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Last week, we mentioned Achievement Hunter’s Top Easter Eggs of 2011 vid – Halo Anniversary was represented. Yesterday, they released their ‘Best of the Rest’ choices – and there are two more Anniversary eggs in there! Not too shabby.(Louis Wu 19:15:3…

Yesterday, pete_the_duck stopped by with word of a new duck comic on idleduck.com. Today, there was another. He says they won’t be every day – but they’re pretty funny – maybe keep an eye on the Webcomic tag on idleduck.(Louis Wu 14:44:38 UTC)

Arby ‘n’ the Chief has a New Year’s Special – how much Halo did YOU play this week? Thanks, Ogan Panavo.(Louis Wu 18:23:45 UTC)

If you’ve been thinking about buying Halo DLC, today’s the day – everything’s half off. Map Packs are 400 MS Points, Themes are 120 MSP. Reach as a Game on Demand is $30. It’s a one-day deal… go grab something now!(Louis Wu 16:00:10 UTC)

MASSAIKUR wants to warn you about Boosting Addiction. Go watch.(Louis Wu 18:34:11 UTC)

So on Sunday afternoon, we got an urgent email from Laird – a charity auction full of Halo goodies from 343 was in the last 2 hours of its 5 day run, and he wanted to get the word out. (I’m still sad we didn’t hear about it sooner.) Severl new bidders …

thebruce0 pointed out an interview with Jeff Gomez, the CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainments, on the OXM website. Gomez discusses the document they put together to keep track of the Halo universe across all media – he calls it their Halo Bible, thou…

Whoa. There’s a very cool auction going on right now – it ends in less than two and a half hours from the writing of this post! 343 is auctioning off a pretty incredible collection of goodies, and 100% of the profits go to Northwest Harvest, a non-prof…

This week’s Halo Bulletin went up late last night, and contains a delightful array of festive vernacular from Mrs. Santa Claws herself. The true highlight is the recounting of the recent Charity Dinner held to benefit Child’s Play. Some amazing items w…

SonofMacPhisto wanted to share a rather great article by the incomparable “Yahtzee” from TheEscapistMagazine. His article focuses on what he considers the key cornerstones of an enjoyable gaming experience, something re refers to as Context, Challenge,…

Laird announced that Halo Auctions benefitting Child’s Play are all live now – everything from signed helmets to a printed version of A Fistful of Arrows to signed artwork is up for grabs. Go see what you can get! (Louis Wu 17:31:15 UTC)

Cobberweb set his band Mahoney’s song ‘Dazey Chain’ against the video footage from Landfall, the live action Halo short from Neill Blomkamp – go see for yourself how well it works!(Louis Wu 17:15:02 UTC)

Very nice little bonus from 343 – set up (and complete) a custom challenge today, collect a free 34,300 cR next week! Full details at Halo Waypoint. Thanks, Mid7night.(Louis Wu 21:06:41 UTC)

BlueNinja dropped a few gorgeous panos in our forum (one here, two more here) – check ’em!(Louis Wu 22:03:23 UTC)

rukizzel stopped in with a small easter egg from Breakneck, the Headlong remake in Anniversary – nice to see the tradition of industries founded by environment artists continues! (Louis Wu 15:21:23 UTC)

The Custom Map Team released a video recently showing off their newest reworking of Truth and Reconciliation – it looks amazing in the Halo Custom Edition engine! Thanks, wwm0nkey. (Louis Wu 13:54:42 UTC)

RC Master put together a new Achievement guide for the Anniversary achievement “Leave It Where It Lay” – complete Two Betrayals on Legendary without picking up a new weapon. He uses the Bandanna skull, so if you’re looking for a guide that shows you h…

Computer and Video Games has put together a summary of what we know so far about Halo 4 – and compares it to the beginning of Star Wars’ second trilogy. Here’s hoping that particular comparison is offbase.(Louis Wu 12:13:03 UTC)

BlueNinja got back into the Panorama business with a pair of shots from Halo Anniversary. Gorgeous!(Louis Wu 17:12:37 UTC)

MASSAIKUR put together an interesting video based on what John 117 might dream about; the soundtrack is a song by the inimitable Mothergoat. Go watch! (Louis Wu 14:26:27 UTC)