Halo 2 roundups simply refuse to die. So here is all the stuff you read about somewhere else while I was sleeping on an airplane with a wet towel wrapped around my head:

• Bentllama says: identify yourself before making an XBL friend request. Good advice.
• VerdaFolio points out the release of Halo 2 modding tools Encryptomatic, H2MT and CH2R.
• At Bungie.net, Frankie interviews the Red vs Blue guys (includes video) and then Chris Butcher, Max Hoberman and Frankie answer fan questions in the latest weekly update.
• HBO collects a few more links to reviews and stories, but warns that the "Halo is pretty good" kind of local newspaper story is going to stop being news very soon. Also at HBO: Mike Miller examines Halo 2 on Legendary.

We're hoping later to start a series of hands-on impressions, level by level, of Halo 2, as well as to recap the London trip that was highlighted by Stuntmutt and a few beers.