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October 2000 Archived News
News October 31 2000
The game is afoot...
R.net has been invaded by demons! News at 11. (Or is it 12?) (Louis Wu 17:43:10 UTC) (permalink)
Miscellaneous Art updated
Thanks to Joel Loukus, who submitted another sketch of the Halo Marine. "Just a little doodad I doodled..." We think he's adorable. Check him out in our Miscellaneous Art section! (Louis Wu 01:09:53 UTC) (permalink)
News October 30 2000
Station Halo goes (semi) live
Peter Askam of HCC sends along the URL of a new Halo site: Station Halo. It's badly broken on Macs, though (NS, IE, and iCab), and Linux boxes (NS, Opera) - I didn't even bother looking on a Windows box. Check it out, though... who knows, it might get fixed. (Louis Wu 20:22:52 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI Marines 7 day stats posted
Blam!... Dink! The Halo SETI Marines finally pass Team #Amiga!, only to be hammered down by the Israaliens. Position 43 in the Battle of the Teams remains firmly in their grasp. (Probably didn't help that the SETI servers lost over 1000 of the Marines' units this week, and 500 last week...) A great big welcome to kevin murray, and his 2180 units... as well as Daedalus and Elf, and all the other non-top-400 joiners. Full weekly details can be found on the 7 day stats page. (Apologies for the delay in putting these up.) (Louis Wu 19:45:52 UTC) (permalink)
News October 29 2000
Halo Command Central gets a new look
Peter Askam writes to say that Halo Command UK has changed its name to Halo Command Central (HCC), and has a new look to go along with the new name. Stop by and take a look! (Louis Wu 14:03:09 UTC) (permalink)
News October 28 2000
Wallpaper page updated
Thanks to Pr@iler, of Halo.ch, who sent in a pair of desktops (variations on a fun theme) for our Wallpaper page. Enjoy the winter! (Louis Wu 19:13:37 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Orbit (German) comes online
Xerxes writes to say that a new German site has hit the Halo scene: Halo Orbit. (This is no relation to the defunct Orbit site which closed up 7 months ago.) Germany is becoming the biggest home for Halo out there! (Louis Wu 17:40:07 UTC) (permalink)
Fan Fiction page updated
Chapter 7 of $erial-ki!!A's ongoing fan fiction story has been posted to our Fan Fiction page. Heh... when he said "before Chrsitmas", he wasn't kidding. Check it out! (Louis Wu 14:21:54 UTC) (permalink)
Matt's October 27th Halo Update
Good Lord. 4 weeks in a row, Matt Soell's managed to write up weekly progress reports for the Halo team (and the Oni team, we should note, posted over at Oni Central). This one is chock-full of home-cooked goodness - lots and lots and lots of weapons, oodles of net game types, D&D research... the boys have been busy. Hey - the Producer position, open since Nathan left, has been filled! Welcome, Rick Ryan. And we'd be remiss if we didn't wish Alex S. a belated birthday. But enough rambling... go read Matt's words! (Louis Wu 01:58:57 UTC) (permalink)
News October 27 2000
Microsoft Hacked - is Bungie safe?
Heh... thanks to Alan Stott, who passed along this article from The Register, discussing a major security breach at Microsoft. Although the Register's spin on this story is more dramatic than, say, CNN's, the potential damage is great. The story focused on WinMe code, but we're wondering about the Gaming Division... personally, we'd keep an eye on Blizzard. (The related story listed at the Register is even funnier.) (Louis Wu 15:06:20 UTC) (permalink)
News October 26 2000
MSN highlights Halo
Jeff Campen noticed that the Halo trailer (The E3 2000 movie) holds a place of honor on the MSN WindowsMedia.com Broadband page... It's right up in the top section. (Not new material, but interesting placement.) (Louis Wu 20:51:37 UTC) (permalink)
Details about Shirinian Marathon's Story page
The Marathon's Story page has an update about Konrad Sherinian, former Halo team member, from an anonymous source, describing a bit more of what he had been responsible for. From the tone of the note, there is an implication that Konrad's leaving wasn't entirely voluntary. Details can be found in today's What's New entry. (Louis Wu 12:12:19 UTC) (permalink)
PS2 launched last night - Xbox beware!
