Category: HBO

We’ve added Nemesis_007’s Sidewinder Sneak exploit to our Gameplay Tricks page – use this trick, and your multiplayer opponents won’t know what hit ’em! (As several forumgoers pointed out, this is a general glitch in the Halo physics engine, and can be exploited on several other levels… but none with such dramatic results in a…

Beam Timing Mystery – SOLVED! Jaime Griesemer (aka Flawless Cowboy, Halo level designer) stopped by our forum to explain why there seemed to be a link between the beam timing and motion freeze in areas of Halo you were never supposed to get to in the first place.Toward the end of the game’s development cycle…

There’s a new top dog on the Halo SETI Marines – Durandal turned in 207 units this week, beating out perennial top crunchers Int_21, *-=SHARkY=-*, and charleya. Nice going! Are you crunching your best? Check the 7 day stats to find out! (Admin note – there won’t be any SETI stats next week. 2 week…

Noticed a new music video over at The Cole Protocol – halobodies.mov was created by Darth Gehenna, and sets Halo cutscene action to Drowning Pool’s ‘Bodies’. Warning – there are MAJOR story spoilers here; don’t watch this unless you’ve played the whole game. That said, this was made by someone who understands that music videos…

Phear X has put up a new video, this one called BobSuicide. 7 mb, 45 seconds, and one singing bob. (Me, I’d have turned the soundtrack down a little.) Mirrors, as always, are appreciated. Update: Mirrored, now, thanks to the gracious hosts at the Psyjnir Complex. Grab your Hotline Client and go get it!

Thanks to foxhound, who sent in Chapter 1 of his work-in-progress, Apollo. Check it out in our Fan Fiction section! (Don’t forget to leave him comments…)

Frogblast, a frequent contributor to the Gameplay Tricks section, discovered something pretty intriguing – there’s a link between the blue energy beams that mysteriously fire on the level Halo, and your ability to move around on the top of the level. (The why is completely unknown, and might be something worth discussing on the Halo…

Ooh! Ooh! They’re almost ready!

Griffon turns in a desktop image based on his ‘Halo Dude’ he created back in May of last year. He realizes the helmet’s a little out of date… but hey, it looks pretty good! You’ll find it in our Wallpaper section. And speaking of Wallpaper, Xcruiser has created a 1024×768 version of the wallpaper he…

Cybrfrk writes to say that he’s put the Warthog Jump movie up on his site in .WMV format (with permission) – sound quality is pretty low, but for folks having trouble with QuickTime, this might be the way to go – plus, it’s only 8.5 mb. (He’s also started his filmed cutscene collection – the…

Bat 21 and Longstreet also took a Warthog to the Map Room on Silent Cartographer… but when they got there, they played around a bit. Check it out in the Gameplay Tricks section. (The first image throws me a little… are there two jeeps there?)

The second part (of four) of dyoung92’s ‘Halo 2 Story’ came in today… nice example of cliffhanger writing. Check it out in our Fan Fiction section.

mnemesis single-handedly keeps the Halo Story page alive, bringing you speculation about the various races involved in the game, and how they might be related. (Okay, not single-handedly – he couldn’t do it without your submissions. You know what I mean, though.)

Not fully Halo news… but it’s pretty funny: This week’s Mac Hall comic at Inside Mac Games focuses on the inline safety release built into each Xbox controller from Microsoft. (Interestingly enough, the Mac Hall general response to this feature characterizes them strongly as PC (as opposed to console) gamers – almost every console gamer…

Corbantis turns in the next installment of his Tides of War series – Chapter 2 is action-packed! check it out in our Fan Fiction section.

Matt Soell stops in to explain (again) the lack of news on the PC and Mac versions of Halo. Bottom line – he’ll talk when there’s something to say. This was nice, though:I’ll say this much: the last time I talked to Alex and Michael about what’s happening with PC/Mac Halo – probably about two…

Reidbo stops by our forum to give out a new server location for his ‘Dukes of Halo’ video – you can find it here, in both sizes.

Xcruiser turns in a Silent Cartographer-based wallpaper – you’ll find it in our Wallpaper collection. He’s willing to make other sizes, for those who want them.

Junkyard news: Vector40 writes to say that the Halo Weapons Guide has been updated with Strategy information for each of the weapons. It’s well-marked for spoiler info, so you don’t have to avoid the Weapons Guide if you’re avoiding spoilers. Additionally, Ryan ‘Mhaddy’ Matthews, the JY’s head honcho, writes to explain some of the slowness…

Major multiplayer tip for Sidewinder: This was discovered (apparently by accident) by Nemesis_007 – but I’ve made a film of it, to prove it actually works. 🙂 If you strafe sideways in a Ghost towards the grate where the invisibility and shield powerups are sitting, a well-timed dismount will actually get you pushed THROUGH the…