The time has come - we're officially announcing this year's 343 Guilt O' Lantern pumpkin carving contest. The prize list is rather substantial, though I haven't found the time to sort out what's going in which goodie bag, so as of now, I can't tell you who gets what... but rest assured that there's some cool schwag in there, and that the top three pumpkins (plus a non-North-American pumpkin, if we get any) will be splitting it all up nicely. You've got just over a month to get us your entries - don't rush it, take your time, look over previous years' entries, plan out your masterpiece... the winners last year were pretty slick, and my guess is, we'll be getting some amazing entries. Now... where did those carving knives go?

Captain Spark released another 22 dialogue snippets today - you can grab them from his website, or you can browse them in the Dialogue Databank. Some pretty funny ones in this batch!

There's still time to get entries in for the 117 Words contest being run by Stuntmutt and Jillybean - the contest ends today! (No whining about needing more time, either - 117 words isn't very much at all, you can write them over lunch.)

Now, I'm not sayin' that Stuntmutt was taking a direct shot at me with today's One One Se7en... well, I know he wasn't, cause I try not to even PICK UP the sniper rifle, but just in case... phpthbbbb.

Teamcoltra wrote to point out Geeks Paradox, with a collection of Halo 2 Game vids for download. They're poppin' up everywhere...

That Weasel posted a note about a new TWTv sub-site - MODex, a group dedicated to eploring mods (for HaloCE, it looks like). Check 'em out.

anti noob posted a note about his new website, and the featured item, a new montage. 68 mb, WMP9 format, hosted on FileFront. (Lots of killtaculars.) Look around!

Gamespot has put up a new preview, new screenshots, and new videos for Stubbs the Zombie (the 'Do the Zombie' vid featured at the top of the preview is hilarious) - go check this stuff out. I can't wait to drive around in the sod-o-mobile! Thanks, Wort Wort.

3Suns ran across This Gaming Life, a collection of gaming screenshots with added captions. There are lots and lots of Halo ones - and some are quite funny.

Today's Halo Babies takes a shot at the new Nintendo Revolution's controller... go read! Thanks, mrsmiley.