The Clan of Bobs is looking to start up its own weekly challenge match, modeled on Bungie’s Halo Humpday Challenge. If you’re interested in participating, swing by the page and give it a read!

1Up.com has posted a multiplayer video of Containment today – nice footage, in a variety of formats. The QuickTime link, at the time of this writing, does not work – but I’m sure it’ll be up later. The aspect ratio on the large downloadable WMP9 is a little screwy, too… but (as the news post says) this (and vids like it, covering the other 8 maps) were made by Microsoft (well, FOR Microsoft, anyway), and will likely be available from many outlets in the not too distant future. Nice camerawork!

Bungie.net reminds you that your chance to win a Master Chief statue at the Bungie store is running out – their sweepstakes closes today. Read the b.net news post (or the Contest page at the Bungie Store) for details!

Z, over at Halo2Forum.com, let us know about a new vid posted last night. It’s called ‘Halo Poo’, and it’s a disappointment vid… but it’s live-action, and parts are pretty funny. There’s some unpleasantness (fake vomit, in the form of oatmeal and water), but mostly it’s a look at the surprise and disappointment these guys felt when they played Halo 2 on live the first time. Watch it with a sense of humor – or pass it by. WMP9 format, 38.2 mb.

Charles Hoban pointed out The Bob and George Fancomics Pages – specifically The Ninja Bot, whose episode #218 looks at Halo 2 on Live. Odd…

No, not a FAQ on how to cheat. ;-P

I just noticed over on Major Nelson’s blog that Bungie has recently posted an updated FAQ on cheating and Halo 2. Lots of answers about modified content, clans, reporting, and all that stuff, so go check it out, and remember: play fair, it’s more fun.

Kyrceck is looking for a script editor for an upcoming machinima project. Read more about the project (and the folks already involved in this forum post… and drop him a note if you’re interested!

A couple of months in development, the Madda Cheeb Flash Game is now available for play over at the Fire Team Charlie website. Be careful – it plays really screwy on Safari under Tiger. Works fine on other browsers/platforms, though. FUN! Thanks, Madda Cheeb.

XerxdeeJ let us know that Tied The Leader has new content – Gamertag embarrassment, voice acting contracts, Halo personals, real-life Halo love, stupid excuses for losing, and day jobs of famous characters. Good stuff!

Before anyone writes frantically to let me know the Fan Fiction comments links are all broken… let me tell you that the Fan Fiction comments links are all broken. (No details are necessary, beyond an admission of colossal stupidity on my part.) I’m working on fixing them. It’s going to take a little while. Sorry. Update: fixed.

Über-Chief 69 points out that Resolute Episode 14 has been posted. I’m not sure I get it.

The Wahttehhog Clan has released their first video in an ongoing series – it passed our Movie Peer Review Rating System yesterday, so you can grab a copy in either QuickTime format (35.2 mb, bungie.org | mythica.org) or WMP9 format (36 mb, mythica.org | bungie.org). Dialogue’s pretty funny. <g>

The Video Games Live tour, bringing the music of many popular video games (including Halo), has kicked off its PR campaign – you can find the first press release in our misc section.

prometheus wrote up a pretty cool tutorial about how to create a Halo 2 HUDless screenshot; if you’re interested in Halo scenery without all the text and personal info, check this out!

Infernus441 posted on our forum with a series of links to different versions of his Halo 2 Live Experience Calculator – it’s available for PC, Mac, and online (in Perl). Check it out!

New Zealand’s Gameplanet has a news article about the Kiwi representative in the Halo 2 Worldwide Tournament that ended last Friday. Thanks, Google.

Dennis Powers points out two movies at Gearbox Game Zone – the first is called ‘They said it was impossible‘, and it takes a look at HaloCE, and shows what’s been possible with it. (This might have been prettier had it been filmed on a machine with a more powerful graphics card – but the composition is quite nice.) Available in both WMP9 and QuickTime, 25-37 mb. The second is Halo Tron 2.01, a remake of Tron with some help from the Halo engine. Interesting idea! Again, WMP9 and QuickTime formats, 29.7 mb each. Go watch!

Yesterday, Yaksha visited our forums to let us know that Sponsors vs Freeloaders, Episode 7: ‘Flame War – Blood on the Snow’ was available for download at their website. Downloads were painfully slow, though, due to demand… so they put up a smaller version. However, it’s pretty darned impressive at full res, so we’re tossing up a pair of mirrors for the high-res version (76.9 mb, mythica.org | bungie.org), and adding a pair of high-res QuickTime mirrors (68.9 mb, bungie.org | mythica.org). Go grab this; it’s filmed in Halo CE, and it’s really well done. (It helps if you’ve watched previous episodes; the storyline makes very little sense otherwise.) They’ve REALLY gotten away from their silly, mostly-for-a-lark roots; this story turns deadly serious near the end of this episode. Definitely up there with the best of ’em.

MC makes a few cosmetic modifications to a classic weapon to more accurately reflect its purpose in today’s One One Se7en.

Eight new stories for you added over the weekend in the Fan Fiction section… go read!