HaloJuggaloProductions gets a new (flash) look – go take a look!

Nukedude drops us a note that a bunch more movies have been mirrored at his site:

• halo50k (wmv format)
• halo e3 preview from 2000
• OXM UK Ultimate Warthog Jumps
• Groove 117

We’ve added the mirror links to the appropriate mirror pages or Movie database links. Thanks, Nukedude!

Choreographed MC dancing has shown up in vids before… but never to this extent. Travis Cossel, the mind behind Fragfest: Unleashed, has turned in a 2:38 vid in QT format that should make you laugh. And just when you think it’s getting old… it gets funny again. 🙂 Check it out! 6.3 mb at mythica.org…

Halo picked up a pair of top-notch awards at the annual Bafta Interactive Entertainment Awards – it beat GTA3 for top spot in Games Multiplayer and Games Console. (It was also nominated for the Audio award, but didn’t win.) Read more at BBC news. Thanks to Chris Chan for the heads-up.

Lots of new information at Halo50K.com… go check it out!

Thursday’s Fan Fiction:

• Liberation, by Hoju
• Halo Side Story, part 4, by Jordan Dotson
• John 117: The Second Coming, part 1, by WildebeestNZ
• Outlaw, part 1, by Chris Cassani
• Shadows of Archon II, part 22, by Wado
• Revolution, part 14, by Gruntkiller

Get to readin’…

Whoa – pretty cool. Nathan Falslev has built a dropship (and warthog) out of Legos… nicely done! (There’s also a page devoted to the Warthog itself.) Thanks to Leo Shklovskii for the heads-up.

Ack! A piece of artwork came in a couple of days ago – slipped by in the confusion. Recovered, now… you can find it in our Miscellaneous Art section. What the Master Chief is doing in his off hours…

Dogsounds builds a new MC for your desktop – find the result in our Wallpaper section.

A couple more movie mirrors… arcor pops the Ultimate Warthog Jumps vid on Xbox4uweb, and Nukedude mirrors the wmp9 version of the Halo 2 trailer. These have both been added to the mirror lists. Thanks, guys!

Nice. vector40 points out a post at the Junkyard forums from someone building a Halo-based mode for Tribes 2. There are shots of the MC model, an Elite, and the assault rifle. (All need to be pasted into new browser windows to load properly.) Check it out!

After 56 days of drought, the Tricks page gets updated through the end of July. Only 3 months behind! Gah. Anyway, go check out the 6 new tricks posted in the Gameplay Tricks section. (I’ve decided to leave out Frogblast’s tricks until I’ve cleared the rest of the queue – there are just so many of them. Remember, all of his are documented at Utfoo.) August is coming as soon as I can get to it. (Please – sending mail asking when this section is going to be updated will do nothing but upset me. I can’t answer the question, and every time someone asks, I feel worse.)

A pair of colorful desktops have been added to our Wallpaper section. Update: Random Hero just dropped one off – you can see it here, or with the other two here. This one’s dark. 🙂

Halo Orbit, in Germany, has put up a mirror for the Ultimate Warthog Jumps film, as well. We’ve created a mirror list, to make your life easier.

The banners come alive! Patroclus submits an animated banner extolling the… um, virtues (yeah, that’s it) of Halo 2. Check it out in our Banners section!

vector40 writes to point out that Rampancy.net has mirrored the OXM UK Ultimate Warthog Jump movie. If you haven’t grabbed this yet, and the existing mirrors are tight… go visit R.net. Thanks! Update: Note to self: read all the incoming mail before posting… StarWarsFanMan has put up a copy at his Forerunners-hosted Green Marines, as well. Go get it!

The October cover disc of the Official UK Xbox Magazine contained a Warthog Jump competition. They solicited innovative warthog jumps from their readers, then rated them on Height, Landing, and Originality. The 18 jumps included in the video ranged from a score of 12/30 up to a pretty impressive 27/30. Even the duds are pretty funny. Yes, the Warthog Jump has been done a bit (hehe), but consider this a swan song to the genre. And the last jump has to be seen to be believed! (Thanks to Griffon for making this video available.) We’d LOVE mirrors – currently, you can find it at mythica.org and the psyjnir.com hotline server. It’s 18.5 mb, in QuickTime 5 format. (It’s almost 5 minutes long.) Enjoy! Update: Eclarap writes to say that Halo-Game, in France, has put up a mirror for this movie. Thanks, guys!

Ross Mills sent in a desktop image he’s been using for a while. It combines one of Bungie’s wallpapers with a poem called ‘The Reaper’ – written by T. GhostWolf Davidson and used in a fake ‘Cortana Letter’ that circulated recently. (You can read more about the situation in this forum thread.) Ross’ desktop, meanwhile, can be found in our Wallpaper section.

Continuing with the banner theme, Warbow sends in one of his own. You’ll find it in our Banners section. Update: the image is considerably smaller now.

Pair of new desktops avaiable… in our Wallpaper section.