343GS.com has put up episode 14 of its EchoFourNineteen comic; check the downloads section. Thanks to MasterToad for pointing it out.

A tiny tidbit from bentllama – the bizarre T stance occasionally seen in Halo animations when they SHOULD have a weapon, but don’t, has been fixed; it won’t show up in Halo 2. Always nice when glitches are taken care of!

Red vs Blue episode 24 is up for Sponsors now – 3:55 of Warthog goodness. Oops, sorry… Puma goodness. The cliffhanger for next week has me on the edge of my seat!

Da Loaph discovered an interesting little page; it’s a part of the Oddlots Irregulars website, and it pays tribute to Halo. There are a couple of comics on the page, as well as a couple of custom gametypes (downloadable, even). Take a look! Update: It’s now 2005, and Oddlots has changed its site layout dramatically; that page no longer exists. The two images do, though: Cortana | MC. If the day comes when they’re no longer hosted there, you can find them here: Cortana | MC.

CENOBITE has opened a new Seventh Column chapter, the Blood Chiefs, devoted to the creative side of Halo. It’s a place where ‘an elite group of artists, musicians and writers can share their love of the world that is HALO. ‘ It currently contains a link to an older piece that bears quite a bit of resemblance to a Flood warrior… Check it out!

Craig Mullins, master digital artist (with longtime ties to the Bungie community), has posted a new sketch of the MC on his site; it’s not in the Gallery yet. (There are a few images in the gallery that might remind you of Halo items – there’s a buggy that bears a resemblance to an early tank concept sketch, another one that reminds some of the Warthog, and a wild piece that could be a Seige Tank with legs.) Thanks to Orion, who posted this info on the Subnova Hotline server last night (and to Deimos for bringing it to my attention).

One One Se7en finishes up the tribute series with a nod to Toyfare Magazine. Wait… isn’t this Miniature Halo territory? Oh, man… here come the lawsuits.

There MIGHT be a problem or two with the Scorpion design… as Halo: Resolution points out.

Dispraiser writes about the Halo Generals Mod – a conversion for C&C Generals: Zero Hour. They’ve got a new home, a new site layout, and some new renders of vehicles for you to see. They’ll be adding content regularly, so if you’re a C&C Generals player, check back often! They’re still looking for help from folks who can make their homepage pretty with Photoshop, and folks who can get unwraps from already completed models. (The more unwrappers they get, the sooner the mod gets finished.)

Battleground: Halo has posted a pair of articles this morning; TCLN-Zenn has written a piece on the Halo Team Killing situation (he’s very unhappy with it, and with the fix implemented by Gearbox), and Banshee Ace has interviewed a member of the DC clan. Take a look.

SESpider has been overwhelmed with emails asking when the next panel of his Miniature Halo series is coming out. He’s started a thread in our forum; if you have questions, post them here, and he’ll try to answer. There’s an example of one of the panels that got tossed because of their new design, so you can see sort of where they’re going.

Sword theory, religious discussion, and Guilty Spark’s motivations… a healthy update, indeed, to the vast collection of speculation and debate that is the Halo Story Page. Check it out!

At midnight, PST, this morning, Halo Babies relaunched their website. A new design by Ghôlsbane (who co-maintains our own myth.bungie.org), new artwork, and more – read the entire news post by mrsmiley for details. No new comic (yet) – but the day’s not over yet. 🙂 Take a look!

Since so many people are still confused: HaloBabies is offline. If you go to the site, it will ask for a password. “Offline” here does not mean literally unpowered, it means the site is not fully operational and does not have comics on it. The operators are overhauling the content and it should return pretty soon. There is nothing we at HBO can do about this. So, please stop emailing us… Update:Hehe – see above. Count Zero was completely right to post this – we’ve been getting a ridiculous amount of mail demanding to know why the Halo Babies website was password-protected until today – and why we hadn’t posted more news about this. The timing on his post, compared to the relaunch of the site, is amusing.

Will, aka [-PtO-]_EteRnaL from PtO (a halo clan that plays on XBC), sent along a link to his collection of movies; you can find everything from gameplay to glitches. Check ’em out… and hit the contact link at the bottom of the main page if you’ve got any questions about joining the clan, or comments about the films.

SexyJosh, from Team Sexy Films, has been writing some Halo-themed music recently; there are currently two songs available on his website. Lament to Keyes is a 4-minute ballad, and Cortana is half as long, twice as fast, and a bit ruder. If you like the music, explore the site; there’s quite a bit more, non-Halo-related, stuff. Check ’em out!

w00t – Xhzjang, the guy who brought you the Halo No Hud mod a few days ago, now brings you the Halo Font Editor. Change the ingame halo text – mess with its color, font style, even its location. Fantastic for folks who are tired of having action obscured by chat… or folks trying to make movies without chat at all. Grab this today; it’s only 35K! Thanks to Reppyboyo for the heads-up.

Devin Olsen points out that Series 3 of the Halo Action Figures (Banshee, Blue Master Chief, Marines, and Johnson) have moved from ‘Pre-order’ to ‘Order’ status at DieCast Express. Buy ’em while they’re hot!

Looks like Cortana.org has come back online. It’s positioned to be a file repository for Halo mods… once the Halo Editing Kit gets released. For now, it’s just a design – go check it out! Update: Hehe – looks like I got corrected. 🙂 There’s a new news post up at the site explaining what it’s REALLY about.

Bah. Two days ago, SplitBoxer, from the XboxConnect team, wrote to point out that V4.0 RC1 was released, and available for download. I managed to forget to post it, though, until I noticed a note over at Rampancy.net. I’m pretty sure I should stop cooking tomato sauce in aluminum pans… Anyway, go grab it. (The current version available from the XBC site is one rev past the version available in R.net’s link, right now. Who knows, by the time you read it, it might be more advanced yet.)