CYBRFRK wrote up a different kind of reminiscence about the recent Offensive Tetraboxing lanfest that took place here a couple of weeks ago. New (gigantic) pictures… but the meat is in the text. Take a look – this is what HBO is all about.

Very nice. Dan Chosich found some new pics from Toy Fair – very nicely taken shots of the new Halo figures. Check ’em out!

Continuing the homage series, Stuntmutt tips a hat to Scott Adams in today’s One One Se7en.

Have you ever blown something up just for the fun of it? Now Halo: Resolution has…

Bungie’s Tru7h and Reconciliation site has an update on the Halo PC Championships; their link to iGames’ results page shows that (among other things) the US competitor has taken a pounding so far. Ouch! Keep your eyes open for the finals!

Is it a viagra commercial, or is it One One Se7en?

Calvin and Halo focuses on the dangers of timed powerups. Or something. This would have been visible several hours ago, but its active camo hadn’t worn off yet.

Webshift points out that the Nightmare Armor guys are raffling off a helmet. $5 gets you in; on March 13, they’ll pick a winner and give the helmet away.

Holy… STOP HIM! THE MAN NEEDS TO BE STOPPED! (If you’re confused what it’s all about, wait a moment.) I realized that I needed to give BOLL credit for his work in this news post, or… well, ask c0ld.

Eleven Fan Fiction pieces for you today…

• The Ring, part 1, by retardedmonkey
• Civilian Assault, pt. One- The Beginning, by ONI_operative_343
• Hit Hard Ch. 3: –Siege–, by Nick Kang
• The Strive to Survive (Chapter 1: Lurking in the Shadows), by CoLd BlooDed
• Chapter Two of Halo:Armageddon, by Chris Luchterhand
• Halo: Liberation of Earth – Section 1, by HawkEye
• Island Force, by retardedmonkey
• Scope (Chapter 1, New Arrivals), by The Silver Spartan
• Homeworlds XXV, by Mainevent
• Halo: Dark Aftermath Ch. 4: –Payback–, by Nick Kang
• Marooned Chapter 13, by Steve Ollett

(Thank c0ld vengeance for the horrible pun at the top of this post…)

Stuntmutt begins another series of themed One One Se7en strips; the first pays homage to that master of imagination, Bill Watterson.

Halo: Resolution adds a new… character? Item. Whatever. It’s big.

We’ve added last Friday’s Weekly Bungie Update to the local archive – remember, if you ever need to find that tidbit you sort of remember, it’s searchable.

Every now and then, I’m reminded why it’s so cool that developers visit our boards sometimes. Yesterday, RunningRiot asked a question: how come the ping he measured from his desktop to a particular Halo PC server was lower than the ping reported in-game by that same server? botman, a member of the Halo PC dev team at Gearbox, stopped by this morning to explain the conundrum.

Fury Three has done a nice job summing up what’s available out there in the Lego world; some of these links have been posted before, but the collection, together, is worth keeping track of. The Pelican he points out is pretty impressive!

Very slick… Xhzjang has released Halo No Hud mod v1.5, with a flying camera; it comes in two pieces. Piece one removes the HUD entirely; piece two turns the Banshee invisible (along with its occupant), making for a flying camera on levels with a Banshee. I just tried it, and it works beautifully! If you’re looking for easy no-HUD scenery shots, give this a shot! Thanks to Reppyboyo, who mentioned it in our forum.

c0ld vengeance has updated his Movie Starter Guide to include some basic information about recording Halo on a PC or a Mac. (He didn’t just do this for a front-page mention… he actually felt that people might NEED this information. No, really.) If you’re looking for tools to record Halo on your computer – check the guide!

Whoa, cool. Vicious Circle decided he really liked the guitar solo from Silent Carttographer… so he tabbed it out for guitar. You can view it online, or download it as a Word document (link is on the page). Get to playin’!

Continuing to try and clear out the Wallpaper queue – there are another 20 desktops for you today (25 if you count variants). Check ’em out!

Interesting. The team from Homefront, the Battlefield 1942 mod, is working on a space map, called Alpha Centauri. Battle will take place on a pair of capital ships, and the asteroid field between them. Sounds like fun! There’s a Q&A session about the map over at the main Battlefield 1042 site. Thanks to Ecko, at Battleground: Halo, for the heads-up.