Halo SETI marines gain a new recruit and climb to position 115 in the overall team rankings. Welcome aboard Pico. Check the crunching power of the Halo marines on the 24 hour stats page. They’re out there!

SETI Checker 2.1.6 is out. Analyze and display SETI@home team statistics without having to launch a web-browser. Draw charts containing statistical information about different teams. SETI Checker is PowerPC-only. Grab it now!

Harry “I wanna BE the news at HBO” Al-Shakarchi shows us he’s not willing to rest on his laurels… he’s taken a closer look at the patch on the sleeve of the marine. Here’s his rendition. Now no more news for at least 3 hours, Harry!

Ben Kamprath has sent us a fan sketch… you’ll find it on our Miscellaneous Art page. Thanks, Ben!

Kudos to Harry “IMG says I’m a maintainer” Al-Shakarchi, for pointing out that GameSpot News reports that a “source close to the project” has gone on record as saying that the Playstation 2 port of Halo “is definitely happening.” No more guessing!

Thanks to warpig, who sent us a cool Marine sketch for our Miscellaneous Art page. (It’s at the end of the Original section.) Thanks, warpig!

You can call me Husk! Think 640 x 512 is big screenshot size? Well we got news for you! The German GameStar magazine site has a Halo preview with two awesome Halo screenshots at 1279 x 1024. This is the real stuff folks. You can make out that luscious detail… such as player name tags!!! Can’t read German? Then head on over to our translated version kindly provided by Harry Al-Shakarchi. Some new stuff in there!

Say hello to Husk! Bungie’s latest Halo marine screenshot has been digitially enhanced using Jjaro(?) technology to reveal a Halo player name tag! The player sports the name “husk”. Could this be the way of identifying players in net games? No this isn’t a fake as will be revealed later today in a HBO exclusive.

Halo SETI Marines hold steady at 116 in the club standings, but we’ve gained another two members… at this rate, we have no choice but advance. 24 hour stats posted.

Stolen from the Core… a new Halo clan, {SoSi} (Societas Signi), is on the web. Nice site, so far!

Halo SETI Marines hold steady at 116 in the club standings. Check out the 24 hour stats.

“Spot the Blam in Halo” says Marathon’s Story page. An observant fans notes a Blam (codename for Halo) reference in the recent Halo footage from Bungie TV.

New Fan Fiction… these guys just won’t stop. Keep reading! (Don’t forget Myndreach’s Diary… it’s near the bottom of the list, but gets updated nearly daily.)

General Ghalidrim of the Radioactive Squirrels wrote to let us know that due to a hard drive crash, some recent signups might have been lost. If you’d like to join, please sign up again! Thanks.

Oops, we missed one. PowerMan sends word that a new clan called U.S.C.M. has just started up, as well. Page seems a bit strange… maybe it’s just my browser.

Myndreach sends word that The Order of the Sword, a new Halo clan, has started up. Go check ’em out!

Theld229 writes to tell us that Shugashack is running a “most anticipated game” poll… get over there and let ’em know that Halo is what we’re waiting for!

Chris Butcher reports at the Core that he won’t be around much any more… possibly his new email address has something to do with it? (We’re gonna miss you, Butcher!)

The Halo SETI marines gain a new recruit and climb one place in the overall team rankings. Check the latest results on the 24 hour team stats page. Let’s get’em.

“Is the Halo marine a cyborg?” Another thought provoking thread on our forums. Join in on the discussion.