Wanna see the new Rocket Hog in Halo PC? Go visit Gearbox’s site. (Okay, it’s not a great pic for seeing the new details… but forget that, because it’s a pretty awesome pic all by itself.) Thanks to CobaltNova for the heads-up.

Doug Radcliffe, the guy working on the Halo PC Strategy Guide, stopped by our forum for a ‘home stretch’ request… he’s now looking for multiplayer map tips. (He’s especially interested in tips for the smaller maps; Blood Gulch and Sidewinder are already nicely represented.) Tips should be mailed to him, because time is of the essence.

The Invisable O points out Echo 413 (huh?), a new Halo site.

The ‘write a guest strip for One One Se7en’ craze continues – Aginor tosses his hat into the ring. Literally. (There are now enough guest strips that we can run One One Se7en daily for the next couple of weeks.)

HomeLan Fed’s John Callaham stopped by Gearbox’s offices during last Saturday’s Fanstock event – you can read his impressions in this article. My bad for forgetting he was there!

If you’ve been playing along in the iGames Summer Season, it’s time for the Regional event. Competition takes place on August 30; check the list for the location nearest you. Thanks to Ernest Miller for the heads-up. (Early registration gets you goodies – worth a look!)

Simpsons Rule reminds us of a website called Halo Attack – it’s a forum-based Halo RPG. Not for everyone… but if this sort of thing interests you, stop by and join in!

Computer and Video Games has interviewed Randy Pitchford; the man’s amazingly consistent. (I mean that in a good way – I HATE it when what I hear, off the record, from someone and what I read in a public interview don’t match up.) There’s some interesting stuff in there – Randy’s left the door open for a bot patch, and he’s pretty much closed the door on a PC port of Halo 2 (at least as far as he knows)… but mostly it’s worth reading because he loves his work, and it shows when he talks about it. There are also 20 new screenshots – mostly Pillar of Autumn and Halo, solo play, but they’re awful sharp… Thanks to Dan Chosich for posting a notice in our forum.

Better late than never, right? HBO’s official coverage of the Halo PC Fanstock event is now online. It’ll be updated over the next several days with screenshots… and it’s possible that the text will be tweaked, but it’s up now. Hopefully, it’ll provide you with a little info that didn’t make it into other writeups.

It’s been mentioned several times now, but 2 cents just reminded us that we’d never put it on the front page. The September issue of the Official Xbox Magazine contains the E3 Demo Trailer on its companion DVD; if you haven’t seen it in 5.1 Surround Sound goodness, here’s your chance!

In a record fourth straight day of One One Se7ens (the guest strips are coming fast and furious, so this record might get broken tomorrow), Stuntmutt finishes off the 3-parter started Wednesday. (I’d like to apologize; Stuntmutt submits several strips in series of three, which makes sense, since the strip is posted three times a week. Somewhere back in the early days, I screwed up… and instead of starting on Monday, they start on Wednesday, which wreaks havoc on the continuity. Apologies to everyone.) For those who don’t get this one, hit the ‘prev’ link to see the setup.

Fan Fiction has been building a bit, since nobody was around to post it while I was in Texas. Here, then, are the 13 stories from the weekend.

• The Last War, Chapter Three: Reinforcements, by Agent Shade
• For the Ancients, by xitWOUND117
• In Light of Destiny Part IV: The Art of War, by Jinkaiden-XI
• Shay’s Rebellion: Boarding Action, by Mainevent
• Back to Jevan: Part 2, Streets of Jevan, by SpartanMX
• On A Pale Horse: Last Resort, by Silent Hunter
• The Rise and Fall of the Flood Chapter 5, by BlackValkyire
• Last Fortress – Introduction, by Mike
• First Contact; Chapter 5: War in Space, by retsamolah
• Stranded at Home Part 4, by Dispraiser
• The Martinez Tales, Part I: Martinez, by stan
• The Rise of Humanity: Chapter One, by The Master of Disaster (Kaboose)
• Episode Four- Things Get Harder, by Spartan117

Get to reading!

Dark Helmet has added 13 photos to his Fanstock writeup. I’m starting to feel like a slug…

Forerunners.org sister site Cortana.org, which is positioning itself as a Halo PC Map and Mod Database, will have continuing coverage of the Fanstock event from Steve Campbell. Steve’s photos can be found in a Fanstock Photo Gallery over at Rampancy.net – including some photos of the newly remodeled Rocket Hog. (Official pics of this vehicle will be released by Gearbox, in glorious hi-res, in the not-too-distant future… but Steve felt you couldn’t wait.)

Another Fanstocker heard from: Shishka posts his (rather voluminous) thoughts over at Subnova. Lots o’ pictures, lots o’ facts… if I don’t get something written soon, nobody’s gonna read it, because it’s all been said before! (Once again – screenshots of the game in action are coming later; we’ll all have access to them. Everybody’s gonna have updates.)

Mic Fedusenko is working on a CGI Halo movie – a multiplayer match on Longest. It’s just at the beginning stages… but if you check out his gallery, you’ll see a couple of shots of the work in progress. Should be fun!

Dark Helmet has added his two cents (well, more like 75, actually – he wrote a LOT) to the Fanstock Impressions collection. Stop on by Battleground Halo to read it! (Read it slowly… the man’s tossed quite a bit of humor in there, but it’s easy to pass over if you’re looking for Halo PC nuggets…) This writeup has some nice descriptions of the 6 new maps.

I said earlier that the first report from the Halo PC Fanstock was posted on the IGN messageboards… that’s not strictly true. Steve Campbell, of forerunners.org, has put a bunch of info (mostly in thoughtbites) up on Forerunners’ main page. There’ll be a more complete report coming later… but there’s some good stuff there now.

More boatloads of screenshots and movies from BOLL, based on his hacking explorations… there are some amazing shots in here. Check ’em out! Narcogen has made thumbs of all of ’em, over at Rampancy.net, for your easier browsing pleasure. Update: Break Point mentions that he, too, has mirrored the shots (with thumbs).

The first fan report from Halo PC Fanstock has been posted – firestorm225, a forum regular at IGN has put up his impressions in the IGN PC boards. Unfortunately, it’s an Insider-only board… if you’re not an insider, we may have an alternative for you soon. And expect reports from the other participants (including me) soon! Update: firestorm225 has posted a similar report on the AllOutGames forum – no Insider status needed. Check it out! (Thanks to scottws for the heads-up on this.)