Today’s REAL Bungie Weekly Update is over at TeamXbox – and it’s a doozy. Halo 2 PIC! Okay… it’s just a prototype of the Joyride action figure… but it’s way cool-looking. There’s also lots of info about the week’s progress; ambient life, new control schemes, lightmaps, you name it. Go read!

Devin Olsen posted a note about a movie he and Goatrope made – getting to the top of Gephyrophobia. There are three mirrors for the 7 mb, 1-minute DivX-encoded film listed in the forum post. Take a look!

Episode 25 of Red vs Blue‘s Blood Gulch Chronicles has been posted for sponsors. It’s a monster – 4:48 of hilarity. They just keep getting better and better. Thanks, Ross.

Whoa. WAY ahead of schedule, Frankie has posted this week’s Bungie Update over at the IGN forums. Info on the upcoming web overhaul, voice chat, new multiplayer options, and (w00t!) final Halo 2 box art – what more do you want? Go read. (Thanks for the heads-up, Obie!) Update: I should have known it was posted too early – sorry, folks, this was a fake. Bad news for everyone, now – folks are gonna be suspicious of EVERY update from here on in.

More rendering from DocOctavius – this time, it’s our friend the Elite. I like it!

Cortana.org is stating that testing is going on for the Halo Editing Kit, and that ‘things have progressed’. If we hear more, we’ll be sure to pass it on!

One One Se7en checks out the Covenant heirarchy, or something.

Whoa – Captain Keyes wearing Nightmare Armor? Check out today’s Halo: Resolution…

Hehe – there’s a new Halo Babies comic up – and I gotta say, I’ve been there. Oh, yeah, I’ve been there. Note that this week, while the art is still Gruntsbane’s, the strip was written by a fan, vmanjr. Nice to be using community input!

SexyJosh has released another Halo-inspired tune over at his website – this one is 3.4 mb, 3:36 long, and is sad for Grunts. Go listen! (You can comment in this forum thread.)

Crispy Spartan has posted the second Weekly Update for the First Strike mod; this one contains info from the various section leads, some concept artwork, and a request for help. Read the post for details!

Wraith, too, wanted to model. No, not Bikinis. MCs. (Trust me – you don’t wanna see him in a bikini.)

Interesting perspective on last weekend’s tournament in Philly from ‘Nosolee, one of our forum denizens. Makes you stop and think…

Whoops, I forgot – there was more modeling action on the forum recently (this time by dolbex), and I forgot to post it. Check this stuff out!

Rampancy.net has gone screenshot-crazy. There is now a full gallery devoted to the shots that XLNC has posted on our forum – as well as a SEPARATE gallery with 8 as-yet-unseen shots (Grunt Justice ROCKS). He’s also added a dolbex mini-gallery that includes the shots dolbex posted yesterday (but not yet including these shots, posted 2 days ago). While we’re ON the subject of screenshots, there are a bunch MORE that folks are taking, using the HUDless methods pioneered by XLNC: MerecCatfish took a bunch a few weeks ago, JM posted some on our forum this morning, and even BOLL’s getting into the act. Screens everywhere!

Today’s Guest One One Se7en comes from Konrad – we’re ALMOST back to the lag thing. He WISHES we were back to the lag thing. Oh, yeah.