Author: Louis Wu

Many people wrote in with news of Halo references in the movie 40 Year Old Virgin… I’m not sure that’s a good thing or a bad one. I think Reinhard Mazariegos might have been first.

Wow. PEZ has adapted an existing script for Firefox that, when installed in your browser, will add links to any bungie.org or bungie.net page that contains keywords with corresponding pages on the Halowiki.net website. If this doesn’t make a lot of sense, go read the page he’s put up about it. I just installed the…

There’s a writeup of a custom gametype called ‘Snowball’ over at Geezer Gamers; it’s a little like Zombies, but not really. The thing that makes it… well, odd is the requirement of teabagging your opponent. (You have to.) It’s a funny writeup for a somewhat unique gametype – go check it out! (Thanks again, 3Suns.)

Dyslexia has written up a post-mortem of the MLG Las Vegas event – it’s a fun read. Oh, the mixing of gambling and pro Halo… thanks, 3Suns.

The Weekly What’s Update has been posted; there’s info about the upcoming free release of all maps that are currently not free (and you should definitely download them soon after August 30, because they WILL be integrated into all playlists; if you don’t have ’em, you don’t play), and info about Kirkland, where the Bungie…

Z points out a new montage, from Bballplaya12, over on Halo2Forum.com. 64 mb, WMP9 format. Lots and lots of sticks and snipes. Good timing, and some of the sticks (especially the ones on Lockout) are pretty impressive. Go grab a copy!

One One Se7en, at a loss for its own content, sucked in Halo Babies today. Poor Baby MC…

DarqKnyght created a spoof montage – ever wonder what it would sound like if Homer Simpson played Xbox Live? Wonder no more! Timing is beautiful, and there were several laugh-out-loud clip choices (for me, at least). Warning ahead of time: anyone who chooses to denigrate the actual gameplay shown (“those weren’t very impressive kills”) on…

Twelve new pieces in the Fan Fiction section today, including the Noob Diary entries that made the front page of B.net a couple of days ago, some intriguing poems, and more. Go read!

Pvt. Jenkins posted a note on our forum – he’s looking for a ‘manly voice’ for his Flash movie. The movie itself is done – all that’s needed is the audio. (This makes a project like this much more promising than, say, “I’m really interested in making a Halo movie – who’s with me?”) Read…

drumyouaway submitted a trailer for Barney Just Wants a Hug to the MPRRS – and though a few people were unhappy with the aspect ratio of some of the footage, it passed the system, and so we’re hosting it for you to see. Short, odd… sort of like my kids. WMP9 (7.6 mb) or QuickTime…

There’s another piece on Bungie.net that should be read by everyone who plays Halo 2 on Xbox Live; apparently, the’ve started to run queries on their game database, looking not for modders, but for players who’ve played ‘a significant number of games with modders’. Yesterday, they temp-banned a few thousand of them – and the…

Yesterday afternoon, Sketchfactor posted an interview with Major Nelson, Xbox Live Director of Programming, over at Bungie.net; read it to get a sense for what this guy does. There was a snippet that hinted at how much new info Live would be giving you about opponents once the 360 is released – I’m looking forward…

New comic up at Halo Babies – I gotta say, that’s one fast-thinking grunt! There’s also a reminder about the Red vs Blue Comic Contest, which ends in a couple of days. Go check it out!

I meant to post this yesterday, when she put it up on the forum… but real life has been getting in the way recently. Pinkuh revealed a sketch of an upcoming piece of work she’s making for the Team Schooly D clan – we’ve added it to her art page. (It’s the one dated ’18…

The High Impact Halo logo contest has come to an end – you can see the winner (and a fine choice it is) on their front page. Congrats to T010! (And taking a page from the HollywoodHalo playbook, there is a Video Update summarizing the past week – multiple formats, 25-35 mb, depending… give it…

This Spartan Life has put up a new Video Blog – Episode 2 gets into the host’s personal life (well, sort of). Scary. (Just hit the ‘Blogs’ link at the top to see it.) 5.4 mb, QuickTime format. Thanks to Squatting Bear, who pointed it out before it even showed up on the page.

Eep – sometimes, time zones bite you. The Fall of Reach is filming today at 6:30 PM England time. (They sent along a link showing what time that is in the rest of the world.) Bottom line – it’s less than four hours from when this news post is going up. If you’re interested in…

Over at 2old2play, there’s another writeup of last weekend’s LAN activities – complete with pics and… scary descriptions. I dunno if I’m sad I missed it… or grateful. (Oh, yeah… and some questionable behavior – a site mod takes advantage of a site admin; WMP9 or QuickTime format (only about 350kb each). Hmm…) Thanks, doodi.

That Sarge – he’s so cool, even when he’s telling OLD jokes he sounds great. Check out today’s One One Se7en.