Author: Louis Wu

The first few writeups of the lanfest here are posted – nukedude put up a bunch of pics, KP blogged it, goatrope got in on the action. I’m sure there’ll be more (I’ve even got some stuff of my own to write this time around)… but this is a decent start.

Stuntmutt comes clean – yes, the falling-out last week was an elaborate April Fools joke that took a few days to build up. I, too, would like to apologize to anyone who felt stressed by the idea that One One Se7en would be disappearing any time soon (or worse, would be taken over by me).…

AltoDarkNight has put together a web page for the Clan HBO Tournaments in general, and Spring Slaughter: Lively Death 2005, the first tourney, in specific. Rules are up, Round 1 starts next week. Go check it out!

teamhalo writes to point out another Online LANfest, coming up this Saturday.

Ross Mills found a Halo-related episode of Reverend Fun today. Halo is even finding its way into Bible humor!

While we weren’t posting, there was an update that Project Prometheus, the multi-game Halo editor, was cancelled. Turns out it was a belated April Fool’s joke. A new update today answers a bunch of questions, and has a small movie showing some of the stuff Prometheus can do. Go check it out!

Ben Hollis points out his new Xbox Live Friends List watcher, XBList. Runs on Windows, displays your Live Friends list in a buddy-list style. Incorporates player emblems, and double-clicking on a friend loads their stats.

Dennis Powers writes to let people know that Episode 9, Time Enough to Consider, of the Halo CE Chronicles has been posted at HaloMaps.org. 8.4 mb, Flash movie format. The Spartan and the AI find the drop pod they’ve been looking for – and a few things they weren’t.

1UP.com has a sizeable article on Stubbs the Zombie, the upcoming Halo-engined game from Wideload Games. It’s a pretty interesting read – go check it out! Thanks, 3Suns.

Team Tabula Rasa is running a contest for new map content – create a new map, win a beer stein. Read details on their contest page.

Tree Skunk Productions put up Outpost Coagulation: Episode 5 this weekend – you can download it from their server or from Halomachinima.com. WMP9 format, 21.3 mb.

Jillybean took some time this weekend to update the Halo Story Page – there’s some interesting stuff there! I apologize… but the rest of the news is gonna have to wait.

The last of the guests have left, the last of the empty cans and bottles have been bagged. Another HBO HQ lan has come and gone – and I am TIRED. I’m sure there will be writeups, with pics, posted to our forum soon (if they’re not there already – I haven’t had a chance…

Ragnarocker found a new trick – getting out of Hang ’em High. It’s not very long – under 10 seconds – but it’s available in both MASSIVE 1280×1024 format (2.1 mb) and a more reasonable 640×512 (1.1 mb). Good times!

A couple of white boys put together a Halo rap – I went in with preconceptions, prepared to mock… but was suitably amused by the time it ended. Really nicely done. MP3, 3.6 mb, lyrics included. (If the site’s bandwidth doesn’t hold out, we’re happy to mirror this whole page.) MPAA warning – explicit lyrics.…

blackouTT and others from clan Tricking IT have begun work on Legendary, a new machinima – 4 Spartans against the universe. Halomachinima.com is hosting a WMP9 and a DivX version of the trailer (a bit over 20 mb, for either version) – production quality is somewhat inconsistent, but hopefully that will be cleared up before…

I hesitate to even post this link, given that it’s no longer April 1, and people have shown that no matter WHAT gets put on the internet, SOMEONE will believe it… but it was pretty funny, so I’m posting it. Yesterday, as its final April Fool’s joke of the year, Bungie put up a great…

W00t! It’s back, baby!

The Waltonian, the newspaper for Eastern University (St. Davids, PA), has an article about Halo 2’s effect on grade inflation (hint – it ain’t positive). The things kids are wasting their time on…

Wow. Bungie has decided to help out the egg hunt – apparently, a number of fun Announcer snippets have been hidden in Halo 2 multiplay so well that nobody’s found them. An interview with Max Hoberman about the philosophy of egglaying is followed by these snippets, coupled with their triggers in-game… go listen… then try…