When the Xbox debuts next fall, its biggest competitor will probably be the Playstation2, which was released in the US and Europe last night at midnight. The hype was tremendous... though in some cases, it was hard to tell what was actually being sold. Wait... who's that in the background? (Louis Wu 09:27:36 UTC) (permalink)
Weapons Factory a Halo mod
As Mikkel Eriksen says, it's not just the Strike Force guys going at it! Weapons Factory, a modmaking team that focuses on multi-class, team-based play, has already announced plans for a Halo mod. The interest is building... (Louis Wu 00:55:29 UTC) (permalink)
Miscellaneous Art page updated
Thanks to Neil Grattan, who submitted a collage for our Miscellaneous Art page. A bit dark... but nice. A bit of old, good for reminiscing... (Louis Wu 00:02:43 UTC) (permalink)
News October 25 2000
German consortium forum opens
Mail from SOKAR tells us that Halo Empire has put up the largest German Halo forum - it's made up of 4 sites from three nations: Halo Empire and Halo Information Network from Germany, Halo.ch from Switzerland, and HaloZone from Austria. Check it out... the actual forum can be found here. (Louis Wu 15:19:49 UTC) (permalink)
The future's so bright...
As mnemesis noticed last night, the main Bungie page has had a news update. Not much there yet... but Max promises great things in the near future. Nice to hear! (Louis Wu 13:03:50 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Command (US) is still alive
noddy99 wrote to inform us that the US Halo Command is no longer dead. Well, it seems it hasn't been dead since last month, if the news page is any indication. We've moved it off the dead links. (The quizlet, though, is dead... it wants to know what platform you are looking forward to playing Halo on... PS2 and Dolphin are choices, but the Xbox is not.) (Louis Wu 13:01:10 UTC) (permalink)
Wallpaper page updated
Thanks to Diogo Barbosa, who submitted a pair of desktop images (variations on a theme) to our Wallpaper page. Aptly titled, those... (Louis Wu 12:46:24 UTC) (permalink)
Fan Fiction page updated
Thanks to Neil Grattan, who sent in a new piece of fiction for our Fan Fiction page. Go take a look! (Louis Wu 00:44:18 UTC) (permalink)
News October 24 2000
Flippable wallpaper
Okay, here's an odd one. Halo Command UK has started a section called ''Flippapers'... it's wallpaper you can turn upside down. (The obvious question will remain unasked.) If you're intrigued (and who wouldn't be?), head on over and take a look! (Follow Media to Stuff, then to Flippapers.) (Louis Wu 18:20:06 UTC) (permalink)
Free custom Halo logo at the Junkyard
Ryan "Mhaddy" Matthews sent us mail that the Junkyard is having a contest... they're making custom-designed Tribes maps or logos. Visit the site, click on Custom Orders, and fill out the form (name and email)... if you win, they'll make you what you want. Apparently, the logos part can include Halo. If you're interested, stop by! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 09:12:39 UTC) (permalink)
News October 23 2000
Happy Birthday, Stefan Sinclair!
Thanks to 3of9 (undead), who caught this before Matt had a chance to berate us for missing it (he posted it to the R.net forum): Happy Birthday to Stefan Sinclair, another Halo Dev Team member! October is the month for Halo guys, I guess. (Louis Wu 15:24:52 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI Team 7 day stats posted
The Halo SETI Marines hold on to their tenuous position at number 43 in the Battle of the Teams, bumping the buffer to 23 units ahead of The IsraAliens, thanks in large part to our new recruits (hotpoo and greener) and to Banzif II's increased crunching. Let's keep it up! In local action, DarthFlounder increases his streak to 8 weeks for La Crunch Honneur, and Trux takes the Frogblast award. Details can be found on the 7 day stats page. (Louis Wu 15:12:47 UTC) (permalink)
The Monkey and the Hippopotamus
The secret of the wall-hugging hippos, revealed! Well, okay, not really... just the monkey-impaling ones. Matt Soell tries on his Rudyard Kipling coat for an afternoon. Personally, I think he looks better in purple, but it's a hell of a funny read anyway. (Louis Wu 03:24:18 UTC) (permalink)
Logos page updated
Back on July 26, 1999 (a week after MacWorld NY 99), we snagged a logo off the bungie.org Hotline server. It had no identifying marks, so we put it up, and asked the author to mail us. Yesterday, he did. And he told us that it was a rough version of the final product. Therefore, we now bring you the final product, on our Logos page. Thanks, TypeleveN! (Louis Wu 01:21:22 UTC) (permalink)
News October 22 2000
UT modder to use Halo engine?
