Author: Louis Wu

Okay, this is a long story. Bear with me. It all started when Dulaman87 sent us a note pointing out that the Random House entry for the next Halo novel (Halo: The Flood) now has a picture to go along with the cover. The thing is… that picture’s been around for a while. It first…

Two new mugs have appeared on the Bungie Store, and to celebrate the occasion, Matt Soell interviewed Marty O’Donnell about the event. All I can say is, Miguel… you’ve been slammed. We hereby relinquish the title of Master of the Art of the Cheap Shot.

Started almost 12 hours ago, but incomplete as of right now – check out Round 3 of Warbow’s Halo Hide and Seek. New rules this time out, so read that first post carefully. Good luck!

Apologies to Fan Fiction writers – there’s no way I can format stories before I get home. Any submissions between Monday and Thursday won’t be posted before Friday. Please be patient!

David S. sent in a very nice HBO-themed banner for our Banners collection. Check it out!

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo… do the Hustle! (Thanks to Steener.)

Thanks to both Simon Hill, via email, and Brandon Tyler, on our forum, for the heads-up on Xbox.com’s newest Halo Picture Story. It’s not viewable on a mac, or on some PC configurations, it seems… but the audio works fine. If anyone can get screen captures, we’d be most appreciative…

Not sure how I missed this last night… but Dinky, from HaloJuggaloProductions, has not only posted the HNC final segment for download, he’s sent along a new URL for a flash-based Halo design, and would love feedback on it.

Some mirrors for you: DeaDSwiTcH has made the entire Halo National Championship set available – Round 1, Round 2, and Round 3. At some point, I’ll even add these to the Movies database…

Looking for a challenge? This sounds like fun.

Got a problem with Halo? Red Loser does…

A little sooner than I’d planned to post it – but as I said, I’m headed out. We’ve got the third and final chunk of the Halo National Championship, as televised by G4Tv, up and ready for download. 8:04 long, 31.7 mb big, in QT format. The final 8 play a 50-kill, no-shield slayer match…

Warbow posts Round 2 of his Hide and Seek contest – the rules are a bit different, so check ’em carefully. 5 images this time. Get to it!

It’s possible that more Fan Fiction will be submitted later today, but I’ll be on a plane. For right now, we’ve got Domitri Giovanni’s Starship Daybreak, part 1 for you. Domitri wants to make sure he should submit the rest of the parts, so be sure to comment!

A dark desktop from Professor Keo – check our Wallpaper section.

As much as I realize this might sour the Halo experience for some of you, I feel obligated to post it. David S. notes that the current issue of Rolling Stone magazine has an article on Justin Timberlake, of ‘NSync – apparently, he hurt himself, and he’s been sitting around the house a lot during…

A couple of days ago, we posted a wallpaper from Lexicus, which also acted as a teaser for the trophy for a then-upcoming fragfest. The contest is now over (won by Nate)… Lexicus has sent in an image of the trophy. Nice!

A couple of weeks ago, we reported about a Covenant model for the game Jedi Knight II – and yesterday, Darth Epy0n sent in a few in-game shots of this mod in action. Check ’em out to see what a Cov elite might look like in a different game…

Ross Mills, putting together the work of three forumgoers, posts the solution to Warbow’s Hide-and-Seek puzzle mentioned a couple of days ago. Read Warbow’s confirmation here.

Dan Chosich, who has already proven his abilities as a Halo filmmaker, has decided to release another teaser for his upcoming Halo50K trailer. You can find links in this forum post.