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There’s a Halo 2 tournament taking place on Saturday, during the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle this weekend – and according to Frankie, Bungie will be participating. They might even be cheating to win. Be there to watch!(Louis Wu 17:40:40 UTC)

Part 4 of Red vs Blue’s Out of Mind series is now available on Xbox Live Marketplace. (It should be available soon for download from the website, as well – but isn’t yet.) Thanks, Apollo Arrow.(Louis Wu 17:33:57 UTC)

Podtacular 77 is out – it’s a monster (apparently to make up for 73 being short), at over an hour and a half. It contains the usual stuff, plus an interview with the guys from Halo2.junk.ws. It’s cohosted by Tinkerbell23, from the Cayote Cavegirls. Thanks, Foo Mo Jive.(Louis Wu 17:29:59 UTC)

Mr Fiddle found a great Homestar Runner Halo parody – check it out on the Homestar Runner Wiki forum.(Louis Wu 16:50:33 UTC)

There’s a really nice progress review of Halo 2 Vista over at Bungie.net – new producer Matt Priestley did the writeup, and really makes me want a machine that can play this game, when it comes out! If you live in Germany, you might get to see it for yourself later this week; it’ll be…

Ninja 0n Fire posted a Matchmaking update on the Bungie.net forum today; details about what’s changing with existing playlists, plus a teaser of the new playlist, now called Team Carnage. Give it a read! And look for the actual update to the XBL playlists sometime later this week. Arachneya was first with a heads-up, via…

Wonga – here’s your chance to see Red vs Blue featured on the BBC website! I just noticed a poll on this page (it’s about halfway down) pointing out that there are 4 sessions at the Edinburgh Games Festival that can be covered, but only one reviewer – so it’s up to the readers to…

Gone all day, starting to catch up… first up, a new movie. MaritalBlaze54 created ‘Crimson Halo Gift’, a tribute to Clan 0kinawa’s Crimson Halo series. It portrays a modder being ganged up on by a bunch of non-modders. The MPRRS reviewers liked the camera angles, the video quality, the editing… they weren’t thrilled with the…

FireDragon04 wrote to point out a new movie series he’s starting up – it’s called ‘Transmission’, and the Prologue is now up on his site. A prison transport ship diverts from its path to help an ally, and runs into more than it bargained for. Take a look!(Louis Wu 12:24:34 UTC)

Whoa, cool. If you’re anywhere near Toronto on September 3, you should stop by the Fan Expo – dorkARMY will be hosting a Halo 2 speedrunning competition (individual and coop). Thanks to Ducain, over at High Impact Halo, for the heads-up (you’ll find a bit more info, including contact info, in his news post).(Louis Wu…

Ever feel like you’re playing with folks who might be new to this game? Stuntmutt feels your pain. Check out today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 11:31:04 UTC)

Chron.com (the website of the Houston Chronicle) has an article (from the San Jose Mercury News, actually) about teenagers turning pro, and the worry (of their parents) that they’re forsaking their education for videogames. This has been a worry of parents of aspiring pro sports athletes and moviestars for years – it’s one more indication…

FiringSquad interviewed Eric Nylund, asking him questions about his Halo novels, past and future, among other things – not a lot of new info, but a nice summary of his involvement along the way. Thanks, reprobate.(Louis Wu 11:00:49 UTC)

Stephen Loftus continues to examine the details of the Haloverse for us – his latest object of study is the Human Entry Vehicle, used by ODSTs (and occasionally Spartans) to quickly reach a surface from orbit. Give it a read – lots of stats, lots of pictures!(Louis Wu 03:20:15 UTC)

Vinny Sibel sent along a picture of Elongation, made with legos, created by xbroyboyremix of Halopen Films. Pretty cool!(Louis Wu 03:14:21 UTC)

jdogmoney kicked off another contest on our forum – again, no prizes (this seems to be a theme these days), but it’s an interesting premise – come up with something nobody else can do (within Halo), and post it in the thread (preferably with proof). More specific rules are listed in the post. Check it…

QsK King, from QsKGlobal.Com, submitted ‘StandBy Me’ to the MPRRS recently; it’s an ode to the most common form of cheating on Xbox Live. Nice effects. I’d never heard the All Saints version of this song before… but man, it fits the action pretty nicely. Grab it in WMP9 format (53.9 mb) or QuickTime format…

AnubisUK wrote to let us know of a new trailer being hosted by Broken Console Productions – it was created by Silent Fisher, one of their clan members, and it’s for a movie entitled ‘Splinter Cell: Crisis’. Sam Fisher is now wearing MC armor, and creeping around Zanzibar… 28 mb, WMP9 format.(Louis Wu 13:40:15 UTC)

Heh – gljake found a fun Halo reference in the latest issue of Wired. I’m not sure it’ll be funny if it actually comes true…(Louis Wu 19:37:43 UTC)

Paul Davies has submitted another gorgeous piece of Halo artwork – this one is called ‘Ghost Ship’, and shows what might have happened to the Pillar of Autumn in a parallel universe, maybe. If you like Paul’s work, he’s just finished an overhaul of his website; there’s a whole collection of sci-fi artwork there, not…