Cody Miller of High Speed Halo notes in the HBO forum that their efforts to complete the entirety of Halo, on legendary difficulty, in under two hours, is currently only nine minutes short of the mark. Submissions of shorter times is encouraged. Times for Halo and Halo 2 are tracked.
dolbex writes that Major League Gaming's new online leagues are starting to fill up-- go check out the site for details on how to register your team!
The latest Narc's Retort is Bordering On Common Sense, about Bungie's downloadable content plans.
It's rather difficult for me to get a handle on exactly how I feel about the recently announced plans for new Halo 2 maps. Part of that is because of my own personal situation-- having been without decent DSL since before Halo 2's release, I'm only just now getting the hang of the multiplayer maps that shipped with the game; and even then, my higher-than-average ping and utter lack of skill or practice is still getting me massacred daily on maps I barely know and already paid for, to say nothing of maps that are yet to come.
[image:9163 align=left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0]Xbox.com and Bungie.net have news on Bungie's map expansion and downloadable content (DLC) plans for Halo 2.
At the end of next month, there will be two maps available for free to Xbox Live subscribers, and an additional two maps available for $5.99.