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Weekly Update is short but sweet this time out – Frankie sounds tired. Not too tired to take shots at Lars for his performance in the Humpday Challenge, or to tease you with tidbits about gorgeous lighting… but tired. Nice Mister Chief this time out. Read it at Bungie.net, or read it from our Weekly…

Briar pointed out that the Halo helmet auction on eBay (we mentioned it last week) ends in less than an hour. If you want this, get over there now! (Current bid is $285.)(Louis Wu 19:38:55 UTC)

Sometimes, a One One Se7en is released that is funny, but depressing, at the same time, because it is SO true. Today’s is one of those strips.(Louis Wu 14:37:58 UTC)

Wow. There’s not a lot to say about this… except ‘wow’. (Specific article mentioned is here.)(Louis Wu 14:24:26 UTC)

Twelve new stories for you in the Fan Fiction section. (There were a lot more – but it seems that folks are forgetting that there are rules about submissions…) Go read.(Louis Wu 14:15:44 UTC)

More blogging goodness, over at Dead Man’s Hand – a great piece on teamwork (or the lack of it), more discussion of quitters, and a 22 Questions interview (well, 21) with Bungie’s Shishka. You’ve got a few more minutes before the boss is back, right? Thanks, Dweezle.(Louis Wu 13:43:01 UTC)

XerxdeeJ stopped by to point out new content at Tied the Leader – an exhortation to Adopt a N00b (Do it! Suck ’em in!), and another look at dealing with people who, for whatever reason, are killing themselves continuously in your game. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 13:26:56 UTC)

Last week, bryboy remix’s video ‘Corrupt’ passed the MPRRS with flying colors – but we wanted to get hold of a higher-quality version before we released it. That came in today – so we’re posting it, in both WMP9 format (79.4 mb) and QuickTime format (79 mb). It tells the story of a disillusioned man…

Charles Walsh is (like the rest of us) dying for more info about the Halo movie – so he went digging around on the Weta Workshop website. He found four people who are (publicly) working on Halo assets: Greg Broadmore, Brad Goff , Daniel Falconer, and Stephen Crowe. It’s not a LOT of info… but…

raheem azam sent us a note about a user on YouTube that has a series of short, low-quality videos of a Brute… breakdancing. Huh? If anyone can get better video of this… I’d love to see it. (And host it, of course.)(Louis Wu 00:52:16 UTC)

Bungie matched up against another gaming studio when their planned opponents for this week’s Humpday Challenge backed out at the last minute – and clearly, they went hunting for a studio that hadn’t actually had time to play Halo yet. (Because, I dunno, maybe they were… making games?) It was a rout – but apparently…

I love it – Mile5123 stopped by to point out a great piece on his DeviantART site. We heart deadly penguins.(Louis Wu 21:41:25 UTC)

Lordstemplar1 submitted Prophecy Episode 1 – ‘The Threshold of War’ to the MPRRS recently, and they gave it a thumbs-up. (You might remember the trailer, which came through a couple of weeks ago.) This one sets up the story – action’s a bit light, but tension is building. It was originally submitted encoded with the…

Very nice. AngelicLionheart found a solid oak carved plasma rifle on eBay – starting bid is $150, buy it now price is $25 higher, there are just about 2 days left. Pretty nicely done! Check it out.(Louis Wu 19:33:53 UTC)

Over at Bungie.net, there’s an announcement about a Halo 2 tourney for charity in Wisconsin, coming up next weekend. $5 (or 5 cans of non-perishable food items) gets you in, prizes come from a lot of places. Visit B.net for more info!(Louis Wu 18:33:12 UTC)

Whoa, very cool. You might remember corpseguy – he was working on a Halo helmet. He stopped by the HaloPlanet forums today – looks like he’s nearly done with the full suit! Looks fantastic. Thanks, hedfones.(Louis Wu 17:55:49 UTC)

IGN interviewed Greg Canessa, the leader of the Xbox Live team, about the future of Xbox Live Arcade; there are a few questions pertaining to the Halo franchise. Nothing definite, nothing in the near future… but some interesting ideas. Thanks, beaurichardson.(Louis Wu 17:44:30 UTC)

The High Speed Halo crew has completed one of their bigger goals – Halo 2, Legendary, in under 2 hours. (The record right now stands at 1:58:55, actually.) Check this forum post by Cody Miller, then swing by HSH for downloadable runs. Congrats, guys!(Louis Wu 17:17:32 UTC)

Wow, very cool. TheGhost stopped by with a few extracted Halo animations, in animated gif format. These look great!(Louis Wu 12:14:04 UTC)

Gryponosiris penned a poem about XBL cheaters – everyone liked it except Frankie. (I think his sense of humor must have been tied up in his hair.)(Louis Wu 12:03:39 UTC)