Author: Louis Wu

Blade writes that halo.leetgamers.org is up once more. Newest content is a review of Xbox Halo.

Just got notification from the Bungie Store that my recent order (the two 5-piece mini action figure sets) has shipped. Jackals, Marines, and MCs… on the way!

Thanks to everyone who wrote to remind us of the official price drop on the Xbox version of Halo. The subject first came up a couple of weeks ago on our forum, in connection with all the November 15 rumors; because it didn’t seem new to me, I neglected to mention the press release. However,…

Konrad9 popped into our forum to mention that Halo: First Strike has appeared on some store shelves already (he bought, and read, a copy yesterday from the Strand bookstore in New York). A couple of weeks early… but hey, you don’t see ME complaining!

gwdpto, known online as HBO-Kingpin, has put together a group of talented Halo PC players and one kickass moviemaker (Dan Chosich, of 2070Wired Films), and released a movie called ‘The Void’. On the surface, it’s just a bunch of guys screwing around on Gephyrophobia. gwdpto is proud of the fact that it shows the ‘Longest…

goatrope and Devin Olsen have put together a little film showing some slick tricks that can be performed on Danger Canyon. It was originally released in WMP9 format, and hosted by nukedude (later mirrored by KP). We’ve also converted it to a QuickTime file, and hosted it locally. The WMP is 10.3 mb, the QuickTime…

One One Se7en addresses one of the major complaints critics have had about Halo gameplay. Not that the subject hasn’t been covered before… (Remember: if you’ve got a strip in the Guest queue for One One Se7en, now’s the chance to tell us if you’d rather it be displayed in the upcoming One One Se7en…

Halo: Resolution points out a danger with the turn-on-a-dime abilities of a Halo PC mouse…

Nick and leftfb show what might be the best use of the Gameboy Advance SP screen… ever. (Two small vids, linked in this post and this one; wmp9 format.)

16 stories for the Fan Fiction section in the 48 hours since the last update… Merick’s Journal’s: Episode 3: Return to Blood Gulch, and The Broken Bagboy, by John Kitchen Lan Battle Chapter 3 Chris’ Manuevers According to Jesse and his Men, by Blue Angel Galaxy 07 – Part Four – Boot, by Jillybean Fear…

Geez – almost forgot. Today’s One One Se7en guest strip is yet another Red vs… Who parody from Devilmingy – and no, it’s not the last one. A sweating MC… interesting.

001 has put together a new film showing some of the recent advances in Xbox modding. (Many of these have already been shown in individual movies, but this one gives you a nice overview.) It’s being hosted by BPHalo, and weighs in at 10 mb. It’s called ‘Random Hacking in 2 Random Levels’, and is…

gwdpto pointed out that the HBO-COERCE Halo PC server has gotten 9 new games in its map rotation, and lost one, as well as having existing games tweaked a bit. Check out the new carnage!

Whoa. Mark discovered a note about the rebuilding of Project Phoenix, over at GameDreamZ – if this is accurate, Phoenix will appear for the Xbox Next console (the second-generation Xbox), being reworked by FASA and the old Oni team. (They used the obligatory ‘rising from the ashes’ line in the writeup…)

Bravehamster writes about a major lanfest being set up for New Year’s Eve in Santa Maria, CA (about 3 hours north of LA on the California coast). They’re shooting for 90 players, and want the thing to run from noon on December 31 through noon on January 1. Admission is $25, and all the pizza…

halo.leetgamers.org is offline for a bit; read this forum post for details why. Thanks, Blade.

Battleground: Halo newsman Tankramp has been Spotlighted over at the Junkyard; go read about what makes him tick. Thanks to Mhaddy for the heads-up.

So here’s the thing. A few months back, we started receiving Guest strips for One One Se7en, created by fans of the Stuntmutt creation. We filled in the days of the week not covered by the main strip – but they were coming in faster than we could post them. Today, the wait time for…

Unsanity, a company devoted to tweaking the user interface of Mac OSX, has announced ShapeShifter, a product that will allow you to add ‘themes’ to your interface. One of the first themes released (in fact, installed with the program) is called Eylo (rhymes with Halo) – and a quick look at the theme shows why.…

Bizarre… there’s a site out there devoted to stories about stupid things people do online. Halo PC is one of the covered games, which is what makes this Halo news… There’s no really easy way to search for Halo PC stories (or at least I didn’t find one), but I gotta say, the few I…