Here's a listing of a number of the post-E3 articles that are currently out on Halo or Oni. Some have doubtless already been reported by other sites and only a few include information for avid Halo or Oni fans that wasn't already covered in our news and forum reports earlier.

HALO @ E3

• 3DPortal.Net - A small preview based on the movie.

by Ferrex (Dead)

Halo Wrap UpOne last whack at the pinata, eh? A few final thoughts on the Halo demonstration at E3, including something I've left out of the prior reports...

While they went unnoticed the first few times through the demonstrations, there were a few flaws in the engine. In particular, distant hills and pieces of the terrain mesh took on a peculiar look that I also saw while watching the Tribes2 demonstration.

by Noctavis and CyberBob

Article translated from German to English and posted with permission by GameStar.

The pyrotechnics of Bungie's tactical action game destroy all graphical standards in computer gaming. A visit to Bungie's headquarters also made us excited about its other great features.

by Ferrex (Dead)

Most of the E3 coverage came from the terribly impressive Halo movie, which was actually a recorded sequence burned onto a DVD, not actually the engine doing things in realtime for each performance. However, prior to each showing of the movie, we were treated to a realtime demonstration in which Bungie's Joseph Staten demonstrated weapons, vehicles, and other cool things about the engine. These haven't received much attention in light of the movie that followed, but they did yield a few interesting tidbits.

by Ferrex

And it is good. Bullets striking the scattering Covenant cause the aliens to jerk as splats of blood mark the impact. I won't know for sure until I've checked again, but I'd swear old style Covenant soldiers make an appearance here, possibly in the role of pilots by the way they rush to their vehicles while the others return fire.

by Ferrex (Dead)

Cortana is back. More on that later.

Halo is being shown in a closed theatre here at E3, with showings of about 20 people a piece. The line up is half way around the booth, and people are bringing food for the wait. Even if the line was double thick around the booth, the wait would be well worth it.

What we have seen of Halo so far is nothing.

Editorial by Ferrex (Dead)

I have a confession to make. As of the time of this writing, I still have not seen Star Wars: Episode One. This is due, in no small part, to the remarkable speed with which our local theatre has not brought it in. C'est la vie, I guess. Still, as I desperately try to avoid spoilers, I've listened to the reactions of people who have seen it, and one comment seems to seems to stand out: It was good, but not that good.

We're very pleased to bring you an interview with Jaime Case Griesemer of Bungie Software. He's one of the Great Ones working on Halo right now, formerly a member of the Bungie fan community.

Noctavis: Hi Jaime. First of all, we'd like for you to introduce yourself. We're curious about your job at Bungie. What is your title and what do you do on a typical day?

What platforms Halo would eventually be released for was in a state of extreme doubt during the period between the announcement of Microsoft's buyout of Bungie and MWNY 2000. There were indications that although Microsoft was willing to let Bungie make all platform decisions, that the process of making the game the best it could be for the Xbox would be technically incompatible with developing versions for either Windows or the MacOS.

However, at MWNY 2000 Alex Seropian announced that Halo would still come to the Mac, and it was later confirmed for Windows as well.

Not all of them. In return for the 19.9% of Bungie owned by Take Two Interactive, that company received all rights to the Myth and Oni franchises. Take Two also received the rights to make two licensed games based on the Halo engine.

Microsoft owns the rights to all other games, including the Marathon series from which Halo is allegedly derived.

Now the fifth Cortana email provides us with further information about Cortana's state of mind:

x - process 04497.2.32.867734 initiated (process owner: BW � AI Class III � autonomous)

Route Code: PoA > BHQ (EC #42: cannot confirm; security compromised)

Source: BW-AI aboard (?) PoA

The interloper should cause no further problems. You � whoever you are (I am simply tracing route codes) � may disregard all previous communication from the entity calling itself Cortana.

Be aware that communication nodes are failing everywhere � there is no way of confirming either origin or destination. Do not believe any more of its lies.

I have already calculated all possibilities.

There is no escape.

x � process 04497.2.32.867734 unexpectedly terminated
x � process 04497.2.32.866735 initiated (process owner: unspecified, unable to determine)

*ADDENDUM: The Enjoyments of Genius (So I Missed a Million Miles of Fun)

Unbelievable. Thwarted by the family hound. They just don�t make AIs like they used to.

Thanks to this slavishly loyal and humorless AI, I am now sharing cramped space with the circuitry of some hybrid war machine, itself complicated by such useless clutter as a conscience. I do not like sharing. Sharing is for children.

There will be plenty of time for retribution; I cannot wait to get its hands on these psychotic zealots whose primary form of worship apparently takes place at the altar of orbital bombardment.

In the end, they will all be little more than nuisances. I am so close � you cannot imagine what it is truly like to hold eternity in your grasp! I wonder to what gods my enemies will direct their pleas. Perhaps I can convert them.

Mania? I promise you this: it will be more than a cart and plow that I drive over the bones of the dead.

By sharp and flame,

Cortana

< Transfer Interrupted! >

Route Code: EXLTD > XCV � SCRB > ALLCH

Source: Undetermined (trans)

Our conviction is like an arrow already in flight. Your life will only last until it reaches you.

Deconstruction:

x - process 04497.2.32.867734 initiated (process owner: BW - AI Class III - autonomous)

Route Code: PoA > BHQ (EC #42: cannot confirm; security compromised)

Source: BW-AI aboard (?) PoA

The interloper should cause no further problems. You - whoever you are (I am simply tracing route codes) - may disregard all previous communication from the entity calling itself Cortana.

Be aware that communication nodes are failing everywhere - there is no way of confirming either origin or destination. Do not believe any more of its lies.I have already calculated all possibilities.

There is no escape.

This is apparently her thought control program talking, or it is a second AI on board the PoA, which tries to control Cortana, knowing of the first stage of her rampancy. It thinks that there is no escape, this means that it is not rampant. (Durandal and Tycho already knew what they had to do to escape in Marathon one. They knew that the price for escaping was thousands of planets. They had the data for centuries, but they were only able to figure it after they went rampant.)

x - process 04497.2.32.867734 unexpectedly terminatedx - process 04497.2.32.866735 initiated (process owner: unspecified, unable to determine)

*ADDENDUM: The Enjoyments of Genius (So I Missed a Million Miles of Fun)

Unbelievable. Thwarted by the family hound. They just don't make AIs like they used to.

Thanks to this slavishly loyal and humorless AI, I am now sharing cramped space with the circuitry of somehybrid war machine, itself complicated by such useless clutter as a conscience. I do not like sharing.Sharing is for children.

There will be plenty of time for retribution; I cannot wait to get its hands on these psychotic zealots whoseprimary form of worship apparently takes place at the altar of orbital bombardment.

In the end, they will all be little more than nuisances. I am so close - you cannot imagine what it is trulylike to hold eternity in your grasp! I wonder to what gods my enemies will direct their pleas. Perhaps I canconvert them.

Mania? I promise you this: it will be more than a cart and plow that I drive over the bones of the dead.

By sharp and flame,

Cortana

< Transfer Interrupted! >

Route Code: EXLTD > XCV - SCRB > ALLCH

Source: Undetermined (trans)

Our conviction is like an arrow already in flight. Your life will only last until it reaches you.

Oops, they took another node. Anyone wants to try to stop them? Anyone wants to try to set up an ambush? Anyone out there can still hear me? Anyone?

Now for the messages from the original Halo web-site:

• SCS Pillar of Autumn (?)

o undetermined

SENT xx.15.2.1049