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mnemesis posted a note on our forum about a special treat we’ve got for you – a new interview with Joe Staten (with help from Frankie and Robt McLees), focusing on those aspects of the Haloverse that are important to story lovers. Some great stuff in there! (Some pretty weird stuff, too… those guys are…

Pete Williamson ran across an interesting article on Stuff (in New Zealand) – Peter Jackson was in a talkative mood. The article is about a new Jackson-produced film called ‘Dambusters’, but Halo came up:Jackson said Halo was likely to start shooting early next year – and it was possible Halo and Dambusters could be shot…

The Halo Humpday Challenge this week was against the 8-bit Brigade; apparently, Bungie thought if they challenged a bunch of old guys, they could win easily. Ha. Old guys rule. (Old guys work together – that’s what you should learn from the writeup.) It was a sweep – 3 games to none, 8-Bit Brigade. Better…

Finnish Spartan sent along a bunch of pictures of some cardboard armor he’s putting together – check it out!(Louis Wu 14:28:58 UTC)

The second episode of Halo Heads went online today – two in two days! Chuck Norris… isn’t as tough as he looks? Thanks, Paul.(Louis Wu 12:40:46 UTC)

MsValentine has posted another Cortana cosplay photo in her RvB Image section – if you aren’t an RvB member, you can see it here. Dang!(Louis Wu 12:34:37 UTC)

Johnathan Lugo wrote to point out NYC Gaming, a site offering a number of Halo tourneys – there’s one in Brooklyn on September 2 ($30 pp to get in, MLG sponsorship on the line), and another in Manhattan on September 9 ($20 to get in, $300 plus prizes for first place). More details, rules, prizes,…

Xtournaments and Gescrow.com have merged into one site – they now claim to be the largest organized Halo 2 Tournament site. First event is September 9 – 2v2, free to enter, $150 in cash and prizes. (You don’t have to pay to play, but you DO have to have at least $10 in a Gescrow…

Last week, Neill Blomkamp answered a couple of questions at RvB – today, Stuntmutt spins his answers in One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 16:39:36 UTC)

Speaking of comics, a neighborhood kid found one I’d never seen before – it’s hosted at VGPub, and it’s dated November 11, 2004. I’m rather surprised nobody ever noticed! Check out ‘Camping with Halo 2’.(Louis Wu 12:32:03 UTC)

Paul Maestri has started up a comic strip that focuses on ‘scifi elements’ – his first strip is here. I always wondered about that…(Louis Wu 12:29:58 UTC)

This is what the Halo community is all about. rapture wrote up a summary of the last year for The Hushed Casket – a Halo-centric (though not exclusive) group in Huntsville, AL. Good friends, good times, good games. And some bad. (Sorry about the 360, rap.) Give it a read. Makes me want to start…

Heh – Ducain pointed out a new Halo vid, again by BigGruntyThirst, over at High Impact Halo… it builds on the technique shown in his recent variety vid, but as Ducain says, the kicker here is how easy he makes it all look! (This trick, from start to finish, is anything BUT easy.) Worth a…

Major Silva noticed another Eric Nylund interview, over at Gearheads of War – only very brief mentions of Halo material, but a good read nonetheless!(Louis Wu 23:39:27 UTC)

Swing by Bungie.net for official info (well, sort of info) about the latest Halo novel, “Ghosts of Onyx”. (Yes, Amazon UK got it right a couple of weeks ago.) There’s really nothing else in the news post except for the title… and a teaser about cover art. Go read!(Louis Wu 21:55:05 UTC)

TheGhost wrote to let us know about a contest he’s set up over at his Halo 2 Vista forum. Challenge: Complete the entire course of Yoyorast Island’s race mode in the shortest amount of time possible. The winner gets $25, either via PayPal, or in the form of a gift certificate. You’ve got until September…

Wow. Ninja 0n Fire posted stats for the various playlists on XBL as of today… and Team Carnage is nearly tied with Team Snipers in number of games played. Read the whole list in his forum post on Bungie.net, or in KP’s on our forum.(Louis Wu 20:02:54 UTC)

The drive to clear out the Miscellaneous Art queue continues – another 30 images went up today. (Well, more than that if you count variants. But who’s counting?) A pretty wild range of stuff is in there – action figure art, sketches, 3D renders, paintings… you name it. Some of it is KILLER. I went…

On September 6 and 7 (that’s next Wednesday and Thursday), in Austin, Texas, the Game Writers Conference will be held. It’s not for the casual gamer – registration is $400 (and goes up to $500 after next Tuesday), with only a $50 discount for students… but if you’re interested in game writing, this is the…

Some great writeups about MGL Orlando over at MLGPro.com – a look at the Karma/Strongside battle for the 1v1 Championship, and a thrilling play-by-play of the Carbon/Final Boss matchup for the 4v4 Championship. Next best thing to being there! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 12:57:51 UTC)