Since Halo 3 was released more than 18 months ago, devout fans everywhere have been asking themselves one question: Floodgate or Cortana?

The answer can now be revealed, confirmed by both Netcraft and Louis Wu: The Ark.

Yes, I know that wasn't one of the choices. It doesn't matter. What does matter is that the first part of The Ark is the subject of the latest episode of the irregularly-scheduled Rampancy podcast, Anger, Sadness & Envy.

Halo fan and Halo fan fiction author vector40 pointed out that one of his college textbooks, Understanding Videogames by Simon Egenfeldt-Nielson, features a piece of Halo fan fiction by UNSC Trooper-- a fiction featured in, of course, the HBO fan fiction section. It's a poem entitled Hymn To The Fallen.