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Mike Hill stopped by our forum to ask for feedback on a new Warthog variant he’s working on – awesome wheels! We’ve added the image to his gallery here, as well, but be sure to give him feedback on the render in the forum thread.(Louis Wu 12:50:35 UTC)

Clearview Pro sent along a trailer for an upcoming movie called ‘City of Evil’. It didn’t pass the MPRRS – mostly because more than one reviewer apparently felt that trailers aren’t worth releasing, that machinima makers should focus on making movies, not trailers. It missed a passing grade by the slimmest of margins, and that…

XerxdeeJ stopped by to point out that Tied the Leader sat down with the Podtacular crew for a blog/podcast crossover; Podtacular Episode 78 has ‘deeJ as a guest-host. (There’s also a pretty funny open apology that has nothing to do with that crossover.)(Louis Wu 12:03:31 UTC)

KP spent his weekend like a lot of gamers did – he enjoyed the Penny Arcade Expo to the fullest. The difference between you and him? He was paid to enjoy himself. You can read his take on the whole shebang over at Bungie.net. (Mostly, he discusses the Halo-related portions of the expo.) What are…

I can’t remember – has Stuntmutt taken a shot at the new XBL playlist yet? No matter – either way, he does it in today’s One One Se7en. Jerk.(Louis Wu 20:21:40 UTC)

Sometimes I wonder about Bungie… I really do.(Louis Wu 19:59:54 UTC)

Laird went to PAX this weekend, and came back with some pretty cool Halo artwork – check out this pic by RvB’s Hale, and you’ve probably already seen a scan of this one by Pinkuh. Nice haul!(Louis Wu 19:58:14 UTC)

Over at Rampancy.net, there’s a new transcription of Peril, arranced for an orchestra. The download archive (which requires that you’re logged in to see) contains a PrintMusic file and a PDF. Just in time for the school year to start!(Louis Wu 13:56:55 UTC)

Dan Miller, who works for Bungie as a mission designer, sat down to talk with Ian White of Straight Up Gaming recently – go check out his thoughts about online co-op!(Louis Wu 13:49:41 UTC)

Kooberz has made great progress in his Zanzibar Lego model – all but the fan is finished. Check out his post for a link to pictures!(Louis Wu 13:47:31 UTC)

Spartan Jag continues his metal-working – and it sounds like if he can get permission, he’ll start selling this stuff. Take a look!(Louis Wu 13:46:16 UTC)

3Suns provided a bunch of new Halo Pro links for your enjoyment – Featured players Lightking and Xit Samurai, and an interview last month with Zyos we never noticed. Go see how they think!(Louis Wu 13:44:42 UTC)

The Bungie Store has a listing for an Ogio messenger bag, complete with Spartan logo. Bungie employees have been carrying these around for a while, but we haven’t mentioned them for sale in the Bungie Store yet – thanks to Jinno for pointing them out.(Louis Wu 13:37:08 UTC)

Congratulations to MLG Orlando champions Carbon – the first team to beat Final Boss on the 2006 Pro Circuit! More details available in the MLG story. Thanks to Hexudus for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 00:43:39 UTC)

Heh – Psychophan7 created a nearly 3 mb animated gif by tweaking a small subset of the Halo 3 trailer footage – pointless, but fun. Warning – open this in a relatively robust browser; some can’t handle 3 mb gifs. (Firefox works nicely.)(Louis Wu 23:13:40 UTC)

Heh – Bryce Sigourney found a pretty unusual instance of Halo-branded clothing… a Halo Suede Kippah (maybe more commonly known as a yarmulke, a thin skullcap worn by observant Jews). It’s unclear how much this costs – but the non-logo versions run about $4.00, so if you’re interested, you can email them for details. Love…

Bluestone created ‘Mr Chief Goes To Washington’… Flash 8, 7 mb, great music.(Louis Wu 22:25:36 UTC)

Havoc737903 is selling off a bunch of Halo goodies on eBay – you can peruse them here. He called it ‘Havoc’s Crazy Bargain Basement’ – but with a ‘Buy it Now’ price of $30 on an opened action figure… I’m not sure I’d agree with the ‘bargain’ part. Whatever, though – check it out, you…

Sunday must be podcast update day – Xbox Gaming Radio has released Episode 3, including a summary of updates on Halo sites across the web, and some Halo multiplayer tricks. (They’d also like you to check out their newly-overhauled website.)(Louis Wu 22:15:49 UTC)

Gamertag Radio created Episode 68 at MLG Orlando – lots of big Halo names came by to say hi (a list is in the news post there). Go listen!(Louis Wu 22:11:29 UTC)