Weekly Update is up – pretty short, because Frankie has no time, but hey. OMG – no Mister Chief. Louis am cry. Update: DOH! Forgot to mention that this was available in our Weekly Update Archive, as well. Update 2: Frankie rocks – he added an Angsty Mister Chief, just for me. I’m printing that and framing it. Really.

Captain Spark submitted another couple of dozen dialogue snippets – swing by his site, or browse them in our Dialogue Databank.

Stuntmutt takes a look at the darker side of wish fulfillment in today’s One One Se7en.

Thirteen new pieces available now in the Fan Fiction section – go read!

The Red vs Blue Season 4 DVD is now available for purchase – swing by the RvB site for details. Even if you watched them all online, there’s a ton of stuff on the DVD that makes the purchase worth it… looks like Saeka was the first on our forum to notice.

Overswarm has added a new video to his Not So Common Sense Strategy Guide – Advanced Combat Techniques II has been posted in the Movies and Commentary section. Tricks exploited by the pros – BXR is only the most well-known – are illustrated in a video, with descriptive commentary to go along; learn the three-shot-kill, the two-shot-kill, and more! Grab this puppy while it’s hot.

Interesting. Over at GameSetWatch, there’s an article that suggests that before they went bankrupt last year, the Gizmondo Manchester development studio was working on a 3D FPS Halo title for the Gizmondo. Frankie specifically denied that Bungie had anything to do with this in January 2005 – but the article suggests that these folks were working on it on their own. This goes firmly in the ‘rumor’ category… but it’s intriguing. Thanks, Finn.

First Contact, a Halo mod in development for Half Life 2, is calling for dev team members and voice actors – swing by their site if you’re interested. Thanks, blackhawk.

A month ago, RipHamilton32 submitted ‘Rip Digital Cable 3’ to the MPRRS, and we hosted it. More recently, he submitted ‘Rip Digital Cable 4’ – and the MPRRS reviewers liked this one, too. Again, it’s a series of TV show spoofs, presented as though someone was channel surfing. Some clever sketches! Grab this in WMP9 format (22 mb) or QuickTime format (23 mb), and watch some (Halo) TV!

Whoa. Mig posted a note on our forum, showing a large photo (120k) of the posters, back from the printer – those look AMAZING! Here’s the deal: as of right now, there are 58 people entered in the raffle. (I’m unclear as to why someone would buy a shirt and NOT enter the raffle… but hey, everybody’s got their own cross to bear, right? Certainly way more than 58 shirts have been bought.) There are 10 posters available, and they’re going to all go to raffle entrants. There are 4 more days to buy a shirt (and register for the raffle). You do the math – for less than $15, you get a one-of-a-kind high-quality HBO shirt AND a 1-in-6 chance of walking away with one of these posters! (Okay, okay, I did the math. And yeah, the math will change, if a bunch of people jump in and buy a shirt now.) How can you NOT enter?

Chromidget has been working on a life-sized grunt – he posted a few pictures on our forum yesterday. Awesome!

Freelancer: Combat Evolved, a total modification for Freelancer, released an announcement film showing off some of its content last week; you can find official mirrors in this thread on their forum. We’ve put up a copy of our own (WMP9 format, 16.2 mb, or a new QuickTime format, 14.9 mb) because… well, we’re nice like that sometimes. Give it a look; these guys have done a pretty good job! (Swing by their website for more info about the mod.)

You might remember we mentioned the Podtacular 1500 campaign a couple of weeks ago; Podtacular is trying to hit 1500 listeners by E3. E3 is next week, and they’re still 350 short, according to the FeedBurner stats in their sidebar… you wanna go help ’em out?

The PGL posted results of its 4v4 Halo 2 tourney yesterday – check their website for details and pics.

GH spent a lot of time sifting through the Query Spree leaderboards, collecting stats, and attempting to learn what the real ‘average’ ranks are for each gametype. The results might surprise you.

Jen Taylor, the voice of Cortana, is also the voice of Jessica Cannon, the player’s sidekick in the upcoming SiN Episodes title. Ritualistic (the online community hub of Ritual Entertainment, the folks behind SiN Episodes) has posted a short interview with her, in which she discusses the characters she’s voiced (including, of course, Cortana), and how the projects are different. Good stuff! Thanks, Stylsy.

Over at the Halo Story Page, you’ll find a massive update put together by Finn; tons of tasty info. What are you waiting for? GO READ!

Bryant Gosch points out that there are already a number of Halo-related models available in Google’s 3Dwarehouse – a collection of models created with the free (but Windows-only) SketchUp, a 3D modeling program bought by Google recently. Check ’em out!

Four in a row from the PunMeister – I’d tell him to slow down, but this one is just so… appropriate. Go read today’s One One Se7en.