Author: Louis Wu

In an effort to stem the flood of email, I’m mentioning the GameFAQS Character Battle IV – today, they’re asking you to vote for Master Chief vs CATS, from All Your Base. Later on, the winner will be up against a number of other competitors; I really, really doubt we’ll mention this again, so if…

TeamXbox has put up a review of the Max Shooter, another Keyboard/Mouse adapter for your Xbox. They loved it, especially for Halo 2 – they felt it was the best adapter on the market at this point. If you’re looking for a way to improve your accuracy (for only $20, as compared to a $30…

Anton Ferraro pointed us to a thread on the MLG forum (registration required to see it) about a newly-released mod for Halo 2 – it’s an attempt to recreate Halo on the Halo 2 engine (gameplay-wise). Auto-aim removed, pistol is back to a 4-shot kill, rockets don’t lock, field of view is expanded, and so…

Foo Mo dropped us a note about Podtacular, a Halo 2 podcast focused on gameplay. They’re up to Episode 2 (the project started a week ago) – they cover strategy, map-specific tips, and the like. (Episode 2 starts out with a discussion about Major League Gaming, and how the hosts don’t really know anything about…

Part 1 of Dyslexia’s MLG Philly writeup is now online – and all the way through it, I was thinking, MAN, those guys think more about this game than I do. (Which is why I lose regularly, I suppose… but geez.) Fantastic writeup – makes me wish I’d been there to see the matches in…

FireMedic41 wrote an interesting little piece over at GeezerGamers – why do we keep coming back to Halo? It’s a good question. Go see what he thinks.

More regional tourney/LAN action: there’s a 2v2 tourney (no rules or prize listings yet, but entry is $5) on August 20 in Nashville, TN, and there’s a weekly LAN party in New York City ($20 admission), hosted by NYCLAN – thanks, Bonnie. Update: Scott points out an online tourney this weekend, 4v4, MLG-style, $8/person to…

Scooter Vieth put up a note about a 4v4 tourney in Cincinnati this weekend – $25 per person to get in ($30 at the door), $1000 on the table in cash and prizes. Check out the info on the Game Junkie web page.

You know he’s hard up for material when Stuntmutt starts making inside clan jokes in his One One Se7en entries. Oh, wait… he’s been doing that for a while.

Just clearing out the Fan Fiction queue – only four stories this time around. Summer lull?

A couple of days ago, we mentioned PumaHog’s Toy Soldiers trailer – they’ve since submitted it to the Movie Peer Review Rating System, and passed. If you haven’t seen it, we’re now hosting copies – QuickTime (18.4 mb) or WMP9 (18.9 mb). Go watch!

Hehe – go check out this parody of the Halo level 343 Guilty Spark, done by ClassParody, over at Newgrounds. (Flash, 1.8 mb) Pretty funny stuff! Thanks, Samir Patel.

Looks like Damien Lacedaemion, of This Spartan Life, will be interviewed this evening on G4TV’s “Attack of the Show” at 7 pm EST. Go watch!

Over on the Power Tab Archive, Shadowsniper689 found a guitar tab for a Halo theme that wasn’t used in the game (but is available on Bungie.net). I can’t read .ptb files, and there’s no link to the original, so your guess is as good as mine – but if you’re looking for tabbed Halo music,…

2old2play has released 2old2type Episode 6, their newest installment of their podcasted commentary. Discussion of game addiction, among other topics… available for direct download (off archive.org) or via BitTorrent – about an hour, 30 mb, MP3 format.

XerxDeeJ has posted another summary of new articles on his Tied the Leader blog – there’s a reader poll asking what you’ll move on to after Halo, some musing on trash talk (inspired by a thread on our forum last week), and a Top Ten list that might hit home.

Marty O’Donnell and Jay Weinland, Halo sound gurus, and SketchFactor and Frankie, community gurus, were interviewed by IGN while at the GPhoria Awards ceremony last week. Questions like ‘how do you feel creating a game that everybody kicks your ass at?’ and ‘Where’s the Hot Coffee in Halo?’ should give you a sense for how…

GAH! This came in a couple of nights ago – I lost it in the rush of mail. Richie’s Armor has created a pair of resin-cast SMGs, for sale on eBay – starting bid is just under $150, there are still 5 days left on the auction. They look great – check ’em out!

OS eco419 whipped up a delicious-looking Halo 2 cake, and shared it with our forum. Mmmmm…

The Codex Series Episode 18, ‘Rallying The Troops’, has been released – I think one of the scriptwriters has been watching Independence Day. It’s a nicely inspirational episode, and the troop rally is wonderfully filmed. Currently available only in QuickTime (about 86 mb), but WMP9 coming today – go download! Thanks to many – first…