Year: 2006

XerxdeeJ stopped by to point out a Reader’s Poll on his Tied the Leader blog; are the weapons glitches that were in the news last week going to remain in your arsenal during custom games (or any non-matchmaking games, really)… or are you going to try and ‘go straight’ across the board? Sound off!(Louis Wu…

Testicleez (what sort of name is that, anyway?) posted a series of images showing what happened to his poor Master Chief action figure while he was away from his desk. Let this be a lesson… don’t leave action figures around unattended!(Louis Wu 19:41:47 UTC)

Team SWAT tourney being organized over at Games In Action, a Seventh Column chapter – you need to join the group to sign up, but that’s pretty simple to do if you have a B.net account. There are cash prizes for the top spots. Thanks, marshall (who saw it at Bungie.net).(Louis Wu 19:02:24 UTC)

Stuntmutt takes a look at the limitations of the existing feedback system on Xbox Live… and what might NOT be a limitation for some, in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 16:23:39 UTC)

Gen Con, a national fan convention producer, has teamed up with Video Games live to bring you a VGL concert with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at Gen Con Indy on August 11 and 12th – the full press release can be found on VGL’s website. Tickets are $22 to $62 and available now.(Louis Wu 16:21:29…

In the past few days, we’ve heard about a couple of different projects involving Halo Trading Cards; oriol003 set up a small tutorial showing how to make your own cards (visit his site for a template), and Dain Ironfoot sent along a link to a pretty in-depth website devoted to a customizable game built in…

Random 15-Year-Old noticed a video on YouTube that purports to be a Halo Intervention – family and friends come together to help a Halo addict remember what’s important in his life. I have a little trouble believing this isn’t a parody… but I guess you never know.(Louis Wu 10:57:08 UTC)

Slacker Entertainment has released Heroes & Heretics Episode 7, Operation: Clubbed Seal for sponsors (free versions coming in a few days, as usual). Minimal humor this time around, but a finely-executed strategic rescue, and a powerful setup for the next episode. Which you might not see for a little bit; check this page for details…

Blck, of the Halogen team, sent us a note recently about a new contest being held on their site; they’re looking for help in creating a DVD cover, and they’re putting some EA games and other schwag on the line to help you do it. Go read for details.(Louis Wu 10:43:39 UTC)

And that’s it for this morning; the rest of this day is devoted to father-related activities here. Go celebrate your own.(Louis Wu 14:34:06 UTC)

Mintz pointed out a Halo-related comic at The Day It Snowed which takes a pretty interesting look at one of the questions of the ages. You know… I’m not gonna argue with that penguin’s logic. (If he is, indeed, a penguin.)(Louis Wu 14:30:29 UTC)