Guardian found a number of very nice pieces of Halo-related artwork at DeviantART, pieces that have never been mentioned here. Great stuff. Go look. Update: Exiled Zealot proves the Search function at DA works nicely, by turning up a LOT of Elite art links.

Wow. ManKitten posted a bunch of scans from a coloring book he made in one of his illustration classes last year. They’re just from screenshots – but they’re beautifully clean. I’m lovin’ em. (I’d love to see the hi-res versions he mentions…) Update: ManKitten sent along those higher-res scans, and I’ve posted the whole lot in a single post; swing by to see what’s worth grabbing!

SketchFactor has posted another ‘Fight the Flood’ shirt update – total number of shirts sold is closing in on 10,000, and total dollar amount donated to the Red Cross disaster relief fund is almost $150,000. Nice! (If you haven’t bought a shirt yet, consider it.) Thanks, Schedonnardus.

Heh – there’s a followup to the recent Houston Chronicle story on Zyos in today’s paper; this one is a short piece detailing Zyos’ loss in last weekend’s WCG 2005 US Finals. (He says that if next year’s competition is team-based, he won’t even enter; he’s decided he’s better by himself.) Thanks, Tom Pittman.

Nirvana dropped a note on our forum to let folks know about the second ‘Interview with a Star’, this time with Alexander Winn, otherwise known as Nerrolken, one of the driving forces behind the Codex Series. Interesting read – go find out what drives him!

Over at Wired.com, there’s an article about video game novels; Halo’s titles get some nice coverage. Thanks, 3Suns.

VII Toast interviewed one of the newest Bungie hires, RocketMoose, and has posted the interview on his 7th Column Group site. Go learn more about the people behind the scenes!

Couple of vids for you over at Halo2Forum.com – the first is a montage full of sticks from Fershetta (plenty of pros in it – WMP9 format, 68.4 mb). The second is from Team Confusion, and aims to demonstrate how to throw grenades with precision on Lockout. (There were movies like this in the original game – some great ones on Hang ’em High, Damnation… but I haven’t seen many in Halo 2 yet.) How to blow weapons to you, how to place grenades in critical spots from areas that are well out of the line of sight of the target. Pretty cool stuff! WMP9 format, 39 mb.

Broken Console Productions has posted Episode 4 of The Squadron – ‘Your Mom’s An Episode’. It was fun – go watch it. Because of bandwidth issues, they’ve begun accepting sponsors – toss ’em £10 and you’re a sponsor for a year. (That link contains details about what you get, as well as how to go about it.) The vid is currently available in WMP9 format, but a QuickTime link should be up soon.

The Halo CE Chronicles nears the end of season 2 – the penultimate episode, Episode 19, ‘Gaia‘, has been posted on the Movies page. The struggle for control of the ring heats up… at the same time that the station commander comes face to face with something much bigger than himself… and teaches a friend a critical skill. Available, as always, in WMP9, QuickTime, and streaming Flash formats.

Well… she hasn’t been keeping me appraised of new work, but that’s not gonna stop me from adding it to her art page anyway. Go check Elnea’s Art Page for two new comics (both combining Farscape and Red vs Blue, two of her biggest passions), and two new avatars made for friends. (Look for the September dates.) Update: 2 more have been added to the ‘Cartoons and Art Works’ – another Farscape crossover, and a colored sketch. Thanks, Elnea!

2old2play.com has posted Episode 8.5 – a short (20 minute) interview with Major Nelson. The guy’s really doing the podcast circuit! Go listen.

And speaking of our favorite pun-ter, Stuntmutt has been spotlighted over at The Junkyard; go read what makes him tick. There’s even a custom strip, made just for the occasion. Thanks, Mhaddy.

Today’s One One Se7en will make your teeth hurt.

11 new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this morning – go read!

The US Finals of the World Cyber Games were held this weekend, as well (MLG Seattle on the West coast, WCG2005 finals on the East coast – it was Halo across the land); Team3D came out on top. The final match was actually OGRE1 and OGRE2 against Hotshy and Saiyan – T3D against T3D! The Ogres walked away with this one, and will be representing the US in Singapore in November. You can read more at Team3D – and you can read a mainstream article about the tournament (with a focus on Matt Leto) at FoxNews.com.

mothergoat’s been around for quite some time, and has garnered community respect both for his mapmaking skills in HaloCE, and for his musical abilities (do a search in our news database for some of his Halo-related works) – he’s back, with more of both. The Goatacular Map Pack includes 3 new maps, created with the help of some of the bigger names in the HaloCE community – he’s posted descriptions, screenshots, walkthrough movies, and the new musical piece that accompanies them. Go grab the lot!

Gladiator Evolved, a movie we released yesterday, seems to be a hit – we’ve served over 8000 copies of it in the last 24 hours or so (accounting for over half a terabyte of data). For folks afraid of the 80 mb download, GearboxGameZone has posted smaller versions (320×240, under 40 mb each for the WMP9 and QuickTime versions). (A thread on our forum seems to suggest that folks have enjoyed this film.) Thanks for the help, Dennis! Update – the original (80 mb) .mov is now being mirrored by Wraith7n – thanks!

Fury Three has once again summarized the Halo-related Lego offerings at Brickshelf – or, at least, the stuff he thinks is worth seeing. (There are 76 entries in his collection.) You can grab a zipped Excel file, or view an Excel-generated html file – both contain the same info.

Dennis Powers pointed out a video called ‘A Halo CE Road Trip‘ – it’s a tribute to Halo CE Mappers, and it does a nice job of showing you what’s out there by flying through a number of maps. It was created by Siliconmaster482. It’s available in both WMP9 and QuickTime formats from the GearboxGameZone website – 22.2 and 25.9 mb, respectively. Grab a copy!