ICDedPpl writes to let us know that the MOSHPIT now has a page up for easy access to movie mirrors. Currently, there are just the new ones put up yesterday (and one made by one of their members), but that number will increase. We’re always grateful for movie mirroring bandwidth!

Eric writes to tell us of his Halo site, Halo Cave. Update: Both Eric and ToXiC have written to clarify that it’s ToXiC’s site, Eric is just helping.

Sometimes, the tenacity of Halo fans just has to be seen to be believed. (Before you blow that off as just another pic, look carefully at what’s behind the MC – and where it is.)

poena.dare uncovered an interesting tidbit related to last year’s Halo National Championships… if you like backstory, read this forum post.

The Movies database has finally been brought up-to-date; movies from the last 6 weeks have all been added. There’s a new movie there, too – it’s called ‘Hurt’, and it’s mostly Blood Gulch gameplay (with some cutscene footage added nicely for flavor), set to Johnny Cash’s remake of NiN’s ‘Hurt’. It’s available in both QuickTime and WMP9 formats, weighs in at 13.4 mb (QT) or 17 mb (WMP9), and lasts just over 4 minutes. Hosting is currently provided by Mythica and the Psyjnir Complex, but we’re happy to add mirrors to that list. Grab your flavor. Update: ICDedPpl gets our back – Hurt (the QT version and the WMP version) is mirrored at the MOSHPIT.

Stuntmutt points out that Halo Hacking gets a mention in the latest issue of Edge magazine (number 122, April 2003) – and so does HBO. (They point to the mirror link for the very first hacking film. Hopefully, visitors reading that will explore and discover the OTHER hacking movies… they should be in the Movies database within the hour.) Update: poena.dare points out that today is the 8-year anniversary of Bungie modding, in general. (Well, sort of – Mia was available before Pfhorte was, but that’s a story for another day.) Check Bungie Sightings for details.

In a surprising twist, the Halo Story Page is NOT updated today. (Finn actually has real life work tugging at his coattails, and mnemesis… well, mnemesis is mnemesis.) I must say, however, that it was a struggle to make this happen… so if you’re not watching carefully, there might be an update in the not-too-distant future.

Ryan ‘Mhaddy’ Matthews writes to let us know that the Junkyard is looking for help:

We’re looking for anyone who has a passion for any of the games that we cover and has a basic understanding of HTML. All positions are open; from newshounds, interview / review / preview / article writers, site maintenance, file keepers or just a general helper.

If you’re interested in helping us out and have the time to dedicate to the ‘Yard, drop me a line at mhaddy@the-junkyard.net. Skills can be taught. Benefits available :).

They cover more than just Halo.

ICDedPpl is EXTREMELY worried you might have forgotten that his Seventh Column chapter is running a giveaway for Halo: The Flood. If you haven’t signed up yet, go do it. I’m learning what ‘flood’ means…

I hate doing this – but some of you give me zero choice. 🙁 Once again, there are items in our uploads folder that have no attribution (or worse, have SOME attribution, but not enough). If, for example, you’ve sent a movie that hasn’t been posted, and you haven’t received an email from us about it, do not resend the film. Rather… give us a way to contact you. Include your email address. Even if you don’t want it published, include it in the readme (feel free to tell us not to publish it – we won’t). We have no way of contacting you otherwise. And we’re tired of getting the same file over and over, with us not posting it (for whatever reason) and you thinking we didn’t get it and sending it again. If you’re not willing to let us contact you privately, the likelihood is that we’re not willing to host your creation.

Sunday’s Fan Fiction installment:

• Just Getting Started: Chapter One, by James Kinsella
• Halo: FotF , by Frensa Geran
• What Would Have Been- Part 1, by gwinnalex
• Halo Zero Part 9 and Part 10, by nicholas
• The Tour (part 1) and The Tour (part 2), by Traumatised Marine
• What if We Miss….(yes of course it’s a comedy), by el_halo_diablo
• Chapter 5-The Space Pirate Cometh, by Ultra Sonic 007
• XP-42: Part one: Introduction, by Hunter
• Last Stand Part one , by grylsy
• Assault on Edina 3, by Steele
• The Defense of Earth 1: The 889th Tactical Fighter Wing , by Steele
• Headwaters of the Flood, by Opie301

That should keep you busy for a little bit…

Blast from the Past: In early September, 1999, a now-defunct website called ‘Total Halo’ released a home-grown movie. I re-discovered that movie on my drive while looking for something this morning… and thought it was great. I’ve re-encoded it (to reduce its filesize from the original 6 mb to a more reasonable 1.4 mb), and made it available again. Remember: this was created more than 3 years before Halo was released, by a fansite. (I no longer have any way of contacting the creators, Ian and Colin Jackson – so if they see this, and aren’t happy with the re-release, they’re welcome to contact me and I’ll yank it.)

th3gh05t writes to tell us of his new Halo website, Halo Source. Still under development, but always open to comments and suggestions.

Ertai23 has set up a Halo Multiplayer Gametype Compendium; basically, an archive for various multiplayer variations. Check it out, and send him your favorites!

Once again, scooped by Opie301 on my own dang site. Finn has updated the Halo Story page yet again, this time with some extensive fan speculation. Take a look!

We’ve mentioned recently that Cybrfrk has been archiving webcam images… he’s just posted a few short movies to our forum, giving us a fast-forward glimpse into the Bungie world. Take a look!

Today’s Fan Fiction:

• Halo Zero Part 8- A Bigger Halo, by nicholas
• Halo Zero Part 7- Old Enemies, New Friends, by nicholas
• The Battle for Rackma VI: Finale, by gwinnalex
• Halo: Law & Order Part 1, by el_halo_diablo
• Halo: Fall of the Forerunners (tie in), by Frensa Geran
• The monitor’s contest, part 3 or the end of the reign of the monitor, by Anthony French
• The Battle For Sigma Octanus Chapter 6 New Orders, by monitor101
• An Undying Hope, by Matt James

Authors should be careful that they fill out both Series names (if there is one) and Titles – and if there’s NOT a series name, don’t put the title in that box.

CobaltNova points out the iGames Spring Season site is now accepting registrations. (We’d noted the site before, but until very recently, you couldn’t actually register.) The two divisional tournaments are March 29 and April 19, with the regional championships on May 10, and the Divisional championships on May 31.

Team Overkill noticed a blurb on Xbox bundles over at Gamespy – this sounds like a deal… Halo, Amped, a DVD Remote, and a bunch of vouchers, for $59.95. Since this is being offered in Australia, that’s presumably Australian dollars… meaning that you can get all that stuff for less than $36 US. Not bad! (That particular bundle goes onsale on April 3.)

Sadly, the Miscellaneous section of this site hadn’t been updated since the end of November. I spent a goodly chunk of time classifying what needs to go in there since then (a couple of dozen items) – but I didn’t get them all fully formatted. I got through about half of them, though – and you’ll find those available now. (It’s predominately material added during December, 2002.) There are a few nice pieces of Fan Music, some maps, icons, some artwork… a true potpourri of offerings. (All of it has been made available before, in the news section… but it’s easy to miss stuff that way.) The rest will be added this weekend (along with the 10 movies not yet in the Movies section).