Author: Louis Wu

So KP’s got a webcam, but the cord’s not long enough to actually reach the room with the action… if there’s overflow, you’ll be able to see it on this page, but otherwise, we’re out of touch. Gotta love preparation…

Okay, that’s it for updates today (at least from the east coast HBO staff contingent) – Miguel, Count Zero and I are joining a dozen others at KP’s Knee For All lanfest, kicking off in about an hour. Ah, the beauty of Xbox carnage…

Oops, missed it… two weeks ago, we posted a note about the possibility that Halo would be pulled from this summer’s CPL Extreme World Championships for lack of attendance. Four days ago, rapture, of cooked Gamers, put up a message from Angel Munoz, president of the CPL, stating that the minimum 32 teams had been…

Rampancy.net has used the recent Origins of Halo article on Bungie net to flesh out their Old Engine galleries, and they’ve dug the original Halo Announcement press release out of the Wayback Machine. Check out the details, and catch up on old history!

3Suns pointed out an article at Gamespy that suggests that Halo might be responsible for opening the door in Japan to First Person Shooters (a genre that has traditionally done poorly there). Give it a read!

Very nice find by Ben Swinbanks… there’s a new screenshot over at Bungie.net. MC… vs a pair of brand-new jackals. I’m guessing that in motion, that plastic-seeming look will just seem… mean. (And mean they look. Not friendly in the slightest.)

The First Strike website has gone live – for real. There’s a bunch of new content (or at least content I’ve never seen before) and a nice layout (that works best in IE, it seems). Go check it out!

Wow. Episode 30 of Red vs Blue is out for sponsors… and it answers a lot of questions I’ve had for a while. (it also has one of Sarge’s most memorable rambles…) Go grab it – or wait until Sunday and then grab it. Your call.

Not One One Se7en, clearly. Of course, I think Stuntmutt’s been talking to Emily Litella again…

Halo: Resolution gets a visit from some bigwigs today.

Wow. Iron Forge, one of the early names in the Halo mod scene, has written a rather thought-provoking rant on the modding scene. It’s amazing how the patterns never change; everything he describes as being wrong with the current Halo modding community – it was wrong with the Marathon modding community some years ago. (I’m…

Ducain posted a new vid showing how to get to the balcony at the end of the Maw. 9.5 mb, WMP9 format. Looks like fun. 🙂

IGN put up a ’10 Best Xbox Games’ article… and surprise, surprise, Halo came away with the top spot. Thanks to Maxmidget for the heads-up.

Another couple of single-to-multiplayer conversions over at Halomods; both are based on AotCR. You can find links and pics in this forum thread (it’s an HBO thread).

New content at Halo Babies – there’s a new strip (not surprising, it’s Friday), and Gruntsbane has decided to release some background images he uses for his strips; you can make your own guest strips much more easily now. Check it out!

Somehow, I managed to miss a new Sponsors-only movie at Red vs Blue – Tax Day Tips. The advice might be solid… but implementation might be… risky. (This is NOT this week’s movie, which will be out later today for sponsors, and Sunday for the general public.) Check the Sponsors page for details.

Jake ‘Evergreen98’ Billo has put up his second of 3 articles on Xbox Live over at the Junkyard, and once again has managed to fit enough Halo content in to garner a mention here. This one looks at why Microsoft really, really wants you to subscribe, and how it’s using games like Halo 2 to…

We got mail from PalaNIN stating that Halo Online, a general Halo site, is in danger of going under for financial reasons; the webmaster, PTM, is asking for help. Read the news post for 4.15.2004 for full details.

SplitboXer writes to let us know about a design contest for a new website banner for the XBConnect site. Prize for the best entry will be a a USB 2.0 external NEC DVD burner (DVD-R/+R CD-R). Not too shabby! Details in this forum thread (registration required).

Apologies to Blackstar; anyone who visited the Calvin and Halo page on Thursday would have found that a new comic was posted… but the news post never got put up. So here it is now, better late than never, right? Calvin demonstrates the absolute joy that can be found in playing the bad guy…