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Last summer, Bungie’s Damián Isla gave a talk at the Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Entertainment Conference entitled “Dude, where’s my Warthog? – From Pathfinding to General Spatial Competence’. We don’t have audio of the talk – but the slides were pretty fascinating in their own right. If you’re interested in the techniques Bungie uses to…

Matt6908 sent us a music video for Pillar’s ‘Frontline’ – the MPRRS liked it, for the most part. Some fantastic action shots, and cinematic eye candy. Check it out! Available in both WMP9 format (37.1 mb) and QuickTime format (41.9 mb).(Louis Wu 11:02:39 UTC)

A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned a Halo sighting in the current issue of Wired Magazine – for those who don’t actually READ Wired (you should, it’s chock-full of good stuff every month), you can see this online at Wired’s site. Thanks to ChrisVioxxx for reminding me of this (which made me go check…

PlasmaFire pointed out an episode of the webcomic ‘This Side Up’ that takes a subtle (okay, not so subtle) jab at Halo 2 recently. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 10:41:21 UTC)

Over the past month or so, a whole bunch of people known mostly for their presence in the Halo fan community have gotten jobs at Bungie Studios. For a lot of people, going to work for Bungie is a down-the-road goal, but the number of people hired from the fanbase has been meager for a…

Over at Halo3Forum.com, there’s a thread started by someone working at a military base in Kuwait – he’s looking for donations of used controllers and copies of Halo 2 (the conditions there are such that controllers don’t last long). Swing by and read the details – and help out if you can! Thanks, QuickTactical.(Louis Wu…

For those of you who like tribbles, we’ve put a higher-res version of Pinkuh’s Mister Chief pizzaboy in her gallery here. If your brain was warped by the medium-sized version you saw last night… don’t look at this.(Louis Wu 19:17:18 UTC)

LoneRanger 2.5 stopped by to announce a new contest over at UNSCDF – it’s a fan fiction contest, and the top few winners will win autographed copies of Eric Nylund’s Ghosts of Onyx (and Eric has also agreed to help judge the contest). Full details can be found in the forum thread, and at the…

SpartanHunter69 submitted a trailer for his upcoming Virus of Live 2 vid – the MPRRS said ‘yea’, so here you go. It’s quite small – a minute and a half, under 7 mb in either WMP9 or QuickTime formats – watch it and gear up for the actual story!(Louis Wu 18:58:31 UTC)

Narcogen has grabbed hold of the Joe Staten interview published yesterday, wrapped it around some strawberries, sprinkled it with powdered sugar, and taken a few huge bites. Check out his analysis of the context behind the content over at Rampancy.net.(Louis Wu 14:43:21 UTC)

Nafru submitted the second episode of Maestro Cyborg to the MPRRS for review – it passed. Maestro Cyborg is a live-action series, in which a government experimental prototype (in Nightmare Armor) is tasked with the capture of the enemy flag. They don’t need hosting, as this episode, and others, are available (in both WMP9 and…

3Suns ran across a whole bunch of MLG content over at BoostMobileGaming.com – interviews, recaps, the works. The site is really heavy on Flash content, so if you’re on a slower machine, beware. You can read an interview with Walshy, an article containing Tips from Pros, three writeups of MLG Chicago (here, here, here) more…

The final chapter of Out of Mind, Rooster Teeth’s sideline into the world of Tex, has been posted for sponsors on their website. Yeah, I know they’re the big boys of Halo machinima… but man, the production values are astoundingly high on this one. If you’re a sponsor, go grab a copy. If you’re not,…

The Bungie weekly Update has been posted – and it’s full of quite a bit of varied stuff. There’s some interesting discussion (without details, of course) about Halo 3 progress, including some of the thinking behind objective-based multiplayer. (Yeah, if you’re one of those people who think Slayer is all there should ever BE to…

More online tournaments advertised over at Bungie.net – go read for all the details!(Louis Wu 18:53:56 UTC)

Sometimes, puns are so bad even Stuntmutt tries to distance himself from them. Witness today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 16:34:07 UTC)

HoBoCoRe and Razorlyte got together to put together a montage – the MPRRS reviewers thought it was solid. Just under 6 minutes long – 65.2 mb in WMP9 format, 73.3 mb in QuickTime format. Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:03:24 UTC)

Twenty two new pieces (poetry and prose) in the Fan Fiction section for you today… check it out!(Louis Wu 15:36:44 UTC)

On our own forum, Darkneshasfallen has started a contest, as well – create the best ‘Halo 3 is like’ simile, win a drawing of your masterpiece. Check it out!(Louis Wu 15:12:47 UTC)

Phil, from ModHalo, stopped by to point out a contest – build the best Halo model, win $175. Full rules and discussion links are in his forum post. You’ve got until October 1 to create your masterpiece – so get modeling!(Louis Wu 15:07:38 UTC)