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Thanks to Dispatcher, who sent in a rather… odd piece of artwork for our Miscellaneous Art page. Check it out!

The Halo SETI Marines have a new top cruncher! For the first time in 17 weeks, DarthFlounder has been displaced at the peak spot… congratulations, Lacrymosa! Details can be found on the 14 day stats page.

“We actually modeled the black off of a Glock 9mm.” In anIGN Xbox interview J. Allard, Xbox General Manager, describes how the Xbox casing is made from left over German munitions. No wait I think I read that wrong. 😉

Bob which button did you press? MSXbox has put together a Xbox controller design spec image to help clarify what button does what. It’s the red one…no blue… wait it’s…

Thanks to gen for the heads-up on the R.net forum… Gamecenter interviewed Ed Fries, Vice President of Games Publishing, on Saturday at CES. The quote of interest: Jason Ocampo: So what are the upcoming plans here? We’ve got Gamestock coming up, E3, GDCÂ… Ed Fries: Yeah, for me at Gamestock I’ll be unveiling our first-party…

Shadow writes to say that the new NAVCON design is complete. Stop by and take a look! Pax.

Okay, we’re not an Xbox site (thought we DO put the ‘X’ in ‘BO’…). This will be the last Xbox-related item today, we promise. However, some of you might be interested in the IRC chat that MSXBox hosted today concurrently with the CES keynote speech. There were at least 4 major players from Microsoft taking…

For those who want a good look at the Xbox, the official site now has a Flash Tour of the console. Check it out!

Dontcha just love it when the PR folks get a little ahead of the demonstrators? As I write this, I’m watching a live webcast from the Computer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas – the Xbox will be unveiled here this morning. However, on Microsoft’s web site, you can find this press release about the…

Not really Halo news… but Nathan Bitner has appeared in the news here quite a bit, so we figured it was worth a mention. As noted on the Marathon’s Story page, Gamesmania has an interview with Nathan up at their site, in which he discusses Island Four Software, his new company, and his philosophy of…

Thanks to Nicolò Tosi, who reminded us that BOTH the Halo dropship and the PS2 dropship mentioned earlier today owe more than a nod to the UD-4L dropship first seen in the movie ‘Aliens’. We’ve added some backup to our Dropship comparison.

Visor points out on our forum that an upcoming Playstation2 game, Dropship, uses a ship that looks vaguely familar… (The upside – even if the Halo version isn’t user-controllable, this one is.)

Cortana.org gets another update… astrology, new furniture, and a pointed shot taken at those who mock. The game continues… (Thanks to black flag and a red star for the heads-up.)

Symbols, revisited. Starting back in October of 1999 (yeah, a long time ago), there was a bit of discussion about symbols found on various surfaces in Halo. Steve Campbell found some Marathon symbols… Hitman =PN= thought they might be something else… There was much speculation about Marathon logos, and flagstaffs. There was a lot of…

Seamus Blackley speaks out in response to some of the fears expressed by fans about the downgrading of the Xbox specs – you can read his words at xbox.ign.com. Spin control in advance of the CES unveiling? You decide.

Halo demoed at CES? MSXbox reports that Bill Gates will not only unveil the Xbox during his keynote, but will show off some game demos. Here’s hoping we’ll see our favorite Marine in action! (And for those wondering why the Xbox scans floating around the internet haven’t made it here, read this.) Pax.

Mike Patton writes that he’s put up a Halo site for the Halo clan AoD (Angel of Death)… check it out! (The site might be moving soon, so no guarantees about the link.)

wod`asini writes to tell us that he’s formed a new Halo order called Blam! Right now, you can find info on his personal page… but they’re putting up a new site soon. They’re looking for players “who will really want to participate in the Halo community and at the same time dominate ranked halo.” If…

$erial-ki!!A writes to let us know that a new Halo mailing list has been started up at theglobe.com. Swing by and take a look!

fire phoenix of Halo Center sends word that the XBox 365 site which ran the “Halo commercial during SuperBowl 2001” news item is using a third party image of Halo rather than an official one. What’s wrongXBox 365? Don’t have an official one? HBO Spin: We’re probably going to see alot more of this given…