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Over at High Impact Halo, Ducain pointed out a new Halo 1 tricking tribute vid, done by some of the pioneers… there’s stuff in there I’ve seen before, and stuff I’ve NEVER seen. This game is more than 5 years old now – it’s beautiful to see people still pulling new tricks. Available in a…

icu wrote to point out that The Riot #32 is up – Sigafoos and Brathnok are away, so Bitter Irony and i enjoy cheese do the hosting honors. Lots of community info – go listen. 26 minutes, 24 mb.(Louis Wu 15:53:49 UTC)

trigger119 sent word of a new machinima he’s hosting over at GamingTV.org. It’s called The Assault, and he found it because Laird (of SvF and Halo: Unyielding) did some 3D work for it. The voice acting could use some work… and so could the choreography. But the added touches (a communication screen, a Pelican, etc)…

GamesIndustry.biz sat down with Max Hoberman, of Certain Affinity (and recently of Bungie), to discuss his new venture, and how he got to where he is. Bunch of Bungie trivia in there, and some good Halo stuff. Max has positive things to say about Halo 3’s multiplayer – “It’s years ahead of everything that’s out…

3Suns noticed a couple of new features at MLGPro.com – there’s a Pro Player feature on Walshy linked on the front page, and a wrap-up of the Division II Halo 2 Final for their Online tournament. Go read!(Louis Wu 15:00:33 UTC)

Mister Froggy sent word that Halo, Articulated #7 is now live – it’s a Gears of War crossover joke (one I didn’t get, but one that’s supposedly funny if you play GoW). Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:49:12 UTC)

Game Informer talked to SketchFactor and Frankie about Halo 3 – they didn’t get a lot of info, but they had fun trying. The full interview is available to those with GI Unlimited access (subscribers, in other words) – but there are a few questions in the teaser. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 14:47:45 UTC)

We got a weekly Update from Halomega – There’s a trailer for a montage, a whole lot of gameplay vids, and they’re taking entries for the next Snipe of the Week. Thanks, CiphA.(Louis Wu 14:44:08 UTC)

Occasionally, we get word of a movie that turns out to be a lot of fun – Limit 3 Productions just let us know about Dodo Tales. Dodo is a soldier who… well, he’s a lot like me, I guess. DANG IT! That is – he’s not particularly good at the whole soldiering thing. The…

RVideo posted another group of Panoramas yesterday (and followed up with an explanation of parallax, and how it relates to pictures like this); I’d meant to post this yesterday, but forgot. Check these out – they’re great.(Louis Wu 16:35:25 UTC)

Heh – you thought maybe that crossover was a one-way deal? No way. Today’s Halo Heads comic is the conclusion of the One One Se7en we just posted. (Louis Wu 16:29:03 UTC)

Today’s One One Se7en is a crossover strip with Paul Maestri’s Halo Heads – but Stuntmutt still don’t get no respect. (I’d like to take this opportunity to send a major shout-out to sorahn, who took the time to port over – well, actually, rebuild – our calendar system for One One Se7en; it’s much…

highwaters visited our forum yesterday with news of a suit of Mjolnir armor he’s been working on since last summer – the forum post has a teaser image, but his MySpace blog has a far more complete description of the process. He’s also allowed us to put up a local mirror, if MySpace is a…

Matt6908 wrote to point out a thread at the HollywoodNHouse forum – he’s created high-res versions of the Halo 2 Matchmaking Rank icons (currently just the first 43 levels, but the special levels are coming soon). Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 12:34:49 UTC)

An article in the Kingsport (TN) Times-News describes an upcoming tournament to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. If you’re going to be near northeast Tennessee on February 24, stop by!(Louis Wu 12:15:52 UTC)

darthbob posted the newly-updated contents from halo3.com on our forum last night – the info is useful to anyone in the US trying to clarify when they’ll know whether they’ve gotten into the Halo 3 Beta program. (There’s also a more concise note about this over at Bungie.net – thanks to 3Suns for pointing that…

Hellhawk stopped by this morning with an announcement of a new vid – a music video set to Gary Jules’ version of Tears for Fears’ ‘Mad World’. Very nice synching of Halo action to the song’s powerful lyrics – nice job! I was unhappy with the interlacing on the video, though, so I fixed it.…

Over at Bungie.net, there’s news of a new map pack release from the Halo:CE mod group CMT. Four new maps, with custom HUD, new weapons, and more. You can find screenshots and download links on the H2Vista.net forum. Thanks to newDeviLedeT1 for the heads-up. Update: In case the CMT website goes down (180 mb download…

IXI CHAM IXI stopped by our forum to let us know about a Halo song created by his cousins Aphrolyph: Sonsketched and Entellekt; it’s called ‘Halo Dos’, and though I’m not particularly a fan of rap, this is pretty well done. We’ve put up a local copy if you’re not excited about waiting for FileFront…

Rockslider has written up a nice method for doubling the number of allies you have during the Grav Lift fight on Truth and Reconciliation – thanks to Two Finger for the suggestion! Take a look.(Louis Wu 17:17:21 UTC)