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A few days ago, vlad3163 put up a note on our forum that I forgot to mention; the October issue of Electronic Games Monthly contains a feature they call ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Gamers’ – and 3 of the 5 collectible cards they have are Halo-related! Congrats to ‘The Damsel’ aka Amber Dalton aka Athena…

Over at High Impact Halo, Ducain posted a notice about a new Halo 2 Easter Egg Database; it’s a work in progress, and right now contains (mixed in among the real easter eggs) a bunch of stuff that probably shouldn’t be considered ‘eggs’, per se… but it’s a fantastic start, and it’ll be polished up…

Jordan117 half-jokingly asked Bungie to acknowledge this… they might, or they might not, but it’s a pretty interesting read, so I’m putting it here, because I think more people should see it. He’s got some interesting theories about Earth-related backstory – stuff that hasn’t actually been discussed, but which (if you check out his meticulously…

Bungie’s version of the Halo Humpday Challenge is now up – and surprisingly, it matches that of the Video Game Refugees pretty closely. (I think I just saw Miss Piggy float past my window.) Good postmortem, overall – if the rest of the Bungie guys actually READ this, they might learn enough strategy to beat…

Bungie extends its losing streak in the Halo Humpday Challenges to three – this week, it played the Video Gaming Refugees, another bunch of old guys. Once again, old and crafty proves better than young and fast. Or young and confused. Whatever. VGR swept, 3-0 (plus the warmup game). Nice writeup, overall, from Yaters. The…

Paul Maestri let us know that Halo Heads 6 has been posted… it looks at online modding. And I must say… that’s a mod I’d actually LIKE to see!(Louis Wu 12:43:19 UTC)

Over at Ain’t it Cool News, Quint has scored an interview with Peter Jackson – and today’s installment focuses on Halo. Jackson is excited about Blomkamp, Jackson is excited about the script, Jackson is excited about the effects that are under construction. He’s pretty garrulous about it all… it’s a great read! Thanks to Mike…

Mintz writes to point out that Halo: Portable is back on the update kick – new stuff includes imSuck’s HMV Hell, the (late) fourth podcast, xbryboyremix’s “Corrupt” vid, and Walshy’s Montage. What are you waiting for? Go fill your iPod/PSP/whatever.(Louis Wu 12:05:41 UTC)

A long time ago, Mike Miller released a movie showing a shot-free clearing of the top of the gravity lift in Truth & Reconciliation, on Legendary. I was suitably impressed… but remember, it’s just one room. Took him 4 minutes. Self Induced has now completed a no-shot run… on the entire level of Halo. No…

Over at Bungie.net, there’s a new article discussing breaking into the industry at large, and Bungie Studios in specific. (‘Breaking in’ as in ‘getting a job’, not as in ‘stealing all their cool HD monitors’.) There was a lot of stuff about education and experience and such, but what I got out of this was…

GAH! I HATE it when I forget to post the day’s One One Se7en. No, it has nothing to do with wanting to bury these puns… really. No, really.(Louis Wu 00:58:44 UTC)

Looks like Joe Staten will be participating as a panelist at the Austin Film Festival in mid-October – if you’re in the area, and have a few hundred bucks ($200 for students, $400 for a regular conference badge, $600 for producers), sign up now! Thanks, Finn.(Louis Wu 23:06:54 UTC)

Laird, of Sponsors vs Freeloaders, has spent a significant amount of time recently putting together Halo Unyielding, Part 1 – it does what very little other Halo machinima has done to date; it focuses on a space battle. Using HaloCE, and some great external effects, this one is full of exploding ships and starfield-filled carnage.…

Jordan117 discovered that the loudspeaker announcements on the multiplayer map Terminal range from the mundane, to the Easter-eggish. I think anyone who’s played the map knows that there are a variety of announcements… but nobody (that I know of) has gone to the trouble of transcribing them before. He didn’t have any way to record…

Over at MLGPro.com, there’s an interview with Final Boss. They took a solid look at their loss to Carbon at MLG Orlando – I found the tone of their analysis to be an interesting counterpoint to the attitude Carbon took when they looked at the situation. It’s pretty clear why these guys have dominated so…

Eastbeast314 noticed that Dave Weller, a Game Developer Community Manager, was providing media from a whole lot of talks at last month’s Gamefest 2006 – one of those talks was part of the Graphics Track, and was called ‘HDR The Bungie Way’. It was given by Chris Tchou, who works for Bungie doing graphics for…

Over on Bungie.net, there’s a new Community Spotlight – KP sat down with Recon #54, known to most Bungie.net forumgoers (because he’s a moderator there) and to some HBO forumgoers (because he delurks here sometimes). Go read the story of someone who’s been part of the Bungie community since there’s BEEN a Bungie community (and…

Crossfade, from QsKGlobal.Com, put together ‘Colors’, a vid that tells the story of a lone soldier who must leave his family and friends to go to war. The MPRRS liked the cinematic effects, and the editing in general. Check it out! 32 mb for the WMP9 version, 31.3 mb for the QuickTime version.(Louis Wu 19:29:11…

xbryboyremix submitted ‘Showdown’ to the MPRRS – it’s a samurai movie. A lone samurai that confronts the enemy in a showdown for honor. Nice atmosphere, great camera angles, short, stays on point. Fun film! Grab it in WMP9 format (15.2 mb) or QuickTime format (15.4 mb).(Louis Wu 15:53:14 UTC)

Foo Mo Jive points out that Podtacular Episode 80 is out (yeah, we were late on 79, but hey, it’s nice to catch up) – it’s a tip show, focusing on Lockout, and there’s an interview with the creators of the Codex machinima series. A bit over an hour, 57 mb. Get to downloading!(Louis Wu…