[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.
As soon as my business trip plans for London last week were finalized, I knew I was going to have to arrange to meet up with at least one Bungie fan in the city. The first and most obvious choice was Stuntmutt, the author and artist behind the Halo comic One One Se7en, hosted at HBO. (Apologies to c0ld vengeance, whom neither of us thought to call until the second beer-- catch you next time, promise.)
Oh, wait... that sounds like... nevermind; there's new stuff at Halo Babies. Sparkie has submitted a new fan comic as well as 4 more pieces of fan art to Halo Babies. There's also a new desktop by nrek and new forum avatars. And according to mrsmiley, more is on the way tomorrow.
Over at MBO, Baak is quoted as saying that Rocket Dorf Fest 5 has been released. This is a plugin for Myth 2 that includes many custom units.
Stuntmutt horns in on Halo Babies territory during Gruntsbane's absence. The result is inexplicable... I hope. Because if not, I expect I'll be hearing the explanation shortly. Luckily it will be cushioned by beer.
UPDATE: Okay, now I got the joke, and I wish I hadn't.
Greetings from rainy Langley outside of London, where I'm in town for a few days doing something almost, but not entirely, unrelated to Halo 2; something I hope to rectify in approximately 12 hours or so. In the meantime, of course, I returned to notice that the server logs had filled up the server's disk space, effectively closing the site; hopefully that won't happen again for... oh... at least another 24 hours or so.
[image:8656 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0]Funkmastaeric writes in the HBO forum that if you currently don't have access to XBL, you can set your XBL icon at Bungie.net by manipulating the URL in a browser. Neat trick. For information on the selection of icons, see our Emblem Gallery.
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:
Evil Avatar points out an alternative to class action lawsuits for getting satisfaction from Microsoft over out-of-warranty Xbox repairs.
Shadow at Sector 7 relates how clams, cigarettes, sleep deprivation, aurora bourealis and nausea combine to make a memorable experience of buying Halo 2 from GameStop. Editor's Note: We made a short note of Shadow earlier; he got his hands on Halo 2 slightly earlier than most because he helping out the store by lending them his Xbox for display.