Author: Louis Wu

BluR writes to say that Halo Heaven now has a mailing list, for Halo news. If you want the latest in your mailbox, check ’em out!

Heh… Simon Marek dropped us a line:Just writing after seeing your re-post of Matt’s listing of the newBungie staff members. Couldn’t help but notice the presence of JohnHoward. Now I don’t know how many others have noticed, but the PrimeMinister of Australia is also called John Howard. Another step inBungie’s plot to take over the…

We got an email from Erbium-=SUN=- that made us wonder… so we put together a little page to look at the development of the Halo jeep (and specifically, it’s weaponry) over the past few months. Take a look, and be sure to post your thoughts on our forum!

Thanks to Fire Phoenix, who announced (via our forum) that the iHalo Marine Corps is officially online now. Check it out (fp highly suggests using IE only)!

Rampancy.net has switched over to the new forum Ferrex has been working on for a couple of weeks. Looks a lot like the old forum, but 1) it’s MUCH faster, and 2) it’s much more configurable. And 3) (actually the most important, for some of us) it’s very searchable. Go check it out!

Hey, cool! A couple of days ago, we mentioned Halo-Australia’s short story contest… seems they’ve gotten a couple of celebrity judges for this thing! Matt Soell of Bungie and Steve Brown of PCGamer UK will be rating your work. Nice going, guys! (And that’s THREE news items today that mention Matt. Hmm…)

This week’s Halo update is over at Rampancy.net… not even on their forum. (Has Matt been reading the oni.bungie.org forum recently?) The news is, there isn’t much news… although they’re putting bullets back into the game. (We’re happy, how about you?) Thanks, Matt, for keeping to your weekly schedule! Matt’s Halo update, at R.net this…

A week ago, Matt Soell posted an update on the state of Halo, and in it, he said (among other things)- Jason is splitting his time between AI work and story work with Jaime and John. John? Who’s John? Well, we followed up, and Matt was kind enough to fill us in on the newest…

Another German Halo site overhauls their look: Haloweb is back with a new design. (Go look with Internet Explorer, because you won’t see much past the first page with Netscape… those pesky missing close table tags again.) Thanks to ToonSquad for the heads-up.

Ack! The Halo SETI Marines are about to be overtaken by the IsraAliens! As of this moment, they’re neck and neck… 136,674 units each. However, a week ago, the Marines had a healthy lead.. crunch time is here!

In other Xbox news, Daily Radar UK is reporting that Microsoft is planning to announce the final design of the Xbox on October 26, timed to coincide with the PlayStation 2 launch in the US. Thunder-stealing, anyone?

X-Dome has a rather enormous article on ‘the graphical prowess of the Xbox’… if you’re into the tech side of stuff, this article is for you. Go take a look at what Halo will have to work with!

Terror sends word that Halo-Australia are hosting a competition for the best Halo short story… winner gets a wireless mouse. If you’re interested, check ’em out!

Jesse Keenan sends in a nice desktop image using his tiger-striped marine… you can find it on our Wallpaper page. (The tiger-striped marine was submitted to the Miscellaneous Art page last month.) Hey… this marks our 100th Wallpaper submission! Thanks, Jesse.

In mid-August, we noted a new German site devoted to Halo, Halo-News. Well, they’ve revamped the site, and fleshed it out… and would love for you to visit it again. Take a look!

T/K posts about a new Covenant clan, The Arbiter. If you’re looking to play on the non-human side, this is one of the few groups that focuses on it. Check ’em out!

A little late, the morning’s been busy… The SETI server seems to be having some serious problems keeping up with submitted results, so it’s hard to tell where the Halo SETI Marines stand, but one thing’s for sure… they’re doing their part to find the Covenant! DarthFlounder continues to crunch those units, taking La Crunch…

Haloplayers have put up an interview with one of their hosted squads… DnDs, the Death ‘n Destruction squad. They’re Dutch, they’re big, and their website is IE-only. (No, really, they’re keeping NS users out with a javascript.) First seen at R.net, cause we’re lazy tonight.

Andre Correa has submitted another piece of Halo-inspired art, this time of a random Bob. You can find it in our Miscellaneous Art section.

DRAVEN, of the Halo Information Network, sends in a simple and clean desktop image for our Wallpaper page. Great for those cluttered desktops that just need some eye relief…