Better late than never!

Well now its time for me to throw in my love of over the top (not arm wrestling!) violence and show you all the brutal X-Ray attacks that make up Mortal Kombat 9. Enjoy!

While I hope this isn’t something we need to do regularly, the information in this post may benefit some people.

As you are most likely aware, the PlayStation Network (PSN) has been down since April 20th, with Sony confirming that this was due to an intrusion on the service. This week, Sony have also given warning that PSN account holder information may have been obtained as a result of the service intrusion. Although Sony can neither confirm or deny what information has been obtained, if any, the current advise is to change any and all passwords linked to your PSN account. If you have a credit card linked to your PSN account, your card number and expiry date (but not the security code) could also be compromised, and it may be in your best interest to contact your bank to ensure no fraudulant purchases are made.
For more information on the PSN outage, please read the FAQ on the issue.

There is also a security warning on the Xbox Live Status page of their website. There is currently a known exploit within matchmaking for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, in which players may receive messages over Xbox Live with specific wording in the title. These messages may be an attempt to obtain your personal information stored on your Xbox Live account, otherwise known as a phising scam. Although there are no official instructions provided on keeping your information secure, I personally would suggest vigilance with all messages on Xbox Live from unknown Gamertags until the issue is resolved.

We’ll try to keep you all up to date with any major changes to the current events.

We heard from Antithesis recently; check out his Halo Sculpture gallery (specifically the third page) for great shots of a new, Reach-style Hunter and a very cool tribute to Waypoint’s bs angel. Awesome beans!(Louis Wu 17:21:13 UTC)

The Running Riot will have David Ellis, content producer at 343 Industries, live on its podcast show tonight at 9:30 EST. The lovely bsangel has some dirt on the man behind the 343 Sparkast if you need inspiration for questions. Here’s mine: Where’s my new podcast? You’re tearing me apart, El-lisa! (Hitmonchan107 16:27:53 UTC)

The best of the best!

Monks and some other stuff.

I love our community. Check out this contest from Myyke – he’s looking for cool screenshots of ODSTs (either in-game or manipulated, just like Bungie’s All-Stars rules). He’ll pick his favorite 7 entries, and award each one a valid serial number from a stack of Italian Halo PC copies he’s got. What does this get you? It gets you a Halo nameplate on Bungie.net. He’ll be running this contest for 3 weeks, total; you’ll have to come back next week to see what the criteria for the next 7 winners are. Myyke – you rock.(Louis Wu 16:09:59 UTC)

Couple of panos that do a nice job of characterizing Brutes… thanks, Hedge! (Louis Wu 14:31:10 UTC)

Hope Unto Dawn wants to play Reach with you – check this post from xExOp90x for details.(Louis Wu 14:30:40 UTC)

I meant to put this up Monday: Four members of The Yorker put together their list of the top 10 gaming Easter eggs. Our favorite food nipple Grunt from Halo: CE made the cut, along with an infamous glitch from Pokemon Red/Blue and Google Earth.(Hitmonchan107 04:52:57 UTC)

For the measly sum of $1,350, you can own the Mark V Spartan armor used in “Halo: Faith.” And there’s free shipping! (Hitmonchan107 04:49:13 UTC)

Thanks to all of your hard work, GrifballHub’s missing bombs have been recovered. For their dedication and perseverance, six soldiers have been given Grifball armor and accessories (presumably of the avatar variety). Congrats to the winners! I might take note of this for future contests…(Hitmonchan107 04:29:03 UTC)

In Episode 20, Anoj put together the top 10 greatest moments from September until now. No. 2 on the list is still one of my favorite Reach clips yet. Just a reminder: Anoj is accepting submissions for the next three episodes, “Unusual Kills (Episode 21),” “Exterminations (22)” and “Epic Fails (23).” (Hitmonchan107 04:19:21 UTC)

What’s up folks. You asked for more -alities, so I provide you with them! Below are all of the Babalities in Mortal Kombat, split up across three videos. Enjoy!

Pretty fun visualization of The Meta, from Luke McKay today! (I’m not sure those rings would feel really great under a helmet, though…)(Louis Wu 20:18:23 UTC)