HBO is reporting that Halo made a mention in the very swank Rolling Stone Magazine. It hasn't appeared on their website yet, but we're hoping it will.

With no silly things like true love to get in the way this week, the Halo Update came softly to halo.bungie.org like a gentle spring shower--then revealed itself as a brutal hailstorm of massive kitten-squashing info chunks. Among the highlights:

Joe Staten and John Howard speak ...and life does go on...

Kudos (:::sob:::) go to Pfhor for posting about a new Xbox interview with Joe Staten and John Howard of Bungie at Xbox.IGN. Here's an early item that goes straight to the heart of the multiplayer issue:

Marty O'Donnell, Bungie's number-one audiophile, stopped by HBO to give them an update on Halo and other titles. Here are a couple of quick cuts:

- The Mighty Chris Butcher was asked to stop playing CounterStrike and actually start working on Halo. His reply maybe next week

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Thanks to ESiva for pointing out one of Matt's posts at HBO:

Most of us here at Bungie will be heading back to Chicago over the next 48 hours to attend the Lorraine Reyes/Robt. McLees wedding and post-ceremony hoedown. I will be among them.

Consequently there will be no Halo update this week. Sorry about that. Things will be back on schedule next Friday.

Just back from the wilderness, and what do I find in my mailbox? That's right! An opportunity to buy 25 million email addresses for only $99! How could anyone resist? Oh yes, and Bungie's Matt Soell has graciously sent us this week's Halo update: