Ghetto Astronaut sends in a new desktop he made for his b&w G3. You’ll find it on the Wallpaper page. Enjoy!

SonicStorm writes to tell us that BattleGround: Halo, a new Gamespy site, will be going live on January 15. There’s a teaser page up now.

A Christmas bonus from Daniel Speed, who sends us his interpretation of the marine assault rifle. We’ve added it to the Miscellaneous Art section (it’s at the end of the Original Art pages). Thanks, Daniel!

THanks to Mark Mezzetta, who sends us a tidbit from MacGamer’s Ledge. In a news item about the National Macintosh Gaming Championship to be held at next month’s MacWorld SF, MacLedge says that Bungie “will be simulcasting a MACWORLD show over the Internet right from their booth and talking about the latest developments in Oni and Halo.” We’ll be there to hear what they say… will you? Thanks, Mark!

Christmas? Bah humbug! Halo SETI marines don’t stop for Christmas. The 24 hour stats prove it. What’s your computer doing over the holidays? Put it to a good use. Join the Halo SETI marines into the new Millennium.

Dalan Galma sends in his thoughts on that shoulder-mounted device visible on some versions of the marine. You can read it on the Theories page. Thanks, Dalan!

We’ve added Bravehamster‘s very nice Halo Christmas Card to our Miscellaneous Art collection. (It’s at the end of the Bungie section.) Merry Christmas!

Bravehamster sends us all a Christmas cheer in the form of A Halo Christmas Card. The staff at HBO wish Bravehamster and the rest of the Pax Nimbus gang a Merry Christmas.

John Houlihan of GameSpot UK asks you to head on over to their Top 100 Games of the Millennium feature. What is the best game of the past Millennium? Will your favorites be there? If not you’ll have a chance to vote for your own personal favorite.

Halo SETI Marines still crunching, even with SETI server problems. Check out the movers and shakers on the 48-hour stats page. Pax.

A happy holiday season, to you and yours!

Kudos to Andre, who dropped off two new pieces of artwork; one logo for our Logos page, and one nifty collage for our Miscellaneous Art page. (Look at the end of the Bungie section.) Thanks, Andre!

As reported on the Marathon’s Story page today Marathon is 5 years old. Happy Birthday Marathon from the boys (and girl) at HBO.

No SETI stats today… the SETI server seems to be having problems. 48 hour stats tomorrow.

L. Tankersley passes on an interesting link to a java ringworld simulator on our forums. Check it out… it’s kinda fun! Pax.

Kudos to Daft Shadow =PN=, who passes on word of a Halo mention in Gameslice’s 2000 Platinum: The Millenium’s Biggest Games. Press coverage is press coverage! Thanks, DS.

Even though he’s not currently part of the Halo team, Nathan Bitner can still get the brain cells ticking about unanswered questions… Thought about what it takes to get a 10,000 kilometer ring spinning lately? Intriguing concepts, buried deep within our forum… check it out! (Let us know if you have any thoughts on the subject.)

Halo SETI team 48 hour stats posted. Who did what over the weekend?

“You may have noticed that we have passed the 10000 unit mark! (as of about 1 pm GMT)” says Max Dyckhoff. Check our current standing in the top SETI Clubs.

“Oni Project Leader leaves Bungie” says Inside Mac Games. Brent is gone honey!