Author: Louis Wu

There’s a press release flooding the gaming world right now, announcing the existence of Giant Bite Games, a new studio founded by Hamilton Chu, Michael Evans, Andy Glaister, and Steve Theodore, who between them have worked on Halo, Half-Life 2, Counterstrike, and Microsoft’s DirectX technology. The earliest two that showed up in my inbox were…

One One Se7en goes multimedia today. (OMG, I’m infected.)

KrazyGamers wrote an article looking at why so many people hate Halo. If you wonder why, look no further than their closing line: “after all it’s true, any publicity is good publicity.”

So, every week, there’s a new ‘top 10 games played on Xbox Live’ list, and every week Halo 2 is at the top. Some folks are starting to wonder how long it’ll be before something else is number one. Most recent speculator – XboxAddict. Go read.

The Valley of the Forerunners: Part Two, the next installment of the Halo CE Chronicles, has been posted over at the HCEC website. A philosophic look at Blues music, some gorgeous scenery, and some new characters are all included – go give it a watch. Available (as usual) in WMP9, QuickTime, or streaming Flash.

Bryn Casey whipped up another slick image this weekend – he hasn’t come up with a title yet, but the action rocks. Check it out!

Stephen Loftus sent along another analytical article, this time with the help of Dojorkan (who took some awesome pictures). This one looks closely at the Covenant Boarding Craft – that remora-like vehicle which attaches itself to any enemy structure and allows the troops inside to burn through a hull or outer wall to gain access…

3Suns pointed out quite a bit of cool content over at MLGPro.com; you can find a bunch of new photo galleries (new in that they weren’t there before – but the pics are from old events), a focus on Saiyan as Player of the Week, some cool pics from Synide’s journal showing the equipment they…

demus found a nice article in the Philadelphia Inquirer about parents who game with their kids. Halo gets a tiny mention. Good read!

A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned an auction on eBay in which someone was selling crystals for a fan-made needler. Bungie mentioned it, as well, and pointed out that had he been trying to sell the needler, he might have run into trouble. The needles sold for $60 (well below what they cost the…

Holy… wow. Check out this forum post by prometheus, and follow the links to download some of the most amazing HUDless Halo 2 shots I’ve ever seen. Congrats to Major.Dump for getting these.

It’s not totally Halo-related, but he DOES have the messiest desk at Bungie, and it’s entirely possible that large chunks of the Halo bible are buried there, lost forever… so we’re gonna wish Mat Noguchi a happy birthday today! (Thanks to our resident Bungie stalker, mnemesis, who found it on Mat’s brother’s website.

Funky. Someone is selling a custom Halo Lego set on eBay – MC, a Jackal (sort of), two marines, a warthog, and a ghost. Currently at $30 – 2 days left. Thanks, Jono.

What do you do when all the good jokes are taken? Tell them again. As Stuntmutt does in today’s One One Se7en.

Brad decided that it might be fun to play with some of the people who like to swear at you in pre-and post-game chat; he modded his headset to allow input from his computer. It’s amazing how much anger Mr. Rogers can inspire. He’s got 91 recordings online right now, with a couple of hundred…

your dog sends us word of a Halo CE tournament in Murfreesboro, TN, coming up this summer. Details are on this web page.

More podcasting – DropShock Episode Twelve was just released, as well. A look at why Halo 2 is still one of the better games to play on your 360, speculation about why Bungie won’t accept their Humpday Challenge, and more. Go grab a copy. (The main site is redirecting me to MySpace – maybe that’s…

Two new items over at MLG PwnCast – Episode 5 has been posted (a discussion of the NYC Championships and the 2006 season), and the first PwnCast on Demand – Beaver Creek CTF – is online. Go listen! Thanks, Bluestrike2.

Awesome. Heroes & Heretics Flashback 2: Time & Temperature has been posted over at Slacker Entertainment (thanks, Construct-III). LaFonda has got to be the best AI in the Halo universe. Available in QuickTime and DivX on their site; apparently, there was a codec problem so we’re offering WMP9 versions locally (high | low). Nobody should…

Over at Rampancy.net, Narcogen continues his Halo 2 Impressions series – today he’s looking at The Great Journey, and he’s looking pretty closely. He’s got a number of complaints, and a bunch of suggestions – all in all, a good read. Check it out.