Chia's mother, Pam Pindrys, has posted another health update about her son in the guestbook at the Help Dave Pindrys site. She writes:

Impressive game design or pure coincidence? Xbox.com used NFL Fever 2002 to predict the outcome of Super Bowl XXXVI and the results were nothing short of frightening. TeamXbox writes:

Just noticed over at MythVillage that there's an item Spond!Max posted, a message from the mother of Dave Pindrys (Chia) about his recent status:

We've got a brief update for you. We have been informed through the family that the center will not accept flowers for Chia and they feel that cards are not necessary (at least, until he regains consciousness)... but they do need money. Badly.

The Mumbo Jumbo website has returned, but still no word on the patch or Mac version.

The Mumbo Jumbo website is now completely blank. We'll keep you updated.

Joe Staten, cinematic master of all things Bungie, dropped a couple coppers in the coffer over at HBO regarding a note in their Halo Review; it seems that while most in-engine cinematics do accurately keep track of what's gone on in the environment around you, the weapon the Chief is holding isn't one of them:

The Badlands group has conjured an FAQ that answers many of the questions they keep hearing about their upcoming project and team members. If you have a question about Torque or Rim Shot, head over and get enlightened.

Count Zero has submitted a bunch of new photos to the Launch Party Coverage section of HBO. Thanks Louis Wu.

Wargamer.com is now hosting a Myth III site sponsored by Take Two Interactive, the publisher of Myth III and the new owner of the Myth franchise after Bungie's sale to Microsoft.

Louis Wu posted at HBO that Bungie's T&R site has updated again.

Anybody remember the 2d, avatar-based graphical chat environment The Palace?

It was supposed to be the next killer app, supplant text-based email and impersonal web pages, put a personal face on the Internet, and allow everyone to run their own online community.

Yeroen has posted a story that they've added a new area to the site, a Suggestions Database for fans to... well, to make suggestions.

We failed to notice before, but along with the new Letters to the Webmaster at the revised Bungie.net site, there's a new Soapbox, this time by Marty O'Donnell on how long a game should be:

A few more Xbox Launch stories have cropped up:

ConsoleDomain has reported that while most people at the NYC launch party were able to get their hands on an Xbox if they wanted one, that supply is now constrained.