Kudos to kuniklo, who posted an interesting tidbit from PlanetXBox concerning id's John Carmack and the XBox. The relevant portion:

KillerMac has posted a tongue in cheek parody of Bungie's www.bungie.com site, outlining what one might say is the 'worst case scenario'. An excerpt:

4/16 - Bill Gates tells WWII: Recon mapmaking group to package Internet Explorer with their plugin or he will destroy them

If the MS-Bungie thing still sits uneasily with you, you may want to pass this one up. But if you do go, be sure to take a look at the roll-over on Bungie's logo... hee!

Bit out of our usual scope, but beggars can't be choosers. Kudos to rhino, who pointed out a news item at Firing Squad detailing another purchase of a gaming company by Microsoft. The company in question is NetGames USA--a bit of background nipped from the full news item:

Torn shamelessly from Noc's news post on RHL (yes, we actually have real news there sometimes, if you look hard enough):

Everyone wish Chris Butcher a happy birthday!

(For those of you who don't know, he used to be a member of this fan community, he organized two Myth World Cup events and then became a programmer at Bungie West.)

Have a good one, Butcher! And if you stray onto RHL, we'll all have sing a round of Happy Birthday for you... ;)

Sibrax rules. Soon has been updated with the long awaited Redmond Riot chronicles, a few hundred screenshots and wry commentary taken from b.net the night (and day after) the Microsoft announcement. The hilarious, 20 page report can't be recommended highly enough--definitely worth checking out, especially if you were there that night.

We've got a few items to report on other sites in the Bungie fan community today:

We are a little late in reporting that the Marathon's Story T-shirts are now NOT available for preorder. Hamish posted a FAQ to the Marathon's Story page:

First reported by HBO, there is a poll at