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Dry Ice pointed out some new Halo 3 images at 1Up.com – four of ’em. (I’m not sure I’d call ’em ‘screens’… they’re cutouts and concept art. But they’re definitely new, and pretty cool!) Credit goes to Umbra, on the Bungie.net forums, apparently – link in Dry Ice’s post.(Louis Wu 16:23:27 UTC)

Took me long enough, but I finally cleared out the long-suffering batch of entries, sorry to all that were patiently waiting for their work to appear. Some folks are still not quite getting the point of the Cynic’s DB, I urge you to reread the main page before you submit your entry. That said, I’d…

Today’s One One Se7en is a demonstration of the maxim, ‘when in doubt, pun badly.'(Louis Wu 14:21:12 UTC)

Davis ‘BlueDingo5’ Beutler sent along three new Midi pieces – the full Halo 3 music, the full Halo Wars theme, and Pursuit of Truth (full, with chords). The archive is a tiny 7K, zipped. He figured out the notes with his keyboard, recorded them, then USB’d them to a freeware midi program for saving. There…

Two slightly different montages from Halo3Forum this morning, thanks to Z. First up is Reid18’s Nubtage, which shows what happens when someone really good goes into Team Training – the Killimanjaros come fast and furious – it’s 133 mb, in WMP9 format. The other one is Yasha’s ‘Almost a Montage’ – it’s clips of what…

Paul Maestri sends word of Halo Heads 26 – another example of why you should pick your friends more carefully than you pick your nose.(Louis Wu 19:59:10 UTC)

The Brian Morden foundation has been featured in the Altoona Mirror. For those of you that weren’t around, here is a summary of Brian’s association with Bungie and Bungie fans. It’s good to see the Angels continue the good fight. Many thanks to Dawn, Brian’s mom, for the update.(Ding 16:52:37 UTC)

bikeman704 remade the trailer for ‘300’ (the film about Sparta based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel) using Halo footage – it’s all stock, but it’s really well put together. (This is a great counterexample for all those people who say that stock footage is yesterday’s news.) The 13.6 mb WMP9 version is being hosted by…

DHalo noticed an Energy Sword available for purchase on eBay – starting bid is $230, and the auction has 5 days to run. This is the same guy who makes needlers with real crystal (we’ve mentioned him before) – he’s also the guy who won a thousand dollars for his Spartan costume last week. Check…

XerxdeeJ stopped by to point out the last week’s content at Tied the Leader – and there’s quite a bit. You’ll find clan profiles of PraetoriaGuard and 2old2play, a 22 Questions interview with Brannon Boren, a rant about Hollywood’s inability to see past the beancounting, an admission of weakness, and a rant about quitters. Man,…

Yesterday, Velez got REALLY lucky and found a copy of the December EGM at a local store (way ahead of when it’s supposed to be sold); he’s being good and not posting scans, but he did a nice job of summarizing some of the new information available. You’re still gonna want to read this on…

kdawg15 wrote to point out an FFA tournament coming up on November 25 on XBox Live, run by XM Rated – you can find more details on their forum. Tell ’em kdawg15 sent you!(Louis Wu 02:58:35 UTC)

Heh – the new EU commercial for the Xbox 360, Cops and Robbers, shows some cars with nicely customized license plates. Gears of War, 1106 (wait, that’s NOW!), and Halo 3, 07 (sounds about right) – fun homage! Nice catch by Wolverine Monkey. (Screengrabs in this post.)(Louis Wu 02:41:50 UTC)

Ever since the term ‘Man Cannon’ was mentioned (as a new feature on the maps played by the journalists who visited Bungie last month), folks have been making snide comments about it. Stuntmutt decided to get ALL of this out of the way by simply hammering the sexual innuendo into the ground. Go read today’s…

Lots of new features will make their first appearance in the Halo series in Halo 3. One of the most anticipated is films – the ability to replay the action from the last game, with camera control. To get a sense for where this particular feature stands, swing by KP’s Red vs Blue Journal -…

The flood of Halo info from EGM has started – you can find blog entries from Dan Hsu, Mark MacDonald, and Luke Smith, chock full of personal observations (and in Dan’s case, pictures), now live on the 1Up website. There’s plenty more coming – we’ll keep you informed! Update: Crispin Boyer’s blog is now updated,…

QsK King submitted a montage compiling the best gameplay from GamingVidz.com to the MPRRS (before the shutdown) – it’s a pretty nice montage! Lots of fun kills, nice coordination with the songs. It’s nearly 8 minutes long, but it covers work from a large number of people. You can grab it in WMP9 format (103…

Interesting – we got mail from Evelynn, at The Cartoon Doll Emporium – they’ve created a dress up doll of Master Chief. Mjolnir armor… and a ballerina tutu? Go see what you can put on this poor guy!(Louis Wu 16:22:38 UTC)

This Spartan Life put together a fun little ‘Halo-Ween’ Travelogue; it’s a celebration of the holiday, more than a serious commentary on things. TSL regular Sgt. Hartsock uploaded a copy of it to YouTube, so you can watch it without using the TSL bandwidth – take a look!(Louis Wu 16:14:34 UTC)

A few days ago, GamingTV.org came online – it’s a new site devoted to hosting machinima, and though it’s not Halo-exclusive, it certainly focuses on Halo. It’s being run by trigger119, who’s been around the Halo machinima community for a few years now – if you haven’t checked it out yet, you should! (Louis Wu…