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More tournaments: ;*@PTUR3 writes about his clan site, Hushed Casket, which has quite a bit of confusing information; there’s a Halo tournament in Athens, GA at the end of June, but the website listed (http://www.tournamentwars.com/) doesn’t seem to be reachable. There’s another tournament in Game City, FL (we mentioned it in early May), but it…

Last January, Xbox.com put together their Hall of Fame, in which all major awards for Xbox products are listed in one place. (I never noticed it before; thanks to CuBaNo for the heads-up.) Halo DOMINATES the page. Heh.

Do you play Xbox online? XboxConnect 3.0 has just been released – in the words of one of its developers, “it has more features than you can shake a stick at.” Start shakin!

Gah. Dark Helmet writes to say that his site, darkhelmet.org, is currently offline due to an administrative snafu. He wants everyone to know that it will be back, better than ever, as soon as he can make it happen. Dark Helmet was a pioneer in putting hogs on top of things; he went lots of…

Thanks to Monkey, who pointed out a new GamerFeed over at Xbox.com; it’s a discussion of quantum leaps in quality without changing the technology. Halo is used as an example. 🙂 Check it out!

These guys just don’t stop. Fan Fiction for the evening: Covenant Invasion! Part Two, by Hunter_Killer Shadow Ops, Chapter 1: The Mission, by Agent Shade Halo: The Aftermath, by Matthew Buzas Its Just One of Those Days: 02, by Elfster Halo: Combat Re-evolved; Chapter One: Into the Void, by Steele Asylum, by Dispraiser All Roads…

Okay, now I’m intrigued. mehve jumped onto our forum this evening to ask anyone who hasn’t yet voted to visit Bungie.net and toss their two cents into the Quick Poll. (It’s been up for quite a while; I never bothered to mention it because it seemed sort of frivolous; “What is your favorite color when…

Took forever to get it uploaded – but there is now a smaller (52.1mb, 356×240) QuickTime5-compatible version of the trailer online. Again, this one isn’t as processor-dependent as the .mp4 version Bungie released, though it should be nearly as good, quality-wise.

Monday’s One One Se7en is now online; it’s the third piece of the recent subseries. I gotta ask… did the Jjaro make those?

We received a press release for this Friday’s ‘The X Factor’ feature on the Discovery Channel. To remind you, it’s debuting at 8 pm ET/PT, and will contain (among other things) an interview with Jason Jones. Read the full press release for more details.

Rob Csigi of the Halo 2 Paradise Forums wrote to let us know of their new URL. They’re on a big push for new members, so swing on by and check ’em out!

So when you win the “America’s Biggest Halo Fan” contest, and you finally receive your prize in the mail… what do you do to commemorate the occasion? I suppose this is one option… (Shamelessly stolen from Red vs Blue’s news page.)

BOLL has been a busy little beaver recently; there are two new Flash toys for you to play with. The first is a game he created over a year ago (but forgot to polish until recently) – Fly the Pelican through the cave system, trying your best to miss the walls. The Flash file itself…

Nice eyes – Iceman1330 noticed three new storyboards over at Bungie’s Tru7h and Reconciliation site. (They’re not currently mentioned on any of b.net’s news pages.) You get a good look at the ODST’s weapons, and the Pelican cannon. Check ’em out! Update: These got posted on Friday, and I managed to miss ’em in the…

GameFAQs has posted a new poll: Which FPS sequel are you looking forward to? I think we all know the answer to that.

Forgot to mention this yesterday… but Target4Hire nailed the audio challenge we mentioned in Saturday’s news. Thanks to Marty and Jay for the followup explanations.

Clan [WSD] has posted a 30 mb movie showing a clan match between themselves and {SDA} last week. It’s all CTF footage (almost 7 minutes worth), filmed from the perspective of one of the {SDA} members. (The final clip shows why, if you’re playing [WSD], you might want to think twice about giving them raw…

The full Demo Trailer Mirrors list has been updated with a number of new mirrors; even the newer QuickTime5 hi-res movie has a mirror (thanks, Halo Orbit!). Check out the list for the full details. (There are now links at the top of the page for each flavor.)

Benjamin Coles points out that the price drop Ding mentioned a few days ago (and then speculated might not actually happen) has actually happened – Target is selling Halo for $27.88 this week, according to XboxAddict. If you need another copy, you can’t beat this price!

Its accuracy depends on Evil Otto having created his artwork to scale… but Shnfara has estimated the thickness of the Halo at almost 120 km by using a side-on picture of the ring and some pixel math. You’ll find the result in our Miscellaneous Art section. Update: My bad – that value (the thickness of…