Author: Louis Wu

Dan Brennan writes to say that his Halo in your Hometown photoshop contest has announced winners – the top 7 entries can be found here. Nice work, everyone!

Sep7imus has been Spotlighted over at The Junkyard – he’s the latest in their long series of community interviews. Go read it for a glimpse into the life of a longtime HBO forum poster! Thanks, Mhaddy.

The next GameSpeak, the series of interviews at CBSNews.com about violence in videogames, has been posted – this one has Jeff McAllister, of PlanetDoom, taking a crack at the questions. Not surprisingly, Jeff falls firmly into the ‘video games are no better or worse than other forms of entertainment’ camp. Coming up in the series:…

DoctorEvol decided to mill the Seventh Column logo out of solid aluminum. There are a pair of pictures in this post – the circle is 8 inches (20.3 cm) across, the depth of the cut is about a seventh of an inch or so (40 mm). Check it out!

Damian Isla’s talk from the 2005 Game Developers Conference, ‘Handling Complexity in the Halo 2 AI’, is now online at Gamasutra. If you’re not a member (and don’t feel like signing up), the Printer-Friendly version does not require a login to view. It’s a pretty intense read – but fascinating. Check it out, if you’re…

Today’s One One Se7en looks at some of the things you might hear on your XBL headset just before that Red X appears…

HowStuffWorks has put together their Halo 3 Wishlist. Comes with pictures, even. Funky. Thanks, Eli Payne.

A few weeks ago, Tree Skunk productions released the first couple of episodes of Outpost: Coagulation. We’ve been announcing them as they come out – but the news posts haven’t been terribly enthusiastic. This was primarily because I felt the series needed to focus; audio work was shakey in most episodes, and the plot seemed…

HALOChat posted an update for the Jump Tactics JUMPS tournament – if you’re participating, it’s in your interest to read this stuff before Wednesday. So what are you waiting for?

WaLKa pointed out results from this weekend’s MLG Houston tournament on our forum – StK beat Check 6 for the title, with Str8 Rippin picking up third place. Lots of articles can be found on the MLGPro.com website. Go read about it!

Not long ago, we mentioned that TalkXbox.com was looking for a new Strategy writer. One of the applicants (thanks to that news post, apparently) was Sparky – search our news for some of his existing strategy guides. He got the job – and at the moment has a big front-page banner at the top of…

Finn has taken some time and updated the Halo Story Page FAQ – it’s absolutely worth a read if you’re interested in submitting info to that portion of the site. Remember: the Story page is there for thoughtful speculation about… well, the story. To speculate about fiction, you have to ENJOY reading, really – Story…

This is one of the oddest things I’ve seen – but it’s pretty fun. There’s a talk radio program in the Orlando, FL market called The Philips Phile – they’ve got a couple of real Halo fans on staff. (In the past, they’ve sponsored mini tournaments – Motherstooth made this cool trophy for one.) Now,…

Another fun piece from Stephen Loftus – this time, he’s chosen to look at uniforms used on the Pillar of Autumn. There’s some interesting speculation, which he’d love to have input on (via email, or on the forum) – so read it over and toss in your two cents! Update: oops, looks like Stephen already…

You thought Calvin and Halo was dead… it’s not. It’s just resting. Special Sunday Edition – thanks, Blackstar!

Oliver Stopienski sent along info about the World Cyber Games 2005 European Championships at CeBit recently; German Sebastian “hAnkey” Droschak (from the OCRANA.ATI squad) took first place, beating out DJE the KING of France. (Stopienski is a fellow squadmember.) Nice going!

The Red vs Blue website is over its recent problems (hard drive failure) – and Episode 51 is now up for sponsors. Eight and a half minutes… history continues to be rewritten. (It’s even called ‘Episode 50 part 2′.) I’m lovin’ this…

Fourteen new stories added to the Fan Fiction section today – the series continue to grow. Go read!

Graham Bouvier points out a halo 2 tournament, played out on movie screens, in Canada (more than a dozen across the country). Check the page for details!

A couple of days ago, WraithX found one more Swahili clip on Outskirts – he posted it, along with a guide to finding all the overhead speakers on the level, on our forum. Rehema came by and translated it – we’ve added it to our Dialogue Databank. Thanks, guys! (We don’t know for SURE that…