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GFC Danny has created a set of rules for Halo Miniatures, a tabletop game he’s developed. Swing by his website and grab the files!(Louis Wu 21:56:07 UTC)

Paul Maestri let us know that Halo Heads 40 is now live… and the overall plan is beginning to come clear. Be afraid. Be very afraid.(Louis Wu 20:41:50 UTC)

Kotaku has a story (with video footage from GameTrailers) showing (well, purporting to show) a Halo proof of concept sidescroller running on a GameBoy Advance emulator. Looks a lot like Halo Zero, I guess… hard to say what this is. A leaked version of the code that was discussed at IGN for the DS a…

If you read today’s One One Se7en, you might get the feeling that Stuntmutt’s been playing on Live again…(Louis Wu 13:57:16 UTC)

Ozymandias, of the Xbox Platform Strategy group, was asking fans what they thought should be incorporated into the future of Xbox Live. A significant number said they want to see more games with Halo 2’s Lobby/multiplayer experience. More than 2 years after its release, it’s STILL the gold standard – and yet, not very many…

Halomega sent along this week’s update – lots of vids (1v1, 1v1 montage, team ball), and a new contest – HoC Idol. (Yes, it’s Halo players singing over XBL. Yes, I usually mute those guys in matchmaking.) Go see.(Louis Wu 13:00:18 UTC)

MLG has posted their Vidcast Episode 8 – it’s available on the front page. This one’s a look back on the 2006 season. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 12:54:18 UTC)

Over at Bungie.net, you’ll find a Community Spotlight shining on Nosferatu_Soldie, a Bungie.net moderator. Wanna see what the moderators do? Go read. Looks like KP tried to tell us about it a bunch of hours ago… oops.(Louis Wu 23:58:22 UTC)

A couple of days ago, nitz stopped by our forum to say he’d re-encoded a 720p version of the Brute Vidoc; there are several already out there, but they’re huge, for the most part (multi-hundreds of megabytes). His version has been encoded with x264 (an open-source version of the h.264 codec), and it’s tiny, in…

XerxdeeJ stopped by to point out that TTL is back up and posting, after a holiday break – and the first article up is a discussion of ‘Allies’ – and what that means. When you play them, you’re not meeting mortal enemies – you’re meeting a group of folks that want to be your friends…

The cover article in the latest issue of The Escapist is about the composers behind today’s game music, and Marty O’Donnell (and the rest of the Bungie sound team) get a nice nod:”I think one of the best examples is Marty O’Donnell and the team at Bungie,” says Ian Dorsch, who’s currently working on a…

Omega was walking through the forest, and came upon a piece of driftwood in a stream. Looks like Mother Nature’s got Halo on her mind, too…(Louis Wu 15:31:44 UTC)

Mister Froggy pointed out that Halo, Articulated #5 is now available – if you wondered what happened to the Heretic Grunt action figure, wonder no more.(Louis Wu 15:14:05 UTC)

Sigafoos wrote to point out The Riot 31 – a bit late, due to hosting issues, but up now. Community updates are the focuse of this one – swing by the site for a download. (The RSS feed is still down.) 20 minutes, 8 mb.(Louis Wu 15:12:27 UTC)

A few days ago, MLG posted its Pro’s Choice Awards – the top players voted to identify the best among the best. ShocKWav3 put together a blog entry discussing his feelings about the voting. Interesting read. Thanks to 3Suns for pointing it out.(Louis Wu 15:10:27 UTC)

Games in Action interviewed Shishka, recently of Bungie and now of Certain Affinity, the gaming company started in Austin by Halo 2 and 3 Multiplayer Lead Max Hoberman. Go read to get a feel for where he started, how he got to where he is now, and what’s he’s doing in his new job. Thanks…

According to this article in the Hagerstown (MD) Herald-Mail, there’ll be a Game Crazy-sponsored Halo 2 tournament held on Saturday, January 27, at the Hagerstown 10 Cineplex – $10 to play (or $5 to watch),no word on prizes. Check the article for more info.(Louis Wu 14:49:30 UTC)

It’s been more than 2 months since the various flavors of Halo 3 were made public – it’s been known since early November that $60 would buy you the bare game, $70 would buy you the ‘special’ edition (game plus bonus disc(s)), and $100 would snag you the Legendary edition – helmet and 4 discs,…

Paul Maestri sends word of a new Wallpaper at Halo Heads – tasty!(Louis Wu 21:43:02 UTC)

Heh – BOLL’s been playing again…(Louis Wu 21:41:15 UTC)