Another new job opening at Bungie… this time it’s Editor for Bungie.net. (Man, if they weren’t in Washington…) Can you write? Do you have a passion for Bungie games? There might be a place for you! (Thanks to SketchFactor for the heads-up.)

DOH! Probably pays to actually have your email client running – Slashdot posted a note about (among other things) Winning isn’t Everything, but luckily, included a BitTorrent mirror for it, so Mythica didn’t get hammered. if you haven’t downloaded WIE yet, and you’d rather use BitTorrent, head on over to GameTab and grab a copy!

The Dialogue Databank is up over 350 snippets – we’ve already got stuff I’ve never heard in-game. (Have you heard Sarge saying this?) Browse away! (I’m beginning to realize that ‘5000 snippets’ counts some things 6 or 7 times – both Sergeants and all the marines (plus, in some cases, the crewmen) have their own variations. We’re not collecting all variations (mostly because it would be really hard to keep track), so we won’t come near the 5000 mark, even if we DO keep on the current pace. Just something to keep in mind. For those who just want the new stuff, today’s uploads are here.

Gamespot has put up 5 new Halo PC clips – but all are behind the Gamespot Complete wall. If you don’t pay, you don’t play. (I no longer have a Gamespot Complete membership, so I can’t even describe them to you.) Thanks to strato99l for the heads-up.

Folks have bandied about the ‘3 million sold’ figure for Halo for the last couple of months… but today, Microsoft and Bungie have announced officially that that number has been reached. From the official press release:

Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios today annnounced that the critically acclaimed "Halo: Combat Evolved” for Xbox has sold over three million copies worldwide. “Great to see that Halo continues to be a success on Xbox,” said Bungie studio manager Pete Parsons, “and later this summer we will unleash Halo for the PC with online multiplayer capabilities featuring new maps, weapons and vehicles, plus the ability for fans to create mods.” Bungie is currently hard at work on the highly anticipated sequel, Halo 2, which will come to Xbox in 2004.

I can’t find an online copy yet… but when we hear of one, I’ll link it. Update: The press release can now be found on Xbox.com. Thanks to Zac for the heads-up.

Six months ago, Mike Miller put together a film called ‘In Too Deep’. It rocked. Well, he’s back – the new one’s called ‘Winning isn’t Everything‘, and it rocks, too. 19.2 mb of QuickTime goodness – it’s just over 4 and a half minutes long, and it’s filled with a combination of tricks (most of which have been documented right here on this site), cool sequences, and fantastic audio choices. Timing (probably the most critical feature of a Halo vid) is spot-on… and there are some sequences that simply have to be seen to be believed. (Check out the Elite Wraith driver kill that starts around 1:07.) If you’re looking to make a Halo video, and you want to figure out what works… watch this. 20 mb is big… so any mirror offers will be greatly appreciated. Update: Blade, who’s in the process of building Team Ice, a Halo/Starcraft gaming website (with updates coming soon), has agreed to mirror BOTH of Mike Miller’s movies – you can grab In Too Deep and Winning isn’t Everything off his site. Thanks, Blade!

Ross Mills has begun a contest – design a Halo menu, win a cool Halo poster. Rules (and they’re somewhat intricate) can be found in this post. You’ve got two weeks.

The Weapons Respawn chart, begun almost a year ago, has now been completed – thanks to Annihil8or for the help! If you ever needed to know how long it would be until that Shotgun appeared again… this is the page to see.

MC tries out his new capabilities in today’s One One Se7en. I’m thinkin’ he’s not enjoying himself very much.

The Dialogue Databank has swelled to over 300 snippets (with more coming in every day) – if you have recording equipment, grab your own! You can get all of today’s additions here.

GameFaqs is running a one-day poll; Master Chief vs Felix (from Golden Sun). Go vote.

A week ago, Chris Bryan submitted a photograph of a gun he’s built – pretty amazing stuff. We’ve recently received two MORE photos from him – so we’ve tossed together a small page for this project. Now THAT’S a Halo fanatic.

