Netboy over at the hotline server of Forerunners.org pointed out that the Bungie Store is now open. And as it turns out, the story is true this time.

Deimos Fawkes has posted at Subnova that they've got four pages of scans from Edge magazine, which recently interviewed Jaime Case Griesemer of Halo and Myth fame. They pass on special thanks to Pallor for acquiring the scans.

It seems there's a new hotline site out there for BungieFen-- hl.forerunners.org. There's also a website at www.forerunners.org that states We are coming again. You thought we were finished. We are coming back, soon, very soon. It doesn't state too much else just yet, but we'll keep an eye on it.

Don't know if it's been mentioned anywhere yet, but the edition of Letters to the Webmaster at bungie.net is dated February 2002 and I know it was new to me.

Peter Marks of Bungie has interviewed Juan Ramirez, sculptor of the Covenant Elite statue, for Truth & Reconciliation. Check out One On One With Juan Ramirez (although the title is misleading; Ramirez's roommate Bob Standlee was there, too) for the full interview as well as several neat pictures showing his work.

Word on bungie.net is that a gathering will be held amongs its Seventh Column chapters in Santa Monica, CA on May 24, 2002. There's lots of information about the tournament your chapter can participate in as well as registration details, which, by the way, will open on Thursday, February 21.

Xbox.com has put up an interview with Bungie's resident audio expert, Marty O'Donnell, about his role in making Halo:

Matt posted an item in HBO's forum about the impending reopening of the Bungie Store, as well as the Halo Soundtrack:

TeamXbox is reporting that the IGDA (International Game Developers Association) has announced the nominees for their 2001 Game Developers Choice Awards, which will be awarded March 19 - 23 in San Jose, CA.

Halo was nominated for Game of the Year as well as for excellence in Audio and Programming categories. Halo was conspicuously absent from the visual arts category.

Bruce Geryk at GameSpy has written the first part of a two-part series on the history of Real Time Strategy games. It covers 1989-1998, and lists the Myth series as one of the early fruits of RTS evolution . The banner graphic for the series even has a charging Zerk on the left hand side.

Bungie has finally opened its new Myth site, titled The Myth Vault. The content is fairly non-existant at this point, but Bungie has setup some message boards for anyone who wants to speak their mind.

It's Cortana Day over at www.bungie.net. The first item of interest is an interview with Jen Taylor, voice of Cortana. Head over to the Truth & Reconciliation site and you will find that the storyboards for the X60 cutscene (which feature Cortana) have been added.

You can now choose one of seven themes to enhance your experience at the bungie.net website. There's the default theme, one theme for each Marathon, Myth, and Oni, and finally three themes based on Halo. Check out the preview at The Seventh Column and then make your selection.

Skeletor noticed over inthe HBO forum that the Truth and Reconciliation site has been updated; specifically, voice outtakes for the Grunt characters by Joseph Staten as well as a new Bungie Soapbox Rant by the same, entitled,

NeoBob pointed out to us that awhile back the promised Jason Jones Interview went online at the Bungie.net Truth and Reconciliation site.