Author: Louis Wu

The Codex, a machinima series started a few weeks ago, released episode 2 last night. Currently available as QuickTime only (but with DivX and WMP9 coming soon), this episode continues the storyline of a Covenant invasion of Earth, aimed at recovering an ancient Forerunner artifact. As with previous releases from this team, this vid shows…

Wow – Microsoft is recalling 14 million Xbox power cords because of potential burns and carpet scorching. If you’re in the US, and your Xbox was manufactured before October 23, 2003, or you’re in Continental Europe and your Xbox was manufactured before January 13, 2004, you’re eligible for a free, new cord. Read this CNN…

Yaksha dropped by our forum to point out that Sponsors vs Freeloaders Episode 5 has been released. SvF is a parody of Red vs Blue; it chronicles the battle between those who pay for the hi-res versions of RvB’s videos and those who try and steal them. The first four episodes were standalone, mostly joke-based…

DoctorEvol sends word that his group, Coconut Productions, will be hosting a Tournament of the Coconuts on Xbox Live in March. No word on prizes, past bragging rights. Follow the Tournaments link for details. (It’s a framed site, so I can’t give you a direct link.)

A couple of recent, large movies have been mirrored – if you’ve had trouble getting either of these, try again. Nirvana points out that the high-res version of the Ogres Halo 2 montage (previously only available via BitTorrent – though a lower-res version could be grabbed via http) is now mirrored at Halo-vids.tk (along with…

Evil Avatar has posted the top 10 PC games for the week of January 30 to February 5… and Halo: Combat Evolved is STILL on the list! (At position 7, no less.) For those who say the PC community is dead, and that nobody plays any more… take heed. Thanks, 3Suns.

Kevin Ryan writes to point out a new episode of Afterwar – Episode 13 brings the Arbiter in touch with heretics. They’re coming faster…

There’s a new article up at Bungie.net – this one focuses on a new hire, Lee Wilson. (Wilson has freelanced for Bungie in the past – he did some of the original Halo storyboards – but now he’s a fulltime employee.) Read the interview to get a sense for what drives him; it sounds to…

That Weasel writes to let the Halo world know about a couple of new Halo machinima projects that now live as subsites on the That Weasel Television website. Team Destruction can be found there (their trailer vid was mentioned a couple of weeks ago, but now it has a proper home, and multiple formats), as…

Bungie’s looking for feedback on a number of issues, ranging from playlists to starting weapons. Check out the news post, then go vote!

Looks like there’s another big art update at Halo Babies – some really good stuff in there. (I love Deus’ new weapons…) Thanks, PlasmaFire.

Mike from Gameheads writes to point out that they’ve got a bunch of tourneys coming up soon – a 2v2 this Saturday, a 4v4 next weekend. Gameheads is also participating in the National Halo 2 League, and needs teams to sign up. If you’re anywhere near Marlboro, NY (north of New York City), swing by…

Wonga. Xtournaments has a tidbit on LiL Poison, who at six years old is the youngest signed Pro Gamer in the world. (Apparently, he just signed with MLG.) Check it out! (There’s a picture a little ways down the main page.)

Stuntmutt has his own theories about the Hall of Murals artwork – you can see one in today’s One One Se7en.

More movie stuff – the Project ODST movie we mentioned yesterday now has http mirrors online – and a High-res version. WMP9, 28 mb (the Lo-res is still available, at 12 mb). Forum feedback is quite good – check it out!

Lots of Jumping vids out right now – you can find Jump Tactics’ Releases Techniques Tutorial Pt. 2 vid at their website (registration required, free – vid is WMP9 format, 5:21 long, 23.5 mb), and HALOChat has put up a forum post for discussion… and MrJukes has once again updated his website (thanks, Cody Cress),…

The 5th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards nominees were announced yesterday – and Halo 2 was nominated in the Audio category. Good luck, guys! Winners will be announced March 9 at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. They won this award in 2002, for Halo… let’s see if they can do it again! (Thanks,…

It’s Tuesday again… that means it’s time for another installment of Mike Miller’s Halo 2 Legendary Walkthrough. This time around, it’s The Arbiter – Mike gives you multiple ways of dealing with multiple problems, with lots and lots of visuals. (There are 12 movies this time around.) I found myself feeling rather inadequate at grenade-sticking…

Interesting article, written by someone outside the tournament scene, on the recent MLG DC tourney. Nice discussion of tactics and strategy. Thanks, Pizack.

Almost 700 people have grabbed copies of the Ogre’s Halo 2 montage via BitTorrent in the past 24 hours – but lots of people can’t use BT. Halo-Pro.com has put up 4 mirrors of the file, so if you want an http copy, go grab it. (This is NOT the same file you can grab…