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_Wheels03 pointed out a tattoo he designed for his friend – pretty hardcore!(Louis Wu 10:49:20 UTC)

Bungie’s released a new Wallpaper incorporating their brand-spankin’-new Halo 3 logo (okay, so it’s not EXACTLY new, but the finalized version is) – it’s available in four resolutions, so go and grab the one that fits your monitor best! KP broke the news first (surprise, surprise).(Louis Wu 10:17:34 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update has been posted – it’s a doozy. A full-length podcast is available (50 mb, 55 minutes); amazing music and dialogue (well, the dialogue’s cool, the music is… go listen). On top of that, there’s a bizarre ‘making the logo’ bit (with lots and lots and lots of pictures), and something called…

Occasionally, Stuntmutt writes a One One Se7en a few days before it goes live, and then finds that the ideal setup for his punchline is unwittingly posted by a fan; usually, when this happens, it’s too late to rearrange strips to match. My apologies this time around; there was a 50-50 chance this strip would…

Paul Maestri sends word that Halo Heads 10 is up. I think maybe he better not draw any more rodents…(Louis Wu 18:21:40 UTC)

Eighteen new pieces added to the Fan Fiction section this morning – some doozies. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 13:21:34 UTC)

Not strictly Halo-related – but it affects a lot of Halo fans, so it’s going up. Dolbex posted a note on our forum, pointing back to his blog, which in turn points to an article at IGN; all of this is about a new policy whereby Microsoft will fix any broken Xbox 360 consoles purchased…

Boost Mobile has an interview with Tsquared – he reminisces about the tourneys that got him going in the Halo Pro scene, he discusses the pro circuit, and he tells a fun story about a cop with a Halo-playing son. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 12:09:48 UTC)

Wow. Ferrago has a story about online gaming, and mostly, it’s just a screed about how crappy Halo 2 multiplayer is, how many problems it has, and how silly Bungie is for not having figured out how to fix those problems yet. (They also blame some of the problems on the “lack of an established…

Over at Tied the Leader, there are a couple of new articles – there’s a writeup of their Third Annual LAN Party (a shindig involving players from all over the US), and a 22 Questions interview with KP (who knew the guy was also Shishka?). Give ’em a read! Thanks, Dweezle.(Louis Wu 11:38:51 UTC)

Embarrassed that Stuntmutt guessed their Humpday Challenge strategy, the entire Bungie team (except for KP) hid this week when it came time to meet their opponents… so the Challenge never took place. However, KP gets paid by the word (I think he’s up to three cheerios per at this point), so in order to earn…

Rookie Rabbit Productions sent along ‘The Spartan Effect: Episode 1’ for review; they said they didn’t need hosting, so we posted a note about this earlier today… but apparently, even just the HTML hits were killing them, so we pulled the post. I’ve gotten local versions posted, however, so I’m putting this back. It’s the…

Landon ‘LaP’ Pratte submitted a somewhat different movie to the MPRRS – it’s called ‘Return to Innocence’, and it’s set to Enigma’s eponymous song. He used Halo CE to create this film (and did all the acting/filming himself); many of the shots had to be created with camera scripts and AI enemy scripts. There are…

RipHamilton32 submitted ‘The Denial Twist’ to the MPRRS – guy tries for girl, blows it, but gets it right the second time. SERIOUS compression – this two and a half minute, full-size movie weighs in at a paltry 7 mb. Grab it in WMP9 format or QuickTime format.(Louis Wu 12:58:14 UTC)

Ace Heart dug up some pretty cool pictures of Fort Jesus, in Mombasa – they might remind you of something.(Louis Wu 12:55:04 UTC)

Not specifically Halo-related, but our Fan Fiction community is reasonably large, so… Looks like this weekend’s Wall Street Journal had an article about the rise of fan fiction in popular media – and how Fanfic writers were even, in some cases, getting publishing deals. The article itself is only available to paying subscribers online -…

_Wheels03 got his Xbox 360 set up with his (relatively) new Halo faceplate – looks spiffy!(Louis Wu 17:27:19 UTC)

Halo Heads 9 was posted today – now THAT looks like a fun game!(Louis Wu 17:22:27 UTC)

It’s Wednesday, so Bungie will likely be playing a Halo Humpday Challenge against some unsuspecting group tonight. Stuntmutt offers some suggestions on how the selection process works in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 15:33:15 UTC)

Justin Durban sent us word of a ‘Nostalgia Trailer’ edited by HolmesG. – which uses Justin’s music as the soundtrack. It’s a nice piece of work, and quite short – so we’re hosting copies here (WMP9 | QuickTime) – 7 mb each. Give it a watching!(Louis Wu 15:14:44 UTC)