Woohoo! mmemesis goes on a posting spree at the Halo Story page; more than enough to chew on, for now! In addition, Ape Man is back - seems he (or more precisely, his internet connection) was the victim of an overzealous backhoe operator... but he's back up and running now, so we should see some new material soon. (Anyone jonesin' for those Level transcripts yet?)

Dunno about the rest of you, but for me, the Reviews page was beginning to get unwieldy; too many entries to load smoothly. Accordingly, it's been redesigned; it now shows 20 reviews at a time, and you can choose to see only the one you're interested in. Now back to the Gameplay pages...

To all those people sending in reports of the Halo movie rumored on this Dutch site (among other places) - please, no more. It just ain't true. Matt Soell, on our forum, succinctly denies that a movie is being discussed. (As I told a few of you via email, I was planning on ignoring this... but a flat denial by Bungie seems worth the post.)

Two more submissions for the Gameplay Tricks page - Cal drops off a passel of pics showing the tippety-top of Damnation... and Phear X shows you how to get on top of the base beacon pole (which stands on top of the base) on Sidewinder. What folks won't try...

Apologies to all who've been writing to the Halo Story page - the crew seems to have run into time issues. Never fear, though, things will be back on track soon! mnemesis added another tidbit last night from Alan Wu - that Marathon link just won't die, and now there are other options for the bigger picture! Check out the Story page news... and don't hesitate to send along your wild ravings; nothing's being thrown away, so it'll be there when the team gets back to it.

silverx10 writes to say that a new Halo fansite is up and running - The Cole Protocol has been ensuring the safety of the planet Earth since 2552. Currently, they have gameplay tips, character descriptions, and a couple of level walkthroughs. Content is going up quickly... check it out!

Dueling Cartographers! Two different collections have been added to the Gameplay Tricks section - Team 7HR33 submits a movie showing a beautiful dismount from the top of Silent Cartographer... and Randy Glass gives us a cookbook movie that will have you driving the heights in no time. (Randy's page contains multiple mirrors for his film - thanks once again to the Psyjnir Complex for their hotline hosting!) If the submission rate ever slows down, I'll even get around to making the page more navigable! Followup: Randy has posted a pretty hilarious bloopers film (1:25, 4.8 MB), showing a bunch of the times it DIDN'T work... the last one had me in tears. (Where'd it go?)

Vector40, of the Junkyard, points out a newish Halo review over at Monolithic Illusions. Reading the text, you might get the impression that they weren't too impressed... but the final score was a 9.5/10. Go figure. We've added it to the Reviews page. (You know... while you're over at the Junkyard, checking out Vec's review news, you should take a gander at his newly remodeled Weapons Guide, the first step in a total overhaul of the Halo section. Lots to see!)

Another stunt movie: Phear X has created a 13 mb, 1:41-long clip showing how to rocket jump to the top of Sidewinder. It's currently being hosted by Brian Towne, of mythica.org (Brian, you da man!) - grab it! (Looks like it's also on the Psyjnir Complex's Hotline server - you guys rock, too. ;) ) Eventually, this'll be added to the Tips and Tricks page. (Currently, we're swamped like you wouldn't believe.)

Kurisu has created yet another music video - this one's a little strange; lots of repeating footage. You can check it out (8 megs, .wmv format set to 'Paint It Black') at his site.