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Odd. 13 new pieces available in the Fan Fiction section this Friday, October 13. Go read?(Louis Wu 15:50:46 UTC)

Mike ‘Feenix’ Oldman writes to let us know that Issue 45 of the UK’s Xbox World 360 Magazine will contain “an exclusive, one-off episode of the hilarious Halo machinima series, Red Vs. Blue” on its cover DVD. (This issue goes on sale October 18.) You won’t find this episode on the RvB website – it…

IGN has put up an interview with Eric Nylund, focusing on the upcoming Ghosts of Onyx novel. Eric does a great job of keeping secrets secret; he answers questions, but gives away almost nothing. Nevertheless, it’s a fun read, and should whet your appetite nicely! Looks like Leviathan was first.(Louis Wu 14:07:00 UTC)

Another Wednesday has passed, and another Halo Humpday. Who was up? Code of War. How’d they do? Oh, it wasn’t even a contest. Loved the lego head bit, though. Go read.(Louis Wu 23:04:27 UTC)

Darkphibre stopped by our forum to point out updates in his Halo 2 Stats Tracker, now up to version 2.36. Give it a read – and download a copy!(Louis Wu 22:08:11 UTC)

Over at Halo3Forum.com, where the quest to solve Chris the Hippie’s mystery is reaching new heights, Z has posted an older trailer CtH made but never had hosted. It’s definitely all about the editing – gameplay is an afterthought. However… the editing is quite nice. Check it out (and maybe get involved in the puzzle!).(Louis…

Tempus Fugit noticed an entry in IGN editor Doug Perry’s blog, discussing an event that just went on recently in Kirkland – EGM guys, as well as some European journalists, got to play a full day of Halo 3 multiplayer (as well as seeing a short single-player clip). Good stuff!(Louis Wu 21:57:39 UTC)

The Kindlings Muse has a three-part podcast entitled ‘Games as Interactive Storytelling’ – focusing on Halo, and Bungie; Part 1 (posted yesterday) had Marty O’Donnell talking about what got him going (and what keeps him going), Part 2 (posted today) contains an interview of CJ Cowan, director of cinematics (as well as Matthew Koenig of…

whizkid64 pointed out some WhiteNinja Comics Fanart that’s Halo-related.(Louis Wu 19:55:07 UTC)

In a move guaranteed to startle the cynical among you, I’ve managed to keep on top of the Miscellaneous Art queue – here are 30 more entries (more than 40 individual images), clearing it out through today. Sketches, cartoons, scans of everything from pencil drawings to oil paintings, composites… there’s something for everyone in here,…

KP has posted on our forum (and on lots of other forums) that Bungie is looking for questions to answer in this week’s Weekly Update – don’t bother asking about unreleased/unannounced stuff, but if you see this soon after it’s posted, go ahead and toss your question into the hat!(Louis Wu 18:08:19 UTC)

Xerxes, from Halo Orbit (one of the Old Guard – a German Halo website that’s celebrating its 6th birthday today) wrote to point out a few things. They’re running a contest right now – submit artwork and win special ranks on their forums or a place on their team for a Bungie Humpday Challenge. There’s…

Awesome. Norumu stopped by to post some pictures of a Grunt costume he created a year ago for a ‘nerd convention’ (not my words). Cardboard and duct tape for the win!(Louis Wu 14:42:07 UTC)

Wow. Bungie fans are nuts. Omega was scanning over some hi-res promo pics, pixel-by-pixel, it seems, when he ran across a Marathon logo tucked into a corner of the Halo 3 Assault Rifle. On an image that’s almost 2500 pixels tall, the logo takes up a square that’s 18×18 pixels… meaning that on a 720p…

There are a couple of stories out there about the MLG Playoffs – a big one at MLG’s own site (thanks, 3Suns), and a smaller one at Amped eSports. Lot of money on the line!(Louis Wu 10:19:52 UTC)

The Mackies (annual machinima awards) nominations have been posted – and a few Halo projects are up for stuff. CROSSFIRE’s ‘Desolate’ has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Design, and Best Independent Machinima, Red vs Blue are up for Best Voice-Acting Performance, Best Writing, and Best Series, and This Spartan Life is…

It’s Comic Day, apparently. And if you’re going to have Comic Day at HBO, you have to remember One One Se7en, right? Stuntmutt goes back to the motherlode that was X06 for today’s strip.(Louis Wu 18:51:32 UTC)

goatrope noticed that today’s Penny Arcade also has a Halo reference – nice shot at EA.(Louis Wu 12:51:08 UTC)

Pixellated pointed out another couple of Halo-related episodes of F@NBOY$ – we mentioned one two days ago. I suppose it’s not surprising if one of your three main characters is a 360 Fangirl that you’d use the Master Chief a lot…(Louis Wu 12:49:12 UTC)

Slimby noticed a Halo Flash vid that will act as the intro to an upcoming game – looks promising! Check it out.(Louis Wu 12:46:11 UTC)