Kudos to Timothy Wilson, who was the first of many to point out that Bungie will be webcasting from MacWorld this week. (Tim got it from Voodoo Extreme, but the original press release seemed to be sent out by Bungie itself.)

“The Psyjnir Complex is finally completed!” says Marathon (formerly Psyrixx). Check it out.

The Halo SETI marines keep on pumping into the new year. Who pumps the most?

We received a rather strange message tonight, from Halo-Net and the Nether Legion:

Intercepted incoming transmission... 
decode: 233.43.223.01  
message subject: You really need to stop your struggling...  

Hello again, you know, I've been talking to the zealots and your  
little encampment may be doomed, of course that depends on just how  
willing you are to struggle. Once again they will be outnumbering you,  
but that's hardly new is it? At least this time your compatriots are  
as well engineered as you are..  

In the immortal words of Hyde "duck" 
.end intercepted transmission 

Bored enough to make up news, or is something more sinister going on? (233.43.223.01 doesn’t resolve as an IP address, although it is pingable. It doesn’t respond as a server, for what that’s worth.)

SETI stats are back, and the SETI servers are keeping up with us. Check out the 24 hour stats! (Our club standing continues to fall… we’re down to 128 now.)

Kudos to Ian Mankowski, who sends us a new bit of artwork for our Miscellaneous Art page. (You’ll find it at the end of the Original section.) Thanks, Ian! Pax.

Jon Chang writes to let us know that DEHc-3 Halo has gotten a complete overhaul. Easy to read, still the best place to go for Culture info! Thanks, Jon.

John from EuroGamer writes to tell us that Halo is featured in their “Picks for 2000” article, available yesterday. Nice to see Halo recognized! Thanks, John.

And they all said we’d have problems when the clocks ticked over last night. Pshaw.

Thanks a million to Ferrex (Dead), who sent along the fix for the forum cookie expiry problem. You’ll need to actually post a message to get your cookie back, but the problem is solved (for 11 years, at least). Thanks again, Ferrex!

Ugh! The alt.games.diablo SETI team trounce the Halo SETI marines in the SETI club rankings by churning out over 3 times the number of units in the last 24 hours. Come on Marines! Let’s go to work.

Mike Wessler has put up a new version of his java applet that simulates a halo orbit… and this one shows much more stable movements. Go take a look! (Mac users: you’ll need either Internet Explorer, or the Applet Runner that Apple distributes with all system software to run this, Netscape’s java implementation is broken.) Thanks, Mike. Pax.

SETI Marines continue to crunch, gain two new members! Go check out the 24 hour stats.

Flasback writes to let us know that HALO-NET has received YET ANOTHER makeover (emphasis his, although appropriate 😉 )… go check ’em out!

Marty O’Donnell (Total Audio) to speak at next year’s Game Developers Conference so the Marathon’s Story page points out. Music to our ears. Check the Music page for details on Marty, Total Audio and Halo’s music.

Today is a good day! The Halo team moved 6 units ahead of alt.games.diablo in the SETI club rankings. Help us stay ahead by joining up today.

SETI returns all missing units! The Halo Marines jump 6 places in the club standings, to 126. Check out the 24 hour stats.

SonicStorm writes to let us know that Battleground:Halo will be making use of the two weeks preceding its launch to put up a “species series”; different images each day, giving details of various aspects of Halo. The current one is a Human image, and old versions will be archived and available. Go check it out!

The winter break is taking its toll… the SETI Marines are crunching fewer units. See who’s slacking in the 24 hour stats!

More thanks to Robert Cox, who sends us yet another Halo logo for our Logos page. Seems he’s trying out a new graphics program.