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News February 29 2000
Thanks once again to Harry "I live to translate" Al-Shakarchi, who turned in a super-fast translation of the Top of Games article mentioned earlier. Thanks, Harry! (Louis Wu 18:30:49 UTC) (permalink)
First seen on the Marathon's Story page yesterday... now part of our Miscellaneous Art collection. Eric R submits a Marathon marine in full Halo dress. (Modified Bungie, page 6.) Thanks, Eric! (Louis Wu 17:17:54 UTC) (permalink)
As noted by the good folks at Halo World there is another German Halo review this time at Top of Games. No new screenshots but the English translation is on the way. (Wirehead 16:38:21 UTC) (permalink)
BLAM! Halo SETI Marines climb another two places in the Battle of the Teams. That's a total of 4 places over the last 36 hours! Kudos all round! Team stats for the last 24 hours are now up. Join today! Be the first in line when the Covenant arrive! ;) (Wirehead 15:22:11 UTC) (permalink)
"Could this be Halo competition?" ask Harry Al-Shakarchi. GameSpot UK have a review of Sierra's Ground Control in which they state:
The 3D revolution in real-time strategy continues apace as Sierra's Ground Control gets ready for launch in the summer. And for those of you waiting with baited breath for Halo to arrive, this title might prove to be just as desirable.
(Wirehead 08:28:44 UTC) (permalink)
Yesterday's Halo SETI stats are now posted. Better late than never eh? The Halo SETI Marines moved up two places to position 94 in the Battle of the Teams. We gained two new recruits and Alistair Phillips joined the top 100 marines. (Wirehead 07:59:02 UTC) (permalink)
peapon who writes from Ireland says he was watching Skyrocket a sort of internet tv show on Sky One just before the magnetic pulse attack and noted that Halo was featured.
There was no new info just the usual about the great graphics, rolling shell casings and smoke trails blowing in the wind plus a strange comment about how romantic it all sounded?!? At the end of it the presenters strongly recommended that we go visit bungie's web site and check it out. Imagine how many people this will reach, bungie has really has gone global!
(Wirehead 07:37:37 UTC) (permalink)
HBO are back! We are now broadcasting from the CCS Delusions of Adequacy orbiting Earth. (Wirehead 07:07:07 UTC) (permalink)
News February 26 2000
Marathon's Story spots Covenant ship name "Purity of Spirit" in list of potential Culture ship names. Perhaps some Halo fan sent it in to the Iain M. Banks/Orbit competition? (Wirehead 17:34:05 UTC) (permalink)
Today's Halo SETI 24 hour team stats are now up. Team membership rises to 214. SETI techs recalculate team totals. (Wirehead 15:28:38 UTC) (permalink)
Just when the Halo SETI Marines were set to take the team known as "Dr. Jones and his magic decoder ring" in the Battle of the Teams they jump from position 94 to 89. Who are those guys? Well when the going gets tough the Halo SETI Marines... design another SETI banner. ;-) Got Halo SETI art? Then send it to us! (Wirehead 16:44:24 UTC) (permalink)
Carl Norman of Massive Damage Inc. tells us that they now have a news board. (Louis Wu 14:30:22 UTC) (permalink)
News February 25 2000
Thanks to DarkStar who posted a link on our forums to a number of pics of US Army prototype for a light tactical jeep. The direct link is http://www.panix.com/~paulf/bin/. Look familiar? Thanks Darkstar. Pax (Crux Fidelis 21:20:31 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo SETI Marines are set to overcome the team known as "Dr. Jones and his magic decoder ring" in the Battle of the Teams. Team membership rises to 212 and Giule enters the top 100 team members. More details on today's 24 hour stats page. (Wirehead 16:55:09 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie seek Producer for Halo. Bungie Software have two new job openings in Chicago, one for programmers and one a producer for the Halo team. Here are the producer's requirements:
Budgeting and scheduling experience on previous commercial games.
Experience with budgeting and scheduling software, including Excel and Project.
Experience dealing with external contractors.
Good communication skills.
