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There’s a preview of the upcoming 4v4 action at MLG Anaheim posted on the MLGPro.com website – go read about the top teams! Thanks, KP.(Louis Wu 14:03:01 UTC)

There’s a great rant by Ducain over at High Impact Halo, taking moviemakers to task for not staying focused. He’s specifically talking about trick vids, but his words are equally applicable to other categories of films; I don’t even want to think about all the times I’ve suggested that someone re-edit their video footage (to…

Last week, there was a minor ruckus over some Halo content in the cover of a science fiction novel. Stuntmutt weighs in in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 18:00:10 UTC)

spartanerik posted a link to a Newgrounds-based Halo vs Counter-Strike Flash. Go look.(Louis Wu 17:56:56 UTC)

TraitorJoe (who has submitted a lot of music transcriptions to Rampancy.net under the name Poop Scoop) stopped by our forum last night to point out a video of his high school orchestra performing Earth City (from the Halo 2 Soundtrack, Volume 1). Great stuff – we’re mirroring the WMP9 version (28 mb) and providing a…

Bungie’s hiring again! Check out the Top Story on Bungie.net, and their Jobs page, for details on the newest Halo 3-related positions… and send ’em your resume!(Louis Wu 17:31:06 UTC)

Wow. Over at Gamasutra, there’s a story about the new deals signed by MLG with the top Halo players – Team Final Boss and individual Tsquared; each of the five players involved will be paid a quarter of a million dollars to play exclusively in MLG competitions. Walshy’s comment is great:”Three years ago I never…

Heh – it’s been a really busy morning (and will continue to be an insane day), but I’m posting this because we’ve already gotten over a dozen emails about it, and I want to stem the future tide. Today’s Questionable Content (a webcomic I’d never heard of before, but apparently one widely read by the…

The HSE Project Team sent along Warmongers, a short musical piece based off Halo, which will be used on the soundtrack of an upcoming RTS game (release is scheduled for mid-2007). Give it a listen!(Louis Wu 20:39:33 UTC)

Turtle Mann submitted the trailer for his fourth Montage to the MPRRS – and their biggest complaint was that it was too short. Go watch – WMP9 format is 23.4 mb, QuickTime format is 25 mb. Nice synchronization!(Louis Wu 19:33:10 UTC)

Our collection of Artist Galleries just expanded – Mike Hill now has a page here. Mike’s work has made the news page a few times – but the news moves quickly around these parts, and it’s great to finally have a resting place for this gorgeous stuff. There’s a new piece for your perusal -…

Grey Wolf noticed an interview with LiLPoison, the 8-year-old Halo wonder, on New York 1; the clip is watchable online, if you’re not in the NY area. Amazing kid!(Louis Wu 18:27:08 UTC)

Congratulations to This Spartan Life, whose ‘Can’t Buy Me Net’ video blog just won the Pulver.com ‘Save the Net’ viral ad contest (and a cool $1000). Round II is coming up – and the prize has been upped to $5000! Good luck, Chris!(Louis Wu 18:02:45 UTC)

Over at MLGPro.com, there’s an interview with Team MoBDeep, a relative unknown that came out of nowhere to finish in the top 8 in Dallas. Go read about who they are. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 13:15:14 UTC)

Elnea recently started a drawing class, and one of the assignments was to create 6 sketches in 30 minutes, every day. One of hers recently was a Spartan – I love it. (Louis Wu 11:50:26 UTC)

CAFLORES, of the PromethianGuard, wrote to point out a new comic they’ve started, called ‘Tactic and Cevr… and Caf’. The first episode is up in their forum.(Louis Wu 11:25:32 UTC)

Heh – over at Google Video, there was an episode of Google Current that aired about a month ago that looked at the subject of ‘net neutrality’ – it talked about how this concept (which is concerned with a possible ‘tiered’ internet, in which higher-paying customers get faster bandwidth) has really only exploded in the…

A new Community Spotlight has gone live over at Bungie.net; KP asked a question and a half of Narcogen, and let the guy behind Rampancy.net handle the other 8000 words of the interview. Check it out to see some of the motivation behind one of the longest-running Halo fansites on the web, along with some…

TheSneak pointed out a YTMND funni that… actually is funny. Go watch.(Louis Wu 21:34:55 UTC)

XerxdeeJ stopped by to point out a Reader’s Poll on his Tied the Leader blog; are the weapons glitches that were in the news last week going to remain in your arsenal during custom games (or any non-matchmaking games, really)… or are you going to try and ‘go straight’ across the board? Sound off!(Louis Wu…