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Is There A Halo Community?
I missed this last week... but Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, has written the first of a multipart series about the Halo community. Coming as it does from a longtime Bungie fan and community leader, it's an interesting read; newer fans might find it interesting to see where the 'old guard' is coming from. I'm looking foward to the next part! (Louis Wu 21:46:50 UTC) (permalink)
Mac Halo review at MacNytt.se
Sippan (who posts as Vid Boi on our forum) wrote to tell us of a review of Mac Halo (in Swedish) at the Swedish news site MacNytt.se. 9/10, for those who don't read Swedish. (Louis Wu 21:37:06 UTC) (permalink)
One One Se7en Ornaments
rapture created a series of Christmas ornaments using One One Se7en characters a couple of weeks ago. It took a little while to get around to 'em... but then, my Christmas lights and tree aren't up at my home, either. You'll find them prominently linked in the the One One Se7en section until Christmas; pick the ones you want and print 'em out, hang 'em on your own tree! (Louis Wu 19:57:36 UTC) (permalink)
Calvin's learning...
Whoa. After exactly 8 months of inactivity, Calvin and Halo comes alive again with a new strip. Thanks, Warbow! (Louis Wu 19:16:39 UTC) (permalink)
One Hundred
Astounding as it may seem, Stuntmutt's One One Se7en comic has made it to 100. That is - not including Sunday strips, Holiday strips, Archive strips, or Guest strips, there have now been 100 strips presented to you, the public, since April of this year. Wonga. To celebrate, MC gets a cake. (Be sure your computer's not muted.) (Louis Wu 16:30:44 UTC) (permalink)
You guys write too much.
Last Fan Fiction update was 48 hours ago - here are another 21 pieces. (Yes, that's an absurd submission rate. And yes, that's after deleting more than one entry.)
- Spartans, by Sergeant B
- A Path to Nowhere, by Mainevent
- First Strike, by CovieKilla
- The Last Battle: The Yaxans, by JOTD FanFiction Team
- The Trials of a Displaced Master, Chief Chapter II: Time Travel Can Be Such A Pain, by stan
- Battle for Tectron: Chapter 2-A Helljumper's story part 2, by Helljumper
- Once In A Lifetime Offer -MC Rap-, by AmokTheClown
- Life Workin for HBO,Part Three, by Hunter_Killer
- Inside the Blood Faction (TFW prologue), by Awacar
- His Last Mission(Continued...), by FFEcho
- Shadow Ops II: Chapter Four, by Agent Shade
- Out of Phase 3, by BlackValkyire
- Legion of Honor - part 2: Essence of Camaraderie /Chapter 1, by Brocktree
- Fight for New Tatley (Chapter 8: Requiring Assistance), by CoLd BlooDed
- Only One Soldier, by CoLd BlooDed
- ONI Black Operations Part 4, by Jaywhit10
- Task Force 168: The Silent Justice-Chapter Two, by Blue Jaguar
- Long Time Gone Part 8 plz read, by grylsy
- Life Workin' for HBO, Part Two, by Hunter_Killer
- Halo2: The Covenant Wars, by Thomas Harper
- Galaxy 07 - Part six - Discovery, by Jillybean
(Louis Wu 16:13:11 UTC) (permalink)
Power In Numbers
Gettin' on in the day... but it's still Wednesday, so there's still time for Halo: Resolution. Looks like those grunts might be going a bit too far... (Louis Wu 16:00:15 UTC) (permalink)
It's great! It's terrible!
Feedback on Mac Halo's gameplay: from the Maccommunity forum, there's a report (thanks, Gary Smith) of good gameplay on a 900 MHz G3 iBook with a 32 mb Radeon 7500 (below the recommended minimum standards set by MacPlay), and from our own forum, a report of lousy play on a dual 2GHz G5 with a 128 mb Radeon 9800. Hmm... (Louis Wu 13:28:31 UTC) (permalink)
HoverHog 1.0
Dmack pointed out a Hoverhog - a remodeled human hovercraft - he built over at HaloSkins. (HaloSkins, btw, is back online, with a new design; we've been meaning to post one of those web roundups, but haven't gotten to it yet.) I haven't tried it... but it sure looks funky! Update: gwdpto posted a bunch of pics of this puppy in action. Definitely looks pretty cool! (Louis Wu 11:53:56 UTC) (permalink)
Game giveaway at Shacknews
Shacknews is giving away a boatload of games, including 5 copies of Halo PC. For a chance to win, you just need to sign up; winners will be announced on Christmas day. Thanks to Jamirus99 for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 11:46:20 UTC) (permalink)
AYBE II - gettin' ready
Blackstar continues the PR campaign on his Summer 2004 lanfest, Are You Big Enough II, with a spiffy movie poster. Whatever else you can say about the man, he definitely has a flair for movie stuff! (Louis Wu 11:30:39 UTC) (permalink)
Ancient Halo
Whoa... mysterious. I got word from mnemesis that Bungie had added a new wallpaper to their Halo Wallpaper collection yesterday, with no fanfare - there's no news post on b.net about it. (Though I saw mnem's email first, it looks like Pico posted it on our forum a bit earlier...) 'Ancient Halo' (last paper on the page) is a whimsical view of ancient Egyptians with Halo weapons, surrounded by heiroglyphic symbols. I did a little searching, and even after you remove the impostor glyphs (the Marathon symbol, the smiley face) I had trouble making any sense out of the rest. Maybe someone with a better handle on what they mean...? Bungie playing around... or a message to the fans? You decide. (Louis Wu 11:04:10 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Metal - stripped
Quick update on the large movie we mentioned yesterday; looks like the ISP pulled it. The link we gave yields a 404 (file not found) error at the moment. Sorry... (Louis Wu 01:23:21 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
Monday's news in brief:
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Start the week with words Puzzling Information Mac Halo breaking sales records Now THAT'S a big hog. Halo Basics movie at CPL Off Colour Viva La (Grunt) Revolution! |
