Things outside the Haloverse are going to be busy for a bit, so here's a news roundup to start things off:
- SketchFactor from Bungie has responded to the allegations of cheating. They are asking to post the names of alleged cheaters, but not the precise methods used.
- Cooked Gamers reports that CAL's Halo 2 gametypes are almost set.
- Some guys put Blood Gulch, Warthog included, into Half-Life 2, and a GTA site notes mods that put Halo items into Grand Theft Auto. (Thanks Wu at HBO.)
- Chibification fan art at Halo Babies.
- Major Nelson links to a Seattle newspaper story about Sam Radakovitz, the guy who wrote the Excel worksheet to archive Halo 2 stats; he's a Microsoft employee in the Excel group.
- Eric Trautmann points out an interview of him by Eric Nylund (author of The Fall of Reach and First Strike; there are also some online pages from The Art of Halo at Xbox.com.
- Achronos notes that on December 7, a day that will live in infamy, Bungie.net will be down for maintenance.
Finishing this news, sir...