Matt "Mr Smiley" Dunn writes in about a new character in the latest Halo Babies comic.

Blackstar of Blackstar Productions has put together a really short movie (QuickTime MP4, about 7 Mb in size) that answers the question of what would happen if the Master Chief got a horrible pain in all the diodes down his left side. A must for Bungie and Douglas Adams fans.

Matt "Mr Smiley" Dunn wrote to us awhile back to let us know about the new Halo Babies comic. Go take a look.

Buzby has posted over at Red vs. Blue that the Season 2 Premiere video has been finished. It's going to have its world premiere on Saturday at the Lincoln Center. He also advises everybody to upgrade to the latest versions of DivX and QuickTime to prepare.There's a screenshot from the premiere video with the story.

After a long hiatus the Bungie Comics page has been updated; this one is written by Frankie and drawn by Zoë.

Matt "Mr Smiley" Dunn wrote us to say that the second new Halo Babies this week is now up, along with a new wallpaper by Gruntsbane.

People just can't seem to resist tricking Cortana into talking dirty. Captain Spark passed on to HBO what you could call Porntana Strikes Back, a sequel to the original Porntana clip. Apologies to Jen Taylor (if she's offended, that is). Thanks Louis Wu.

Halo: Truth and Reconciliation has two holiday cards from Bungie, one made by Shiek in 2001 (happy holidays, human), and the other by Paul Russel (infected with joy). Both cards are in Bungie's art gallery.

gfunk writes on the Red vs Blue website that the Season 1 DVDs are now ready and on sale; the celebratory photo, complete with champagne, DVD case, and Red Army shirt, is a neat touch. Hey, where are the "gold master" photos?

Matt "Mr Smiley" Dunn writes that a new Halo Babies comic is up, pondering the impact of network performance versus player experience.

Junkyard wrote us that they've got another new spotlight feature up, this one on Battleground: Halo's own TankRamp.

Mr Smiley writes that in addition to a new comic, there's a new section called Cool Crap at Halo Babies.

On the Red Vs Blue site, buzby writes that the DVD of the first season of the Blood Gulch Chronicles is now at the duplication house, and explains what they did during the slight delay: