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BlueStrike2 sends word that Mute Radio Episode 5 is now available for download. 12.5 minutes, 12 mb – MLG NY, MLG on TV, MLG Las Vegas, and life in general… go listen!(Louis Wu 20:07:03 UTC)

Eep, forgot the update. The 2006 Guilt O’ Lantern contest closed for entries last night – things are sort of busy right now, but in the next few days, the entries will go up for public voting. Thanks to all who entered!(Louis Wu 19:56:42 UTC)

Over at 1Up.com, Luke Smith has written up a clarifying article; the scans floating around from Sweden’s LEVEL magazine, and more recently from FAMITSU magazine, generated a lot of speculation around the net. This article clears up the worst of the misunderstandings, and makes some cool things clearer. (For folks confused about the ‘Frostbite’ level…

One of the new tweaks that Halo 3 will sport, according to the magazine info floating around the net, is that your secondary weapon will be carried on your back, making it possible for other players to know what that weapon is. Most people have been pretty positive in their response to this feature -…

Luke McKay created a fun Haloween-related doodle yesterday – we’ve added it to his Gallery here. Me, I’d take the trade.(Louis Wu 15:55:52 UTC)

Last week, we mentioned that Bungie.net was going to start highlighting community artwork. Last night, the first batch was posted – and I must say, there’s some killer stuff in there! Here’s hoping some of those people choose to submit their work to our Art sections, as well! Lots of folks noticed this – Sep7imus…

Heh – A tech writer at Microsoft took some photos in her building’s lobby yesterday. Poor Chief! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 15:13:10 UTC)

MLGPro has an interview with Carbon posted – they go over the games in the NY finals, and the upcoming Las Vegas matchups, in a lot of detail. Unless you keep up on pro doings, the language might be hard to follow. It was really nice to see thoughtful analyses of performance, without a lot…

PEZ writes to say that halowiki.net has been experiencing server-related problems, and is switching hosts; accessibility for the next few days will be spotty. Please be patient! (They’ll be keeping people up to date with developments on the WikiRiot website.)(Louis Wu 14:36:39 UTC)

Tex points out a song that seems to clearly reference Halo – it’s called The Guillotine, by Escape the Fate. Never heard it… but now you know!(Louis Wu 14:34:24 UTC)

Quite a number of people let us know that Gamestop and EB Games are taking pre-orders for Halo 3 (all three versions of it) starting today. The earliest mention came in this forum thread, started by Max Power – there are details, as well as an audio recording of the message Gamestop has been leaving…

Over at MLGPro.com, MLG Vidcast Episode 4 has been posted; a talk with FBI GamerGraffix, highlights from the championship series. Go watch! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 21:35:47 UTC)

Over at Subnova, Funkmon wrote up a review of Ghosts of Onyx – he wasn’t horribly impressed. Do NOT read this review if you haven’t finished the book yet – it’s chock-full of story spoilers. Personally, I disagree with a lot of what he says – but he backs up his arguments with examples, for…

Paul Maestri points out that Halo Heads 24 is up. He gently shows us that some games don’t translate from one medium to another…(Louis Wu 17:52:51 UTC)

You know… I’ve actually been waiting for the pun used in today’s Holiday One One Se7en for several years… I’m glad it was finally garlic-pressed into service.(Louis Wu 17:02:00 UTC)

Captain Spark released another couple of dozen snippets today – some were upgrades on existing clips, but the new ones are all now browsable in our Dialogue Databank. (You can, of course, grab them from his website, as well.)(Louis Wu 16:57:12 UTC)

Heh – there’s an editorial at Cinema Blend today about how Halo (the movie) could make a billion dollars. Okay, that’s probably a stretch. The gist, however, is solid – there are a LOT of gamers, they WANT to see a good movie, whoever nails it first is gonna make a mint. And Halo has…

Wow. Looks like the Halo movie is on hold at this point. A press release (quoted by both Ain’t It Cool News and the Halo The Movie blog, though not, apparently, available on the web anywhere) from Peter Jackson and Wingnut Interactive states that they’ve agreed to “postpone making a feature film based on the…

Over on Bungie.net, there’s a fun little story packed with statistics – as of today, just shy of 2 years since launch, Xbox Live passed the four billion games played mark. Wowwowwow! More numbers for your digestion in the article.(Louis Wu 02:04:32 UTC)

Demag0gue stopped by to say he’s started a new Halo movie review blog, entitled Penitent Tangential. Very cool idea – check it out!(Louis Wu 22:52:01 UTC)