Although the official keeper of the Bungie Way, Matt Soell, has since moved on to greener, presumably more hippo-infested pastures, the rest of the community soldiers on. Shishka, in a forum thread that began with server stats for HBO and segued into what does it mean to be a Bungie Fan, waxes philosophical about the Bungiverse and why it's so cool.

TankRamp posted at BG:H about a new Halo review, this one on a site called Christ Centered Game Reviews. Hell, we didn't even know Christ was a gamer. The only different thing about the review is a rating for "appropriateness", in which Halo gets a B- for "some swearing" and no option to turn off blood.

Not to be outdone by Chelsea Bridge's snide suggestions, Miguel "Freewill" Chavez has piped in with some far more practical suggestions on how to solve the Scavenger Hunt, as well as some references to the old Glyph puzzle. Thanks Louis Wu.

Well, if you want to be the worldwide Halo champ on Windows, you've got between now and November 15 to register for this tourney, to be held at iGames locations. Prizes are from Gateway, ATI and Alienware.

Several readers on the HBO Forum pointed out a CNN story where an editor of theirs sat in at Electronic Gaming Monthly. What to do once there? Play Halo, of course. Apparently on Blood Gulch. Thanks Louis Wu, Blackstar, Lophan and Cybrfrk.

First, get a cup of really hot tea. No, wait... wrong universe. Mat "angryzenmaster" Noguchi put up another interesting Halo tip in his blog; this one's about how you can get unlimited active camo and ammunition, and why it happens.

IGN is claiming that this Friday at 10 AM PST, they will have a 131 Mb Halo PC demo that includes Silent Cartographer and Blood Gulch at IGN Downloads. Thanks Louis Wu at HBO.

Mat "MSN" Noguchi (aka shunji aka angryzenmaster) of Bungie has also started a LiveJournal blog, as has MS Novel Guy Eric Trautmann. As it turns out, both have RSS feeds, so we've added them to our news feeds page.

Two new reviews of Halo for the PC are up; thanks for the note to Blue's News. The first is at WickedToast; their review hinged mostly on their extreme disappointment at having the clever Covenant units replaced with mindless, ever-advancing, Doom-like Flood.

Hmm. Well, just like Durandal before her, it looks like Chelsea's getting a mite impatient with the cyborg brain's predilection towards gunplay over logical thought. But at least you enjoy the killing, right? It's all about the killing. Thanks Louis Wu at HBO.

Representatives from Microsoft, Bungie and Gearbox will participate in an IRC chat in the #CPL channel on October 29 at 5 PM PST to answer questions about Halo PC and the Winter Championship. Thanks to kappa in the HBO forum, via Louis Wu.

The Harcore's Hardcorner column at Xbox.com has reinvented the Vidmaster's Oath, in a way-- insisting that truly "hardcore" players eschew the assault rifle (and nearly all other weapons) for the human and plasma pistols. The most disturbing part, though, is the T. J. Hooker reference. Thank-ee to Louie Woo.