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Mike Hill wrote with word of a new project – he’s working on a Halo comic. He sent along one of 35 or 40 frames he plans on using – this will be ‘a little adventure the Chief and a squad of Pelican-bound ODSTs will embark on’. Amazing detail – check it out on his…

QsKGlobal put together a collaboration montage – footage from four different players. It’s 10 minutes long, and weighs in at 116 mb (WMP9 version) or 128 mb (QuickTime version) – the MPRRS said they liked it, so go watch!(Louis Wu 03:22:48 UTC)

Mintz found a Halo-related episode of the webcomic Digital Double from earlier this week – not the first time this particular joke has been done, but hey… (The episode after this one is part of the same arc.)(Louis Wu 01:22:27 UTC)

ZuP posted a note on our forum about Trinity, a massive (46 minutes, 380 mb in hi-res) tricking video, mostly showing vehicle launches in Halo 2 Campaign mode. There are a significant number of hosts, at this point, apparently… if you swing by this post by forevercha0s, you’ll find a pair of load-balancing links -…

Brian Haworth sent in pics of a keychain fobs he made recently – it measures about an inch across, and is made from blue and yellow translucent acrylic, with a piece of 1/16″ polycarbonate sandwiched between to hold them together. (yellow side | blue side) He made a similar, but much larger, version for his…

3Suns came back from vacation to the realization that we hadn’t mentioned news on the MLGPro website since he left. (A lot of the time, we rely on you, the fans, to point out where the interesting stuff is – we just provide a one-stop shop for finding it.) There’s quite a lot – there’s…

Just a small thing… Psychophan7 noticed a tiny detail about the recently released Halo 2 Vista screenshots; there’s been a change in the motion sensor. Other players still show up in red, or yellow, depending on whether they’re friend or foe… but now there’s also a directional aspect to the symbol. Again – a small…

Sigafoos points out that WikiRiot Episode 13 is up – 35 mins, 14 mb. Minimal Halo content, because of technical difficulties… such is life sometimes.(Louis Wu 13:21:51 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update is posted – info about PAX (a cool gaming expo happening right now in Seattle which would have been cooler had I been able to go), info from SketchFactor about Leipzig, and the demo of Halo 2 Vista there, and more teasers about Halo 3 (Frankie is a master at describing…

Last week, Frankie mentioned (in the BWU) that Halo 3 has “lots of feel of the original Halo” – in the sense that you spend a chunk of your time exploring, for the sake of exploration. Many websites jumped on this comment as some sort of evidence that Bungie was admitting that they liked Halo…

Okay, it’s the Marathon symbol… but it’s in Halo too, so it’s relevant. Check out Spartan Jag’s latest creation.(Louis Wu 17:45:39 UTC)

_Wheels03 posted a couple of pics of his new Halo prototype faceplate, courtesy of Bungie – congrats again for winning the faceplate contest! (For what it’s worth, this has got to be one of the fastest prize shipments I’ve ever heard of. Frankie saw the faceplate in the outgoing mail queue last NIGHT – and…

IGN has some more Halo 2 Vista footage from Leipzig – they call it ‘off-screen’, which either means ‘filmed with a video camera pointing at the monitor’, or ‘filmed directly off the screen’. (The audio is clearly live, but the video’s quite good; doesn’t look very ‘shakey’. Audio sync on the Midship clip is AWFUL.)…

Largest Fan Fiction update in a while – 22 pieces. Go read!(Louis Wu 15:03:24 UTC)

New content over at Dead Man’s Hand – highlights include the Playlist Psyche feature on Team Carnage and the 22 Questions on rapture. Thanks, Dweezle!(Louis Wu 14:17:57 UTC)

TheGarbageMan transcribed some of the work he released a couple of days ago – grab the jpegs if you want to play these!(Louis Wu 13:34:21 UTC)

Narcogen is curious about Neill Blomkamp – is he the chosen director of the Halo film? If so, why hasn’t the announcement been finalized? If not, why haven’t his interviews been disclaimed? He also takes a look at the appropriateness of the choice, with a summary of arguments for, and against, Blomkamp as director. Check…

KP has written an article entitled ‘Top 7 Reasons Why H2V Rocks’ in the ongoing Vistravaganza that is Halo 2 Vista week at Bungie.net – from enhanced visuals to custom content, this list will let you know why you want to be plunking down your hard-earned samoleons when Vista is released (and H2V is available).…

Bungie has just opened a new section of their website – Halo 2 Vista. There’s not much there yet, except a FAQ and some screenshots – but the screenshots are GORGEOUS. I wanna play. (And oh, yeah… up in the top right corner of the site is a new search box. Hint – it works…

It’s amazing – not only are Halo 1 tricking videos still being released… but folks are still coming up with new tricks! Over at High Impact Halo, BigGruntyThirst posted a variety vid recently that contained a trick I’ve never seen before – and actually, according to Ducain, it’s brand-new! Go check it out.(Louis Wu 13:53:38…