It would seem that Nathan Bitner is not coming back to his old job! (Wirehead 13:20:05 UTC) (permalink)
tru7h sent us in two Halo desktop pics. Getting tired of that old desktop pic? Then our Wallpaper page might spice up your life! ;) (Wirehead 12:31:28 UTC) (permalink)
fuKKwiTT sends word that the Blazing Electric Death site has changed to www.electricdeath.8m.com and is now known as Electric Death. (Wirehead 10:45:02 UTC) (permalink)
Missed this yesterday but the Marathon's Story page has put up some interesting comments about the Halo backstory as given in the recent 3D Action Planet Halo preview. The Story page also has another report on that Halo-like Lynx Phoenix ad this time on British prime time TV. (Louis Wu 08:34:15 UTC) (permalink)
"According to Dreamcast magazine Halo may be coming out for the Dreamcast. It is on page 54 of march 2000." says Sean Morris. Thanks Sean. (Louis Wu 08:01:27 UTC) (permalink)
Interesting post over at The Core concerning an interview with Bungie artist Shikai Wang. There's also a scan of Shikai at work. Great scoop! (Louis Wu 07:29:43 UTC) (permalink)
News February 24 2000
Interview mit Doug Zartman. Macnews.de a German Mac site has posted an interview with Bungie's Doug Zartman. Although mainly about Oni there is some info on Halo, Bungie, Doug and violence in games. Harry Al-Shakarchi kindly translated the whole interview and you can read it at oni.bungie.org. How long will we have to wait for Halo?
Doug: Much longer than Oni. We might finish it by the end of the year, maybe not. It will take until then until we can give a exact time for release.
(Louis Wu 17:20:13 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI Marines hold steady at position 95 in the top team ranks. We should see some movement over the weekend. Cyborg enters the top 100 team members. More details on today's 24 hour stats page. (Wirehead 15:22:39 UTC) (permalink)
Dennis Wüppesahl sends word that his planet-halo.splatterworld.de site has now changed to www.planet-halo.de and is called Planet-Halo. (Wirehead 14:24:12 UTC) (permalink)
As reported on IMG 3D Action Planet have a Halo preview. No new screenshots but a few new slants to the story and some tech info. (Louis Wu 05:21:58 UTC) (permalink)
News February 23 2000
Jiri Cermak kindly sent us in the scans of a Halo review in the Czech version of GameStar magazine: page 1 (78K), page 2 (66K), and page 3 (64K). Sorry but we had to reduce the quality of the original scans to keep the bandwidth down. No new pics but the article (in Czech) has some good quotes as Jiri describes:
HALO is compared to Doom in its potential of shaking the games world, they go to detail in describing the cinematic animation and other well-known aspects of HALO. The first sentence in the article itself goes:
"Gaming specialists from around the world stopped breathing when they saw the first movies from this game."
Thanks Jiri. (Louis Wu 18:46:02 UTC) (permalink)
Kudos to Jiri Cermak for pointing us to a Halo review at BonusWeb a Czech gaming site. Jiri also kindly sent in an English summary. More Halo stuff from Jiri later today! (Louis Wu 15:30:25 UTC) (permalink)
Another day, another place! Halo SETI Marines climb another place to position 95 in the top team ranks. We welcome Guslef to the top 100. More details on the 24 hour stats page. We got the power! (Wirehead 15:11:30 UTC) (permalink)
Win a free copy of Halo. SonicStorm of Battleground: Halo passes on the following info:
BattleGround: Halo in association with GameSpy Industries is proud to announce our first ever Halo contest! For all you avid fan fiction people out there, we have launched a week-long contest to search for the best fan fiction out there! Grand prize is a free pre-ordered copy of Halo! For more details on the contest, head on over to Battleground: Halo!
Didn't Stomped just announce a Halo competition as well? (Louis Wu 08:03:50 UTC) (permalink)
According to Matt Soell in our forums they'll be a new Halo build at E3 containing a few surprises for old-school Bungie fans. Lots of other neat stuff in Matt's post as well go read it. (Louis Wu 07:20:07 UTC) (permalink)
News February 22 2000
For the curious among you here are the sites that are no longer listed on Bungie's Halo Fan Site page:
Halo News
Halam
Halocination
Halo Ground
Haloniac
DEHc-3 Halo
Militia
-=Halo=-
Townhall
Halo Archives
And here are the new ones!
