and what is the main colour in it, of course the fantastic and the great “b.org” color
(I think he’s talking about the shirt.) Soothing… so soothing…
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Wallpaper section updated
Johannes Gunnar Thorsteinsson sends in a new Wallpaper for our Wallpaper section. In his words,
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Let’s hope there are oceans…
A message flashed across the computer screen in the EUD Roswell headquarters: IT IS SUCCESSFUL. NO FURTHER COM.
Omniscient‘s ‘Sea of Steel’ saga continues with Part Two in our Fan Fiction section.
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A day playing Halo
Sometimes, being part of a big organization means that things happen you don’t plan on. This message was posted on the Usenet newsgroup comp.sys.mac.games.action yesterday – apparently, someone got into the beta testing lab, but wasn’t required to sign an NDA, and took the opportunity to pass along the info he learned. It’s an interesting read. (Thank goodness Google has DejaNews up and running again…) Thanks to TomeOne for the heads-up.
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Matt’s got a secret…
Heh – the gooey green stuff is a big-enough surprise that even being on the Halo Dev team doesn’t guarantee you know what it is – Chris Butcher (over on the R.net forum) says even HE can’t answer the question Matt asked yesterday.
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Better Gaming Through Physics
This week’s Halo Update is here – and while it’s mostly bugfixes and tweaks, there’s a bit of provocative stuff in there. What’s green and gooey and eats through the ground? (Happy Birthday, Other Mehve!) Go read all the goodness for yourself – it’ll be in the Halo Update Database in a few minutes.
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PC Zone says PC yes
Thanks to fate, who found the link at Blue’s News… PC Zone has put their Halo Preview online. They’re looking forward to the PC Multiplayer, obviously… and they think that the Xbox version is being badly rushed. Hmm. Read the preview for yourself!
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Are you tired of this yet?
You know… there have been a LOT of specific occasions where Matt Soell has stepped up and explicitly confirmed that Halo was DEFINITELY coming to the Mac and PC. There was this one… and this one… and this one… there was even this one (recently) from Alex Seropian, co-founder and current manager of Bungie Studios. Well, it doesn’t seem to matter – folks are STILL popping up with rumors to the contrary. So once again, Matt steps forward, and confirms that yes, Virginia, there WILL be a PC version. Take note. (Again.)
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Photoshop is cool.
Aginor started with the flamethrower pic from the new OXM preview, did a bit of judicious pixel pushing to remove the text (and fill in the remaining space), added a Halo logo… and ended up with this bit of Miscellaneous Halo Art. Nice job! As he says, it’s a shame the original pic was low-res, or this would make a pretty nice desktop pic. Pax.
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Bob gets a gun
The reality, or rather the surreality, of the situation began to sink in. Bob put his other hand on his knee and leant heavily on it. His breathing quickened and his vision blurred momentarily. “Talking to a plant. How foolish.”
Tursas sends along chapter 6 of his Hermes Trismegistus saga – you’ll find it in our Fan Fiction section. (Remember, the ‘more by this author‘ link allows you to catch up on the last chapter, if you’ve forgotten where you were…)
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Gamespot poll needs smashing
It’s that time again… Id points out (over on R.net’s forum) that Gamespot‘s got a new ‘Which Xbox title are you most looking forward to’ poll up; Halo’s currently in fourth place, behind WWF Raw is War, Metal Gear Solid X, and Matrix. See if you can help…
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New flash intro at clan NAVCON
=NAV=Shadow writes to say that clan NAVCON has created a new (4.3 MB!) flash intro for their website, showing the various members of the clan. They’re looking for new members, and clans that would like to become allies. Visit the site, or drop =NAV=Shadow a note if you’re interested!
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Still MORE Fan Fiction for you
Vector40 sends in the introductory piece of a multipart story in the works – Hawk Chronicles. The Fan Fiction section overfloweth!
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I want one of those…
“At an unknown time, your ship is going to disappear and reappear somewhere else. If all goes well, that is.”
Part 1 of Omniscient‘s story ‘Sea of Steel‘ has been added to the Fan Fiction section – it’s a night for reading. Check it out – aircraft carriers on Halo…
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The Marine comes alive
‘If I do this procedure you will be giving up your humanity. You were briefed about this?’
‘Yes Sir.’A nameless one undergoes a critical operation in Brent Anderson‘s fan fiction, ‘Halo‘. Check it out (along with 146 other pieces) in our Fan Fiction section.
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Halo links for sale… cheap
Interested in starting up a Halo fansite, but don’t have a cool domain name? Looks like Halo-World.com is about to be released (its registration expired last week, and the URL now forwards to this informational page). This suggests that maybe it’s time to prune some of the entries on our Links page…
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Phoenix != Myth III
“Is That A Talking Head In Your Sack Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?” Matt Soell chimes in on our forum, stepping into a debate on whether Phoenix and Myth III were ever one and the same. Seems they weren’t.
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Airborne Rangers get a major overhaul
Mock writes to say that the totally revamped site of airbornerangers.org is up and running. A bumped up forum, an online store (!), and Community news from… wait for it… US! Very snazzy, overall. Nice job, guys! (They’ve served the Myth community for 2 full years now, and they’re branching out into Halo.)
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Online Universe dishes up answers
A week ago, we posted a note about a new site called Online Universe, that was aiming to provide game developers some insight into what their fans want. At the time, they’d put up a Question of the Week, “If Halo has online support, what features would you want?” Well, the week’s gone by, and the answers are up. They’re buried astoundingly deeply in the site – I think I had to hit 7 or 8 links to find them – but you can go straight to the results. No single-word answers for these folks… no, they actually summarize each response. Take a look – and then go answer this week’s question.
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Another link to the PCG scans
Thanks to Cesar Berardini, of Team Xbox, for another link to the hi-res PC Gamer scans mentioned this morning. (Same scans, easier to get to.) Picky noticed on our forum that the scans Young Gwasshoppah put up are low-res not because that’s how they were scanned, but because he told the server to scale them – individual links can be found in this post. (Alternatively, use the link above, and get them all in a framed document.)
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Ringworld HALO comes online
Zineas writes to let us know about a Swedish Halo site, Ringworld HALO. I can’t read it… and the text is pretty dang small on a Netscape browser… but the Gallery is pretty slick! Nice work, overall. Check it out! (Hey… some of those weapons shots look AWFULLY familiar…)
