Computerworld’s Dan Tynan found a site hosted by a conservative Christian investment group which rated recently-released videogames on their child-unfriendly content. Dan was offended by what he saw as a narrow-minded attempt to apply morality to video games – but I think I have to agree with the first commenter, who saw the Timothy Plan’s list as a resource that can be used by parents who want to know what’s in the games their kids are playing. (Halo doesn’t rate high enough to make their ‘graphic guide’ – it scored only a 6 out of a possible 39, with points for mild sexuality (presumably the naked Cortana), medium violence and bad language, and mild game addiction.) While I’m usually unhappy with the way videogames are portrayed in general by the Christian right, in this case, I’d have to say the guide can be useful if you’re a parent who worries about these things (and doesn’t play enough games to find out directly).(Louis Wu 15:25:45 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy hijacked a bungie.net thread for her community feature today – go see what she wants you to think about!(Louis Wu 14:45:41 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue stopped in to let us know about Reclaimer 120 – we’re getting more of the big picture.(Louis Wu 14:45:22 UTC)

Bungie.net continues their ramp-up to the 2008 Winter Pentathlon – there’s a short preview of the events in this year’s competition up now. Halo (the first one) is one of the games. Check out the nice poster!(Louis Wu 14:44:59 UTC)

Seven new pieces for you this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 14:44:19 UTC)

RandomSauce sent word that the fifth Real7alk.com podcast is out – it’s a monster, nearly 2 hours long. You can grab it from their podcast feed – it’s 135 mb, and contains an interview with Hawty McBloggy, a new song from Bryan Simon, and an interview with the Halo 3 Mythbusters! (I’m only a few minutes into it so far; something about crunchy socks. Looking forward to the rest, though!)(Louis Wu 23:44:06 UTC)

There’s a new ‘Breaking In’ article up at Bungie.net – Tam Armstrong, one of Bungie’s Animation Engineers, talks about what he does and how he got there. It’s not really Halo-related, but it’s an interesting read – so go read it! (If you’re looking to follow in his footsteps… I’m pretty sure the bike crash isn’t a critical move.)(Louis Wu 22:57:00 UTC)