The Running Riot is back next week – and this one is special. Kete’s calling it “The Firestream Firefight”, and it’s gonna be Firefight with some community names. Bigwigs like bs angel, Insane54 from Forge Hub, and Jironimo from Ascendant Justice (and some schmuck from HBO, too) will be online playing live. Mark your calendars! (Thanks, urk and Kete.)(Louis Wu 20:09:18 UTC)

Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris continues his Mythic Walkthrough, v2.0 – the latest chapter is the easiest level to play in all of Halo 3: Floodgate. Swing by and see how to beat this level in less than 5 minutes, even on Legendary, with All Skulls On! Only two levels remain – Crow’s Nest, and The Ark. (Both are massive, and very difficult.)(Louis Wu 17:13:03 UTC)

c0ld vengeance pointed out an article over at Destructoid – someone wondered what sort of role sexual orientation should play in games. Interestingly enough, a character with NO visible sexuality (Master Chief) was less ‘real’ than one with a sexual preference that differed from the writer’s (Uncharted 2)! Not sure I understand that…(Louis Wu 15:00:32 UTC)

Reclaimer’s back (thanks, TTL Demag0gue) – Episode 224 (Uncloaked Mysteries) was even posted a bit early last night, to make up for the dry spell. The Reclaimer is beginning to see the lay of the land… and over at Hawty McBloggy’s, ODS Steve #48 (Plan Alpha) is online – with a plan that I wouldn’t be comfortable being part of…(Louis Wu 14:54:30 UTC)