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MLG’s got a wrapup of the Round one competition in their Division One Online Tournament. Go see who’s on top! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 14:10:56 UTC)

When the Legendary Edition of Halo 3 was first announced, someone in our forum asked if the helmet would be wearable. KP answered “yes, if your head is very small… and rectangular.” Paul Maestri came up with another possibility, in today’s Halo Heads.(Louis Wu 19:49:06 UTC)

More local art – Luke McKay whipped up another RvB comic, this one looking at the end of the most recent episode. Some minor artistic liberties taken.(Louis Wu 19:04:49 UTC)

In the last few days, Pinkuh has whipped up a pair of new images; the first is a tattoo design for Frag Qu33n, the second is a self-portrait… as a furry, in Mjolnir armor. (Well, sort of.) Safe for work… mostly.(Louis Wu 17:05:36 UTC)

LANwhore Mintz attended his second major LAN in two weeks recently – you can find the writeup of this original Halo experience at the Hushed Casket. (Congrats to Frankie, who ALSO made it to his second community LAN in two weeks – the man’s racking up frequent flyer miles like they’re Halo 3 medals.)(Louis Wu…

Mister Froggy pointed out that Halo, Articulated Episode 3, ‘Don’t Talk to Strangers’, is now up for viewing. Explains a few things about the Covenant heirarchy…(Louis Wu 14:51:04 UTC)

IGN has a story about a DirecTV/IGN partnership to bring you the Championship Gaming Series, an international gaming league. Looks like videogames on TV is an idea whose time has come… thanks, Neloms.(Louis Wu 14:45:51 UTC)

Over at Bungie.net, the third question in the Halo 2 Vista FAQ pretty much puts the kibosh on the idea that H2Vista players will be able to play cross-platform with Halo 2 Xbox players. So when Robbie Bach came out during the CES Keynote this week and mentioned that Halo 2 would be cross-platform, Halo…

The World Series of Video Gaming is hosting an exhibition All-Star game at CES this week; MoB will face FBI (yes, the teams were picked for the real-life juxtapositions of their names). Read the details at Amped eSports.(Louis Wu 13:50:10 UTC)

MLGPro.com has a retrospective on 2006 (or at least the first part of one); walk through the season with them. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 13:45:33 UTC)

Thanks to Conor Mahoney, who sent us the latest Halomega update; you’ll find montages here, here, and here, along with info about a 4v4 league, a video of the week competition, and more – check their news section for details.(Louis Wu 23:25:51 UTC)

Paul Maestri tosses in his two cents about the Halo 3 beta program in the latest Halo Heads comic. The man has a sharp wit.(Louis Wu 23:18:09 UTC)

Wow. Is it 2007 already? If you’re just waking up from a dream about gods bowling, and you’re wondering what happened in the Halo universe since 2005… check out the new top story at Bungie.net. KP’s laid down all the important happenings for 2006. Well, except for all my eBay purchases – where are those,…

Stuntmutt got a 360 for Christmas. And he’s happy. But there are still some issues… check today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 17:02:48 UTC)

In an official press release from Microsoft at CES, there’s a comment about Halo 2 Vista, and its Live capabilities:”Halo® 2″ for Windows Vista (Microsoft Game Studios/Bungie Studios) will also support Live, including enabling Windows gamers to communicate with Xbox Live gamers and earn Achievements in the famed “Halo 2” campaign – a first for…

Zukan pointed out The CovieCast, a podcast (of sorts) – a radio program done by Axel, inspired, it seems, by Tom Leykis (I’d hoped I’d heard the last of him when I left the West Coast). in it, modders and non-modders debate the subject of modding in Halo. I can’t tell if this is supposed…

RVideo is back, with four new panoramas from Halo 2’s campaign. Gorgeous work! I’m lovin’ Activated, especially. He’s made these available in png format – they’re huge. I’ve added local jpeg mirrors – much smaller. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 14:02:53 UTC)

Zukan pointed out that Halo Zero, a fanmade PC Halo sidescroller, is being ported to the PSP; there are a few screenshots linked in his post. More platforms = more better!(Louis Wu 13:41:36 UTC)

Back in December, when the Halo 3 ad premiered on Monday Night Football in all its CG glory, some fans worried that the general public was going to think that this ad showed Halo 3 as it looked, in-game, and be disappointed when they finally saw the actual product. (I was one that didn’t worry…

HaloPlayer stopped by yesterday to point out Lost: Halostyle Episode 12 – “The Plunge: Part 1”. Treading a fine line between comedy and drama, this series continues to please – solid story, solid humor, solid characters. Solid action in this ep, as well – great ideas! Definitely worth the download. (I’d suggest using our local…