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A couple of years ago, comradx started a pretty ambitious project – he was going to create a full-length feature film based on Halo 2. He released the first of seven episodes, covering Cairo Station… but then abandoned the project. Jamie98s has just picked it up; he’s starting from scratch, and has plans to actually…

Last week’s Update from Bungie mentioned variable gravity in Halo 3 multiplayer games (a feature, we should add, which may or may not make it into the final build; just because they played with it last week doesn’t mean you’ll be able to play with it when you get your hands on Halo 3). Stuntmutt…

Wow… remember the bear suit guy who made a Mjolnir-like suit for soldiers? Looks like nobody wanted to buy it from him – so he’s selling it on eBay. Bit over a week left, current bid is $5100 US (reserve is not yet met). Ouch! Thanks to Planet Halo for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 15:37:53 UTC)

On December 1, the Halo Everywhere contest went live. In 2 months, there were 700 artists submitting 1200 entries, and half a terabyte of bandwidth was burned through. On February 1, voting ended, and LordGideon and the crew began sifting through the votes. Today, the winners have been announced – go check ’em out!(Louis Wu…

It’s been years since we had a real Haiku thread on our forum (though someone tried last year) – are they coming back?(Louis Wu 14:01:19 UTC)

Sigafoos dropped us a note about The Riot’s First Annual Community Awards podcast, now available at Second Foundation. Awards are presented by community luminaries (heh), with a musical guest and everything. Congrats to all the winners – and in fact to all nominees; this community is only as strong as the people who help build…

3Suns pointed out an article on MLGPro.com in which Anarchy makes his list of Halo’s top 20 players, with reasons. Interesting read…(Louis Wu 13:32:51 UTC)

We hate bad news – but it happens. We got a note from Matt6908, of HollywoodNHouse – they got in over their heads, hosting-wise, and are down for a while. Details can be found on their front page (which is the only page they’ve got for now). Folks – the Halo community is BIG. Catering…

Over at Team Xbox, there’s a press release about the First Annual Dream Awards, a production of Hollywood Arts, a non-profit that reaches at-risk teens through the arts. This year, they’re honoring Tommy Tallarico, the man behind Video Games Live – and the awards ceremony will be a fundraiser for the organization. They’ll be auctioning…

MLG has posted their 2007 Pro Circuit cities and dates – the playoff and national locations are still to be announced, but the regular season will take place in North Carolina, New Jersey, Texas, Illinois, and Florida from mid-April through the end of September. Hexudus was the first to point it out.(Louis Wu 13:08:28 UTC)

Paul “stickygerbils” Maestri wrote to point out Halo Heads 45 – to remind you of that idiot we’ve all played online with. (The sad part is, they rarely understand what the problem is…(Louis Wu 13:05:07 UTC)

icu noticed that Episode 34 of The Riot was posted a couple of days ago – community news, and more. This is the first ep that’s available in streaming Flash format right from the site. If you choose to download, it’s 15 minutes, 6.2 mb.(Louis Wu 18:36:56 UTC)

Looks like one of the oldest Halo websites out there, Halo Planet (née Battleground: Halo), has been reborn as Planet Halo. Details about what that means to you, the visitor, can be found in this news post.(Louis Wu 15:55:47 UTC)

XerxdeeJ stopped by with the Tuesday update of Tied the Leader – you’ll find a clan profile of SBG Omega (you’ll learn what ‘SBG’ stands for), a great writeup of a Turkey Shoot, and a 22 Questions (well, 10, actually) interview with Calyber, of the Frag Dolls. First Class!(Louis Wu 15:44:28 UTC)

Pezcore kicked off a new gaming blog – the most recent article discusses girl gamers, and what it means to ‘fit in’ to the gaming community. (Halo is mentioned, because the most famous girl clans play it.) He’s looking for feedback – go tell him what you think!(Louis Wu 15:32:52 UTC)

Wow. I’m not sure what to say about this editorial at IGN – it basically says “Bungie better make sure the beta is PERFECT, or it will derail the Halo 3 Hype Machine (™®©) and kill the entire game.” Yeah, whatever. Thanks, I guess, to AfroRyan, who noticed it.(Louis Wu 14:53:04 UTC)

Over at Bungie.net, there’s a writeup of the 2007 Winter Pentathlon – a venerable Bungie tradition involving lots of hand-eye dexterity and beer. (Normally, those don’t go together very well. As far as I can tell, the Pentathlon was normal.) KP’s team, the Mancannons, were bumped out the Halo 3 4v4 tourney early on -…

MereCatfish let us know about LifePod #7 – this episode of the HaloCE Community podcast has a Map of the Month feature. 24 minutes, 22 mb. Go listen.(Louis Wu 13:51:59 UTC)

Mister Froggy pointed out Halo, Articulated #11 – I gotta say, I’ve had this exact feeling when replaying old favorites! Good stuff. (Louis Wu 13:44:06 UTC)

Over at MLGPro.com, you’ll find a Player Pro Feature on Karma linked off the front page. Flush, in shape, on top – he’s living his dream. Go watch. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 13:41:05 UTC)