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Whoa, very nice. Aint It Cool News had a chance to ask Neill Blomkamp a few questions about Halo, and Neill’s goals with respect to the upcoming movie – after reading some of his answers, I’m pumped for the movie. He knows his stuff! (It tickled me to see my graphic work included gratuitously in…

LegendaryMark has written up an extensive article looking at the ‘uncanny valley’, that point at which photo-realistic work is close enough to REAL (but not ALL the way real) that it actually looks worse than if it were a bit less realistic – and how this concept might affect Halo 3. Interesting piece! Swing by…

As you might have noticed yesterday, an article went up on Xbox.com, announcing Neill Blomkamp as the director of the upcoming Halo movie – and then it went down again, leading to speculation that maybe it was a mistake. It MIGHT be a mistake – but it’s far more likely that it was just a…

KP, avoiding his duties dealing with Halo Movie rumors, has posted a new Community Spotlight over on Bungie.Net. Anne Wolanski of Seasoned Gamers tells a bit about their group, hyperventilating teenage potty-mouths, and the bizarre way she got into the entertainment industry. Check it out! Spartan Jag noted it on our forum, btw.(mnemesis 00:38:51 UTC)

Couple of new bits at Tied the Leader this week – a writeup of a huge LAN put on by 2old2play, and an invitation to a TTL LAN in Chicago coming up over Labor Day weekend. Check it out! Thanks, XerxdeeJ.(Louis Wu 20:40:51 UTC)

Wow… according to Xbox.com, a director has been chosen for the Halo movie… and it’s a newcomer. Neill Blomkamp, who has a history of short films and commercial ads, will direct the Halo film as his first full-length big-screen project. Intriguing choice! Cornballer was first to our forum with the news.(Louis Wu 16:58:28 UTC)

Heh… the ‘I’m a Mac, I’m a PC’ style parodies have now extended to Halo machinima – thanks, Ename Nep.(Louis Wu 16:05:11 UTC)

A fan-run contest on the Bungie.net forums asks for your best promotional video of a Bungie product – prizes are cold, hard cash. ($50, $30, and $20 for 1st, 2nd, 3rd respectively.) Three of your options (Halo, Halo 2, and Halo 3) are Halo-related, warranting this news post. Thanks again, KP. (To be clear: Bungie…

Looks like you can now buy that Mister Chief shirt that’s been visible in a few places recently… i hear Frankie gets a cut of every sale, to be used for art lessons. Thanks to KP at Bungie.net for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 13:21:41 UTC)

Stuntmutt’s getting delusions of grandeur… go read today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 12:07:54 UTC)

NeuroKoNeza stopped by to point out a rather bizarre HaloCE creation… evil Teletubbies in a death arena. Wow.(Louis Wu 11:56:31 UTC)

Rooster Teeth has posted Out of Mind Part II for sponsors; if you don’t have a 360 and haven’t seen this on XBL Marketplace, this episode begins to give you real background on Tex’s origins. It’ll be available to the general public later this week. Burnie was first, on the RvB forum, but Hawaiian Pig…

Briar’s Armor has ANOTHER helmet for sale on eBay right now – starting bid is $200, you’ve got a week, and this one’s bright pink. (And when I say bright, I mean it.) To folks offended by the sight of Halo paraphernalia for sale being mentioned here… apologies. No, we don’t get a cut; we…

Purebredbrute set Linkin Park/Jay z’s collaboration, ‘Numb/Encore’, to Halo action – and the MPRRS gave it a thumbs-up. Grab it in WMP9 format (43.3 mb) or QuickTime format (39.2 mb).(Louis Wu 18:28:38 UTC)

You may or may not remember a video we mentioned at YouTube, about a month ago – it was a live-action version of the Halo 3 trailer, with the Best Cortana Evar. (No offense to Jen, of course.) It took a little while, but we finally got hold of the original video from its creator,…

darthbob100 found a really impressive image at DeviantART yesterday… wow. (DeviantART’s version5 design just went live, as well; looks pretty nice!)(Louis Wu 12:43:19 UTC)

Stephen Loftus has been working on his ‘In Amber Clad’ model – he posted another couple of pictures last night. (We’ve added them to his local progress article.)(Louis Wu 12:34:09 UTC)

The next Video Games Live concert is happening in Indianapolis this weekend – press release is here.(Louis Wu 17:57:53 UTC)

It’s been a month since the last Miscellaneous Art update – today’s flood includes spectacular images from established community contributors like Edli, Darkneshasfallen, Marathon GTi, plus many, many other folks – both new and old. 30 entries, 36 images. Sketches, paintings, cartoons… I’m thinking it’s time to start putting together more individual galleries again. Unfortunately,…

Major Silva pointed out that UNSCDF is back up with a boatload of new content, including articles about items and locations in the Halo universe, and an interview with AnubisUK of Broken Console. Check out his forum post for links and descriptions!(Louis Wu 15:48:36 UTC)