Looks like the Bungie Weekly Update is online now – congrats to Psychophan7, who posted before Frankie did. (I’m guessing Frankie left the office, or something, actually.) Awesome news about the Halo 2 Soundtrack Volume 2 (only a year later than expected!), a suggestion that there may yet be more Halo novels, a nod to Jon Stewart, a very funny incident involving a monkey, some basic common sense (what?), and a great Mister Chief. Should be in the BWU archive soon. Go read!

Wow, interesting. AfroRyan points out a ‘Coming Soon’ page for UDON Entertainment, a “Canadian-based art collective of over a dozen creators formed in 2000 to provide high-quality creative services to the entertainment industry.” (They provide freelance artists to comic publishers, among other things.) Because it’s likely that the image in question will vanish once the site goes live, we’ve archived a snapshot. That character sitting third from the left sure looks familiar…

Stuntmutt wonders about Nicole’s special moves in today’s One One Se7en. Weird… I hear munchkin voices from Red vs Blue when I read that last panel…

Elnea‘s been drawing up a storm recently, and I’ve been lax about adding content to her gallery here (mostly because some of it needs a new display system, which doesn’t exist yet)… but she whipped up a patriotic image (and then colored it) a couple of days ago, and I think it’s awesome. Give it a look! Update: whoa, just posted – and I couldn’t pass it up. A beatnik spartan… that’s the ginchiest.

Halo Babies takes their own look at the ActionSack playlist with today’s comic. I think I know how Baby Chief feels…

Ten new stories in the Fan Fiction section this week. (I’ve been asked to cut down on the number of updates to that section, so we’re going to try one per week, and see how that goes. Seems like Friday is a fine day.) Thanks, as well, to russ687, who proposed some changes to the Fan Fiction rules page, based on community discussion. It’s possible that new rules might be coming, as well, to help make the flood of stories more manageable. We’ll see!

More megabattle goodness from rockslider – 40-50 enemies, ready to attack from behind a blockade of ghosts! Go read.

Earlier today, Deten wondered if there was a local archive of Bungie Weekly Updates. It’s something I promised a LONG time ago… but just never got to. So… I got to it. (No, this doesn’t mean I’m going to get to EVERYTHING on The List in short order – it just means this was something that was relatively easy to put together.) The archive allows you to browse updates by date… or to search for specific text. (Each update also has a link back to the original article on Bungie.net.) Here’s hoping others find this useful!

Over at Team3D.net, there’s an interview with OGRE1 about the upcoming MLG Chicago tourney – go read! Thanks, F13ND.

Heh. Every time I front-page a forum post of mine, I get some flak from regulars about post-h00ring… but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. It’s a quiet day, and I’m hoping to get more people to weigh in on this subject… how cool would it be if someone were to create a Halo-based comic book… and what stories would get told? There are TONS of hardcore comic fans out there who play Halo – let us know your thoughts!

Geezer Gamers has profiled BTB, one of their oldest clans – good read! Thanks again, 3Suns.

Clan PMS, one of the larger (maybe the largest?) all-girl gaming clan, has been interviewed over at MLGPro.com. (Well, not the WHOLE clan – just four of them that showed up at MLG Atlanta recently to play as Team PMS Pro.) They talk about how hard it’s been to get respect, how the whole sponsor thing works for women, how guys feel when they get beat. A good read – it should be mandatory for anyone who automatically starts talking smack on XBL when they find out they’re playing with a woman. Thanks, 3Suns.

The Sacramento Bee has an article about Prima Games, the publishing house that creates many of the gaming guides you can buy in the US. Halo 2 figures prominently in the story.

There’s a rather bizarre take on the Halo universe over at Newgrounds – a Flash movie called ‘Halo 3 2: Halo 4 The Movie‘. Interesting artwork – really, really strange story. Thanks, Xmoose.

Heh. Stuntmutt takes a look at the recent Playlist changes in today’s One One Se7en. (I think I met that guy last week…)

Narcogen continues his look at the Halo script he got his hands on last month – this time, he looks at some of the ways that this script differs from the story as told in-game. (If you’re looking to avoid all spoilers about this movie, don’t go here. There’s no guarantee that everything he’s commented on hasn’t already been cut or altered… but there’s no guarantee that it HAS.)

Overswarm has updated his Not So Common Sense strategy guide with 4 new map walkthroughs – these are great for figuring out what people mean when they shout “they’re in the Library!” or “Sniper coming up Base Bridge!”. There’s also a bit of information about what’s eating up his time on the front page of the guide. Go watch!

Gamer of the week over at MLGPro.com is Tsquared – nice read. (I loved the cop story.) Thanks, 3Suns.

Pinkuh’s been inspired by all the talk of Nicole – and while this sketch (which was originally posted on our forum) isn’t Nicole, it IS a pretty cool female spartan! I’m looking forward to the colored version!

We’ve mentioned Briar’s Armor in the past – they’re back, with another suit for sale on eBay. This one has a starting bid of $1500 (as the last two did), and is red, with a weathered look. We even got a couple of pics of this suit, being worn to pick up an Xbox360 on launch day. (at the counter | with the goods) If you visit the site, you’ll also find a few pics from DragonCon 2005, which took place in September. It looks like they got most of them from Star Wars Chick – there are a couple of girls wearing RvB shirts, too. Check it all out!