Author: Louis Wu

Wow. This blows me away. Xbox 360, an Xbox news site, has recently (December 16, 2000) put up a preview of Halo. Given the date, and the focus of the site, you’d think they had current info, right? You’d be wrong. The few screenshots up are all using the pre-E3 models, the background (while nominally…

eldar-colonel writes to tell us that he’s put up a stocking for Santa… and thoughtfully saved Santa a bit of work by filling it himself. You can see the original at Halo HQ. He told us that it might go with our Christmas decorations… it looks like Wirehead did a bit of editing before I…

Griffon writes to tell us that Halo Command Central will be closing for the holidays. They hope to be back up soon with new features. Have a merry one!

fAt, of MPZ Halo, sends word that FGN Online has an article suggesting that the Xbox will be delayed in Europe for as long as 3 months past the US release. There must be a big router out between FGN and here, because I can’t reach the site at all… but Daily Radar has a…

If Hamish can do it, so can we. We’ve put up our holiday decorations, in honor of the first day of Winter (in the northern hemisphere, at least). Now I just need to finish hanging those lights on my REAL house…

Heh… seems Matt agreed with my dissatisfaction with the chat… he posted this note a few minutes after it ended. 🙂 More prep next time…

An hour late, but better than never. The log from the IGN chat this evening on IRC has been cleaned up a bit, and formatted for slightly easier reading. The format of the chat left quite a bit to be desired… but there’s some nice info nonetheless. Give it a read… and be ready with…

The Land of the Xbox… where rumors are killed faster than we can propagate them! Monday, Gameweek.com reported that Microsoft might be bumping the processor in the Xbox up to 1 GHz, or even higher. We missed it, until this morning… and now we’ve noticed that Daily Radar contacted MS yesterday, and got a resounding…

If you can’t invent it yourself, find someone who can. That seems to be the theory behind the wing contrails in this Tribes 2 screenshot… though I think even the July 99 Halo versions were more believable. Thanks to MakeMineRed, for the forum heads-up.

Poll Smash! Thanks to Scott Cline, who pointed out that Gamespot is running a new poll, as part of it’s article, “What game are you most looking forward to next year?” Halo’s on the list…but currently trailing by over 300 votes. show ’em who cares!

News flash – Bungie Studios investigated by SPCA officials for alleged improprieties involving small canines. Peter Marks, a Bungie employee, was heard mumbling something about “[deleted] poodles” when asked about the various anatomical parts found on the premises.

On the subject of submissions – I’m heading out of town for a few days, which is why Ding and Wirehead have come out from under their rocks. (Where’s Crux, anyway?) I’m hoping they keep up-to-date on news… but submission are a little out of their league. (“Which button do I push?”) So feel free…

Whoops! We just noticed that we’d forgotten a submission yesterday! (Sorry, GeForce.)It’s a pretty nice desktop image… check it out on our Wallpapers page.

Eep… we almost missed this, buried deep in a forum post – a fun little flash animation created by a fan. Check it out!

Wow – a very cool new Halo desktop has just been created by Ken Charron, over at MacGamer’s Ledge (aka macgamer.com). It’s available in everything from 640×480 up to 1600×1200… so go check it out, and grab a copy for your viewing pleasure!

Holy bratwurst, Batman! Poland joins the ranks of countries that host a Halo fansite… http://www.centrumhalo.prv.pl/. As far as content goes… I have no idea at all what it says, but they did a great job with how it looks! Weapons and Vehicle pages have very nicely cleaned-up thumbnails, for example.) Check ’em out… and even…

The Bitner update, December 7: There’s been quite a bit of information flying around about Nathan Bitner, and his new company, Island Four Software. Rather than add these items as we found them (which would turn HBO into I4.org – unnecessary, since it already exists), we’ve decided to give you a roundup.Island4.org has been registered…

Has nobody got faith in your trusty webmaster? Bungie.net is running a new quick poll: All this talk of rioting in the streets has led us to wonder which of the following fans would win in a fight. Who’d you put your money on?Miguel ‘Freewill’ ChavezTyson ‘Ferrex’ GreenClaude ‘Louis Wu’ ErreraHamish ‘Godot’ SinclairGood Lord… even…

Hey, cool, lead times are dropping. Haloplayers reports that the latest copy of PCGamer UK contains a snippet about Halo… they’re quoting the November 11Halo update, in fact. Not too shabby… less than a month after it hit the web – lead times used to be 2-3 months. There’s also a tidbit about Planetside:It’s already…

Odd stuff going on over at… um… what used to be the Psyjnir Complex.