Seen on our forum: Stomped is hosting a new poll: “which upcoming title interests you the most?” Go Stomp ’em! Pax.

Interesting thread on multiplayer motivations and some options to make gameplay better can be found on our forum. Check in and contribute!

Posted yesterday, but forgot to mention… the Fan Fiction section has been updated again. Thanks, DJ!

Snagged off b.org’s hotline server, <hl.bungie.org>, this image was originally part of an Inside Mac Games feature called gMac. (The feature is about building the ultimate mac gaming platform… appropriate picture!)

Derk Bil (aka Chaos) Senior Editor at Gamers Central defends his Halo preview in a letter to Mr. Matrix. Mr. Matrix posted it to our forums. You can read it here. Pax.

The Halo SETI Marines fly up to 109th place in the Club Team listings.. you guys are amazing! Read about the 24 hour stats.

Shamelessly snagged from the Core… World Online has a new Halo preview. This one is entertaining reading-the author took, um… a few liberties. Examples:

[on the locale]

Imagine the planet Saturn with its rings of debris floating around it. Pretty spectacular sight eh? Well, imagine encountering another Saturn, but this time the ring is made out of a strange material by an advanced alien race.

[On what happened to the ring builders]

Maybe they’ve all gotten the flu, died and vaporized into thin air.

[on the seeming familiarity with the characters]

Well, in Marathon (part 1, 2 and 3) you also faced an enemy called the covenant…

Go read the whole thing. It’ll brighten your day.

Take no prisoners! The Halo SETI marines move up two places to 113 in the Battle of the Teams. We welcome back Steevil and two new recruits yuko and dDave to the top 100. The 24 hour stats reveal our crunching power! Stand aside or be roadkill!

Somethin’ funny goin’ on over at HALO-NET… Pax.

Woo-hoo! In response to an undisclosed offer that may or may not have involved beer, Steevil has returned to the Halo SETI Marines. We’re back on track for a March break-in to the top 100 club teams!

The clan formerly known as U.S.C.M. has moved to a new server, and gotten a new name: Massive Damage Incorporated. They’re currently looking for new members… so if you’re looking for a group to join, take a look! Pax.

A new German news site has come online. Check out the Fightin’ Guardians… they’ll keep you informed! (If you want to skip the flash intro, you can jump right to the Halo site.)

Halo SETI Marine goes AWOL! The loss of a 445-unit member hits the team hard… We need to make up for it! (Welcome to Frog in a Box, who brings in 45 units… definitely softens the blow!) Details to be found on the 24 hour stats page.

Thanks to Damien Sorresso, who sends us a new desktop pic for our Wallpaper page. Very simple… but noone’s submitted it before. Pax.

Mark Naylor writes to tell us that there was a small review of Halo on the (presumably British) TV program Cybernet. If anyone has more information, we’d love to hear about it!

We’ve been having a touch of trouble with our FTP, so this is a bit late, today… but the Halo SETI Marines are kicking into high gear. Almost a 50% increase in daily stats received today, thanks in large part to the addition of Mr Froste to the team. And the team has a new unit leader… Jjaro technology triumphs again! You’ll find all the details on the 24 hour stats page.

New grist added to our Fan Fiction area. In addition… you’ll find a cool new feature. Next to each entry, you’ll find a small link: “More by this author”. Clicking this link will bring up a page containing all the work that author has submitted… in order. (Makes serial stories much easier to read.) If you find this feature useful, let us know… we’ll implement it in other areas of the site.

PunkRocker sends us a photoshop-drawn Marine for our Miscellaneous Art section (original page 9). Thanks, PR!

The Halo SETI marines hit 17007 units at 7.00am PST today. Coincidence? The 24 hour stats page has the details.

Two new theory submissions for our Theories page prompted a long-overdue page overhaul. Go read about vehicle controls and navigation!