goatrope and Devin, along with venom, essex, nukedude, and ziggy, have put together a new Tricks-filled movie showing how to get out of various Halo PC multiplayer levels, or use clipping glitches to get into walls, or… well, go watch. The movie is 3:32 long, and weighs in at 39.3 mb in DivX format. There are a pair of mirrors listed in this forum post; I decided we could probably host this, but I felt the encoding was a little wasteful; you can find a 31.8 mb QuickTime version (still pretty huge – it was a rush job) on files.bungie.org.

I was poking around Tina Leyk’s website yesterday, and I ran across a link to VCL, a collection of Furry art. Tina’s created an enormous number of images that can be found in their archives – including 4 Halo-related pieces that aren’t on her own website. With her permsission, they’ve been added to our Tina Leyk collection; all Halo pieces in one place! There are 3 new Fan Art pieces, and one humorous piece in the Doodles section. (Just look for the ‘Added 4 March’ tag for the newest stuff.) This woman continues to amaze! (The picture of Jaxx, pinned by a Covenant energy sword, is apparently a creation for an upcoming Fan Fiction. Can’t wait!)

Little Dragon posted an update on the upcoming HPC mod from the Covenant Grounds team known as Dimentia. New weapons, a new location, and balance – this one looks to be good! Check it out.

As pointed out by Bonta-Kun, Fire Team Charlie has released episode 11 of their series, for sponsors. (It’ll be out for the masses a bit later.) Currently in DivX format – QuickTime coming soon. This one is pretty darn cool; I LOVE Mt. Hangemhigh and the android factory!

Gamestop got an exclusive Battle-Damaged Master Chief action figure – he looked like the regular MC, but his armor was scratched up, and he came with a plasma rifle instead of a sniper rifle. (He still got a pistol and his trusty AR.) WizardUniverse hs now unveiled a new Exclusive – the Battle Damaged Sniper, due to ship June 30. He’ll run you $25, with shipping, if you’re interested – there are only 5000 to be made, and pre-orders are accepted now. Thanks to Dark Bastion for the heads-up.

A couple of months ago, triBYTE_Digital_Img uploaded a Halo-related BootSkin (a Windows XP Startup screen) to WinCustomize – Deimos Fawkes just pointed it out. Boot your machine to the Master Chief!

One One Se7en continues the time travel schtick (Hi, Shishka!) and even takes a shot at me today. And that Stuntmutt… he never recycles anything. It’s all original, all the time. Yep.

Me? Forget to post Comics? That’s Unpossible! Today’s Halo: Resolution moves into uncharted territory… of a sort.

Geez. 3 weeks go, Michael Frank wrote to us with a Flash animation he and some others had whipped up; it’s a 4 mb story of Bravery and Survival (yeah, their words) in our favorite canyon. I managed to bury it, until now. You can watch it here. (Give it some time to load – the server is still being hammered by requests for the Warthog Launch game.)

Xtournaments will be hosting a 2v2 Halo tournament with a FFA segment on March 27th, in Smithtown, Long Island, New York. Entry fee is $40/team, with $1000 in prize money on the line. Check out the details!

This came in a couple of weeks ago – but like many other things, got buried. Apparently, the Ottawa Citizen ran a story (164K) on Halo 2, and how people are frustrated about the wait for it, back in mid-January. (The submission came from Thumper on February 17, and the wording suggested that it came out that day.) Nice to see it in mainstream newspapers!

This came in Monday night, but got buried – sorry about that. xitWOUND117 points out some shots that his group, Crazed Gnome Productions, have put together – mostly skinned vehicles. There’s a Red banshee, a decaled tank, a CGP orange LAAG warthog, a CGP black Rocket warthog, and a lightning’d ghost. Check it out! Update: as many people noticed, the bandwidth for CGP ran out pretty quickly; gwdpto has come to the rescue with some COERCE hosting.

dolbex has a fun writeup of a 16-team, 8-man-per-team tourney he went to last weekend, over at Been Mawed. Good time, bad money. Great pics. Go read!

Just a reminder – the Gamespy.com Title Fight between Halo and Goldeneye 007 begins today, at noon (PST). Don’t forget to swing by and cast your vote!

Wow. It’s FAR from empty, but the Miscellaneous Art queue just dropped by 15 items… because I just posted that many. There’s some good stuff, some bad stuff, and some weird stuff. Look it ALL over. For folks who have submitted comics in the past month or so – PLEASE be patient; we’ve gotten so many that a new section will open in the not-too-distant future. Okay, time to get back to work.

Today’s Guest One One Se7en comes from MasterTJ of Dark Halo… and brings a whole new take on the One One Se7en graphics. One might even say ‘different’. I’m reminded of Jules Pfeiffer.

Only 19 new entries in the Fan Fiction section today… you guys are slipping.

• Mad Rush, by Nick Kang
• Fall of the covenant, by Jetboogieman
• The Iron Hands of the Prophets (Part 1), by MadJackal
• Halo:The Fate of Earth, Prologue, by MetalGhost
• Before the Fall: Part One: Requiem, by Jagged
• Theta Omicron part 1: The Siege , by Jesse Harz
• Last Resort Part 2 – Return to the Library, by Nemesis0fTime
• The Strive to Survive (Chapter 3: Supplies, Ammo, and Weapons to Kill Freaks), by CoLd BlooDed
• Prodigal Son: Part 1, by Scott Devary
• Halo 2: Judgment Day Prolouge and Chapter 1, by Mibu Wolf
• ODST Lead the Way Chapter 2, by Helljumper
• Chapter One Unforgiving Wounds, by ToFu
• Sam, by Mainevent
• All Your Blue Base, Base, Base…, by Ermac of VGPro
• The Dimensional’s Last Stand:Part 3, by skseifer
• Chapter 1 of Halo: Fellowship in Blood: War of the Worts, by gamer02
• It Hurts But Still, by Chief-117
• The Mind Chamber–Chapter One, by Halo_2204
• The Fall of Rye: Chapter 2: Ambush, by teemus

(That was a joke. Really. 19 is a LOT.)

Today’s Calvin and Halo touches on a long-standing gripe I’ve got – nobody lets MY karma move the pointer. Bah.

I suppose I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that there’s an interview of me up at Battleground: Halo. This sort of thing really should be posted by some other HBO staffer… but that would require that another staffer actually post. Hmm.

Stefander has posted some early screenshots (and a small movie) of a new map he’s working – a conversion of 343 GS to multiplayer. Swing by Halomods.com and check it out!