hmm... real, or imagined? Kosh drops us a note about an interesting Halo engine sighting. CheckOut.com interviewed Michael Hamlett, the lead designer of Strike Force, a Counter-Strike-like mod for UT. It's still freeware (and not officially supported by Epic), but apparently, potential deals are in the works. At one point, Michael mentions future possibilities:
We even have some things in the works using the Tribes 2 engine and possibly the Halo engine. Errr, too much info there...
So... is he just talking about what his team is looking to do in the future? Or is there more going on behind the scenes than we know? In either case, it's fun to speculate. ;) (Louis Wu 13:54:25 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Heaven starts a mailiing list
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! (Louis Wu 13:44:19 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie and the Brain
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 world? As Hamish would say: "Coincidenceor...?"
Doesn't seem like THAT uncommon a name, but you never know... (Louis Wu 13:42:28 UTC) (permalink)
How many guns on that jeep?
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! (Louis Wu 03:47:44 UTC) (permalink)
News October 21 2000
iHalo Marine Corps back online
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)! (Louis Wu 20:02:14 UTC) (permalink)
R.net's forum gets overhauled
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! (Louis Wu 10:49:35 UTC) (permalink)
Halo-Australia's short story contest gets celeb judges
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...) (Louis Wu 04:05:17 UTC) (permalink)
Matt's Halo update, at R.net this time
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 time (Louis Wu 03:43:57 UTC) (permalink)
Matt clarifies the makeup of the Halo team
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 members of the Halo dev team.
John Howard is a new guy. He was part of FASA when they came over, and we kinda stole him away.
The rest of the new people are as follows:
- Ed Smith (art)
- Bernie Freidin (code)
- Stephen Okasaki (job unspecified)
Konrad Shirinian is no longer part of the team, and Stefan Sinclair is now a part of the online team (although he's currently on loan to the Oni team... which is interesting, since Oni doesn't have an online component any more...). There are lots of other new people at Bungie right now who AREN'T working on Halo; the whole organization is growing. Thanks for the update, Matt! (The rest of the Halo team were delineated by Matt at MacWorld SF almost a year ago.) (Louis Wu 00:01:00 UTC) (permalink)
News October 20 2000
Haloweb back online with a new look
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. (Louis Wu 18:47:07 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI Marines poised to slip a notch
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! (Louis Wu 14:01:10 UTC) (permalink)
DR UK says MS wants a piece of PS2's action
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? (Louis Wu 00:37:17 UTC) (permalink)
X-Dome studies Xbox graphics
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! (Louis Wu 00:33:51 UTC) (permalink)
News October 19 2000
Halo Short Story contest at Halo-Australia
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! (Louis Wu 00:42:47 UTC) (permalink)
Wallpaper page updated
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. (Louis Wu 00:27:55 UTC) (permalink)
News October 18 2000
Halo-News goes live (again)
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! (Louis Wu 21:05:50 UTC) (permalink)
News October 17 2000
The Arbiter comes online
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! (Louis Wu 08:51:43 UTC) (permalink)
News October 16 2000
Halo SETI team 7 day stats posted
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 Honneur for the seventh (!) week in a row. camw takes the Frogblast award for the second straight week, leaping up 75 positions to 255. Chucky must have turned off some of his computers for his birthday, because his output has dropped by half this week... or could the computations for Halo be using up those computers? You'll find all the details on the 7 day stats page. (Louis Wu 17:48:25 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Heaven comes online
BluR sends word that a new Halo site, Halo Heaven, has come online. News, pictures, movie links, info. Take a look! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 13:49:32 UTC) (permalink)
Death 'n Destruction squad featured at HP
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. (Louis Wu 04:15:16 UTC) (permalink)
News October 15 2000
Miscellaneous Art updated
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. (Louis Wu 19:03:37 UTC) (permalink)
Wallpaper page updated
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... (Louis Wu 14:19:18 UTC) (permalink)
Big Myth tourney could go Halo
Mock writes to let us know that airbornerangers.org are putting together a Myth tournament called 'WWII: Risk Global Domination Tournament'. In Mock's words, it is 'by far the most ambitious Myth tournament to date'. Why are you reading this on a Halo page?
