Kudos to Tantalum, who pointed out that xbox.ign.com has posted the details concerning their chat with Bungie on this Wednesday. The chat will be with Bungie's John Howard and Matt Soell, and will allegedly give some details on what Bungie has been quietly working on over the past few months. And for those of you worried by the quality of discussion, fear not:

Kudos to Mumbles, who pointed out a new poll at Gamespot, which asks which game we're most looking forward to in the next year. Sure enough, Halo appears on the list, and currently trails behind Warcraft 3 by a relatively small margin. You know what must be done--three clicks for the cause. Let the poll beware.

The Ruminations on Halo's Physics I posted on the forum a while ago is now up in Rampancy's articles section, revised and edited a bit. I'd like to keep improving and adding to it, so if you've got a chunk of pertinent analysis, please drop it on our community forum so's we can all check it out.

Before Mumbles has me lynched, Matt's Halo update of the week has been delivered, and Haloplayers are the lucky recipients. This week's update apparently focusses on graphic sex... scandalous! An excerpt:

Cortana.Org has changed, and mnemesis was the first to post about it in our community forum. It now only reads, simply, We are awaiting confirmation. ... whatever that may mean.

Mark Levin just reported in our community forum about a letter he apparently received from Cortana. He says that he has done the proper litmus testing with the E-mail headers, and pronounces it canonical:

To:
From: cortana

I have been impressed with your knowledge, past and present.You seem to be gifted.

Therefore, I'll return a gift to you ... though you know there is nothing you can give me that I haven't already given to you.

Kudos to Tursas, who pointed out an interesting throwback to a long absent enigma: www.cortana.org. Aye, Cortana. If you're wondering, the hexadecimal teaser has already been translated: