Author: Louis Wu

It’s taking a bit longer than I’d expected to get the 1.03 patch for Mac Halo out to the fans… so in the meantime, we’ve decided to run HBO-Subnova as a 1.02 server, with a mapcycle that mirrors HBO-GameDaemons. (We’ve also removed the password for it.) If you have Mac Halo, and you feel left…

Hehe – I read the article this morning, but managed to overlook the fact that it was Halo news. Ouch! Thanks to Rams, of BGH, and Dinky, for pointing out the error of my ways. Gamespy posted a ‘Year in Video’ article, in which they ranked what they considered to be the top 10 game…

Ooh… see what happens when i go through the unread forum posts? Shishka pointed out a project of his over at The Silent Cartographers; as soon as that Halo Editing Kit is available, you should be able to melee your buddies with a pretty gorgeous energy sword. Wonga.

Eighteen new pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section: Jake A Model IV: Chapter Five: There Are Two Meanings To Full Metal Jacket, by Slipping Knot Forced Betrayal (Chapter 3: Destruction of 09), by CoLd BlooDed End of the Forerunner // Chapter 2 , by MarcusP Marooned Chapter 11, by Steve Ollett Neu…

In the last couple of weeks, there have been two new episodes of 343 Guilty Stick sent in; I’m just now getting to them. (Sorry.) Episode 5 looks at the Halo 2 Announcement trailer… and will be continued in the future. Timberland is sort of an interlude. Enjoy!

One of the ‘lost in the flood’ emails that came in during my trip was a message from Justin ‘Saber-Scorpion’ Stebbins, who pointed out a bunch of cool LEGO constructions over at his site. I particularly liked the Pillar of Autumn! Sorry for the delay…

Almost forgot… we got some cool news from Blackstar recently. For Christmas, he got a spare copy of Halo (Xbox) – everyone should grab this, because it’s really cheap right now. For the heck of it, he went to the “Game Demo” options to see if there was anything new… and what should he find…

We’ve been chronicling the construction of a wearable Master Chief suit, as created by Chris Bryan. A couple of days ago, he sent along the latest shots; the helmet is finished. What a beautiful paint job! Just scroll to the bottom of the project page to see the latest update.

Dark Impaler posted some impressions of the Red vs Blue Season 2 premiere at Lincoln Center a couple of nights ago; read through for some hints about what’s to come. (And stay tuned; our very own Miguel Chavez has a pretty serious report in the works, though the video portion might take a while to…

someone that you don’t know has pointed out a Flash Halo movie on the net; it’s got pretty nice artwork in it! It’s less than a meg, and shows a pretty slick battle between Spartans and Elites. Take a look!

Stuntmutt laments the loss of good material in today’s One One Se7en. Okay, ‘good’ might not be the right word…

Today’s Halo: Resolution tackles the thorny question of Elite reproduction. No snickering, now. Baby Elites have to come from SOMEWHERE.

Running Riot has started a website devoted to a mod for Halo PC based on the novel First Strike. He’s looking for lots of enthusiastic people to help out; visit the site, check out the project details, and see if you fit into the ‘How Can I Help?’ page! (There’s also a forum thread on…

A few days ago, Randy Pitchford posted a note on the Gearbox forums, saying that he’d answer as many questions as possible before the new year. Read the whole thread for questions, or start with Randy’s first answer. Lots and lots and LOTS of good info in there. Thanks to progamerz for the heads-up.

Back in July, we posted a preview for a Counter-Strike version of Longest. Its creator, Dylan Velasquez, wrote again so that we could give this map another home. You can grab a copy right here (252k, zipped, with the preview). Enjoy!

Some of you might remember kapowaz, who once frequented our forums. He hasn’t been around much recently, but a couple of days ago, he wrote a very eloquent paean to the multiplayer portion of Halo PC – go take a look. (If you’re at all interested in good web design, check out the rest of…

Biomonky dropped off a photo of his Halloween (Haloween) Grunt hat and plasma pistol, made with acrylic paint, a cardboard box, newspaper, tape, and glue. Pretty nice!

Back. Sort of. Man… don’t go to Disneyworld if you’re not in top shape… at least not if you’re trying to see the whole place in 4 days with 3 kids. Anyway, I’m gonna be spending the next few days figuring out what got missed because people mailed stuff to me, personally, instead of to…

Out of town… offline, for most of the time… seriously enjoying my New Year’s vacation… but STILL with time for a quick Calvin and Halo update. Thanks, Warbow! (And thanks, publicly, to the whole HBO crew, for filling in!) Online time costs cash per minute here, so this is it for me for a couple…

Got a chance to log in to the net for the first time in a couple of days… and I discovered that some of the update tools I left for the other maintainers are… well, busted. Here’s Sunday’s One One Se7en, created by kubix; hopefully, it won’t be the last one you see this week.…