Author: Louis Wu

An interesting tidbit of off-topic news… SilverBrin has posted a note explaining about the setup of the official Brian Morden Foundation, an organization set up in memory of Brian Morden, better known as *Ar-Isildur around these parts. Visit the links for more information, or to buy one of the cool <3 T-shirts.

Email from EVILDARKZERO reminded us that we never mentioned the Halo Action Figure Contest being run in the June issue of OXM. To win the full line of soon-to-be-released Halo action figures, all you need to do is send an email to xboxmag@futurenetworkusa.com, with your name, address, email and phone number, and you’ll be entered.…

Somehow this got missed by the majority of Fanfest attendees… thanks to Warbow for pointing it out. A few days ago, a letter went out to all attendees, with information about logistics, a schedule, and a description of what will be going on. One of the subsections of the general overview was titled ‘Videos Galore’…

Tiny but potentially significant Halo Story Page update… thanks, Finn.

Episode 6 of Red vs Blue is up for Sponsors at the Red vs Blue site (head to your forum, look for the link) – it’ll be out for the rest of the world on Sunday, but if you’ve dropped ’em a little cash, pick up your copy today. ‘Laughing out Loud’ is way overused…

Ciarán did some digging, and came up with a bit more information about the next Halo novel, working title ‘Halo: First Strike’. From a Random House employee:As for “First Strike,” it will take place immediately after “The Flood,” and will continue to follow the Master Chief. Other than that, I can’t yet reveal.Interesting… interesting. Check…

Dolbex writes to say that the Halo50K site has been overhauled completely, in anticipation of Halo50K2, coming up this August in New Jersey. 64 teams, $15,000. Sign up now!

12 Fan Fiction pieces for you today: The Devils Brigade Prt. III, by Spinks (Chapter 1) M31: First Blood, by Greg and Wes Foutch (Part 2) M31: First Blood, by Greg and Wes Foutch (Part 3) M31: First Blood, by Greg and Wes Foutch True Purpose(3), by Frensa Geran Unexpected Surprises Part 5, by JediKnight114…

The MC has a crisis of identity – check out the latest One One Se7en comic from Stuntmutt.

As mnemesis said… Whoa. The long-awaited overhaul of Bungie’s Truth and Reconciliation site is complete… and man, is there some good stuff for you to much on. Lessee… New screenshots, new concept art, a new render, a new storyboard, the final level of Bungie’s Legendary Walkthrough… dang. You should be finished reading about the time…

That Weasel steps up to the plate and mirrors Lethal Rage – always nice to have extra bandwidth! New movie coming tomorrow…

Holy flaming bacon, Batman! Bungie.net has put up a look at what’s to come at E3 next week… and just reading the text will clog your arteries. If you’re young and healthy, swing by and read up… if you’re old and fat, be careful. (There are also juicy details on PC Halo , from Michel…

We’ve had a few interesting movies submitted recently. We can’t put them all up at once, because we’d kill our kind bandwidth hosts… but here’s the first one. Called ‘Lethal Rage’, it’s a sordid tale of murder and gang violence in the city… all set on Sidewinder. Parts are rather dark; blame me, not Pico,…

Cool details from AEG, a PR firm that works with Microsoft:Fragmasters and gamers alike are encouraged to get in on the Halo PC action at E3 for the chance to win a coveted Halo PC T-shirt. Gamers who attend E3, the annual video game convention taking place in Los Angeles from May 14 through 16,…

Good news from Bungie, about the online version of the Trivia Contest to be hosted during the fanfest: Because they get screwed in almost all contests, international fans are welcome to participate in this trivia contest. If you win, Bungie’ll be happy to mail the prize pack to wherever you live.Because 7-11 pm Pacific time…

Snoppydude points out a new Xbox online linking tunnel, called X-Link Messenger. There’s very little information at the website – but if we learn more, we’ll let you know.

Team Overkill has put up a writeup of their Halo50K experience – go check out boatloads of pics and some funny commentary. (There’s a big one coming from NOF, of Team HBO, as well; in fact, it’s been online since last week, but there are currently almost 250 images loading on the single-page writeup… until…

More Lego stuff, thanks to Fury Three: another Warthog design, and the first Lego Banshee published to the internet. Check ’em out!

When you absolutely, positively need to get there overnight, and the elevator just isn’t working… BOLL to the rescue. Pretty funny stuff.

IGN has a couple of features that mention Halo. Their Top 100 Games of All Time (which still has the top 20 to post) puts Halo at #39 – thanks to the dozens of outraged Halo fans who pointed this out to us – and their ‘Big Game of E3’ article puts Halo 2 at…