1Up has a Bungie retrospective up, covering in detail Pathways into Darkness, the Marathon trilogy, and Halo 1, with a tip of the hat to earlier games as well. Interestingly, the Bungie-published but not developed side-scroller Abuse gets a mention, while the numerous Marathon licensees and the unmentionable Weekend Warrior do not. Thanks Louis Wu at HBO.

[image:8885 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0] Tycho over at Penny Arcade today notes a Halo-related art submission to their Child's Play charity auction; an interpretation of Melissa, the Op from the I Love Bees ARG, by CharlesAllenHarris.

bitterbanana over in the Gearbox Software forum has announced the release of a mod for Halo Custom Edition and PC Halo that provides a chase camera (third person view) and adjustable field of vision (FOV). Thanks VerdaFolio.

Things outside the Haloverse are going to be busy for a bit, so here's a news roundup to start things off:

[image:8865 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0] Andreas "BOLL" Aronsson of Wheels on Fire and flashy gruntness (grunty flashness?) fame is the subject of the latest Spotlight at The Junkyard by Ryan "Mhaddy" Matthews. BOLL hits the nail right on the head when he says:

On a side note, the world needs more co-op games.

How right he is.

Since HBO isn't accepting One One Se7en guest strips anymore, Stuntmutt figured he would put two up on his blog. I hope he knows what he's getting himself in for...

Dennis Powers writes to tell of us a contest for Halo CE (Custom Edition) video makers being run at HaloMaps, Gearbox, and EPG Servers. First prize is two free months hosting for a 16-player Halo CE server with TeamSpeak, hosted by EPG Servers. Here's how to enter:

Bluestone of EchoFourNineteen takes a turn as a guest artist at Halo Babies this week. Thanks mrsmiley.

Cananimator bentllama has put up a few early sketches of Elites he did shortly after joining Bungie, along with this advice: always sketch on paper first before booting up that PC.

Mister Chief returns with a new toy in a guest Halo Babies strip by BOLL. Thanks mrsmiley.

Slashdot has a post up today where a Creative Writing major asks about tools for machinima; it mentions Halo and Sims 2; both of which are used by Rooster Teeth Productions to make Red vs Blue and The Strangerhood, respectively.

The ingestion of large amounts of tryptophan seem to have taken their toll here at Rampancy, so we're going to be reduced to doing a news roundup again-- hopefully the last one between now and... well.. Christmas.

Halo Babies is being invaded by fan art-- more than a dozen new entries today. Thanks mrsmiley.

[image:8779 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0] I've written up a short account with photos of my recent trip to London-- or, rather, the side trip to have a few beers with Stuntmutt, author/artist of the Halo comic One One Se7en.