Gruntsbane (formerly Covenant) dropped into our forum with news of a new site put together by Mr. Smiley, featuring Halo Babies comics done by Gruntsbane himself (Check the forum post for more details). There are only two up so far, but they’re definitely worth a look. I always figured Sarge was a baaad influence.

Only one entry today for wallpaper. What, everybody run out of ideas? 😉

A homemade plush Grunt, a rising Hero, and a classic conflict, all in today’s Misc Art update.

Anything you can do I can do brighter… One One Se7en is up. Pax.

Who would have thought that the twenty-six measly letters in our alphabet could be rearranged in so many unique, yet ultimately Halo-related ways? Not me, that’s for sure. Read on!

• Into the City, by The Scribe
• Unknown Apprentice Part 2, by apache119
• Halo 2: First Strike, by HunterKiller
• A Marine’s Tale: Boot, by pj-NYkr90
• Delta Squadron: Chapter Two; First Engagement, by Steele
• The Fall of Fate: Invasion, Part One, by ‘Nosolee
• Battle for the Norah: Part Four, by Sterfrye36
• New Lunar HQ, by Fleet Admiral
• First Contact; Chapter 2: Probe, by retsamolah
• Project: Shadow Spartan, Chapter 8, by Agent Shade
• A John Before Halo: Part 4 , by J-117
• First Contact; Chapter 3: First Blood, by retsamolah
• Running Riot- Part 3, by Simon James
• The Adventures of Lt. Jake, Part One, by Hunter_Killer
• Return to Earth (Chptr 5: Destined to Kill), by CoLd BlooDed
• Halo 2 Fight For Earth: The Next Day, by HunterKiller
• Oblivion Chapter 6: New York City: Covenant Playground, by Reclaimer

Brian Towne, the patron saint of Halo filmmakers everywhere and curator of Mythica, our primary movie host, has checked in from GenCon, where he is undoubtedly rubbing elbows with the likes of Bungie’s SketchFactor and playing an ungodly amount of PC Halo, with the sad news that Mythica’s colocation provider has notified him that they are going out of business. In short, most of our films are going to be unavailable for at least the near future, until Brian has a chance to get back from the ‘Con, unpack, and sort out the issues (detailed here). I don’t know if Louis will be able to pull some kind of hosting miracle out of his hat, but for now, just assume that movies are offline until further notice.

Oh, and if you can provide any reliable hosting, please let us know. 😉

MaverickJ writes to let us (and you) know that the Project Spartan site is not dead, nor have they given up on it, but that bandwidth issues have temporarily closed them down. Yeah, I know, you forgotten all of the flag tricks and your team is getting slaughtered. Sit tight and we’ll let you know when they get things ironed out.

A Misc Art entry that, if real, would be a definite hit, and two logos (here and here).

A few of our forum regulars were playing Halo the other day and shared a rather unique experience. Read it for yourself.

I bring you an exclusive. A snippet of a new video that RedvsBlue presented at the Lincoln Center Video Festival as part of their machinama program last night. They’re going to release it soon from their site, in it’s full glory, but my little Canon did a decent job of capturing it. I took a bunch of pics and wrote up about the whole thing… how cool is it to hang with Burnie and Jason? All you keep hearing are the voices of some of the funniest characters in the funniest series evuh!

So what are you waiting for, CHECK IT OUT NOW!

The Halo Story Page has been updated.

*thunk*

Two wallpapers for you today, both in a slightly familiar style.

Fragglegrunt and the Breakfast of Champions, plus a couple more today in Misc. Art. Take a look!

What do you get when you double the excitement and mystery of seven pieces of Fan Fiction? A whole mess of stories to read, that’s what! Sheesh, people, your fecundity is startling. 🙂

• Return to Earth (Chptr 3: Alone and Still Standing), by CoLd BlooDed
• Untitled, by Djstan
• midnight sun (chapter 1, Moon war begins), by andrew meyer
• The Fallen: Chapter 4 Section 1, by Hikaru-119
• Foersaken Forefathers Part X, by Havok and AlphaBravo343
• Return to Earth (Chptr 4: Rescued), by CoLd BlooDed
• Ishkabibbl’sstory\Humanity’sLastHope\BloodyWar(Part 3), by Ishkabibbl
• And So It Began., by Alex Sullivan
• Project: Shadow Spartan, Chapter 7, by Agent Shade
• Buried Treasure(6), by Frensa Geran
• Spartans in NYC Chapter 5, by Chief-117
• The flood: a force to be reckoned with: Part 3, by crashedwarthog
• Brutus, The Spartans, Two AIs and the Pirate Fleet (Part 4), by Traumatised Marine
• Return to Jevan: Part one, Lets Move Out , by SpartanMX
• The Fallen: Chapter 4 Section 2, by Hikaru-119

Remember, use the Fan Fiction comments section for constructive criticism. Read on!

Part III of Evergreen98’s article on the upcoming Halo PC/Mac release is available over at the Junkyard (parts I and II are here and here). There’s a lot of good analytical info in there, go give it a read!

As many of you have noticed, Mythica is down again. Brian posted an explanation, but it looks like the downtime will once again be quite lengthly. On the plus side, Subnova has recovered from their earlier trouble. You win some, you lose some…

Halo vs Halo 2? One One Se7en knows. Pax.

If you live anywhere near the Indianapolis area, or even anywhere near the state of Indiana, you should be seriously considering going to GenCon this Thursday. They’re going to be having a three-day Halo PC tournament, with three ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video cards for prizes. Even if you don’t win, think of the prestige inherent in telling people YOU played Halo PC before most everybody else. So what are you waiting for! Get to Indianapolis, Indiana, and sign yourself up now!

Emil of the CobaltNova Halo League would like to announce the first annual Rockets On Prisoner awards:

“With approximately 240 to 300 Halo movies having been developed since the game’s release it was time that the community begin to recognize the very best among them.æ ”his year the “Rockets on Prisoner” award will be accorded to the winner in each of the following categories: Best Movie, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Editing Sound and Visual Effects, Best Musical Score, and Best Documentary.”

They’ve already got quite a few well-known (and not so well-known) films up on the lists of potential nominees. Head over and check out the talent. If you don’t see a film you think should be entered, let them know. The deadline for nominations is Sunday, July 27th, so get going!

“The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.”
-Edwin Schlossberg

So this is your invitation to think…

• First Contact; Chapter 1: Harvest, by retsamolah
• Buried Treasure(5), by Frensa Geran
• Return to Earth (Chptr 2: Flight to Captivity), by CoLd BlooDed
• A Marines Tale: Getting the Feel of Things, by pj-NYkr90
• Sniper patrol group 06, by Ishkabibbl
• Project: Shadow Spartan, Chapter 6, by Agent Shade
• Chapter 2: Dilemma, by Shinai Purugganan
• A World Apart Ch. 2, by Dark Spartan