If all goes well, we will run a Halo Risk tournament, with a map of the Ringworld, if possible. We, of course, would have to wait until some orders get solidified... in fact this style of tournament is easily transferable to any multiplayer online game.
Sounds intriguing! If you're interested, take a look at the Risk site. The Radio section has broadcasts worth listening to, for more info. (Louis Wu 14:06:17 UTC) (permalink)
News October 14 2000
Logos page updated
Luke Varley submits a... different sort of Halo logo. You can find it on our Logos page. (Louis Wu 20:25:06 UTC) (permalink)
Per-pixel everything, says the birthday boy
Happy Belated Birthday, Chucky! (We almost let it slide, even though it was mentioned on bungie.net, but Matt took us to task in his (weekly?) Halo update, posted to our forum this time.) Indoor goodness, AI improvements, and Wall-Hugging Hippos... it's all there! See? And you thought they were just trying to stick forks in the ceiling tiles. (Louis Wu 02:40:53 UTC) (permalink)
News October 13 2000
Marathon's Story looks closely at Island Four
Hamish Sinclair does his typically thorough analysis of an Island Four post we mentioned last week. Lots and lots of details about Pablo Neruda... more Blake tie-ins... even some Smashing Pumpkins. The details can be found in today's Marathon Story update. (Louis Wu 20:07:05 UTC) (permalink)
New WinAmp skin from Halo Command UK
Peter Askam sends word that Halo Command UK has a new Halo skin for WinAmp, the Windows mp3 player. You can find it in their Media section, under Sounds. Take a look! (Louis Wu 19:53:10 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Libs debuts at BGH
Battleground Halo is combating the no-news-induced boredom with Halo Libs, a new feature based on the parlor game 'Mad Libs' created in 1958 by Roger Price and Leonard Stern. You fill a form out with various parts of speech, and these words or phrases will be added to a story. BGH will print the funniest ones each week. If it sounds like fun, stop on by! (Louis Wu 17:05:07 UTC) (permalink)
Clan Halo Death now recruiting
Zero4 writes on our forum that his clan, Halo Death, is recruiting. Join up today! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 13:19:23 UTC) (permalink)
News October 12 2000
GrailKnights now a Halo clan
[GK]ByteEater sends word that his clan, the GrailKnights, have added Halo to their roster. Take a look! (Louis Wu 17:02:13 UTC) (permalink)
Theories Section updated
Iden has submitted to our Theories section an interpretation of a line of one of the Cortana letters... could 'a Demon folded in black clouds' be a W'rkncacnter? You be be the judge. (You can find other speculations about this William Blake-inspired line on the Marathon's Story page devoted to Cortana. Suffice it to say this isn't the first W'rkncacnter/Cortana tie-in.) (Louis Wu 15:18:17 UTC) (permalink)
News October 11 2000
BGH is back, Halo Central hangs it up
One back, one down: Battleground Halo returns with a new look, and Halo Central calls it quits. You win some, you lose some... (Thanks to R.net for the heads-up on Halo Central.) (Louis Wu 20:51:36 UTC) (permalink)
Logos page updated.
Thanks to fire phoenix, of HC, who submitted another logo for our Logos page. Take a look! (Louis Wu 04:40:14 UTC) (permalink)
News October 10 2000
dearth of news
Nothing to see here, move along...
