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In his latest blog entry, Narcogen takes a look at ‘boss battles’, and tries to figure out if any of the existing characters from Halo 2 would make good candidates for a Halo 3 boss battle. Interesting – but maybe the vision is too narrow?(Louis Wu 13:51:44 UTC)

Peter Moore talked to News.com about where Microsoft’s console empire stands, and what’s in store – Halo, as could probably be predicted, plays a pretty big role. Some of his answers may leave you scratching your head.(Louis Wu 12:39:19 UTC)

Over at Bungie.net, the Community Spotlight has been turned on XerxdeeJ, of Tied the Leader. Don’t mind the beads of sweat; that spot is HOT. If you’re not a regular reader of TTL, read this to see what you’re missing. If you ARE, read this to learn a bit more about TTL’s head honcho. (And…

Sigh… I thought I was going to get through today without having to mention that it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day. (Is there also an international Dress Like a Transvestite Day? How about a Snuffle Like an Aardvark Day?) Halo Heads 8 references the ‘holiday’ specifically, so… thanks, Paul Maestri. (Thanks a LOT.)(Louis Wu…

Well, it’s not EMPTY, but the Miscellaneous Art queue has just dropped in size by 30 images. Swing by to see a fun collection of sketches, renders, paintings, collages, and more. There’s some awesome stuff in there this time! (I’m only 2 weeks behind! w00t!)(Louis Wu 17:15:55 UTC)

Mike Rouse, of Machine-Enema, submitted ‘Pie, Chapter 1’ to the MPRRS yesterday. It passed, handily; it’s different from a lot of machinima out there. It has a powerful storyline, and a clever use of mods. The video has a distinctive (and intentional) look to it; it adds nicely to the atmosphere of the film. It’s…

The Video Games Live website has a new press release that contains a list of all the ‘industry luminaries’ that will be present at the VGL Hollywood Bowl show on Thursday night. If you were on the fence about going… check this out.(Louis Wu 14:18:41 UTC)

Dean Takahashi spent some time with Hamilton Chu, who was the producer for both Halo and Halo 2, before leaving to help found a new studio called Giant Bite. (We mentioned them in March.) He talks about the future of the new studio, and a bit about what made Halo and Halo 2 special. Give…

A couple of weeks ago, CVG interviewed Matt Hullum of Rooster Teeth about Red vs Blue – 3Suns just found it today. Go read!(Louis Wu 04:14:38 UTC)

Jack Gamber stopped by to let us know that he’d interviewed Kevin Paul, Bungie’s newest Content Munkie, over at Game-Spectrum.com. Learn a little more about the man who would as soon stab you in the face as tell you about Halo 3!(Louis Wu 01:05:47 UTC)

MLGPro.com has a closeup on Karma, and his mastery of Warlock in a 1v1 situation. Fun read! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 01:02:19 UTC)

Over on Bungie.net, there’s an interview with Tommy Tallarico, in preparation for Thursday night’s Video Games Live concert at the Hollywood Bowl. Sounds like it’s gonna rock! (Louis Wu 00:58:38 UTC)

Heh – Games.net has a ‘Winners & Losers’ column in which they praise (or take to task) gaming articles around the net; they hammer GameDaily for an article entitled ‘Five Reasons Why Halo 3 Might Suck’. I gotta say – I’m behind ’em on this one.(Louis Wu 00:55:55 UTC)

Paul Maestri writes to say Halo Heads 7 is now posted… for the second time in a day, I’m speechless. You decide.(Louis Wu 20:34:27 UTC)

Brad from soundspoof points out that his site (which collects conversations with XBL loudmouths, especially as they talk to recorded snippets of Dr. Phil and Mr. Rogers) now has 174 recordings – this one went up today. Go explore!(Louis Wu 19:01:19 UTC)

Words fail me. Slashdot points to an interview at Aeropause that… never mind, go read it. Words fail me.(Louis Wu 17:51:57 UTC)

Last week, Peter Jackson talked to Ain’t it Cool News about the Halo movie. Today, Stuntmutt gives his unique spin to the conversation; go read One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 13:31:15 UTC)

Luke McKay posted another fun sketch to his RvB profile last week – I forgot to add it to his gallery here. Consider the oversight rectified.(Louis Wu 12:55:02 UTC)

Sigafoos points out that WikiRiot Episode 16 is now online. Sappy love poems, Master Chief vs Predator, and more. 26 minutes, under 11 mb. Go listen!(Louis Wu 12:49:10 UTC)

Last week, we posted a note about Species, a series from the MjR37 Team – and we hosted a pair of versions of the first episode. Over the weekend, they released a hi-res version of this episode – so we’re hosting that, too. It’s not only re-rendered as 720×480 – they’ve also tweaked it for…