Category: HBO

You’ve watched the Halo movie a hundred times! But what’s the hangar scene all about? What’s the deal with stealing the ship at the end? You have a theory then send it to us.

Insignificant detail… explained? Eric Meyer has an explanation on our Theories page. Pax.

What’s going down in the movie? Eric Meyer has some thoughts on our Movie Ruminations page. Pax.

Is ship stealing ok? Only if it’s guerrilla warfare says Guido Baldoni on our Movie Ruminations page. Pax.

Halam is back, with a new design.

Servers attacked by meteors… but we’re back up. Sorry about the downtime. Pax.

Halo… what does it really refer to? And why is the logo on these ships?

Andrew Montgomery does some thinking about the driving force behind the name of the game. Check out the latest addition to our Theories page.

Halo Central got a facelift from Marathon veteran Evan Vetere… and a good one it is. Not completely finished yet, but there’s new content, as well as new design… including a nice essay on the Halo-Marathon linkages.

“You want another detail??.. Well,..just before the alien (in the Halo trailer) is forced to give up and put his hands up in the air ,……ehh… a littel dot, well, a thing passes over their heads. Is it a bird (fauna), or a alien ship?” says Magnus Bjerve.

“Talking about little details in the movie if you look carefully at the background as the marine is stealing the aircraft (2:13 until 2:15(2:20-2:23 for you people with the extra 7 seconds)) you can see an object falling from the ‘sky’ towards the ring. As to what is could be? I have no idea.” says…

“I think there will be strategic elements that will appeal to the Myth crowd, but ultimately Halo is an action game and we expect it to do well with people who are hardcore action gamers.” says Matt Soell (Bungie) in an interview with Kevin Goetz. Pax.

“And we were all speculating that after he’d seen the Halo demo, Carmack had given up games for a life of humility in a monastery!” says Michael Eilers (IMG). Pax.

A new section has been added: Theories. If you’d like to submit any ideas you have about the game or the universe it’s set in, please write us!

Peter Streicker’s Control Room art added to the Miscellaneous Art page. Thanks, Peter.

Gamespot’s Macworld Exposé “Halo is the first game that Bungie has ever developed using Microsoft Direct 3D, and the game was the company’s first-ever PC-to-Mac port instead of vice versa” says Anne Marie Feld (Gamespot). Pax.

Halo Press page updated and reordered ‘chronologically’. Pax.

Halo Legacy a new Halo fan site brought to you by Hardware.

David Josselyn’s Halo guy image has been added to our miscellaneous art page. Thanks David.

“You want inconspicuous detail??? Check this out … as our friend flies off in the alien vessel (about 2:22 into the trailer) One can see a bridge and a ridge in the backround. Guess who’s back there still driving around? The guy in the jeep (though he is only a few pixels), but where is…