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xbryboyremix remastered his highly-regarded video ‘Corrupt’ – enhanced video, remastered digital audio, realistic visual effects… the MPRRS liked the changes, so we’re swapping the old links for new ones. It’s roughly the same size as it used to be – 78 mb for the WMP9 version, 83.5 mb for the QuickTime version; you can grab…

More MLG Pro Picks – this time it’s Ghandi. I think I’m gonna have to say that’s the last one we’re gonna point out – this could go on for a long, long time. If you’re interested in how the Halo pros view the upcoming playoffs… I’d say you should visit MLG more often. Thanks,…

Adam Chapman noticed a Flash Halo game at Games121 – it’s pretty basic, but hey! Give it a try. I found I could kill about 50 baddies before losing my 100 health points – this goes with my 1:2 kill-to-death ratio on Xbox Live pretty nicely. So you folks with 5:1 K:D ratios should put…

2old2play took a look at the evolution of the First Person Shooter – it’s called ‘Wolfenstein: There and Back Again’, and it traces our love with this genre from its birth in 1992 through the present. Halo, not surprisingly, makes an appearance. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 13:26:18 UTC)

Ouch. Latest news about Gears of War (Joystiq and Xboxic) is that you will not be able to play ranked games with your friends; the TrueSkill ranking system requires that you go into a game paired up with people with roughly the same ability as you have – randomized. You can play with a party…

Pixellated noticed that over at Press Start To Play, there’s a piece of promotional art for Otokon that features a Spartan and an Elite (check the October 6 news post).(Louis Wu 12:55:44 UTC)

Red vs Blue Episode 79 has been posted for sponsors (which means, of course, that it’ll be two days before it’s available for everybody else) – almost 5 minutes of great lines from Sarge and the gang. I like Shiela when she’s crazy. Looks like Psychophan7 was first. (Oh, yeah, and speaking of Sarge… there…

A month ago, we posted Pie, Chapter 1, from Machine Enema. Today, Pie Chapter 2 passed the MPRRS, and narrowly missed placing in the Top 10 scores since the MPRRS opened. It’s really, really well done. Heavy on the effects – but that’s part of the ambience. Fantastic story, fantastic voice acting, fantastic cinematography. It’s…

Stuntmutt continues his riffs on Halo Wars in today’s One One Se7en. (Louis Wu 15:09:53 UTC)

Whoa, bizarre. Gamasutra has this week’s sales records through yesterday in their Saling the World column… and Halo shows up a few times (which doesn’t really surprise me), including at the number one spot in Japan – with the original Halo (THAT surprises me). Again: the number one-selling Xbox game in Japan this week… is…

Evan Ryan, of Krad Productions, let us know that Terminal Dogs, Part: 1 is now up at both Machinima.com (hi-res) and YouTube (low-res); as you might guess from the title, it’s a Halo take on Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs (RD’s dialogue, Krad’s video). I love that film… time to go rent it again, I think.…

Back in March, there were reports of a couple of different Halo mods for Myth II – this one, at PlayMyth.net (thanks, Chris Arthur) which also led me eventually to this one, at Project Magma; it’s unclear whether either of these went anywhere after March, or whether any actual files were released… but the screens…

PhaLanX submitted his 8th montage (composited by EphruM) to the MPRRS; for the most part, they loved it. He doesn’t actually need hosting; the WMP9 is being hosted by HaloBoards… but since it made it through our system, we’re making a QuickTime version (91 mb) available for those who need it. Great gameplay, really nice…

Heh – very cool, and almost TOTALLY off-topic. Zugy found a video showing live-action Space Invaders; this is one of those things that shows up in your email inbox and (usually) puts a smile on your face. I get to post it because they decided to use the shield recharging sound effect at the end…

23 new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week. Sounds like a lot – but a number of submitters released 2 or 3 chapters at a time this week. Anyway, lots to read. Get started.(Louis Wu 10:14:08 UTC)

Still more pro picks at MLG – Cpt. Anarchy predicts his top 8 teams (with some nice reasoning). Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 10:05:19 UTC)

Heh – cool; ‘spu7n1k’, in Singapore, drew a nice Master Chief in chalk outside his door – just watch that dog! Thanks, Ryan -117.(Louis Wu 10:03:19 UTC)

Gamasutra has posted a Q&A with Andy Babb, the Senior VP of Marketing for In-Fusio, the Mobile Portal people. There are some clarifications on cost (the portal is technically free, but you have to buy at least one credit in order to access it; you then USE that credit to buy content), and more info…

Bungie has posted the second Halo 2 Vista Developer Diary – Matt Priestly, H2Vista’s producer, discusses the state of development in areas like performance, UI, and the keyboard-vs-controller debate. Their preferred screen resolution is 1920×1200… and they have it running at 60fps. Nice! (I wonder what sort of stats your PC has to have to…

Wow. Paul Maestri ate a few too many mushrooms, and came up with Halo Heads 15. My brain hurts.(Louis Wu 20:24:42 UTC)