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IGN continues its look at the Halo Graphic Novel with another author interview – this time it’s with Jay Faerber, the writer behind ‘Armor Testing’. Interesting read – makes me want the HGN even more! Also contains some new artwork… check it out! Thanks, Black Guard.(Louis Wu 11:58:16 UTC)

Ouch – it’s happened again. A Halo-related team has gotten in over their heads, bandwidth-wise, and is asking for help. Visit Wave Of Lag’s forum post for more details. (What makes me saddest is that there’s PLENTY of bandwidth available – for free – for releases like this, if they’re set up in advance.)(Louis Wu…

The Weekly Update is up over at Bungie.net; details that should make the hardcore among you salivate, and the rest of you hate Frankie just a little bit more, plus a whole bunch of new Waahmbulance entries. (I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry, actually.) And a Mister Chief that looks like he was…

To John, With Love… Stuntmutt sets his sights on the Halo 2 Vista port in today’s One One Se7en. …yeah.(Louis Wu 14:50:06 UTC)

Dojorkan’s been playing with unspawned characters again (potential spoilers ahead)… seems like this particular was never used for good reason; why build a bomb shield around a bomb?(Louis Wu 14:39:46 UTC)

Hrm. There are a couple of stories in the New Zealand Press (NZ Herald – thanks, David Warriner | Stuff – thanks, Custard) about Denzel Washington meeting in New Zealand with Peter Jackson about a new movie that Washington is planning to direct, with Jackson providing special effects. We already know that Jackson’s planning to…

Nineteen new pieces – stories and poems – up for you in the Fan Fiction section today – go see what you can find! (vector40’s long-unfinished fanfic (started in December 2004) has its final chapter posted today.)(Louis Wu 13:53:04 UTC)

Last year, we mentioned some work by Greg Horn, an artist who created a couple of Halo-related pieces for Toyfare Magazine. Stuntmutt discovered a gallery with very nice higher-res versions of two of his creations – go grab ’em!(Louis Wu 13:27:03 UTC)

We got a press release from the World Series of Video Games folks yesterday – more details about the upcoming tourney (Bungie.net interviewed one of the tourney directors a couple of days ago). Give it a look-see!(Louis Wu 13:19:41 UTC)

A few days ago, HavokBlue mentioned that Halo 2 made the number one spot in an episode of G4’s X-Play that looked at the top 10 Xbox games – more recently, it’s been posted on their website for online watching. Thanks, rob s.(Louis Wu 13:01:20 UTC)

Tsquared, one of MLG’s new quarter-million-dollar-contract players, is featured in Stuff magazine, on their ‘Power List: 20 under 30’ article. Not too shabby! Read about it at MLGPro.com. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 12:57:45 UTC)

Looks like the Podtacular team is planning to interview Mothergoat in the near future, and is currently taking questions from the public – swing by and add your own! Thanks, Laird.(Louis Wu 12:39:58 UTC)

A few days ago, we mentioned an online tourney at Halo Jungle – it’s got its own website now. (It seems to have some uptime issues, so try again if you find it down.)(Louis Wu 12:35:46 UTC)

I suppose with nothing better to do, the Bungie team chose to challenge their own B.net moderators. There are no ties in Halo2, get back in there and finish the fight! Worth noting is that I was unknowingly pulled in so they could warm-up on my bloody corpse, of course the game was already underway.(Cybrfrk…

Intel is sponsoring a big contest at Machinima.com for aspiring movie makers. Pitch your movie and win a chance to go to Hollywood and make a 3-5 minute short film. The relation to Halo? Consider that the Halo machinima community is large and that I work at the sponsor — and leave it at that.…

A couple of months ago, we mentioned the World Series of Video Games, a new tournament featuring a number of games, including Halo 2. Bungie has just interviewed Nick Shellhaas, one of their tournament directors, about the organization and events… go read for more details. Thanks to Hookedonhalo for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 09:16:48 UTC)

An interesting new series has begun – NutsaQer stopped by our forum to let people know about 1337 LIFE, a game show in which four players compete for the ultimate prize of an Xbox 360. The ‘show’ will be at least 12 challenges long – this episode has 1 challenge in it, but in theory…

Recently, Purebredbrute completed War Series ‘Episode 2: Battle for Beaver Creek’ – and it’s a great piece of work. Wonderful cinematics, solid storyline and fantastic action sequences… this one’s worth watching. They’re having a bit of trouble with hosting – so we’re helping out. You can grab the 10-plus minute long piece in either WMP9…

Sometimes it’s funny – Stuntmutt writes a One One Se7en a week or two before its release date, and in the interim the same joke is covered by someone else. Such an anomaly happened today – Stuntmutt’s punchline was usurped by Monday’s Sore Thumbs Online. We’re not in this business to make Stunt look good,…

Halo Planet’s Halo 3 Cover Contest has been over for a bit, and today they’ve announced the winners. 200 entries, 4 winners, with a bunch of Honorary Mentions to come soon. (Heh – are you as amused as I am that the overall winner is (or shares a name with) the head content monkey at…