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Yesterday was spent in the pursuit of the perfect Halo kill; a really fun lanfest hosted by a (relatively) local RvB fan. As such, news was… on hold around here. Time to clean out the queue. First up: Klind posted his interview with Eric Nylund – Eric talked a little bit about the different vehicles…

Pinkuh continues to turn out beautiful pieces of Halo-related art – today she posted a rendition of PMS PsychoSKitty, a member of her online clan. Gorgeous work! (We’ve added it to her gallery page, as well.)(Louis Wu 02:21:44 UTC)

Another egg – marked off. Check High Impact Halo for the details about Miranda’s scar!(Louis Wu 02:07:27 UTC)

It’s been a while since we heard from Briar’s Armor – but he’s back, and he’s got a Master Chief helmet (orange) for sale on eBay. Starting bid is $200, auction runs for another week – take a look!(Louis Wu 01:23:24 UTC)

1UP’s video blog, the 1UP Show, put up a new episode focusing on Comic-Con – and there’s a great interview with SketchFactor and Frankie from about 23:40 through 28:20. (There’s a bunch of other Halo-related content strewn throughout the vid – Luke Smith’s drive to get as many Halo action figures as he can, an…

Podtacular is celebrating its one-year anniversary – stop by and wish ’em well! (Grab their anniversary montage while you’re there…) Thanks, Laird and KP.(Louis Wu 01:03:50 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update was posted a little bit ago; it’s got some great coverage of Bungie’s involvement with Comic-Con last week, along with some XBL playlist info (more of that coming soon), and of course a few choice whaaambulance entries. And a Zidane/Mister Chief animation that would have been even funnier if Zidane’s head…

w00t! One contest ends, another begins! Before I explain, let me clear out some old business; it took a bit to secure them all, but we can now announce that the 7 winners of the last 7 on the 7th contest – Sacred Lawnmowers – will be receiving copies of the Halo Graphic Novel. (YES!)…

Sigafoos writes to point out WikiRiot Episode 9 – 40 minutes, 16 mb. Lots of Halowiki-related info, an interview with CoB Relevance, and a call for speech submissions (they’re looking to start an accent archive of Halo players). Check it out!(Louis Wu 19:29:48 UTC)

Matt Hollum, the voice of Sarge on Red vs Blue, will be interviewed (along with other cast members) on August 9th, over at Podtacular – and they’re taking questions now. Swing by and toss yours in the hat! Thanks, Laird.(Louis Wu 19:11:02 UTC)

In response to some feedback we received from forumgoers, Cybrfrk made some changes to the information submitters get from the MPRRS; it’s all an ongoing effort to improve the overall quality of Halo machinima released to the public. We hope you keep using the system!(Louis Wu 18:46:19 UTC)

Michael Hogsett found this image in a Worth1000 contest – ‘Video games that never got made’. (The same contest contained this image, as well… I think I like the Halo Kitty one better.) Check out the rest of the contest – there are some funny ones in there!(Louis Wu 17:06:06 UTC)

Whee! Out with one rumor, in with the next! Joystiq is speculating that from a pure business sense, Bungie would be dumb not to make a couple more Halo games after Halo 3 is released. (In their defense, they admit they have no inside information about this, they realize that Bungie employees have already hinted…

QuickTactical and the rest of the Epic Films crew put together ‘Originality’, a vid that discusses what NOT to do with your next Halo machinima project. They submitted this to the MPRRS – but because of a reviewer who simply didn’t get it (and scored it almost 50 points lower than the average), it didn’t…

The title of today’s One One Se7en was snagged from a Halo fan – who in turn stole it from a dead guy. Seems sort of fitting, given the content of the strip…(Louis Wu 13:58:07 UTC)

Heh – today’s Press Start to Play is pretty funny – though it could legitimately be said to contain Halo 2 spoilers. Thanks, Half left.(Louis Wu 13:11:32 UTC)

We got a note from ZE of ZION ENTITY, who wanted to point out a song he created called HALO. You can hear it on his MySpace page.(Louis Wu 12:34:33 UTC)

Dweezle wrote to let us know about new content at Dead Man’s Hand; there’s a discussion about glitches, and whether they should be exploited or not, there’s an interview with Xbox.com’s TriXie (no Halo content, but it’s a fun read), and there’s a rant about cheating. Give it a look! (And if you’re a writer,…

KLind stopped by to point out a short interview with Steve Downs he’s posted on his blog; a nice look at the actor’s side of the game!(Louis Wu 12:08:58 UTC)

This week’s Halo Humpday Challenge was played against the Blood Gulch Regulars – a last-minute matchup that ended in Bungie’s favor. (Maybe they should schedule ALL their matches at the last minute!) The one thing I learned from the writeup is not to talk smack about KP’s mom. Overall, though, it sounded like a lot…