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There hasn't been much discussion of it here at Rampancy, where recent threads have focused more on the recent disasters in New York and Washington, DC as well as the relative sociopolitical merits of certain theistic and nontheistic belief systems. But over in the Halo.bungie.org forum everyone's been up in arms about the recent confirmation that in addition to having no Internet play at launch, Halo also won't be able to substitute computer-controlled enemies in multiplayer game types.

Meaning, no bots .

The Mumbo Jumbo website has updated with a new and more professional look. You can now see personal bios of the members of the team if that sort of thing interests you or you could just browse the website, which is much more organized. On the front page, it says that we can expect to see more news and a playable demo in the weeks ahead for Myth III.

There's been an ongoing discussion in the Halo.bungie.org forum about an item in the last update about Covenant units in Halo that would self-destruct upon dying, making killing them dangerous. Some sought to find links between similar suicide units in other Bungie games, like the Wight from Myth and the Assimilated Bobs in Marathon.

Chief Xbox officer Robbie Bach has told PlanetXbox that his console is the one worth waiting for.

He better hope he's right.

As posted by Rauko in our forum, the release of Microsoft's console is being delayed a week. The new release date is November 15, 2001.