Months ago, when the first Safari beta was released for OSX users, we discovered we had a problem… our spoiler cookies wouldn’t set properly for Safari users. Luckily, a week later, a kind reader sent a fix; you could manually add the cookie to Safari’s cookie list. It worked… but if you ever felt like changing your settings, you had to manually delete the cookie – and then re-add it to change it again. Not fun. Well, finally, Safari browsers are treated properly by HBO – thanks to Deimos Fawkes, of Subnova. You’ll have to manually delete the platformchoice cookie if you’ve set it already using our Safari Fix instructions… but once you do, you’ll have one-click access to spoiler swapping, just like all other browsers have. And about time!

Sir Fragula’s Halo: The RPG project is coming along nicely – all existing patches (and some non-patch changes) have been bundled into the latest iteration. Visit Lion’s mirror site for the latest pics and downloads.

13 new Fan Fiction pieces for you today:

• Master Chief Returns, Part 1: Longsword, by Switchback
• Ch 1: Theives in the Night, by TheForsaken
• Chapter One: URTH, by Christopher Kalanderopoulos
• Redemption, and Victory: Part One, by Hunter_Killer
• Attack on Central Command, by The Scribe
• Human vs. Covenant War: Part Two, Hansley’s second, by Ronald Maszk
• Defeat at Central Command, by The Scribe
• Halo 2: Chapter 4: Just another day at work…, by Shadowrunner
• Spartans in NYC Chapter2, by Chief-117
• Operation Sunlight Part 2: James, by Gruntkiller
• Critters the Reckoning part 3, by Caleb Generoso
• Human vs. Covenant War: Part Three: Hansley’s Guilt, by Ronald Maszk
• Human vs. Covenant War: Part Four: Hansley’s Battle, by Ronald Maszk

In the near future, there’ll be a change to the Submission form in how you pick your series name. It should remove all confusion (if all goes well).

A couple of days ago, NzadaH posted a quick capture of a flag-capturing trick to our forum. I didn’t look closely enough, and thought it was another instance of MaverickJ’s warthog gunner trick (where the gunner is popped out by spinning the gun to face the back of the hog and pressing X)… but it was recently pointed out to me that the jumper in NazdaH’s video is the DRIVER, not the gunner. This one’s a one-person trick… definitely worth a look. (You don’t have to have someone below tossing you the flag, either; you can land IN the base, and run back out to the ‘hog you just left.) it’s not quite as easy as it looks… but once you get the timing down, this one’s a killer.

Over the last couple of years, we’ve gotten a few emails about the medals on Keyes’ uniform. Folks have recognized the Purple Heart, the Medal of Honor, and the Air Force Cross. Today, Brannon Boren laid out ALL of them on our forum – so now you know.

Gamespot has posted a list of their choices for the top 10 cooperative games of all time. (They’re not ranked among the top 10 – “They’re all equal in our eyes, you might say.”) Halo makes the list. Nice! Thanks to DT for the heads-up.

The LAN party taking place in the latter half of the day during the Pillar of Art Gallery showing has filled up!

I’m sorry if you were hedging on whether or not to sign up for the party, as you have missed out on what is looking to be a really good time, but at least you can still make it to the Gallery itself and check out the cool art!

Halo Orbit is organizing an online (via XBC) Halo tournament; check this forum thread or this news article. They suggest you come from a country near Germany, due to internet limitations… but other than that, there aren’t any restrictions.

There are a significant number of shots of a Halo-related skin in use in Tribes over at the Tribes Battle Room Screenshots Collection; there’s no easy way to point them all out, you’ll need to go through his collection for yourself. As far as I can tell, these were taken using existing skins (there are at least two sets chronicled in our news database) – but it’s fun to see the MC in other games. Thanks to Renzo for the heads-up.

