Fan Fiction for an early Monday morning:

• Marine Ambush, part 1, by Diomedes Rangue
• Liberation, part 4, by Hoju

This may be the last fanfic update for several days. I’m headed out of town, and although there are others who might update (and although I might find time while gone to do so), it’s quite possible that any submitted stories will be queued until I return on Wednesday night. Please – don’t be impatient, and don’t send your story more than once. Thanks!

A nice brick wall, enhanced with a Halo logo, courtesy of Random Hero… check our Logos section.

Gah! Almost missed a postcard – from WHERE? Check it out in the Miscellaneous Art section.

A couple of new desktops (one in two flavors) in our Wallpaper section. Update: Eep – missed one. (I’m not doing very well this evening.) Find it here.

Got an iPAQ, Jornada or a T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone? Want a Master Chief theme for your Today Screen? Thanks to Jack Ash, you can grab one from our Miscellaneous Art section. Cool!

A nice MC sketch from Doggone, now in our Miscellaneous Art section. (News for the near future will be pretty light – I’m out all day today.)

Woohoo! Gary points out that the Halo50K store is now open! Grab a shirt, sticker, lunchbox (!!), mousepad, backpack, travelmug now!

Travis Cossel, who recently submitted the Groove 117 movie, has given us another fun clip. This one’s called ‘Tough Guy‘, and every MC-induced death in this 96 second vid is dealt via a melee attack. Timing is quite good. Check it out! 8.1 mb of QT goodness at mythica.org. (Not sure if this is still relevant to anyone… but there are spoilers in this film.)

Start your weekend off with some Fan Fiction:

• Halo: The Final Fight, part 1, by Daniel Luiken
• The Shadows, part 9, by Glenny
• John 117: The Second Coming, part 2, by WildebeestNZ
• Wings of Death, part 10, by el_halo_diablo
• Fafnir, part 6, by KnightmareWolf
• Revolution, part 15, by Gruntkiller

The Final Fight was split into two pieces to fit into the database, but the above link provides it in its original form.

6 new desktop images for you in our Wallpaper section.

Deimosâ„¢, of Subnova fame, has been spotlighted over at the Junkyard. Check it out!

Wondering how to build a successful Seventh Column Chapter? Matt Soell has written up a nice overview of the components that make a good chapter hum. Go read it at b.net.

Pair of new desktops for you – a Halo 2 composite, and a wicked-cool ‘Evolution of the MC’ bit. Check ’em out in our Wallpaper section!

Jenova puts together a Halo pic using Bryce – you’ll find it in our Miscellaneous Art section.

HaloJuggaloProductions gets a new (flash) look – go take a look!

Nukedude drops us a note that a bunch more movies have been mirrored at his site:

• halo50k (wmv format)
• halo e3 preview from 2000
• OXM UK Ultimate Warthog Jumps
• Groove 117

We’ve added the mirror links to the appropriate mirror pages or Movie database links. Thanks, Nukedude!

Choreographed MC dancing has shown up in vids before… but never to this extent. Travis Cossel, the mind behind Fragfest: Unleashed, has turned in a 2:38 vid in QT format that should make you laugh. And just when you think it’s getting old… it gets funny again. 🙂 Check it out! 6.3 mb at mythica.org…

Halo picked up a pair of top-notch awards at the annual Bafta Interactive Entertainment Awards – it beat GTA3 for top spot in Games Multiplayer and Games Console. (It was also nominated for the Audio award, but didn’t win.) Read more at BBC news. Thanks to Chris Chan for the heads-up.

Lots of new information at Halo50K.com… go check it out!

Thursday’s Fan Fiction:

• Liberation, by Hoju
• Halo Side Story, part 4, by Jordan Dotson
• John 117: The Second Coming, part 1, by WildebeestNZ
• Outlaw, part 1, by Chris Cassani
• Shadows of Archon II, part 22, by Wado
• Revolution, part 14, by Gruntkiller

Get to readin’…