Author: Louis Wu

The current episode of Exterminatus Now (a webcomic) contains some game-related wallpapers in the text writeup (scroll down to the bottom) – the Lothar Hex paper is Halo-related. (Pretty cool, too.) Thanks to Hanchen Lu for the heads-up (we heard from Lothar Hex, as well, but he was about 6 hours behind).

Narcogen, of Rampancy.net, was interviewed by Taso, of the High Impact Halo forums, and the result can be found in that same place. Where DID this guy come from, and what does he do now? Go read to find out. Thanks, Ducain.

Today’s One One Se7en takes a different look at Dead or Alive 4… no pining for a curvaceous Spartan this time.

Ash pointed out a pretty fun vid that got front-paged over at High Impact Halo; a live marine, launched up to the double-bridge on AotCR. It got the thumbs-up from Ducain, as well. It tickles my funnybone that today, less than two weeks from the fourth anniversary of the release of Halo, people are STILL…

Podtacular episode 21 is up – this one focuses on clans and community updates. 10 mb, half an hour long. Go listen!

Designation Se7en is a webcomic – that’s devoted its 343rd episode to a Halo funni. Thanks, Coolhand2.

Blow Me Away, the charity auction to benefit hurricane victims, continues to gather eyeballs and bids (to date, the auctions have over 150,000 pageviews and are hovering right around $9000, with four days to go), but if you’re in Auckland, New Zealand, there’s an auction tonight for a different cause. At the Raukatauri Music Therapy…

Joe Staten has written the third installment of his Great Hollywood Journey (the first piece was mentioned here, and the second here) – he’s just returned from touring WETA’s studios in New Zealand, and he sounds positively giddy. Go read. Then yell at Frankie for always hogging the credit.

Stephen Loftus used Guerilla (part of the Halo Editing Kit released for use with HaloCE) to overhaul some of the information in his Uniforms on the Pillar of Autumn article. Go check out what’s there now!

Whoa. Now THERE’S a deal. Australian Halo’ers can buy a Halo 2 Xbox Live Kit – for $99.99 (about $75 US) you get the Halo 2 Limited Edition (pretty hard to find these days!), plus 12 months of Xbox Live and a communicator. Sounds like a great deal! Thanks, AussieXbox.

Well… I was planning on gussying up the interface a bit (my php skills are just SLIGHTLY better than they were last year at this time…), but time is an omnibus. (Don’t even ask.) The deadline for entries to our 343 Guilt O’ Lantern pumpkin carving competition came and went last night… and when the…

Marty Wells sent along a couple of pictures (this one and this one) showing 2 months of work for the Halloween costumes they wore last night, a “fun night of costume contests and bar hopping.” The original filename of the first one was “My name is Michael J Caboose and I hate BABIES.JPG” – do…

Ben Hollis writes to let us know that XBList has been updated to version 2.0; it’s now compatible with the new Xbox.com, has the ability to load XBL Gamer Tiles as well as Halo 2 emblems, and can popup notifications when your friends sign on and off. It’s a Windows program. Check it out!

MLGPro has completely overhauled their site and forums; the focus is much more on user interaction. I could live without some of the Flash… but it’s certainly more powerful from a community-building standpoint. Reaction on their forums is split between folks who love it and folks who hate it. Video on Demand, while still not…

There’s a writeup of Saturday night’s Video Games Live concert in Seattle over on Bungie.net; sounds like the Bungie guys had a pretty good time! Marty says I shouldn’t give up on the concert series… Marty’s a pretty nice guy. I can definitely get behind Frankie’s call for more cowbell! (His ‘First’ post on our…

CROSSFIRE submitted his vid, ‘Hell Quarters’, to the MPRRS last night – and it passed with flying colors. Reviewers liked the camerawork, the ambience, the action-driven story. You can grab a copy in WMP9 format (49.6 mb) or QuickTime format (51.1 mb). Worth watching!

Overswarm has submitted a slew of articles for his ‘Not So Common Sense’ Strategy Guide – you’ll find a pair of interviews (Hotshy and Gh057ayame), a video walkthrough of Midship, and an article called ‘Relearning Instinct’, talking about habits that can trip you up. Check ’em out!

Z dropped us a note about a couple of vids to be had over at halo2forum.com; some great FFA gameplay filmed by ItWasLuck (quality is superb, and the gameplay is intense, especially as the game gets going), and a frenetic montage from HockyFreak22, with lots of sticks, snipes, and effects. (Z also wanted to point…

splode, a site devoted to gaming swag, has generously kicked in to the prize packs for the 343 Guilt O’ Lantern contest – we’ve got bumper stickers and t-shirts for all three prizewinners. (This is one set of prizes you can snag for yourself, even if you don’t win – the tees are about $15,…

Stuntmutt goes with a holiday-themed Monday strip for today’s One One Se7en. I hear moaning already!