A quick check of the PC Paradox Reader's Choice poll reveals Halo to be at 4.8%, a big jump over yesterday's ranking but still far behind the leaders. The unjust, heathen pig-dog leaders. Go cast your vote! Again, if you must!

Many thanks to Case and Tino, who both pointed out the crime of ignorance being committed at PC Paradox: a most anticipated action game poll in which Halo rates a mere 1% of the total vote.

Halo fans, unite! In the old Codex tradition, I call upon our readers to go forth and vote for their most anticipated game, to unite in righteous indignation against our common foe, Duke Nukem Forever (currently in first). There's only around 3500 votes as of this writing, so every vote still counts!

Kudos to the readers who pointed out that halo.bungie.org has obtained a brief, but interesting MacFormat Halo article. Not a lot of new things, but some info nonetheless, as well as a clarification regarding part of the article, courtesy of Bungie's Doug Zartman.

Marathon's Story has an interesting little tidbit about foresight, the BungieVision newsletter in the Action Sack, and line-ups for Halo/Blam. A lite snack for you Halo starved fiends out there.

After the past few weeks, we should all be breathing a sigh of relief. But, of course, we're chomping at the bit for more. Still no sign, or word, of the new trailer (despite much discussion around it), and any new screenshots are likely to be preceded by a rash of new exclusive website articles.

Stay sharp... Tuesday and Wednesday morning are traditionally major release times, quite possibly due to my traditional absence during them. Grumble...

Just when you thought there'd be no news this weekend, Mojo offers this PR to ease the boredom:

Halam has followed the latest trend and gotten some big baggy jeans -- wait, I mean a forum! Yes, a forum. We already have one for serious discussions, and one for alien discussions... but where does all the rest of the crap go?! RIGHT HERE!.*

* Brought to you by jnco inc.

Another stop for the daily rounds...

Crashed Drugal left a little note on the forum forecasting some downtime at the Praetorian Militia due to some computer woes. The site remains up, but may not be updated for a while--if you're a regular, just keep an eye on it over the next few weeks.

After recieving a number of excellent questions for addition to the FAQ, I've given that slowly growing page an update, adding around half a dozen new questions and revising the answers to some others. Additionally, the Story section is now the Story and World section, to accomodate information regarding Halo's environment as more of it becomes available.