There’s quite a lot of good stuff in the Miscellaneous Art section today… but I’ve got to draw your attention to the final image of the group, entitled Melee Madness. It’s simply stunning. (This is not to say the rest isn’t worth seeing – it’s a pretty eclectic mix today. Grab it all!)

Another (very large) banner has been submitted to our Banners section – sure looks a lot like the one underneath it, though there doesn’t seem to be any relation between the submitters…

A couple of logo enhancements for you, as well – check the Logos page.

Clearing out the Desktop queue from the weekend – five new images for you. Check the Wallpaper section.

The weekend’s Fan Fiction, posted early on a Monday morning:

• Cortana’s journey (Halo 2: Chapter 6), by Shadowrunner
• A John Before Halo: Part 2, by J-117
• The Maiden Fight: Reality Strikes A Stone Mind, by pj-NYkr90
• Human vs. Covenant War: Part Five, Masterchief’s Man Hunt, by Ronald Maszk
• Chapter 2: Ancient Artifacts, by Nightblade
• Project: Shadow Spartan, Chapter 2, by Agent Shade
• True Purpose: The Finale, by Frensa Geran
• Halo: The Aftermath pt. 2/5, by Matthew Buzas
• Battlefield, by harley
• Shadow Spartans, Chapter 3: Interrogation and Assault, by Agent Shade and Arinoth Koby
• The Long Ride Home 13: Home At Last, by Joshua Elias Barreto (Infernal)

Just a reminder; this is a Halo site – we only accept Halo fan fiction. Thanks!

Yet ANOTHER movie at XboxOttawa – this one’s not an FTC film, but instead a fun Oddball match on Blood Gulch. The Matrix-like effect at the end is generating some interest these days – it was discussed yesterday in this forum thread (and that thread references this one, from a few months ago). Useful for folks making movies, certainly… Send in the Oddballs is 8.9 mb, in DivX 5 format.

Several people have written to us about the new Elite sound included in the Bungie Dialog Archive – some have gone so far as to attempt to reverse and filter the snippet. Bottom line – it conforms to the standard rules that xbill and others discovered about ALL Halo: CE elitespeak; it’s the Sarge, with the pitch lowered and the sound reversed. This particular clip, when reversed, says clearly “Like I don’t have enough on my mind!” (There’s been no pitch change here; my audio editing software is unhappy that I changed disks, and I’ll need to contact the company about re-serializing tomorrow.) A rather appropriate clip, given the trigger (Killed by friendly fire)! Update:Okay, for those who care, here’s a pitch-adjusted version, as well (27K).

We didn’t release any movies yesterday because I was out of town… but here are a few more from the queue. These have all been released on their own already – but bandwidth might have been tight, or you might have chosen not to download them because we weren’t hosting them. (That may sound silly to some of you… but one side effect of our Movie Posting Guidelines is that if we choose not to host a movie, some visitors choose to conserve their bandwidth and pass on the movie altogether.) Anyway, here you go:

• 300 Meter Flag Throw – SleekShadow has taken the trick shown in Maverick’s recent CTF 2 movie and applied it on the Blue side of Blood Gulch – for a total distance of 300 meters (half again as far as the throw Maverick showed with the red flag). Original details are here. 6.6 mb, QT5.
• Sidewinder Saga – series trailer. Original description is here. 5.8 mb, QT5.
• FTC Episodes 1,2,and 3 – Fire Team Charlie has put out three very different (but all very funny) vids; we’re mirroring them. (The originals are here. Video 1 was first described here, Video 2 here, and Video 3 here. Mac users will need to run these through DivX Doctor II to be able to hear them properly.
  • FTC Video 1 (DivX 5, 7.0 mb)
  • FTC Video 2 (DivX 5, 4.8 mb)
  • FTC Video 3 (DivX 5, 12.4 mb)

Hmm… let’s see, that’s 36.6 mb of videos – but luckily, some of you already have these. Grab the ones you don’t! (Please, for the sake of our bandwidth, actually CHECK to see if you have these; don’t waste Mythica’s freely-given bandwidth if you don’t need the files… it would be terrible if the resource were yanked because folks were too lazy to conserve.) Coming tomorrow – new content (that is, not seen before on other sites).