The Second Rule Is Do Not Ask Questions
MLG's rather lengthy and detailed list of rules, regulations, gametypes and guidelines for their MLG St. Louis event are now up on their website.
Death by intelligence.
E3 Plasma Fiesta 2005 Writeup
Louis Wu has done a writeup of Plasma Fiesta 2005, the post-E3 gathering hosted by Deanero featuring his world-famous salsa and a Halo LANfest. More will surely follow.
Huh... She Said 'Head'
The comic is becoming a little more like Halo Teens as Cortana gets some unwanted attention at E3.
Happy Birthday PlayMyth; MWC 2005 In June
PlayMyth turned three years old earlier this week. Check PlayMyth for all the latest Myth news.
From The E3 Floor: Pizza, Beer And Zombies
Mnemesis has posted an update in the HBO forum from the floor of E3: he says Bungie is showing off the next five multiplayer maps, Stubbs the Zombie by Wideload is "gritty, dark, hilarious, and really fun to play" and Major Nelson is a together guy who knows good pizza. Thanks Louis Wu at HBO for the linkage. Wu is on his way to E3 as we speak.
My Rifle's Name Is Godot
Weapon respawn times for Warlock, Turf, Containment and Sanctuary have been added by Typher to HBO's weapon respawn page. Louis Wu posted the news at HBO.
PC-Gaming teams crossing over -- a good thing
Hey guys, this is Mogul. Some of you might know me as a journalist for team Fnatic, the multi-championship-winning UT2004/Painkiller international team. Others may recognize me from PlanetQuake! And yet others might have seen my news work on Challenge-TV -- so -- what am I doing here?
Recently, ESReality.com published an article about Halo 2's competitive scene. Being actively involved in the PC competitive gaming scene for several years now, it was surprising to me to see that the game was picking up a great following. So here's where I'm going with this.
More Monstrous Shit
At Penny Arcade, Gabe and Tycho don't seem to think much of MTV in general or the Xbox 360 Special in specific. They do highly recommend the tech-specific, geek-laden five minute video from OurColony.net, instead. That's a short summary; check Penny Arcade for the more humorous, more verbose version.
Whose Round Is It, Anyway?
Cortana pays the price for Master Chief's wardrobe malfunction in this week's Halo Babies cartoon. Thanks mrsmiley.
Please Show Bungie The Whine List
Bungie's put up their side of their loss to the Xbox Live team in the Humpday Challenge; they allege that XBL used a ringer. And according to SketchFactor, Major Nelson Suxorz.
UPDATE: Major Nelson is denying the charge of ringer leveled by Bungie against one member of the XBL team that played in the Humpday.
Major Nelson Suxorz
Bungie substituted this image for the standard corpse-humping image that is usually displayed with Humpday Challenge results when Major Nelson used it on his blog to trumpet the XBL team's victory over Bungie (2 wins, 1 tie).
Xbox Live Team Beats Bungie At Halo
Major Nelson has put up his summary of the latest Humpday Challenge that pitted Xbox Live against Bungie.
Blam! Dink! Your Blog!
XerxdeeJ has announced in the HBO forum that he's started a Halo blog called Tied The Leader.
Halo 2 Ranking Dashboard Widget
Just a short while ago, Apple released version 10.4 of OS X, codenamed Tiger. One of the new features it introduced was Dashboard, a controversially Konfabulator-like feature.
Lacsap has created a Dashboard widget that displays your Halo 2 ranking. He announced it in an HBO forum post; you can download it from Dashboardwidgets.com.
The Great Journey... Ends
Mike Miller has brought his fantastic Halo 2 Legendary Walkthrough to a close with a video-laden page on The Great Journey. If you've played the game all the way through but haven't read this series yet, then do yourself a favor and check it out. If you're still stuck somewhere trying to beat Legendary, swallow your pride and look for some tips.