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Monday, March 4, 2002 |  |
Literary sources revealed
Hmm... Marty knows how to spill those beans... From the Question and Answer database of the Marty's Army fanclub at the Seventh Column:
Q What are the meanings/histories behind all the names in Halo? 343 Guilty Spark? Pillar of Autumn? Truth & Reconciliation?
A Marty the Elder says: 343 Guilty Spark is from Ender's Game, Pillar of Autumn is from Titus Andronicus and Truth & Reconciliation is from the Bible. We here at Bungie borrow from as many sources as possible. (Master Chief was borrowed from Julia Child but we misspelled it).
Looks like I'm gonna have to go back and read Ender's Game again... and where's my Shakespeare collection? Thanks to mnemesis for the heads-up on this one. (Louis Wu 21:03:11 UTC) (permalink)
The Maw Transcript posted
Eep, almost forgot - Ape Man turned in the Level Transcript for the Maw this morning - that completes the spoken text in the game! If you have any questions about dialog... the Halo Story page is the place to turn! (Louis Wu 20:55:18 UTC) (permalink)
Reading Is Fundamental
Once again, the Fan Fiction pours in. One each from SkyRyan1, Gasmask, and bikeman704. Check 'em all out in the Fan Fiction section! (Louis Wu 20:29:08 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Soundtrack?
Woohoo! Kudos to Frogblast, who noticed what is likely the Halo Soundtrack on the Bungie Webcam:
Now all we need is the Bungie Store to reopen... Update: Tumbleweed points out that this is NOT the Halo Soundtrack, after all... but the Xbox Soundtrack 1, available since November 13. (We reported on this back on November 7 - shame on me for not recognizing the picture! (Louis Wu 19:58:52 UTC) (permalink)
Things you just shouldn't be able to do
Three new tricks from Frogblast - all from Assault on the Control Room. He's placed Warthogs just about everywhere on the level a human can go... and he and Mr. Pinchy showed how to swap Banshees in midair. Whoa. Check 'em out in our Gameplay Tricks section. (Louis Wu 18:10:04 UTC) (permalink)
The Final SETI stats page
The end of an era... after almost 2 and a half years (856 days!) of keeping track of the Halo SETI Marines, we here at HBO are giving up the ghost. The team will go on, as long as people want to contribute to it... but we will no longer process or post statistics. Interest has been waning steadily - output has been dropping for months, and once again, we were passed this week by a team with 20% of our members. SETI (for the 3rd week in a row) has again changed the format of the outputted page stats, necessitating (again) the overhaul of the scripts that process the statistics. The final straw was the loss of Noah - 3300 units, and he left the Marines for... nobody. (He is no longer a member of ANY team.) That's a pretty eloquent statement for boredom. To all the Marines who put their extra cpu cycles to work these past few years... thank you. You can see how you stand on the final 7 day stats page. (Louis Wu 16:22:18 UTC) (permalink)
The Antics continue...
Team 7HR33 has posted a couple of new movies on their website - Crazy Ernie definitely seems a little crazy, and the Spooky movie is... bizarre. Check out the Antics section! Thanks to MaTT for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 03:29:14 UTC) (permalink)
HCC is back
Halo Command Central, a site that disappeared from the Halo scene a while ago, is back - at a new address. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 03:25:20 UTC) (permalink)
Sunday's news in brief:
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More Halo press scans Halo IAA win noticed by CNN Lots o' Icons GOTY Box Smaller Xbox controller on the way |
Saturday's news in brief:
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J. Allard - buy an Xbox for Halo That'sa lotta writin'! Hey, that gives me an idea... Potential Spoilers Another Halo site gets an update E3 Fanfest Registration open Halo icons galore |
