Author: Louis Wu

I’m back – thanks to Ding for minding the store while I was gone. I did a pretty silly thing (though not one i regret for a second) – I went on a spur-of-the-moment trip across the US to attend the moving-in party Bungie was holding at their new digs in Kirkland, WA. (We’ve mentioned…

Bootstrap Boon is an HBO Helljumper who put together a long (21:39 long) story called ‘Oddball’ – it uses footage from a couple of multiplayer maps coupled with dialogue from the Dialogue Databank, all wrapped up with nice background music, to tell the story of a Spartan/Covenant conflict. It passed the MPRRS recently, so you…

Stuntmutt takes a walk down Memory Lane in today’s One One Se7en – I’m with ya, brother.

In the ‘what fans are doing’ category, Laird, of Sponsors vs Freeloaders, pointed me to an eBay auction in which he’s selling a sketch of an SvF character, with all proceeds going to Hurricane Katrina relief. Check it out!

Over at Halo Babies, the winning strip in their recent ‘Red vs Blue’ contest has been released as this week’s normal comic. Nrek did the writing, Gruntsbane did the artwork. Knowledge of a popular custom gametype in Halo 2 multiplayer is necessary to get the joke. (Cute stuff!)

The Video Games Live tour, originally set up for this summer but delayed because interest was too great for some of the venues, is getting ready to kick off again; it starts in Seattle on October 29, with 27 additional tour dates to be announced soon around the US. There’s an official trailer, in both…

Seventeen new pieces for you in today’s Fan Fiction update – go read. (I let a haiku through, because there’s no real policy about them at this point – but I’m also MAKING a policy, because haiku crazes on the forum have shown me their potential for overwhelming the fanfic section. From now on, I…

I hesitate to mention this, because the files are enormous… but hey, what the heck. A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned that Cody Miller had completed the Twin Galaxies Halo 2 Bounty – complete Halo 2 on Legendary difficulty, with no deaths… today, he posted a note that the finished run had been uploaded…

Couple of tournament newsbits for you: Chappelle writes to point out an ongoing series of tournaments at Survivor Halo (join up, win cash), and Chryton mentions a tourney coming up in Bowling Green, Kentucky on September 24th – registration is $30, top prize is a Pontiac Sunfire. What are you waiting for? Update: We also…

Eep – I didn’t notice a Halo 1 montage by Llamaking over at Halo Planet – go watch for a lot of 3-shot pistol kills.

As MLG gears up for Seattle this weekend, you can go read Dyslexia’s review of MLG Nashville, held a couple of weeks ago. It’s nearly a blow-by-blow of IGS Monglers fight to the top of the heap – check it out! And while we’re on the subject of MLG, synide sent us a small (5.3…

A couple of weeks ago, we showed you a pretty amazing picture created by Mike Hill. Bungie liked it enough that it was added to the Bungie Weekly Update that week. Well, Mike’s back – and eventually it’ll get added to the various art sections of this site, but again, I couldn’t hold this shot.…

Looks like Briar’s Armor is finished – you can find it for sale on eBay. Starting bid is $1500 (reserve is not yet met), auction has a week to run. Remember – you can get closeup views of this armor at briarsarmor.com!

Cnet has posted an article detailing their choices for the top 10 games of the last 10 years – Halo (the original) came in at a fitting number 7. Thanks, prometheus.

Whoa, very cool. Bryn “ofthehi77” Casey has put together another gorgeous piece – MC, another MC, and Cortana, in some Forerunner ruins. Check out ‘In The Ruins’! (This was originally posted at yayap.com – we’ve added it to Bryn’s page here with permission.)

Over at the Halo CE Chronicles website, you’ll find a document entitled ‘The Halo CE Chronicles Universe’ – it’s a backstory for the Halo CE Chronicles, and attempts to put that machinima series in sync with the Halo universe as we know it. Go read!

Today’s One One Se7en brought a smile to my face – because he ain’t joking, it really is like that.

InnerRayg posted a parody of Linkin Park’s In the End a couple of days ago – but the link wasn’t working. Last night, kobaj came to the rescue, with a different link – and now that I’ve gotten a copy, I’ve localized the file. Voices aren’t exactly like Linkin Park… but the singing’s decent regardless!…

Dillo pointed out that the teaser for Lego Halo film we mentioned a few days ago is now available for download – 2.3 mb, Real format. It doesn’t show much – but it made me want to see the whole thing! The teaser mentioned that the film itself will be out in mid-October; here’s hoping…

Thanks to the 93,000 people who wrote in to let us know that two new playlists are up on Xbox Live – Multiteam (unranked 3v3v3v3 play) and Team Snipers (also unranked). Rumble Preview and Team Preview have both been removed, because the new maps are now integrated into all playlists. Go and enjoy!