Visitors to the E3 fanfest this year got their hands on a bunch of cool Bungie stickers. For the first time, Bungie is actually SELLING them at the Bungie Store now; there are five, ranging from a standard Bungie logo to the uber-cool Carnage Zone sticker. (You can even get your hands on the Webmaster sticker, which was NOT given out at the fanfest.) To keep it Halo-related, one of the stickers is the ‘Flaming Ninja’ sticker, inspired by a Jason Jones’ quote and the unofficial mascot of Halo 2. Thanks to Jonah for being the first to notice on our forum.

As a number of people have pointed out, the Truth and Reconciliation site has been updated with Part 2 of the E3 demo behind-the-scenes series, as well as additional storyboards from the demo itself.

Gen Con Indy is taking place about a month from now, and those of you that want a taste of Halo PC have a huge incentive to attend! One of the events listed is a HUGE LAN where many different games will be represented, and Halo PC is going to make an appearance! Not just for standard playing… tournament playing!

More details to come! But in the meantime, if you want to pre-register, you have only a few hours left!

It’s been 2 days since I last posted a Fan Fiction update – and after rejecting a couple of entries, there are still 16 pieces for you:

• Operation Sunlight Part 1: Aftermath, by Gruntkiller
• Rebirth – Shadow’s Chapter 5 – Impossible Infiltration, by Knightmare Wolf, Archangel’s Blade, Spartan 451, Shadow
• Shadow Spartans, Chapter 1: Combat Ready, by Agent Shade and Arinoth Koby
• Halo: The Scythe of Death Part Four, by LordofDestruction
• Halo 2: New Mombasa Part 1 , by Spartan 153
• The Devil’s Brigade Prt V, by Spinks
• Halo 2 Part 2, by System Failure
• Halo 2: Chapter 3: Shadow Ops, by Shadowrunner
• Halo:Attack of the Banshees Part 2 , by Super Beast
• The Devil’s Brigade prt VI, by Spinks
• Black Knight Pelican Attack: The Tower Chapter 2, by JK Hazard
• The Battle of Berlin Colony, by The Scribe
• Shadow Ops, Chapter 7: The Mine, by Agent Shade
• Spartans in NYC, by Chief-117
• Halo Haikus, by Socrates
• The Chronicles of Eternity Ch2- Ch3, by Corey Lyon

You folks are STILL making an enormous number of mistakes with the ‘Series’ choice; if you have any suggestions on how to make it less confusing, please let me know. I can’t believe you’re ALL this careless; there must be something wrong with the system.

If you could part with a measly $5, you’d be watching Red vs Blue Episode 11 right now. And jumping out of your chair with fright. Or at least laughter. (Starts slow, but finishes with a bang.) If you can’t part with $5, you’ll have to wait until Sunday to get this.

Draconfrost has put up a small page containing all the info he could find about Halo 2. He’d like you all to know about it.

Three weeks ago, we mentioned a Halo quiz being put together by the Sector 7 website. Wolfy writes to say that they’re still in need of some VERY hard multiple-choice questions. (See the last news post for details on the format they need.) Help ’em out!

emildux writes to say that he’s decided to host a league for Halo PC, once it’s released. He’s guaranteeing $25,000 in cash prizes in the first year – it’s a pretty extensive setup. If you’re interested, check out the CobaltNova website for details – this one looks to be big!

And here’s a comic from a site that IS work-safe, for the most part – Friday’s installment of One One Se7en. Hehe – now that I think about it, even THIS one is sex-related. Dang.

Zypper points out a Halo-related comic at Anime Moments in History – and warns that the rest of the site is definitely not safe for work. (Um… yeah.)

DOH! We’re short on bandwidth, and I STILL miss notes alleviating the problem. 🙁 That Weasel (who’d love it if you visited his 5-year-old site ThatWeasel.com) wrote to say that two recent movies have been mirrored:

• The Sidewinder Saga (400×300, QuickTime5, 5.9 MB)
• Too Many Vehicles ( 17 mb, zipped, QuickTime)

If you’ve missed these, go over and join in the poundage of the HBO Mirror page of ThatWeasel.tv!