Battleground: Halo
Halo Vault
Orbit
Halo Handbook
Mammoth
Pax Nimbus
Psyjnir Complex
Electric Death
Halo Network (German)
Raven's Halo (German)
Halonews.de (German)
Yup we keep our eye on Bungie! ;-) (Wirehead 19:53:09 UTC) (permalink)
As noted by Noctavis over at The Core Bungie have updated their Halo Fan Site page. A few new sites added some old sites gone. (Louis Wu 19:30:29 UTC) (permalink)
Matt Soell comments in his inimitable style about Halo's future rating from the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) on our forums. Early days yet. It'll most likely have a seven in it! ;-) (Wirehead 15:35:13 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo SETI Marines climbed one place to position 96 in the Battle of the Teams. Three more recruits join up and Harry T. Schueren IV enters the top 100. More details on the 24 hour stats page. We got the power! (Wirehead 15:19:32 UTC) (permalink)
News February 21 2000
Bungie Events Calendar now online! Hot news from bungie.net. Bungie now have a secure calendar to host and attend games, tournaments, order meetings, knife fights, whatever... anything related to Bungie. Knife fights?!!! Cool news for the Bungie Community. (Louis Wu 21:16:04 UTC) (permalink)
Win a free copy of Halo. John Callaham of Stomped passes on this good news:
Stomped @ E3 presents a way to 'Win The Future" with a chance for a reader to win a copy of Diablo II, Halo, and Team Fortress II. More details can be found at http://e3.stomped.com
Thanks John. (Louis Wu 21:07:56 UTC) (permalink)
Pappa Doom informs us that another German Halo fansite has gone online called HaloNews.de. This site has nothing to do with HaloNews, it's just the same name. Thanks Pappa. (Louis Wu 20:32:22 UTC) (permalink)
Come and Get Some! Halo SETI Marines are poised to make a big climb in the top 100 team ranks. We gain 3 new members and a massive 492 units over the last 24 hours (thanks to TheMaz and the Whurp). The stats page has the details. Pax. (Crux Fidelis 15:24:47 UTC) (permalink)
Massive Damage Inc. updated
Carl Norman tells us that Massive Damage Incorporated has been updated. (Louis Wu 14:20:12 UTC) (permalink)
News February 20 2000
Marathon's Story page posts more pics of the Lynx Phoenix deodorant ad which uses the Halo font. Smells like...? (Louis Wu 15:51:32 UTC) (permalink)
"Nuts to this", screamed Crux. "It's a Sunday I ain't doing stats!" But our fans demand it so here are team stats for the last 24 hours. Two new team members push our enrollment to 206. We welcome Shadowfax into the top 100. Meebo crunches a massive 23 units. We've got the power! (Louis Wu 15:19:28 UTC) (permalink)
Blazing Electric Death sends word that they've changed their name to Electric Death, and moved to a new website. They are still distributing a Halo newsletter... if you would like to subscribe, send mail to bed_sub@hotmail.com with a subject of subscribe. (Louis Wu 02:16:54 UTC) (permalink)
News February 19 2000
Halo SETI team membership rises to 204. No change in our top 100 rank position. 24 hours stats posted. Keep crunching! They're out there! (Wirehead 15:17:38 UTC) (permalink)
News February 18 2000
Matt Soell clears up a minor controversy surrounding Joseph Staten's comments in Inside Mac Games this month. Read about it on our forum. (Louis Wu 18:28:04 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI Marines dig in! Climbing ain't easy in the top 100. We keep crunching... holding our own... waiting for the right time to strike! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 15:17:38 UTC) (permalink)
News February 17 2000
Halo SETI Marines climb one place to 97 in the Battle of the Teams. We welcome Lothy to the team! Membership stands at 203. 24 hour stats posted. Pax. (Crux Fidelis 15:57:23 UTC) (permalink)
Raven sends word that a new German page has gone up... Planet-halo. The URL will change soon, but the site's mostly up now. (Louis Wu 14:46:15 UTC) (permalink)
Thanks to Sputnik, who spotted an interview with Bungie's Joseph Staten in the latest print edition of Inside Mac Games. He's posted the relevant bits on our forum. Thanks, Sputnik! (Louis Wu 04:20:11 UTC) (permalink)
News February 16 2000
Some interesting discussion happening on the Forum about the Covenant energy blades. Is there more than one version? Is Bungie experimenting with the art? Is there something we don't know? Contribute your two cents! (or pence, or lira, or whatever...) (Louis Wu 18:03:09 UTC) (permalink)
Then there were 202. Two more marines join the Halo SETI team. Halo marine hold their ground at position 98 in the Battle of the Teams. Check the 24 hour stats for La Crunch. (Wirehead 15:22:03 UTC) (permalink)
