With the three days to get in your three hours of Halo 2 on Xbox Live play on an Xbox 360 in already passed, and web registration-- apparently-- about to open, Halo 2 players are poised over their keyboards to attempt to become one of the 13,333 lucky entrants into Phase Two of the selection process for Bungie's Halo 3 multiplayer beta.

The Power Of Ten is a simple idea: make a Myth map using only ten monster tags. Check their site for official rules. Thanks to PlayMyth for the announcement.

Let's face it: if the Halo 3 Public Beta is our new Great Journey, then the Prophet of Truth is a liar, because some of us are going to be left behind. Not everybody who wants to can get in. If everybody could get in, there'd be no difference between the beta test and actually releasing the game. At least as far as multiplayer is concerned.

Bungie.net has a new moderator, Evilcam, and as a reward, he gets an interview with KP. Let's hope that satisfaction in a job well done is reward enough.

Halo3.com notes that the first way of getting into the Halo 3 public beta-- the web registration form that offered any and all comers in the U.S. a chance to be chosen-- has closed. Winners will be notified sometime this week.

Those who don't make it can still get in by buying a specially marked box of Crackdown, or entering the Rule of Three promotion the first three days of February by playing 3 hours of Halo 2 multiplayer between Feb 1 and 3 and being one of the first 13,333 to register at Halo3.com afterwards.

If you couldn't register on Halo3.com the first time out, and the idea of buying Crackdown miffs you, then relax: there are still other ways to get into the Halo 3 beta to be held next spring.

The Gamerscore Blog lists two new ways that US residents can get in: by buying Crackdown, by playing at least three hours of Halo 2 online on Xbox Live and then registering at Halo3.com (first come, first served, 13,333 spots available).

Almost five years to the day after the first HBO LAN Party, Louis Wu held "Deadly Night".