Deimos 3of9 Fawkes over at Subnova put up their Halo 2 trailer stats so far:

http://mirror.subnova.com/hbo/halo2_announce_qt6_large.mov with 1,650 hits
http://mirror.subnova.com/hbo/halo2.wmv with 1,417 hits
Which adds up to over 10GB of Halo 2 goodness served up in less than 24 hours.

Normally we wouldn't bother with anything as boring as statistics (yeah, as if) but since we've been given this golden opportunity to force breath through the cold dark lips of our own instrument, here are our numbers in the first day (plus three hours) of downloading:

3077 hits 26802368 KBytes halo2_announce_qt6_large.mov
687 hits 2714119 KBytes halo2_announce_qt6_small.mov

3764 total hits, 29516487 KBytes (28 Gb)

We're not dead sure, but we think for Rampancy this marks new all-time highs for hits, page views, and traffic.

Ferrex on RHL pointed out an MSNBC story that says that Greece has made all electronic games illegal, including those on mobile phones, which could place lots of unwary tourists at risk for fines or even prison terms.

Holy Acid Trip, Batman!

A veteran Halo fan movie-creator, Dan Chosich, has pieced together another fine Halo endeavor. It's pretty trippy, nice and with some good gameplay. Submitted first to HBO, but there's no official mirror list yet, so we've temporarily mirrored it.

Matt Soell posted at Bungie.net today that it was Alex The Man Seropian's last official day at Bungie today.

Pyjnir Complex will give away three copies of the Halo Soundtrack to those who can predict the winners of the HNC final:

The Halo Soundtracks will go to whoever correctly picks the winner. If more than three people pick the correct winner, I'll hold a random drawing among those people. If less that three people pick the correct winner, I'll give the rest of the Halo Soundtracks to those who picked the second place winner.

To register, go to their 7th Column chapter page. It's the item right about the story that says this place lacks wang. Again, the credit for this tidbit goes to HBO's Louis Wu.

There seems to be a lot going on in the Bungie community these days. Old sites shutting down, new ones coming online, dead and gone ones resurrecting themselves.

The latest news is the launch of MythDevelopers. Currently they are beta testing Myth 3 on Windows XP. Could this be the start of a Myth renaissance? Stay tuned, and kudos to Zandervix for the note at MBO.

In a rare news post, Oni Central has added new pieces of fan art and fan fiction. If you're still looking for an Oni fix, this is your lucky day.

As our unofficial countdown indicates, the Forerunners.org website is now online. If you have a Bungie-related website you'd like hosted, these guys are the ticket. You get all sorts of luxuries for free, including web space, e-mail, and forums. Sound good? Click here for more information.