The Marathon's Story page uncovers a possible case of corporate plagiarism. Is the Halo font being used to advertise men's deodorant? Smells decidedly fishy if you ask me! But then nobody does. Go read it for yourself on the Story page. (Wirehead 12:46:51 UTC) (permalink)
Lord Bagel sends in a cartoonish Halo Marine. Beer and cigarettes? Sacrilege! (On our Miscellaneous Art page, for you heathens-Original page 11.) Pax. (Crux Fidelis 07:26:25 UTC) (permalink)
News February 15 2000
Snagged off the Marathon: Open Source page, another Halo site, this time in New Zealand: Mammoth. Up for at least a couple of weeks, if the news is any indication... Pax. (Crux Fidelis 17:25:13 UTC) (permalink)
Although the original URL we posted back on January 10 still seems to work, Orbit has moved to a new home at Alloy Gaming. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 16:27:15 UTC) (permalink)
Up one place to 98. The Halo SETI Marines keep on rising in the top team ranks. Team membership hit 200 early this morning. You want the stats we got'em! (Wirehead 15:30:14 UTC) (permalink)
Ben Kamprath has submitted a couple of new drawings to the Miscellaneous Art collection (Original, page 10). Thanks, Ben. (Louis Wu 14:43:32 UTC) (permalink)
Neticule and Virgil send word of new gaming site called Alloy Gaming which has a Halo preview. Pax. (Crux Fidelis 06:02:12 UTC) (permalink)
News February 14 2000
What will you do when you first get Halo? Got an idea? Then let us know in this thread on our forums. (Wirehead 15:54:21 UTC) (permalink)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre! Halo SETI marines enter the top 100 at position 99. Kudos to the combined crunching power of the Halo SETI community! Current membership now stands at 197 and rising. Who will be the 200th member? Find out who's who on the 48 hour stats page. We've got the power! (Wirehead 15:17:30 UTC) (permalink)
Tom McLure points out that VR Magazine has a new poll up... "Which title will most redefine gaming in 2000?" Halo is currently crushing the competition... but with only 58 votes cast, that's not very impressive. Go make your voice heard! (Louis Wu 22:13:11 UTC) (permalink)
News February 13 2000
Flashback of HALO-NET sends us word about a Handbook for Halo it's called The Introduction Handbook To Halo. (Wirehead 22:13:11 UTC) (permalink)
SETI server back up! Halo SETI Marines move up one place to position 101 in the Battle of the Teams. (Wirehead 20:11:22 UTC) (permalink)
Matthew Hilliard submits an analysis of the Cortana letters that were sent to the Marathon's Story page last year. Do you agree with him? Go read it, then sound off! (Louis Wu 16:39:08 UTC) (permalink)
In an obvious move to keep the Halo SETI Marines from reaching the top 100 the SETI server has been offline for the best part of Sunday morning. Still no access at 0700 PST. Never fear though... the Halo SETI Marines will overcome this minor setback! (Wirehead 15:26:25 UTC) (permalink)
Massa informs us that he has posted an ASF-Version (9MB) of the InciteTV-Video on the German Halo Network page. Thanks. Pax. (Crux Fidelis 12:17:12 UTC) (permalink)
Xian has made good on his promise of a monster piece of Fan Fiction... cook up some popcorn, pull up a couch, and settle in for a long, long read. "The Law of Sin & Death"... Wow! (Louis Wu 01:09:08 UTC) (permalink)
SpacePioneer sends word of his newly converted Clan, Alien Exterminators. Not finished, it seems (a bunch of 404 pages), but getting there. (Louis Wu 00:31:02 UTC) (permalink)
News February 12 2000
Kudos to Legend for posting to our forums about a new Halo Preview at Gamertech. Anticipation Rating is a solid 10. The article pays homage to some of Bungie's older games. Go read it now! (Wirehead 16:01:33 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo SETI marines dig in at position 102 and are poised to take a top 100 place by tomorrow! Check out who's getting us there on the 24 hour team stats page. Three new recruits join the team and Erikbjo brings 118 smokin' units. Join up today! (Wirehead 15:28:24 UTC) (permalink)
We added the Incite movie to our Movies page... a little late, but it's there now. (Thanks, eric!) (Louis Wu 09:55:14 UTC) (permalink)
Reported both in our forums and in more detail at The Core that Bungie are listed as one of the game companys in the new PowerPlay initiative. More details can be found in a news announcement at ShugaShack and comments by Matt Soell at The Core. (Wirehead 09:37:54 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie Points are in the news. Nijhazer posts to our Forums about a Bungie Points ReadMe he got with his Oni mouse pad. Go buy Bungie stuff! (Wirehead 08:20:16 UTC) (permalink)
News February 11 2000
The Halo SETI marines climb to position 102 in the top team ranks. Current membership stands at 189 and rising. Find out who's who on the 24 hour stats page. (Wirehead 15:40:46 UTC) (permalink)
Matt Soell weighs in on the Carmack interview of a couple of days ago. Go read about it on our forum! (Louis Wu 00:46:27 UTC) (permalink)
News February 10 2000
As reported on our forums by Bagman the Marathon's Story page reports a Newsweek article that discussed the battle field of the future. Buggies, supersoldiers, parafoils, all stuff we've seen in Halo. Best of all is the term "Swarm". "Small squads of 25 soldiers-linked by superb communications equipment-roam the battlefield. When one squad finds an enemy, it summons the others, and the units swarm." Hopefully this term will be adopted by Halo players rather than clans! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 19:57:53 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo SETI marines cruise to position 103 in the top team ranks. The big push is on for a top 100 spot by early next week. Another 3 marines join up before the rush! Check out the team's current status on the 24 hour team stats page. Pax. (Crux Fidelis 15:17:11 UTC) (permalink)
Thanks once again to Harry "If it's German, I'm on it" Al-Shakarchi, who sent in a translation of a new Halo Preview found on the German Powerplay site. Ironic shadow comments, given yesterday's news... (Louis Wu 00:57:34 UTC) (permalink)
News February 9 2000
Dennis Taylor sends word of a John Carmack interview over at Thresh's Firing Squad. In the section titled (strangely enough) "id is not a publisher", Carmack has this to say about Halo:
FS: Are you interested in Halo at all?
John: I've watched the movies of it; it looks pretty good. The one problem right now is that there's no way to really judge anything from screenshots because any halfway competent rendering engine can render any given scene. And it's only in how things tie together that there's any differentiation. Certainly the Bungie people, they've got a lot of talent. And they've been doing this basically as long as we have. They were kind of id's Mac shadow for many years. But now that they've gone ahead and had some mainstream PC success, they're doing pretty well.
Do you agree with his assessment of Bungie's place in the gaming industry? Sound off! (Louis Wu 18:58:29 UTC) (permalink)
This came in this weekend... but my net connection was bad enough I sent it on to the Marathon's Story page. Worth a look, though... David Johnston suggests that the design of the Halo logo might have been influenced from the Jjaro logo from Marathon Infinity. On our Theories page... decide for yourself! (Louis Wu 18:14:11 UTC) (permalink)
Halo SETI marines crunch over 20,000 SETI units. Team membership rises to 185. The Battle of the Teams heats up! Soon you will be food! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 16:00:23 UTC) (permalink)
News February 8 2000
The Marathon's Story page is at it again. This time highlighting similarities between the Halo logo and the Jjaro logo in Marathon Infinity. Pax. (Crux Fidelis 19:19:47 UTC) (permalink)
Some good stuff going down at The Core. Freewill posts about what he saw of Halo at last month's Macworld Expo. There's also a long Halo thread developing at Shugashack. Pax. (Crux Fidelis 18:53:09 UTC) (permalink)
We managed to salvage our 24 hour SETI team stats from the rubble. We gained a few new recruits, Frank Garrett returns to the team (thanks to the intervention of our fearless leader... mad.max), we're holding steady at position 104 poised to hit the top 100 running. Join up today... don't get lost in the rush! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 18:26:41 UTC) (permalink)
HBO offices hit by meteor! Sorry for the downtime folks. Pax. (Crux Fidelis 18:18:33 UTC) (permalink)
Incite Comes Through! For all you folks who missed the January 2000 issue of Incite PC Gaming, someone loves you. Incite has made the 46 megabyte movie previously only available on the CD of that issue accessible from their website. Go get it! (Thanks to Bryn Williams for the wonderful news.) (Louis Wu 00:20:18 UTC) (permalink)
News February 7 2000
Missing in action! Another Halo SETI marine goes AWOL. The 24 hour team stats reveal the gory details! (Wirehead 15:17:41 UTC) (permalink)
Over the weekend the Halo SETI marines blasted their way to position 104 in the Battle of the Teams. The top 100 beckons. (Wirehead 09:27:21 UTC) (permalink)
NAVCON's website moves to http://navcon.virtualave.net. Time to update those links. Thanks mrface. (Wirehead 09:23:21 UTC) (permalink)
If you're crunching SETI on a Mac check out cris' SETI UNiT Manager 1.3 an AppleScript Script. Also it seems that the SETI@home client v2.0 has been updated to v2.02. (Wirehead 09:19:33 UTC) (permalink)
