crunching again!

BluR, from Halo AU, writes to say that they’re having some trouble with their news scripts due to the change in servers – they’re not dead, just looking for a new script host.

R.net got confirmation on the identity of the Banshee today – Matt clarifies that it’s the high-flying Covenant vehicle (referred to as a ‘Ground Support Craft’ in the concept art released in 1999). The low-flying hovercraft are known as ‘ghosts’. Glad that was cleared up – thanks, guys!

This week’s Halo update shows up at Battleground: Halo, and one of the best parts is this:Lots of bug fixes on the programming side this week, getting the game ready for Gamestock.For any who were unsure if Halo actually WOULD make a showing there, your fears should be laid to rest. Other highlights include the…

black flag and a red star posted a ‘week in review’ summary of activity on our forum – it’s pretty amusing (and on the mark). Check it out!

And while we’re off-topic, those of you crunching SETI units might have noticed that you haven’t been able to connect to the SETI servers for a couple of days. This is because (as the SETI home page redirect mentions) vandals cut the fiber line connecting UC Berkeley with LBNL. They hope to have it back…

Okay, this is totally unrelated to Halo, and that means we usually stay away from it. Seems to be a good cause, though… Neil Grattan, a frequent contributor to the fan-built sections around this site, writesMythos (the creators of the xcom series) are in extreme trouble, and are facing liquidation. I myself hold no links…

Thanks to Foxhound, who sent in Chapter 2 of his story, ‘Group 3’.I tried the squad comm link then flicked on the console in the jeep, just to see if there were any signals. There was nothing, nothing except the dry crackle of the damn energy storm, all communication in our vicinity were dead, for…

Um… we got mail from Psyrixx, about a new section of the Psyjnir Complex – Tabloids. It’s a bit odd. Stop by and check it out. (Be aware that visiting with a browser that doesn’t properly implement cascading style sheets will result in a very, very unfriendly page. Netscape/iCab users, stay away.)

Earthquake followup:We are Bungie Tough.(Why am I getting visions of juice spilled on a kitchen floor when I hear that?) Matt Soell takes time out of his busy day to let us know that aside from some disarray introduced into Mordia’s action figure collection, the Bungie offices are damage-free. Good to hear! Now where are…

Earthquake in Seattle? Xero tells us (on our forum) that a 6.2 magnitude quake hit south of Mt. Rainer, near Seattle, about 30 minutes ago. While the Bungie Webcam is still running (and shows no signs of panic), the Seattle Insider website has some information about it. Is the Juan de Fuca plate finally slipping?…

Yet another cleanup of that dang xbox screen image. (This is the last one we’re mentioning, folks… we mean it!) Dorkonaspork, of AOD Halo, has posted this shot – makes the gun the Marine is holding pretty interesting-looking; is that an artifact of the enhancement process or a new gun? Your call. (And here’s hoping…

SOKAR, from Halo Empire, writes that they’ve done some image enhancement on the TV screen shown in the Seattle Times pic, and gotten a clearer view of the Marine. To my eyes, it’s closest to a screenshot that came out in PC Gamer UK last July… so I guess that’s a pretty standard pose. One…

Big thanks to Geoff Grosenbach, who scanned in the Seattle Times front page photo mentioned yesterday. You can see it here. Geoff asksDo you think they’re really playing the game? I think they’re probably just posing since the picture on the tube looks a little static and they guys look way too enthusiastic.Hmm… good question.…

Thanks to the anonymous uploader who put our latest wallpaper into our uploads folder – you can find it on our Wallpaper page.