So here we all are again. Thanks to HBO, Halo Planet, Bungie.net, Sector 7, and everybody else who is awake and posting news while we're sleeping, and sleeping while we're playing Halo 2 and not updating the website. Here we go:

• User Friendly wonders why we don't play other games on the Xbox. Editor's Note: I do, but what can I say, I'm strange.
• Bungie's newest in their Guide series covers Vehicles in Halo 2.
• The Halo 2 - Half-Life 2 poll is still open.
• Eric Trautmann signed a bunch of copies of The Art of Halo and got to watch fans play the game, too.
• Over at HaloMods, Kaptain Kommie and Grenadiac have released Sentinel, an advanced server browser for PC Halo and Halo Custom Edition.
• Louis Wu at HBO summarizes some of the best threads since the HBO forum reopened, as well as the usual roundup coverage of reviews and articles... and then another roundup.
• PC Halo gets a hotfix to version 1.06; there's a new dedicated server, too.

Editor's Note: Off to London for a few days; I should be back on Sunday, but I might have a chance to post an update before then.