Syntax Halo are a new Halo clan from Sweden. Thanks Protector. (Wirehead 08:00:01 UTC) (permalink)
News February 6 2000
Great new Fan Fiction up, for you Marathon fans... check it out! (Louis Wu 12:03:01 UTC) (permalink)
Sebastian Brytting writes to let everyone know that {SoSi} now has an irc channel of their own; you can find them on #sosi at QuakeNet. Thanks, Sebastian! (Louis Wu 10:44:35 UTC) (permalink)
Flashback sends in a sketch of an artillery tank for our Miscellaneous Art pages (Original, page 10). Thanks, FB! (Louis Wu 10:37:59 UTC) (permalink)
News February 5 2000
More speculation on Halo GURPS at the Marathon's Story page. Another GURPS based Bungie games seems likely judging from this info. Go check it out! (Wirehead 16:31:23 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo SETI marines dig in at position 106 in the top team ranks. We welcome "redeyes" and his 94 units to the team. Check the 24 hour stats for details. (Wirehead 15:23:59 UTC) (permalink)
The February edition of Edge gaming magazine has a small snippet on Halo and a bigger piece on Oni. No new info or screenshots though. (Wirehead 14:49:21 UTC) (permalink)
News February 4 2000
"EARTHQUAKE has been released" says Flashback. A Halo tournament page brought to you by the HALO-NET boys. (Wirehead 16:53:24 UTC) (permalink)
Fan Fiction page updated with a story snagged off our forum... thanks, MacGuyver! (Louis Wu 16:37:27 UTC) (permalink)
Faust sends word that the Halo clan page for Black Death Union is online. Still needs a bit of filling out... but go on by and check it out! (Louis Wu 16:02:49 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo SETI Marines climb another notch to 106. Next up, a group that... oh, wait, wrong update. Anyway, here's the 24 hour stats. (Louis Wu 15:21:19 UTC) (permalink)
Seems Stomped might have gotten upset over ballot-box stuffing... There was a furious spate of activity at roughly 6:30 UT today, in which the Giants vote increased by over 2000, and the Halo vote by about half that... then the poll was reset, and soon after, the Stomped E3 site became unreachable. Stomped! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 08:36:02 UTC) (permalink)
News February 3 2000
No prisoners! The Halo SETI marines climb two places to position 107 in the Battle of the Teams. Witness total carnage. Join up before you get left behind! (Wirehead 17:21:15 UTC) (permalink)
Seen on our forum: Stomped is hosting a new poll: "which upcoming title interests you the most?" Go Stomp 'em! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 06:55:27 UTC) (permalink)
Interesting thread on multiplayer motivations and some options to make gameplay better can be found on our forum. Check in and contribute! (Louis Wu 01:36:31 UTC) (permalink)
Posted yesterday, but forgot to mention... the Fan Fiction section has been updated again. Thanks, DJ! (Louis Wu 01:25:28 UTC) (permalink)
Snagged off b.org's hotline server, <hl.bungie.org>, this image was originally part of an Inside Mac Games feature called gMac. (The feature is about building the ultimate mac gaming platform... appropriate picture!) (Louis Wu 01:19:00 UTC) (permalink)
News February 2 2000
Derk Bil (aka Chaos) Senior Editor at Gamers Central defends his Halo preview in a letter to Mr. Matrix. Mr. Matrix posted it to our forums. You can read it here. Pax. (Crux Fidelis 17:07:36 UTC) (permalink)
The Halo SETI Marines fly up to 109th place in the Club Team listings.. you guys are amazing! Read about the 24 hour stats. (Louis Wu 15:29:52 UTC) (permalink)
News February 1 2000
Shamelessly snagged from the Core... World Online has a new Halo preview. This one is entertaining reading-the author took, um... a few liberties. Examples:
[on the locale]
Imagine the planet Saturn with its rings of debris floating around it. Pretty spectacular sight eh? Well, imagine encountering another Saturn, but this time the ring is made out of a strange material by an advanced alien race.
[On what happened to the ring builders]
Maybe they've all gotten the flu, died and vaporized into thin air.
[on the seeming familiarity with the characters]
Well, in Marathon (part 1, 2 and 3) you also faced an enemy called the covenant...
Go read the whole thing. It'll brighten your day. (Louis Wu 20:06:40 UTC) (permalink)
Take no prisoners! The Halo SETI marines move up two places to 113 in the Battle of the Teams. We welcome back Steevil and two new recruits yuko and dDave to the top 100. The 24 hour stats reveal our crunching power! Stand aside or be roadkill! (Wirehead 15:39:14 UTC) (permalink)
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