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Wow. That’s all I have to say. Update: Credit where credit is due: Jester asked this, then this, a couple of weeks ago. Thanks, Psyrixx.

That Weasel has put up mirrors of Hurricane Halo in two different formats (soon to be 3): the original, plus a re-encoded .wmv file (for Windows Media Player 8, weighing in at 11.6 mb) have been added. (A half-size QT5 version is apparently coming.) You can find the links on That Weasel Television’s mirror page.…

There’s a huge backlog of tricks (again) – but rather than simply making them LATER, I’m gonna put up the two I formatted today, and get to some more tomorrow. Check out the Gameplay Tricks page for the latest – some interesting views from INSIDE various Pelicans… and some amazing jump work. More on the…

xbox.com has posted a small interview with Max Hoberman, our friendly neighbourhood Online Guy. Here’s a quote: S: What were some of the greatest challenges to overcome during production? MH: Two things come to mind. First, switching from the PC to the Xbox necessitated a huge change in the direction we were going with Halo.…

The daily dose of Fan Fiction:Goin’ To War!, by SlithCombat Revolved, Chapter 2, by eL diAbLoProject: Rebirth, by John ParkerThe Saga Continues: Halo 2 Chapter 2, by Edward ParkerThe Long Ride Home part 2, by Joshua BarretoIf this ever slows up, I can get back to formatting Gameplay Tricks…

Dolbex took some artwork from the Truth and Reconciliation website, played with it a bit, and turned out this nice desktop for our Wallpaper collection. Take a look…

Macleans.ca, the website for a leading Canadian news magazine, has put up a Halo review – they gave it 5/5 (the best of any of the 4 games they reviewed). We’ve added it to our Reviews database. Thanks to Ph.D. for the heads-up!

Thanks muchly to SonicStorm and the Battleground: Halo crew – the latest movie, ‘Halo Hurricane’, now has another set of download links at FilePlanet. We’ve started a mirror list, to provide easy access to existing mirrors. More as we hear about ’em! Update: Alan Wu (no relation) points out that his Project MJOLNIR now has…

A new movie has hit the scene… and it’s a biggie. 21 megs, almost 7 minutes long… with some great stunts, weird glitches, and a large number of laugh-out-loud moments. As of now, there’s exactly one host – our favorite savior, mythica.org. You folks have been known to peg even that prodigious pipe, though… so…

Another pair of desktop images from Eric Gandhi – find ’em in our Wallpaper section.

Just a small note of concern… this peep stuff is getting a little out of hand; you people are starting to scare me.

Thanks to Djoey.154, who pointed out that the Xbox.com Winamp skin easter egg page now contains a second Halo track for your listening pleasure. Worth a look!

Another batch of Fan Fiction – it’s pretty scary how much you guys write…The Renegade Marines, Part X, by ShadowThe Capture, by Jason PridgenCheck, please, by Kellen SquireThe Rookie, Chapter 3, by The British CommandoGo to it!

Whoa! I accidentally hit an old bookmark… and discovered that Rampancy.net is back online! (Okay, it’s BEEN online, at rampancy.synfibers.com, all this time… but the original name works again.) The domain hasn’t been renewed yet, so who knows how LONG it’ll be there… but hey, you should go visit, it was a great site that…

Eep – we missed this one. Xbox Xtreme [dot] Net has put up a new Halo review – they gave it a 10/10, and used a lot of exclamation points to describe it. We’ve added the review to the Reviews Database. (In fact, looking at their site, the original Halo review they posted – with…

PanZer is attempting to compile a database of all the human and grunt dialog lines in Halo. Never mind that Marty has told us there are over 5000… he’s trying it, and he needs your help. Stop by the database, and see what you can do!

Yesterday, Frogblast posted a series of movies chronicling his experiments with the Blue Beams of Death on the level Halo (the series will show up on the Tricks page soon)… not long after, Dark Helmet sent in a new movie to iBonk.com, showing what happens when you Warthog-Jump into one of the blue beams. That…

Appleicious, one of the participants at last week’s Battle of the Bay, has put up several Halo movies for download – both flavors of ‘Halo: The Movie’, the new Movie Teaser, and both flavors of the Rocket Dance vid (which he’s in). We’ve added relevant links to all mirror pages, so if you’re having trouble…

The One-Shots page finally got its update – 8 new images, submitted up to 3 weeks ago. (They’re all dated today, because it makes more sense to me that way.) Check ’em out! Next up – the 9 new tricks submitted since Friday’s major update… (look for it tomorrow, or the next day.) Note: If…

Eric Gandhi sent in a new desktop for our database – you’ll find it in the Wallpaper section. Nice and blue…