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Over at HaloGrid, imSuck put together ‘The Rescue’, a webcomic that uses screenshots from the Halo Wars trailer and his own very internet brand of humor. lolz.(Louis Wu 12:40:23 UTC)

Lukey25 found a pretty funny comic at Wayneker.com. The art’s nothing to write home about – but the strips are great. (And the one above is Halo-related.)(Louis Wu 12:37:29 UTC)

Narcogen has noticed that a lot of people are reacting in not-so-rational ways to Halo Wars; recently, he’s done his best to dispel some of the worst reasoning. You can find some great arguments about the handling of the Halogen project in this thread (try here, here, and here), and over at Rampancy.net, he’s written…

CNN takes a look at the rise of episodic gaming – and games like Halo 2, with its cliffhanger ending, are credited with opening the door, in a way. Give it a read. Thanks, Obienator.(Louis Wu 12:20:52 UTC)

At GameTrailers.com, you’ll find a pair of new Halo 2 Vista gameplay trailers (in regular and HD), recorded at X06. (Look for the October 3 content.) As with previous H2Vista gameplay vids, it’s clear that folks aren’t used to the controls yet; there’s a lot of standing in one place going on. However, you should…

Unbeknownst to us, Captain Spark’s been busy on his website; he’s reorganized all of his 2005 dialogue submissions to include the new category names (individual marines, etc), and he’s added two new collections (on September 20 and September 29). We’ve added all 37 new snippets to our Dialogue Databank – there are some classics in…

Paul Maestri writes to let us know that Halo Heads 14 is up – it takes a shot at Sony’s latest PS3 move. I’m still chuckling…(Louis Wu 18:29:13 UTC)

Luke McKay sketched up a scene from RvB Episode 78 today… you gotta wonder if Church would make a decent parent.(Louis Wu 18:13:33 UTC)

Elnea mashed up the theme from Doctor Who with the Halo theme… what came out was pretty cool. (She also created some artwork for this – you can find it in her gallery here.) On the off-chance her .Mac site runs out of bandwidth, the mashup is mirrored here. Go listen! (She originally posted this…

Over at Geezer Gamers, there’s a fun interview with Boys in Blue, a Geezer cop from Texas – great questions, entertaining answers. I mean, my goodness, the man was instrumental in instigating an online divorce, for goodness’ sake! Halo brings us all together, doesn’t it? Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 14:40:48 UTC)

New MLG content – there’s an article that looks back on the biggest surprises of the 2006 season, and a new feature – pros pick winners. First up – Elamite Warrior (recently nominated for the Scion Player of the Year competition) calls his playoff picks. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 13:48:42 UTC)

1Up.com is crowing about a huge content blowout Electronic Games Monthly will be bringing you with the December issue (on newsstands November 14, likely in subscribers’ mailboxes a couple of weeks before that) – Halo 3, baby! New screens, video content (well, that will be delivered on the website), new secrets. (No guarantee on that…

Over at Red vs Blue, the first episode of Season Five is now available for the general public. Normally, this doesn’t get a new news post here (we mention the new episode when it goes live for sponsors, and figure those getting it for free are capable of adding 48 hours to the release time…

BBC News takes a look at fan reaction to recent Halo-related announcements; it’s a nice overview of the situation as it stands. (I do have to question their choice of sources, though…) Thanks to hminn for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 13:11:06 UTC)

The fan community wasted no time setting up new outlets for the newest Halo content – Halo Wars Central went live recently, and is now hosting an art contest (though it doesn’t look like there are any prizes at stake here, besides bragging rights). Get involved!(Louis Wu 13:05:28 UTC)

KP sat down with GameJunkieJim, a Bungie.net moderator and the editor of the ‘Bungie Bathroom Reader’, to find out what makes him tick – and what tricks he’s got to bag the classy ladies. Check it out on Bungie.net. (hnc was first on our forum to notice.)(Louis Wu 12:59:14 UTC)

Geoff Chang edited the Halo Wars trailer and set it to music from the movie ‘The Island’. Works pretty well!(Louis Wu 20:02:54 UTC)

Hexus Gaming has a press release about XL, an Xbox/Xbox 360 tourney that will take place at the Birmingham National Exhibition Center in Birmingham, England, on November 25-26. Lots of cash and prizes on the line!(Louis Wu 19:09:05 UTC)

Since last week’s announcement about Halo Wars, our forum has been rife with discussion about what this might mean for fans down the road – the usual cries of ‘sellout!’ and ‘doom, despair’ have been flying for days. Folks are even annoyed by the cheesiness of the final line of the Halo Wars trailer, and…

Dropshock Episode 24 has been released – as usual, it’s lewd and crude. Minimal Halo content these days – but they’ve got a brand-new website, so there you go. 1:14 long, 34 mb. Thanks, Adam Russell.(Louis Wu 16:02:37 UTC)