Ouch – GameCyte has taken it upon themselves to warn you against buying some mistakes this year… and on their ‘Anti-Game Guilde 2008, you’ll find the Halo Interactive Strategy Game. In fact, their advice goes further:

[S]imply avoid buying your kids anything with the word “Halo” on it — if your child likes Halo, chances are he already owns the games, and that’s all he needs/wants. Warn those grandparents!

I’m not sure I’d go that far… but the guide’s pretty interesting, anyway!(Louis Wu 19:19:12 UTC)

Interesting – there was no notice on our forum, but Reclaimer 117 is now online – and the Reclaimer is awake again. I don’t think Viper’s gonna be too happy…(Louis Wu 19:07:56 UTC)

Z let us know about Willey2Gr8’s Halo 2/Halo 3 Montage by Phurion – it’s a monster, 276 mb and twelve and a half minutes long… but the gameplay is really good, and the editing’s exciting. The fast-cut style wears after a while, but the Killtrocities and Killamanjaros will revive you.) Check it out at Halo3Forum.com!(Louis Wu 18:59:30 UTC)

Rooster Teeth has posted a new Thanksgiving PSA for your enjoyment… though I must say it’s more disturbing than most of their announcements. In a bunch of ways. Not really NSFW… but definitely disturbing. Looks like elpolloguapo was first with the news. (Louis Wu 17:49:08 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has posted another round of Friday Caption Fun – there are some great ones for last week’s risqué pic, and a new pic that is sure to bring some interesting captions. Go see what you can do!(Louis Wu 17:48:15 UTC)

Just four new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week – writers are still going easy! Ah, well, it’s a holiday week.(Louis Wu 17:46:57 UTC)

Gah – Tobias Buckell is BACK in the hospital, this time with a pulmonary embolism. (This is basically a blood clot in the artery that brings blood to his lungs.) Best wishes to the man – his Halo novel is now out everywhere, but he’s in. Several people sent this in – thanks to Aaron Spuler, and to General Battuta for starting a thread on our forum. (Louis Wu 17:44:52 UTC)

A couple of posts on our forum will point you to eBay auctions – one is small, the other is rather huge. pete_the_duck is selling a Legendary beer stein – the auction ends tomorrow night, so look fast! And kornman00, looking to help raise money for Hollywood Arts, has put up a huge pile of his exclusive Halo schwag – signed books, exclusive action figures, a gorgeous print, and signed soundtracks – you really want to check these out. (Auctions end in 5 days; he told us about this on Wednesday, when they went live, but we’ve been offline with family since then.)(Louis Wu 17:38:29 UTC)

From all of us at HBO, to all Halo fans everywhere, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! (If you’re outside the US, you don’t celebrate this officially – but the idea of putting some time aside to be thankful for what you have should resonate worldwide.) Enjoy the day – we’ll be back and posting tomorrow!