Category: HBO

The PC vs. Console Debate. GameSpy have a report on John Carmack’s (co-founder and lead programmer of id Software) annual QuakeCon speech which covered among other things the PC versus console debate, mod making, and the new DOOM game. Here’s a quote: “Is the PC dead?” It was a question Carmack had been asked several…

Yrro has resigned as site maintainer of Halo Center. At the moment, that leaves… nobody there. Ouch. All of us at HBO wish Yrro good luck in whatever he chooses to do next.

This page was compiled yesterday, but I ran out of time before I could upload it… the Halo SETI Marines continue to hold steady at about 500 units behind the TidBITS team, although SETI hasn’t updated the Club Rankings. Darth Flounder takes la Crunch Honneur, and abotani rockets 51 positions to snag the Frogblast award……

To vepa, who has now sent the same desktop image twice… please send along a valid email address, I have some questions about your art before I can put it up. Thanks. vepa@microsoft.com bounces.

Jason Rachford writes to tell us of another new Halo site on the scene… Halogame.com. Still being worked on… but it’s fast and lean. Worth a look!

Oops, we missed another Dutch clan (thanks again to HP): Clades. They claim to be the FIRST Dutch Halo clan… seems like a fine claim to me.

Seen at haloplayers… Seems there’s a Dutch Halo squad called Death ‘n Destruction, and they’re recruiting. Stop on by!

Christoph Schmidt writes to tell us that Halo has moved up to the number 3 position in the “Most Wanted Games” list in the September 2000 issue of the German edition of PC Games. Guess the buyout didn’t affect German gamers as much as American ones… (That issue went to press after the buyout news,…

The old Halo Command (which was declared dead a couple of months ago) got revived yesterday… just in time to compete with a NEW site called Halo Command, in the UK. The UK site has no relation to the US one, and seems to have had a bit of work put into it. Take a…

The Bungie crew seems to be settling in comfortably in their new digs, as evidenced by the banter in this thread. Good to see Matt and Marty back at each others’ throats!

SAF WarMinion points out on our forum that Stealth Assault Force, a Halo squad, is now recruiting. Looking for a Human squad? Check ’em out.

For some reason, we’ve been getting a ton of mail recently asking us to start a petition to bring Halo to the Mac (or PC). For those who are getting their info from print magazines that were put together 2 months ago, I point you to this announcement (for Macs) and this one (for PCs).…

Marty O’Donnell (through Matt Soell) divulges the name of the narrator of the E3 Trailer Teaser – Derek Procell. A quick web search turns up a Country/Folk singer with the right vocal style… nice to put a face to the name!

Matt Soell, online from Seattle and posting up a storm, confirms on our forum that Joe Staten and Marty O’Donnell will be heading up a new team devoted to making cool cutscenes and trailers. It was only a matter of time… the Halo engine looks fantastic for making gorgeous cutscenes in a fraction of the…

Joseph Haake writes to tell us that several Bungie fans were inadvertently caught on camera in one of the bungie.org MacWorld NY 2000 images. You can see the annotated image here. Too bad we didn’t know… we’d have stopped by to say hello!

GameCenter put up an article with some more details about the Xbox yesterday. They’re ramping up development right now:”We shipped our first XDK, which is the software development kit for developers,” explained Bach. “By the end of the summer we will have shipped over a thousand of those to well over 200 developers that will…

PunkRocker points out on our forum that he’s made a new flash movie transitioning between the new and the old marine. Worth a look… I had trouble seeing it with Netscape Communicator for mac… so if you do, too, try IE, or a PC.

As seen on the Marathon’s Story page Robert McLees (Halo artist) and Lorraine Reyes (Bungie artist) have got engaged. Congratulations to Rob and Lorraine from all staff here at HBO. Woot!

Whoa! The Halo SETI Marinesgain six new recruits over the last 24 hours bringing the total team count up to 472 marines. Looks like we’re heading for thatbig 5 double aught… soom(TM). Hopefully we should start to see some more climbing in the SETI team ranks. Put your computer’s idle time to good use join…

Rock the poll! Thanks to Tim Hansen for pointing us to a weekly poll at Gibchunks which asks “What game are you most looking forward to?” Metal Gear Solid 2 and Halo are presently tied for first place with 30% of votes. Oni has 7%. Go tell them Halo and Oni are coming.