Well, while the R.net staff was off doing something supposedly enjoyable (at least, I hope it was-- I don't really remember) on Friday night, the news drones at Bungie.org were busy tracking down the latest Halo news. Here's a short summary with links:
GameSpy has written a Halo preview that pretty much covers the basics and not much more. Give it a read to tide you over during the next few days. Only... 13... more...
Sam posted about his experiences playing Halo at a kiosk in a local mall over at HBO. Besides saying that the Xbox controller wasn't anywhere near as bad as suggested, he was impressed with Halo in most respects, especially the graphics:
Louis Wu posted over at HBO about some new content over at GameSpot-- five new Halo movies, and an article on their impressions of multiplayer. Apparently they were using a 'near-final' build and not the gold master, and there were still some framerate issues at that time.
jcampen spotted over at HBO what appears to be the back of a finished Halo box being watched over by a row of Flintstones vitamins on the Bungie Webcam. Not sure what the significance of that is.
GameSpot has begun a three day feature on Halo. The first day's edition is available and will be updated tomorrow and the day after. Right now, you can read about (and see) the weapons, enemies, and vehicles. No opinions of the game have been offered as of yet.
Two news items this morning from HBO focus on Eric Nylund's Halo prequel novel, The Fall of Reach . First, there's an eBook version from which Random House has posted an excerpt. The eBook version goes for $6.99.
Louis Wu posted a link to a CNN story over at HBO entitled Which new game console should you buy? Nine editors from GamePro.com give advice and make predictions about the Xbox and the GameCube, as well as the reigning king, the PlayStation 2.
Air Hendrix had this to say about Bungie's platform of choice: