Hehe - The McLees (all of them) went to GenCon last week... and mehve has written up a pretty entertaining report; it's the top story over at Bungie.net. Go read it!

The Halogamers crew ran into some personal snags this week, so Episode 2 of the Sidewinder Saga will not be up until next week. To tide you over, they've made 'Not Episode 2' (320x240, 6.0 mb), which can be grabbed on their Episodes page. Check it out!

27 new dialogue snippets from Captain Spark today, including this rare but hilarious one. Check out the Dialogue Databank!

No time to add a Fan Fiction update yesterday... so there are 17 stories for you today:

• Search for Chief part 1, by Legend Player
• Project: Shadow Spartan, Chapter 10, by Agent Shade
• Rise of the Hellion chapter 1, by Sarge
• The Struggle for D.C.: Chapter 1, by Daniel Renner
• (Part 9) M31: First Blood, by Greg and Wes Foutch
• (Part 10) M31: First Blood, by Wes Foutch
• O.C. Tango Red: Out of the Freezer into the Fire, by Shinai Purugganan
• All Roads Lead To Sol...Despite What The Map Says: Chapter 8, by S7N
• After The End, by korbsalg
• Wrong or right part 6, by harley
• (Part 11) M31: First Blood, by Greg and Wes Foutch
• Halo 2 Fight For Earth: Home Today, Gone Tomorrow, by HunterKiller
• Oblivion 7: God's Chosen, by Reclaimer
• Rendezvous, by The Scribe
• The Fall of Fate: Invasion, Part Two(12), by 'Nosolee
• Earth, A Place for Death. Part 2: NYC(cont.) , by FuManChu
• Halo: The MCconto Chronicles (2nd), by JCDenton

And they just keep coming...

Over a year ago, Will Turnbow created (then updated) a Halo font, to match the Halo logo developed by Bungie. Yesterday, he submitted another update; this one simply changes the '2' to match the '2' in the Halo 2 logo. We've updated the Miscellaneous Art entry that contained the last version, since that's been pointed to from several different places around the website.

James DeWitt points out that TechTV will be broadcasting the full 8 minute E3 Demo Trailer this Monday at 11:30 pm (also twice on Tuesday - see TechTV's schedule for details). If you haven't had an opportunity to see this in full-screen glory, this is your chance!

Ryan 'Mhaddy' Matthews of the Junkyard reminds everyone that a contest started over a year ago is drawing to a close... the Halo: Guess the Release Date Contest! You've got 5 more days to guess the date at which Halo PC goes Gold...

The new bandwidth collective C.O.E.R.C.E. has posted three new movies:

• MC Is Wonderboy, by Erik Vogt (12.3 mb, 4:33 long, QuickTime format) - a pretty fun turn-a-song-into-a-story vid, with a twist; the filming was all done with a camera facing a TV. (This was done because it's all Erik had... but it's an effect which grows on you. At least, it grew on me. :) )
• A re-release of FTC 5, in QuickTime format, since all of the existing mirrors (for the much larger AVI are currently offline) - 9.4 mb
• A QuickTime version of Apocalypse Halo (originally released in WMP9 format over at Battleground Halo), by Dark Helmet: 20.3 mb, 5:33 long.

You'll be downloading from a randomly selected mirror (there are currently 7, I think), and the trial run the other night went swimmmingly... so give it a shot!

There was a concerned note posted on our forum today from someone who had preordered Halo action figures from the Bungie Store, but couldn't find any information about them any more. SketchFactor stepped in with some reassurances; seems there have been some supply shortages coming from Joyride, so they've chosen to stop taking preorders that they might not be able to fill. If you've already preordered, however, you're fine - your order will be filled as soon as Bungie gets their first shipment.

The dangers of music... expounded upon in today's One One Se7en. Read.