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Deekor sent word of a teaser for the upcoming Halo Outkatz series (stop by their website for more info). Mythica’s got a QuickTime link, and there’s a YouTube version. It’s very short – but it made me laugh. Give it a look!(Louis Wu 15:21:30 UTC)

The big news today is going to be the Brutes documentary released on Xbox Live Marketplace earlier this morning, and we’ll certainly get to that – but there’s a bunch of other Halo goodness that yearns to be free, as well. First up – trigger119 is hosting, over at GamingTV.org, a new vid from SodaGod,…

Bungie has posted information (TASTY information) about the new video documentary to be released soon – where ‘soon’ means ‘tonight at 2 am PST’. If you don’t have an Xbox 360 and access to Xbox Live Marketplace, don’t fret – there will be options, in the not-too-distant future, we promise. What will you see here?…

Dennis Powers sent word of ‘The Gift’, a Christmas story from your friends at the Halo CE Chronicles. Available in a number of formats – very pretty stuff. (Louis Wu 17:47:01 UTC)

Drakkari pointed out an interview with Certain Affinity’s Max Hoberman, who made a comment that might or might not have repercussions for yearning Halo gamers:I would hope that more games are headed in the direction that we’ve tried to blaze with Halo 2. I’ve seen the start of a trend in this direction, and I’ve…

XBWFeenix lets us know that the current EDGE magazine has got a new ‘Inside Bungie’ article, with (of course) a partial focus on Halo.(Louis Wu 15:59:02 UTC)

Tons of new content over at Tied the Leader this week – there’s a Halo 3 Top Ten list, a 22 Questions Interview with Gaming Horizon’s Shiva Stella (funny lady), a call for patience, a clan profile of Golden Alliance, and a reader’s poll, asking about the admirability of pro gamers. XerxdeeJ stopped by, as…

Very cool story over at 2old2play; it’s not Halo-related, but stories of hope from the gaming community should always be celebrated. Merry Christmas, JollyRoger (and Megan)! Thanks to Rick Casey for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 15:40:58 UTC)

MLG has posted a story (thanks, 3Suns) with some feedback from the gamers who recently scored quarter-million-dollar contracts… as you might expect, they’re a pleased bunch. This article, however, in the Californian (local paper for Karma’s hometown) suggests that Karma might be looking for more of a challenge. Of course, with this new contract, and…

trigger119 wrote to point out a teaser vid, from SodaGod – it’s a project called Machines of War, and the teaser is fantastic. (SodaGod is turning into one of my favorite machinimists – if that’s a word.) Check this out at GamingTV.org – the WMP9 version is 18.5 mb, the QT-compatible .mp4 is 7.3 mb.…

Over at Bungie.net is a writeup of Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play charity auction and dinner – and Bungie’s part in it. (The Halo 3-related prizes were to die for… and the money they raised… well, go read.) RvB – you guys rock. Thanks to jman571 for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 02:43:53 UTC)

PEZ writes to point out that the Issue of the Week this week at halowiki.net is the Banshee. If you know stuff about it – go see if it’s already there. If it’s not… add it!(Louis Wu 22:08:45 UTC)

Paul Maestri has a bone to pick with EA – check it out in the latest Halo Heads. (Me, personally – I know where my first 300 points would go…)(Louis Wu 20:12:15 UTC)

Looks like MLG is expanding the number of pro gaming contracts it’s offering; 6 months ago, they laid out $1.25 million for 5 players, and today there’s another $1.75 million up for 7 more players – the full teams of Final Boss, Carbon, and Str8 Rippin are now fully covered by MLG contracts. Thanks (again)…

JeBr0nie found a tournament in Fremont, California, coming up this Thursday at the Irvington High School. If you’re in the area, you might want to check this out!(Louis Wu 19:38:02 UTC)

Stuntmutt finishes up (for now) his analysis of the Halo 3 ad in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 15:12:00 UTC)

RVideo swapped out some other biped models, again demonstrating that the lip-synching is stored with the dialogue, and not strictly with the character model. (There’s a more complete description in this post.) As RVideo says – it’s not really hard to do this, but the results are pretty cool!(Louis Wu 14:34:57 UTC)

GothicSlayer stopped by to show off the beginnigs of his Halo tattoo – I gotta say, that’s dedication! It’s just an outline right now (even so, it’s pretty impressive), but as he gets the time/money for more details, he’ll post updates. (I would suggest that he NOT try Stuntmutt’s 4th pickup line suggestion.(Louis Wu 14:15:18…

CiphA sent in his regular weekly update from Halomega – lots of videos for you this time around. Montages: nAhtA/Epilogue, NNastYY/ConoR. Dualtage: BigMike/BloodyPingu. Gameplay: SmallParrot vs Brohan 1v1 Lockout, Qwikstrik3 vs Sly Fox 1v1. They’ve also got a Signature contest running.(Louis Wu 13:18:00 UTC)

Over at the Edgeworks Entertainment website, you’ll find a new wallpaper for download, created by Major.Dump for the upcoming Heretic video series. It’s called ‘The Spartans’, and it’s a pretty nice render!(Louis Wu 13:10:33 UTC)