News October 9 2000
Ultimate Gamer posts some E3 trailer grabs
We just got mail from Geert Roete, saying that there are some Halo shots posted at the Dutch site Ultimate Gamer. They're just screen grabs from the E3 movie, though, and the text is very sparse (one sentence), so I'm not really sure what the deal is. You can go look anyway, though... there might be other stuff of interest. Pax. (Crux Fidelis 19:31:07 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI Marines 7 day stats posted
The Halo SETI Marines continue to crank out units, slightly improving last week's total output. DarthFlounder remains in the number one Crunch position, and last week's Frogblast award winner, Trux, was surpassed this week by camw. All the gory details can be found on the 7 day stats page. Pax. (Crux Fidelis 15:46:07 UTC) (permalink)
News October 8 2000
Simultaneous release news a bit off
Okay, we goofed. Turns out the bit about Halo being released simultaneously on the Mac and the Xbox is somewhat old (and since superceded)... apparently, it was posted to a Mac gaming site in August, and 8/10/2000 was interpreted (understandably) by a European as October 8, not August 10. The eNewsletter in question had this to say, back in August:
During the keynote address [at MWNY], Steve Jobs welcomed Ed Fries onto the Macworld stage. Vice President of Games for Microsoft, Fries reassured the audience. Yes, Microsoft certainly will release Halo for the Mac. In fact, it will be released for the Mac at the same time it is released for the X-Box, Microsoft's new videogame console.
This has since been, um... corrected by Matt Soell as overenthusiastic reporting by Apple. Sorry to get everyone's dander up. (Louis Wu 23:18:52 UTC) (permalink)
Mac and Xbox versions simultaneous?
Wow! Kudos to Harry Al-Shakarchi, who noticed that the latest Apple monthly newsletter reminds readers that the Mac version of Halo will be out at the same time as the XBox version. ('Reminds us'? Seems to me we never KNEW that in the first place!) This came from Microsoft's Vice President of Games. Corroboration as soon as we get it... (Louis Wu 13:47:47 UTC) (permalink)
BGH goes black
They're doing it again... the king of the Halo Makeovers, Battleground: Halo, has switched looks again. There's nothing there yet (again), but the blue and white has given way to black and orange. Just in time for Halloween... (Louis Wu 00:30:31 UTC) (permalink)
News October 7 2000
The start of a regular thing?
MICROSOFT TURNS BUNGIE INTO SWEATSHOP: Oh, wait... that's not right. Matt Soell stopped by R.net's forum this evening (yeah, we know, he's not allowed to do that) and volunteered a bit of info about what's going on behind the scenes. Promises of more info have been made... beware, Matt, your words have been recorded. Go check it out... as he says, "Microsoft Tasta Mo Lika Bungie Spice." (Talk to Matt.) (Louis Wu 01:08:44 UTC) (permalink)
Miscellaneous Art updated
Miguel Santiago has sent in a hand-drawn Halo Marine, as a cartoon. Pretty nice work... you'll find it on our Miscellaneous Art page. (Louis Wu 01:01:51 UTC) (permalink)
News October 6 2000
Flash Halo logo made
Clay Bratt has put together a new Flash Halo logo... you can see it here. (Thanks to Clay for the heads-up on our forum, and to •Mimer for the corrected URL.) Pax. (Crux Fidelis 13:07:57 UTC) (permalink)
News October 5 2000
SETI@home 3.0 client available
MacNN has news of a new SETI@Home client... 3.0. Currently available for Windows98/95/NT, MacOS, MacOSX, and Unix, the new version adds pulse and triplet detection to signal analysis, faster FFT routines, and better multitasking. All versions are available from SETI@home's Downloads page. Grab it today, and increase your searching abilities! Find the Covenant before they find you! (Louis Wu 16:53:27 UTC) (permalink)
News October 4 2000
Fan Fiction updated
The second chapter of Role Reversal, a Halo fan fiction-in-progress, arrived this evening. The action's heating up! Elmo warns that this will be the last chapter for a few weeks... life getting in the way, again. You'll find it on our Fan Fiction page... enjoy! (Louis Wu 00:53:54 UTC) (permalink)
Island Four, behind the firehouse
