So discuss already.

Calvin and Halo hint at a potential solution to E3 entrance for younger readers…

Blake Noble sent us word of a Halo mod for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. It’s 1.57 mb and called ‘Halo Invasion’ – it’s available from this page (it’s about 3/4 of the way to the bottom). If you own Vice City, this might be fun to grab!

Dominator has whipped up a Motorcycle mod for Halo PC; there are currently screenshots and a movie on the Halomods forums. (The actual model hasn’t been released yet.) The movie is large (33.5 mb, .rar-compressed), and duplicates footage… but overall it looks pretty nice. First notice of this goes to The Guardians, 3 days ago.

The Red vs Blue team released a deleted scene from Episode 31 yesterday; it’s on the Sponsors download page. It’s up only in Quicktime (two resolutions). Thanks to Scott Hartel for the heads-up. (It’s only 41 seconds long, and either 3.6 or 6.0 mb, depending on the version you grab.)

(GT)Juggler has put together a nice vid of the recent Knee For All fanfest; It’s 30 mb, QuickTime format, and does a good job of tying together the day. Check it out; we’re hosting it on files.bungie.org (looks like all this hosting is gonna toast us this month…).

14 pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section. Give ’em a read – there’ll be more tomorrow!

Eep – forgot to archive the Weekly Update this week; it’s now in our database. Remember… when you’re looking for Paul Russel‘s contribution to Halo 2, this ain’t a bad place to start…

See what spam can do? I almost missed the relevance of this thread, because of the enormous amount of spam in it. However, the initial post is actually quite interesting, and points to a simple but content-rich site devoted to one very specific mini-game you can play within Halo; a massive battle involving many more than the usual number of enemies. Check out the site, and add to the signal in the thread! (Stay away from the noise, though…)

One One Se7en gets ready for Halo 2…

The dangers of fighting a war… in today’s Halo: Resolution.

It continues…

The second of Spotcheck’s releases, a 5:15 run through Pillar of Autumn on Heroic, is now up at files.bungie.org, in both WMP9 (15 mb) and QuickTime (15.8 mb) formats. The WMV was originally found at That Weasel Television – but folks were having real trouble getting hold of it, due to slow download speeds. The thread on our forum, again, is here.

cuc found a pair of new Wideload interviews – one at 1up, a second at Homeland Fed. The most interesting parts, to me, have to do with the game itself; it’s an action game, using the Halo engine… but it’s not a First Person Shooter. Having buried myself in the consumer end of the Halo engine for the past several years, I’m really intrigued to see what OTHER ways this engine can be used!

Spotcheck continues to post speedruns of various levels, in preparation for Going Nowhere Fast – latest pair have been PoA (on Heroic), and the Maw (on Easy). These are run on HaloPC, and obviously the difficulty levels aren’t up to snuff – but he’s pointing out routes to take and tricks for shaving time off. I haven’t been able to watch the PoA run yet (there is still more than half an hour remaining in the download), but the Maw run was quite impressive, and I’ve put a pair of copies (the original WMP9, 23 mb, and a re-encoded Quicktime, 26.9 mb) up on files.bungie.org. Grab one and watch this, because the Maw in 9:15 is astounding at ANY difficulty level. Update: Uriel has mirrored both of these on a server in Germany; if you’re in Europe, these might be better for you. (Thanks, Uriel!)

Another one from rendar – Xbox.com put up another Lifestyle article, called ‘Eye Candy‘ – and again, Halo is showcased. I think it’s pretty much a given… you wanna show off the Xbox, grab Halo.

There’s ANOTHER interview with Alex Seropian, with new details about Wideload, its staff (more hints about who’s who from the old days) and some interesting pieces about the game itself and its development. All of this is over at Gamespot. Thanks, Jonah.

Halo Zone is having a Screenshot contest – win a headset if you’re good enough! Check out the details on their main page.

Xbox.com put up an article called ‘Best Of: Xbox Shooters‘ – and surprise, surprise, Halo’s on the list. Thanks, rendar.

XLNC, unwilling to post YET ANOTHER batch of the same old HUDless shots, has posted a batch… of doublewides. Awesome 3200×1200 panoramas, they’re perfect for dual monitor setups. Check ’em out!