Captain Spark uploaded a couple of batches of dialogue snippets today. (One is huge.) You can find them both on his website, in zip files… or you can browse through them in our Dialogue Databank; there was a batch dated September 10 and another one dated September 15. Check ’em out!

Another vid has cleared the MPRRS queue – this one is a montage, and was posted (in slightly larger form, filesize-wise) on our forum yesterday. The thing Pookaki focused on was no-reticle no-scopes, but there are plenty of other kinds of kills. It’s available in WMP9 format (49.1 mb) or QuickTime format (50.4 mb). Enjoy!

I’ve been hesitant to post games.net links here (it seems that many of their pieces are written not because anybody believes what they say, but because they’re trying to be controversial and get traffic), but this one’s sort of fun. They’ve put up an article entitled ‘Five Ways to Save Video Games‘, and it’s basically a ‘don’t do this’ list. Halo makes 4 of the 5 no-nos (it misses being cited in the “Stop Treating Women Like Whores” category). Agree or disagree, give it a read and then sound off in our forum! Thanks, 3Suns.

A movie passed the MPRRS a few days ago – but because it was encoded in H.264, I thought it might be better to re-encode it into formats more universal across the hardware spectrum. This has taken a bit longer than expected – apologies to Spuzzum, the creator, and thanks for his patience! The video is called ‘Sticky Style 2’, and shows off some pretty amazing plasma grenade sticks in Halo 2 campaign play. (I shudder to think how long it took to set a couple of these up…) The brute tallies were especially entertaining. Watch it – and enjoy some really well-timed gameplay! You can grab a QuickTime version (37.6 mb) or a WMP9 version (40.8 mb)… then go grab your own stickydooms and see how you keep up!

I guess it’s Art Week – four new pics from Bryn ‘ofthehi77’ Casey, first posted over at his brother’s site, yayap.com. My favorite is this pic of a pair of Hunters – but I also really like this loose MC. A full-body shot of Cortana and Scarlett Johansson as Linda round out the batch. Go look!

Halo Arena has interviewed c0ld vengeance, longtime HBO denizen and occasional credit whore – go read what he likes (and doesn’t like) about Halo, in all its forms!

Vern Shields continues his overloading hijinx – he’s been so dedicated, he’s inspired Stuntmutt for today’s One One Se7en. (Hehe – is that a good thing, or a bad thing?)

Twelve new pieces for you in today’s Fan Fiction batch – go read!

Another avatar from Elnea – a female spartan with a light saber? Wonga. (She says she’ll never catch up with the number of pending requests for these, so you might want to re-think sending her your specs.)

Some of you may remember the Futuristic Sex Robotz, the Gangster Nerd Rap group that created ‘Don’t Make Us Kick Your Ass’ a while back. (It’s not clean – but it’s pretty hilarious, and I don’t even LIKE gangsta rap.) They’ve got a spiffy new website up, in preparation for a full-length album coming out early next year (entitled ‘Hotel Coral Essex’). There’s no new content – but it’s possible you haven’t heard their ‘Welcome to the Internet’ single, or seen their Halo-related content in the context of their own interface. If you missed them the first time around, go visit! It’s pretty polished stuff, all around.

Mothergoat has created a new version of ‘The Prisoner’, the song he released yesterday with his new HaloCE maps. This version is missing the narration at the beginning, making it more suitable for Halo vids. (If you use it as such, read his post carefully for credit requirements.) He’s linked a copy from his website… but we’re gonna mirror it just in case (he got swamped yesterday due to overeager fans, I don’t want that to happen again). MP3 format, 5 mb. Awesome.

Guardian found a number of very nice pieces of Halo-related artwork at DeviantART, pieces that have never been mentioned here. Great stuff. Go look. Update: Exiled Zealot proves the Search function at DA works nicely, by turning up a LOT of Elite art links.

Wow. ManKitten posted a bunch of scans from a coloring book he made in one of his illustration classes last year. They’re just from screenshots – but they’re beautifully clean. I’m lovin’ em. (I’d love to see the hi-res versions he mentions…) Update: ManKitten sent along those higher-res scans, and I’ve posted the whole lot in a single post; swing by to see what’s worth grabbing!

SketchFactor has posted another ‘Fight the Flood’ shirt update – total number of shirts sold is closing in on 10,000, and total dollar amount donated to the Red Cross disaster relief fund is almost $150,000. Nice! (If you haven’t bought a shirt yet, consider it.) Thanks, Schedonnardus.

Heh – there’s a followup to the recent Houston Chronicle story on Zyos in today’s paper; this one is a short piece detailing Zyos’ loss in last weekend’s WCG 2005 US Finals. (He says that if next year’s competition is team-based, he won’t even enter; he’s decided he’s better by himself.) Thanks, Tom Pittman.

Nirvana dropped a note on our forum to let folks know about the second ‘Interview with a Star’, this time with Alexander Winn, otherwise known as Nerrolken, one of the driving forces behind the Codex Series. Interesting read – go find out what drives him!

Over at Wired.com, there’s an article about video game novels; Halo’s titles get some nice coverage. Thanks, 3Suns.

VII Toast interviewed one of the newest Bungie hires, RocketMoose, and has posted the interview on his 7th Column Group site. Go learn more about the people behind the scenes!

Couple of vids for you over at Halo2Forum.com – the first is a montage full of sticks from Fershetta (plenty of pros in it – WMP9 format, 68.4 mb). The second is from Team Confusion, and aims to demonstrate how to throw grenades with precision on Lockout. (There were movies like this in the original game – some great ones on Hang ’em High, Damnation… but I haven’t seen many in Halo 2 yet.) How to blow weapons to you, how to place grenades in critical spots from areas that are well out of the line of sight of the target. Pretty cool stuff! WMP9 format, 39 mb.

Broken Console Productions has posted Episode 4 of The Squadron – ‘Your Mom’s An Episode’. It was fun – go watch it. Because of bandwidth issues, they’ve begun accepting sponsors – toss ’em £10 and you’re a sponsor for a year. (That link contains details about what you get, as well as how to go about it.) The vid is currently available in WMP9 format, but a QuickTime link should be up soon.