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Wow. There’s an article at AOL Games called ‘Men are from Mars, Women are from Halo’ – it’s about a male staffer taking on three members of the PMS clan (yes, all female), in various games. Despite the piece’s title, Halo was NOT one of the three games. (Yes, I know that this makes the…

Jillybean rounded up a goodly amount of recent speculation based on the Halo Graphic Novel, for presentation to you in digestible form, on the Halo Story Page. And what would a Jillybean update be without a gratuitous shot at Cortana? Go read.(Louis Wu 19:23:30 UTC)

Last night’s Halo Humpday Challenge was played against the crew of Halo2.Junk.ws, a Halo 2 stats site. The writeup’s not posted yet at Bungie.net – but Junk’s went live a little bit ago. Looks like it was REALLY close; Bungie won two out of three, but all three scores were nailbiters. (10:00-9:23, 80-78, and 1:00-0:59.)…

Arteen has released Grove, a new HaloCE map ‘set in the lush canyons of Halo, among long-abandoned Forerunner structures.’ Very pretty – you can grab a copy at Halo Maps. Thanks to Dennis Powers for the heads-up (he was tickled by the fact that two of the characters from his Valley of the Forerunners series…

Kotaku has a bit about a hand-painted Halo Faceplate for sale on eBay – if you hurry, you can still get your bid in. (It’s currently sitting at $84, with a bit over a day still remaining.) I’ve provided a link to the US eBay site – but if you’re in Canada, you can use…

GotFrag takes a look at the two biggest organizations handling Halo tournaments today – WSVG and MLG. Go read.(Louis Wu 13:34:04 UTC)

Jamie Anderson wrote to us about a new website he’s started up – it’s called GetScrims, and it’s designed to match up people looking for games on XBL with others of similar skill level, attitude, etc. Think of it as more in-depth MatchMaking. Interesting concept!(Louis Wu 12:42:57 UTC)

Capt 0bvious noticed that Gametrailers has a video review of the Halo Graphic Novel (Thanks, Mr.Cynical); it’s chock-full of spoilers, so don’t watch this unless you’ve read the HGN already. Nicely put together!(Louis Wu 12:36:39 UTC)

Hehe – it’s a stretch, but demus points out an article at Videogamesblogger.com, which writes about Halo: the beer! (It’s Widmer, and it’s an IPA – how bad could it be?)(Louis Wu 11:05:48 UTC)

demus found an editorial from the folks over at Game Overdrive which suggests that the Halo Graphic Novel is the key to understanding the current story arc in the Halo series. (Some of our forum denizens disagree – read the rest of the thread for details.)(Louis Wu 11:01:15 UTC)

As I’m checking out some of my favorite Mac haunts, I see that the decent folks at Destineer/MacSoft have *rewritten* the entire Halo Mac code and made it a Universal Binary, meaning it’ll work natively on Apple’s Intel-powered Macs. Niiice! It’s a paid upgrade ($5 or $10, download or shipped CD) but for a 3…

Stuntmutt looks at the evolution of gaming language in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 11:47:08 UTC)

Heh – Laird lives in Vancouver, where there are tourist statue bears all over the city – and a new one he just noticed is a Master Chief bear (in RvB Tucker’s colors, no less!). Adorable!(Louis Wu 11:38:03 UTC)

Halo-Videos.com is asking for your help – they’ve been kicked off their host. Swing by their temp page for more details.(Louis Wu 11:37:28 UTC)

Podtacular was up for Gaming Podcast of the Year… and it looks like they won! Congrats, guys. Thanks to KP at bungie.net for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 11:20:18 UTC)

Tied the Leader has a couple of bits for you this week – there’s a private message to a hacker, detailing ways to get to Bungie, and there’s a virtual walkthrough of the loft that will be used for their upcoming lanfest early next month. Thanks, XerxdeeJ.(Louis Wu 10:50:15 UTC)

Another writeup of LANbex (including video of the opening of the Tijuana Mama eating contest) was put online last night by Mintz, who’s altogether too full of himself and his Halo-playing abilities. Don’t be too hard on him, though, he’s only got a few hours to live.(Louis Wu 10:46:53 UTC)

dgcrawford decided to run through Halo and Halo 2 in one marathon play session… and write up his thoughts. The Halo section took him almost 5000 words! (He’s looking for feedback about whether it’s worth writing up the Halo 2 section.)(Louis Wu 10:44:41 UTC)

Dojorkan has posted another two pics in his ongoing Caption Contest – swing by the thread and toss your ideas into the pot! (No prizes, just fun.)(Louis Wu 02:49:31 UTC)

Rooster Teeth’s Out of Mind Episode 3, ‘It’s the one that comes after Part 2’, is now available for direct download by sponsors. (Yes, it’s been available on XBL Marketplace for almost 2 weeks… but this does nothing for those of us without a 360.) Thanks, Psychophan7.(Louis Wu 02:45:28 UTC)