Author: Louis Wu

3Suns pointed out a review of the D-Link Wireless 108G Gaming Router over at TeamXbox; it comes with some built-in enhancements that help gamers, and some of them work very well with Xbox Live. They did some specific Halo 2-based tests to see how well things worked. If you’re totally serious about having the best…

Thanks to zugy, who pointed out that Project Torlan, the Unreal Tournament Halo mod, has released Content Pack 1.75. It’s huge – 164 or 200 mb, depending on the compression you choose – so go visit!

The Codex, a new machinima series that released a trailer about a week ago, has made good on its promise to release Episode One on February 9th. Go visit for the new episode (QuickTime now, WMP9 and DivX coming very soon), as well as lots of new updated content. We’ll be posting mirrors if they…

Wow. Frankie pointed out a new article on Bungie.net that gets down and dirty with RSS feeds – it’s an interview with the guys who run the DeFAS.org website about the tools they’re developing that use Bungie’s RSS feeds in new and innovative ways. Go check it out!

Wow. rockslider has updated his Rockslide Megabattle website, with yet another setup you can try for fighting huge numbers of baddies in the original Halo. Check it out! (Thread is here on our forum, for comments.) If you don’t know what a Rockslide Megabattle is… explore his site.

Kevin Ryan points out that a new episode of After War is now up – we’re getting into backstory here. Also, I’ve been… um, penciled into the Rant at the bottom of the page. Sort of.

Stuntmutt’s discovered the REAL secret about Carneyholes in today’s One One Se7en.

Interesting blog entry over at Lawrence.com – Matt Cox (known to many as Mothergoat around these parts) talks about the trend towards real instruments in game music these days, and how the Halo franchise may have sent the wrong message to developers; instead of focusing on the QUALITY of the music Marty and company created,…

Jump Tactics has posted a new vid – the first of a series showing techniques for doing some of the jumping you can see in previous vids. Registration (free) required for downloads. The vid is 21.3 mb, WMP9 format. This one focuses on Bunny Hopping and Crouch-Jumping. Nice work!

Mexican band Molotov is the next ‘Game with Fame’ celebrity you can play with; they’ll be online on February 16, with prizes like an Xbox, an XBL subscription, and schwag like t-shirts and music certificates up for grabs. You can read the press release here on our site, or visit the Xbox.com page devoted to…

Vic posted word of an East Coast Halo 2 4v4 Tournament with $3500 in cash and prizes; activities will take place on March 12, adn details can be found at the Xtournaments site.

The Halo Sheet Music collection at Rampancy.net has grown again; Spencer “Poop Scoop” Anunsen has submitted the theme from the Truth & Reconciliation Suite. Registration (free) required for download. This one comes in a 3-pack; you get a Midi file, a .mus file (I don’t know what can read this on a Mac), and a…

The next chapter of Mike Miller’s Legendary Walkthrough has gone live – find the hints that will get you through Metropolis, a gorgeous – though limited in exploration potential – level. There are 5 movies this time around, highlighting some of the strengths – and pitfalls – of the gameplay here. Mike has also added…

Stryke Force, an up-and-coming machinima series, has just released episode 3, ‘Finders Keepers’. If you haven’t seen these yet, go watch episodes one and two first – this series is among the best out there, in terms of production quality and voice acting. Episode 3 continues the hunt for Venom – you’d be amazed at…

Whoa. Our very own Count Zero created a Halo 2 timeline in an attempt to reconcile the two parallel storylines running through the game. Take a look at this – it might help you put some pieces together!

There’s a pretty big Fan Art update over at Halo Babies; 13 pieces of gallery art, another large handful of fan strips and sketches. mrsmiley’s done a great job of delineating all the new work; go look! Some spectacular stuff in there…

There is a MASSIVE piece over at Bungie.net about HaloCE, and one of the most ambitious teams out there working with it – SketchFactor sat down for some serious in-depth interviews with the folks behind the Halo2CE project. NiTrOuSoXiDe, Mrs. Doublefire, Farsight, Kornman00, JamesD, Stefander, Kerr Halla, Supreme Taco, ZexGX, and rec0 all talk about…

N1NJ4 posted a link on our forum to a movie made by Uber Hax0r, to celebrate the HBO Forerunners Clan. The second half is pretty… odd. Worth watching, if only to see how far you can actually push your friends on XBL. WMP9 format, 24.5 mb. Be gentle, it’s being hosted on N1NJ4’s school connection.…

In the last couple of days, Walshicus has colored the second and third tablets from the Covenant Hall of Murals (see this news post for more details; we’ve added links to our Hall of Murals page. Pretty slick-looking!

Captain Spark continues to collect large quantities of Halo 2 dialogue – he’s posted another batch on his website (zip file, 1.3 mb). You can see the individual snippets in our Dialogue Databank, as well. Some pretty funny ones in there this time!