Good to know that even when real life gets in the way of updates, fans keep on top of the good stuff. Island Four (otherwise known as Nathan Bitner, former Producer of Halo) is back on the forums, spouting Neruda, Blake, and his own feverish rantings. A line from an R.E.M. song comes to mind:
This boy and girl that gather pearls
Of wisdom falling from his mouth
Wash off the blood, wash off the rum
Stay tuned... you never know what's coming next! (Thanks to Carth for the heads-up on this one.) (Louis Wu 00:33:04 UTC) (permalink)
Miscellaneous Art updated
Thanks to Diogo Barbosa, who submitted a fully hand-done version of the new Marine... you'll find him in our Miscellaneous Art section. Diogo's not happy with the arms... but he says he'll get back to them. Take a look! (Louis Wu 00:10:16 UTC) (permalink)
News October 3 2000
halo-online.de comes online
"Halo-Online" writes to say that a new Halo fansite is up and running in Germany... halo-online.de. German speakers, check 'em out! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 16:56:16 UTC) (permalink)
Miscellaneous Art updated
Thanks to Christian Ytterström, who sent in a newly colored version of the original Marine. You'll find it on our Miscellaneous Art page. (Louis Wu 01:16:17 UTC) (permalink)
News October 2 2000
The Register says 'beware!'
Thanks to Aaron Sommer, who spotted an article about Cannibal Harry's online woes at UK-based The Register. Definitely worth a read. (Louis Wu 19:24:41 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI Team 7 day stats posted
The Halo SETI Marines gain another 6 recruits this week, and remain firmly in 43rd position in the Battle of the Teams. DarthFlounder again outcrunches the competition, and Trux (a new recruit last week) leapfrogs over 48 team members to garner the Frogblast award. The most interesting movement, though, is the second-place cruncher this week... Chucky. Does the 35-50% increase in crunching (compared to the previous couple of months) mean the Halo dev team's computers have been beefed up... or that they haven't been used as much this week? All the gory details can be found on the 7 day stats page. Pax. (Crux Fidelis 14:20:53 UTC) (permalink)
Games that redefine their genre... sort of
Seen at Battleground: Halo - Speedy3D has an article comparing Black and White, Team Fortress 2, and Halo, discussing how they redifine their respective genres, and dreaming about how sweet it would be to see these in time for Christmas. Aside from the wholly unrealistic estimate of release dates, it was a fine article, at first... but my eyes glazed over when I read this line:
The story that is running behind Halo is reminiscent of Quake 2.
To each his own, I suppose. Excuse me, I have some more Banks reading to do. (Louis Wu 13:46:11 UTC) (permalink)
Halo video Music Clip from Down Under
David, an Australian fan, sent us this note:
This is David from the Australian Music Group Seventh, one of our fans made up a video Music Clip using Halo footage. The song in the clip is "I'm Gonna Fly" we recorded the track ealier in the year with Halo in mind.
The song won the Australian Triple J Unearthed Contest, which groups such as Silver Chair, Savage Garden have won and so on... The track I'm Gonna Fly is free for download from our site as well. If you get time check it out, its pretty cool...
The clip is in RealMedia format, and weighs in at a bit over 20 megs, zipped. The video is an edited version of the E3 movie, and fits surprisingly well with the music. We're hesitant to point out 20 meg download links any more, after what happened to Cannibal Harry, so be careful. If you want to check out the band, their website is here. (Louis Wu 13:07:46 UTC) (permalink)
News October 1 2000
Halo preview at IntelGamer
StarHawk sends word that IntelGamer has a new Halo preview up. It's nice to see new people excited about Halo, even if some of the info is out of date or just plain wrong. (All the pictures in the article use the old-style, outdated screenshots, Larry Niven is named in connection with the storyline, and IntelGamer suggests that there are rumors "that Microsoft is withholding release of HALO until the X-Box of released", among other tidbits.) The fact is, though, that not many games could generate a new preview like this in the current drought that is Halo PR. (Louis Wu 02:27:26 UTC) (permalink)
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