And it's about time! Hot from the email box is word from IncitePC Senior Editor Bryn Williams that the long taboo movie has been posted along with a preview of Halo, which I'm currently reading through. More on that when I finish.

After it was pointed out on the forum that I had been slacking and not changed the poll in a few weeks, I put out a call for poll suggestions and was pleasantly surprised with the results. This week's poll was Noct's suggestion, and it seems rather appropriate in this lull between Halo news: do you think Bungie's quiet PR strategy is a good thing, or should they be telling us more about Halo?

But you knew that already. Some Halo GURPS spectulation at Marathon's Story, including a call for Photoshop image enhancement experts, and word of a new Halo/Oni preview (lacking any new info, alas) at halo.bungie.org.

Geez people, I didn't mean to literally crash the poll script! Apparently that's what happened, though Stomped is stumped to explain exactly how. Check the PR from E3.Stomped.Com:

Many thanks to Halo.Bungie.Org and Corum Jhaelen Irsei for making the community aware of a new poll at Stomped.Com. They're asking which upcoming title interests gamers the most.

Currently Duke Nukem Forever is leading with 30% of the vote, trailed by Halo at 26%. C'mon guys and gals, get out there and show your support... we can't have the Duke Nukem crowd thinking they'll have a better game than we will. We have not yet begun to vote!

Kudos to Trinity for passing on that Gamers Central has a new Halo preview up. However, it reads like an article done by someone who has English as a slightly distanced second language and it makes some very interesting statements. Either Bungie has made some significant changes to Halo or the article has some pretty strong inaccuracies.

Kudos to Big Char for pointing out an interview with Dave Baranec of Volition. An interesting mix of opinions, though some might take issue with his accusations of framerate fixing. Whatever that means.

• Forum: Dave Baranec on Tribes 2 Vs. Halo

Not much in the way of news, but some interesting things happening here and there. Two website announcements at halo.bungie.org of particular note if you're a German reader, and the folks at Halo-Net are doing something that seemed like my browser had crashed. Didn't know Javascript could do that...