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November 9, 2004 Link to this post
February 14, 2003 Link to this post
Speedrunning Halo, revisited
A few days ago, Åstro dropped into our forum to suggest that he was trying to speed-run Halo again. He was shooting for a 90 minute full runthrough, on Legendary. Yesterday, we got mail from Rory Hartley and Bill Copeland, a pair in Calgary, Canada that have done a full run-through on Easy:
| Pillar of Autumn | 5:45 | | 343 Guilty Spark | 8:48 |
| Halo | 15:28 | | The Library | 15:34 |
| Truth & Reconciliation | 14:45 | | Two Betrayals | 13:48 |
| Silent Cartographer | 10:02 | | Keyes | 10:00 |
| Assault on the Control Room | 11:40 | | The Maw | 9:52 |
Total time there: 110 minutes, 52 seconds. (I'd guess this means Åstro's estimate might be a little optimistic...) Rory and Bill weren't counting beginning and ending cutscenes, and they skipped all skippable cutscenes. (It's unclear what rules Åstro and company are playing by.) Could this be the start of some friendly competition? (Louis Wu 12:52:08 UTC)
December 26, 2002 Link to this post
...a good night.
Well, Christmas is nearly over... but it's still so beautiful here (it's been snowing since 5 am) that there's no way I can clear out the backlog tonight. I'm headed back to the fire, to sip eggnog and enjoy family conversation... fanfiction and artwork will get put up in the morning. Peace to all!
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| HBO Headquarters, snapped outside the server center at roughly 8:40 pm local time (1:40 am UTC) - it's showing no sign of stopping... |
(Louis Wu 01:56:27 UTC)
March 7, 2002 Link to this post
A new challenge
Regarding the new images posted at Tru7h and Reconciliation yesterday - Dave Candland has thrown down the gauntlet, with respect to this picture:
Regarding scrn_084.jpg, you're going to have to scrutinize very closely to find this one. The hippo was all over the place. This image can only be found in one location. I'll be surprised if this is discovered by Easter.
Will it be you that finds it? Where will you look? The race is on! (Louis Wu 18:38:23 UTC)
March 4, 2002 Link to this post
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)
March 1, 2002 Link to this post
Master Chief Icons for you
Liquidex, in answer to a forum request for Halo icons, has created a nice Master Chief version (and blown it up for detail):
Except for the spelling error, it's perfect (and if you're using it on your desktop, you won't want the words anyway). Thanks, Liquidex! (Louis Wu 15:22:51 UTC)
December 25, 2001 Link to this post
Merry Christmas!
(Okay, okay, so we stole it from Bungie - but hey, they've recycled it themselves!)
From the HBO crew and our families, to you and yours, we wish you the merriest of holiday seasons. Pax.
We'll be back updating on Wednesday, the 26th.
December 7, 2001 Link to this post
How consistent IS Bungie?
Knight Premier writes to suggest that there's a clear relationship between the 7th Column logo and 343 Guilty Spark, a character from Halo. (As well, of course, as the obvious relationship between Sparky and the Marathon logo...) You make up your own mind. (He's modified the 7th Column logo a bit, to help you out.)
(Louis Wu 17:10:46 UTC)
November 20, 2001 Link to this post
More comparisons...
Heh - people see funny things. :) A month ago, we wondered whether Captain Keyes (as rendered in the game) might bear some resemblance to Joe Staten... now septimus prime, over on the Marathon's Story page forum, is wondering if the storyboard version of the Captain (visible on Bungie's Tru7h and Reconciliation site) might not be modeled after the Story page founder, Hamish Sinclair, himself.
You be the judge. (Louis Wu 21:18:52 UTC)
October 18, 2001 Link to this post
More Marathon
B-Sharp noticed that the captain of the Pillar of Autumn has a Marathon symbol on his chest. Matches the one outside the ship nicely... While we're here, does anyone else think that the captain and Joe Staten could have made it into Spy Magazine's Separated at Birth column?
Just curious... Update: TomeOne did a little enlarging and clarifying, and ended up with this. (Louis Wu 12:22:48 UTC)
October 2, 2001 Link to this post
Command THIS!
Occasionally, mention is made of Halo's ability to take absurdly high-resolution screenshots. We thought, when we saw the 1920x1440 shots posted by Daily Radar in March, we thought we were seeing an example of this. How silly we were... Bungie has kindly sent along an absurdly high-resolution shot - the original (440K) is 2664x2562 - and this one is obviously shrunk from its original size. Here's the new yellow commander, in all his multi-toothed glory... for those who want more manageable sizes, we've created a 1024x768 version (92K) and a 1280x1024 version (178K) - both padded with black to make the non-standard size fit your desktop. Enjoy!
(Louis Wu 09:17:25 UTC)
August 19, 2001 Link to this post
Mmm... little green men
Thanks to TomeOne, who noticed these two little images over on Mehve's Aerie, the personal site of Lorraine Reyes, a Bungie artist currently working on Phoenix.
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Apologies to Mehve for any image degradation introduced in the quest for fast-loading pages - the originals can still be found on her site. (Louis Wu 19:36:10 UTC)
May 6, 2001 Link to this post
Goodies for you
arcarsenal sends in a couple of files you might be interested in - the first is the small icon you see here, for use as a system icon (you can either grab it right off this page, or download a stuffed (mac-format) folder (2k) that uses it as a custom icon). Additionally, he's modified the Mac version of the SETI 3.0.3 client - you can see an example of the end result here (46K .gif), and download the client itself here (205K .sit). (Louis Wu 03:14:36 UTC)
February 28, 2001 Link to this post
Halo Empire enhances Xbox image
SOKAR, from Halo Empire, writes that they've done some image enhancement on the TV screen shown in the Seattle Times pic, and gotten a clearer view of the Marine. To my eyes, it's closest to a screenshot that came out in PC Gamer UK last July... so I guess that's a pretty standard pose.
One of these days, maybe we'll even find out what those guys were looking at! (Louis Wu 14:17:04 UTC)
December 22, 2000 Link to this post
Heeere, Santa Santa Santa
| eldar-colonel writes to tell us that he's put up a stocking for Santa... and thoughtfully saved Santa a bit of work by filling it himself. You can see the original at Halo HQ. He told us that it might go with our Christmas decorations... it looks like Wirehead did a bit of editing before I got to it. |  |
(Louis Wu 12:56:19 UTC)
September 9, 2000 Link to this post
Still closed...
September 8, 2000 Link to this post
HBO closed for a couple of days
The crew of HBO is taking a break this weekend... we'll be back late Sunday night (around midnight UTC, Monday morning). Enjoy your weekend! (Louis Wu 16:04:22 UTC)
July 7, 2000 Link to this post
NextGen shot a mirror of a PCG shot
Seems we flubbed. The screenshot we mentioned last night does NOT show a gun we've never seen before... in fact, it's not even a shot we've never seen before. The same shot, mirrored, was in the PC Gamer spread recently upped to the R.net Hotline server. Here they are, side-by-side:
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| PC Gamer, August 2000 | NextGen, August 2000 |
If you're not convinced by the thumbnails, check out the full versions above. We hope to bring you better scans of the PC Gamer material soon. An interesting tidbit: both mags are part of the Imagine family, which would explain why an image that didn't show up in any released movie is in both places. (Louis Wu 13:57:26 UTC)
June 27, 2000 Link to this post
Close, but no cee-gar
That Wirehead has sharp eyes. He noticed that the thumbnail included in last week's PC Gamer buyout analysis was close, but not the same as, the thumbnail included in last month's Newsweek article. Seems both groups had access to the base material (probably the E3 trailer). Here's the two shots, for you to compare on your own:
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| Newsweek, May 29 | PC Gamer, June 19 |
Soon, we hope to see the entire trailer! (Louis Wu 13:00:41 UTC)
June 20, 2000 Link to this post
Site Traffic responds to news
Just for kicks, we compared our traffic yesterday to a random day last week. Seems like a lot of folks stopped by for the MS news. :)
| June 12 | | June 19 | |
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| Total Visits | 2890 | 7604 | |
| Total Pages | 5536 | 13,252 | |
| Total Requests | 32,291 | 77,352 | |
| Total Unique Visitors | 1754 | 4491 |
April 23, 2000 Link to this post
Seven Day Poll ends with interesting results
Last week, we asked you how you got started in the Bungie universe. 1252 of you voted... and here's what you said:
If you're interested in a bit more information, check out our forum! We're going to hold off on another Seven Day Poll this week... we'll chew on this data for a while. Thanks for participating! (Louis Wu 16:10:47 UTC)
April 16, 2000 Link to this post
Last Sunday, In our first Seven Day Poll, we asked, "Are online polls overrated"? Here's how you answered (724 of you):Ê 
Now... some may see this as an overwhelming mandate by our visitors to bag the idea of a poll altogether. However, in the interest of building a better site, we've decided to run another one, anyway. We'd like to know when you entered the Bungie universe. Thanks for your participation! (Louis Wu 17:41:29 UTC)
March 19, 2000 Link to this post
New Halo screenshot!!!
Major kudos to Hamish Sinclair, maintainer of the Marathon's Story and Pathways Into Darkness pages, who sent us in a Halo screenshot to celebrate our newly opened Halo FAQ. We've never seen it before but he claims it is old. Check out what he has to say. (Wirehead 13:29:41 UTC)
August 12, 1999 Link to this post
THE RIGHT STUFF: Bungie beta testers begin another day of Halo testing.
July 21, 1999 Link to this post
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