Author: Louis Wu

Very cool. Gamasutra is bringing you a streaming version of Chris Butcher and Bart House’s talk about networking that they gave at the 2005 Game Developer’s Conference. It’s technical – well, obviously, you wouldn’t give a non-technical talk at the GDC – but it’s pretty fascinating stuff for folks who want to see some of…

Z writes to point out BSiK’s montage over at Halo2Forum.com. 70 mb. Snipey Snipey Sticky Sticky. (Halo and Halo 2 footage, combined.) Go watch.

Tempus Fugit points out a really positive review for Stubbs the Zombie over at 1Up.com – they felt that the ‘first non-Halo game using the Halo engine’ did a great job of living up to the strengths of its predecessor.

Well, the last 12+ hours have NOT been spent on Halo-related stuff; if you’re really interested, there’s a short journal entry over at RvB. That doesn’t stop the news from rolling in, though. Frankie was first – no, wait, he WASN’T – in telling us about this week’s Weekly Update… lots of Bungie minutiae, plus…

Pinkuh Blues. In a coincidental piece of timing, Stuntmutt comments on Pinkuh’s new comic series in today’s One One Se7en (just as she announces a new piece of art).

Twenty new entries in the Fan Fiction section today. Read?

Pvt. Jenkins submitted a series of Halo themes for the Pocket PC – you can look at previews and grab the individual themes below. (If you wnt them all, grab this zip file (1 mb). Backwash: download | preview Burial Mounds: download | preview Elite Boarding: download | preview Ivory Tower: download | preview Lockout:…

Geezer Gamers did their best to determine what effect alcohol has on your Halo reflexes. Predictably, the data got a little fuzzy near the end. Thanks, 3Suns.

This week’s Halo Babies comic takes its own look at the Peter Jackson/Halo Movie news… I gotta say, I’m LOVING that final character. Thanks, Gruntsbane.

Pinkuh stopped by our forum last night to show off another slick piece of work; a fan had commissioned her to put his furry alter-ego (a blue hyena) into Spartan armor, and she did a wonderful job. Check it out – and be sure to browse through the rest of her Halo-related works in her…

Well, clearly the big Halo news in the past 12 hours is the fact that the latest issue of Game Informer magazine contains an article about the Halo character included in Dead or Alive 4. Her designation is Spartan 458, and the magazine article shows that the Mjolnir armor looks pretty good with Xbox360 graphics.…

Bungie’s Halo Humpday Challenge has been on sabbatical for a while – but it’s back, and written up as a new Top Story at Bungie.net. They didn’t have any particular foes – they simply went up against random teams in the Team Snipers playlist on XBL’s Matchmaking. They walked away with 2 out of three…

XerxdeeJ stopped by our forum to announce another week’s batch of musings over at Tied the Leader. Many of them this week are related to site administration, or to the recent search for a new clan name (they settled on TTL Gunslingers, as a tip-o-the-hat to Stephen King), but there are some other tidbits buried…

Jillybean demonstrates that she’s NOT just here for her coffeemaking abilities (which is a damn good thing, because her coffee will put hair on your back) – she’s updated the Halo Story page again. Fun speculation about wide swaths of the Halo universe… go read!

That Weasel continues to release individual awards for the 2005 Rockets on Prisoner ceremony – today’s release is Best Female Performance. Swing by and pick up a copy of the vid – check out the nominees, and see who won! Thanks to both That Weasel and Funkmon for the heads-up. Update: Best Halo 2 Movie…

Yesterday, SketchFactor posted a note on Bungie.net, mentioning a few new job openings at Bungie – they’re now looking for an AI Engineer, and XBL Programmer, a Graphics Programmer, a Test Engineer, a Mission Designer, a Lead Character Animator, and a Character Rigger. There is also a continuing need for temporary help. If you’re qualified,…

Darkphibre dropped by our forum to announce that Halo Statistics v2.31 has been released. The newest version has the ability to delete players, set up batch downloads for multiple players, and set a start date for downloads. If you’ve got a PC, give it a look!

This Spartan Life was updated yesterday, but we forgot to put up a news post… the newest segment, Episode 2 Module 3, is called ‘Body Count’, and the topic is gun control. Chest Harlton, the president of the National Plasma Rifle Association, debates a small child about the correlation, or lack thereof, between handgun ownership…

In today’s One One Se7en, Stuntmutt takes a look at some recent news… and puts some close-to-his-own heart spin on it.

PraetoriaGuard has put up their fourth video – you’ll find it on their Downloads page. I’d recommend the hi-res version, even though it’s huge – the lower-res version is pretty highly compressed, and at a screwy aspect ratio to boot. As has been true of their previous vids, it’s a collection of small skits -…