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aloyisus pointed out that today is the 9th anniversary of Halo’s release (and, not coincidentally, the release of the original Xbox) – Happy Birthday, you old coot!(Louis Wu 15:31:53 UTC)

Hedgemony dug through Tumblr to bring you, once again, an eclectic collection of tidbits from the minds of Halo fanatics everywhere. Fun read! (Louis Wu 16:37:55 UTC)

GodlyPerfection continues his Forge Lesson series – Lesson 37 focuses on Orientation. Want to make sure your players don’t get lost in the heat of battle? Give this a read! (Louis Wu 16:36:20 UTC)

TDSpiral brought to our forum’s attention an AWESOME art piece he did combining Halo and Limbo. A must-see in my opinion!(GrimBrother One 23:28:28 UTC)

GhaleonEB has put up another chapter in his Forge Blog – what happens when you’re not happy with how a map plays? Well, if you’re not lazy, you tear down what’s busted, and fix it. Yes, it’s work – but it’s worth it.(Louis Wu 20:20:07 UTC)

Couple of vids in the last couple of days’ worth of Comm Chatter, over at Bungie.net – Carnage A51 put together a pretty intricate Rube Goldberg suicide device to pay tribute to Bungie – and Arbiter 617 is back with ‘Cone Combat II: Clash of the Cones…

2good4u2 posted a whole bunch of Reach panoramas yesterday – go check ’em out! (Louis Wu 13:49:19 UTC)

There’s a thread celebrating the birthday of Halo 2 in our forum – jump in if you’re feeling nostalgic!(Louis Wu 17:41:54 UTC)

A new Community Outreach feature is live on Halo Waypoint right now – Stephen Loftus plays Firefight, talks about Reach’s story, waxes poetic about Halo scenery, and mistakes Vociferous for a grunt. A fun watch! (Louis Wu 15:28:33 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla has collected yet another batch of cool Halo art by hunting through Japanese websites – you can view them from our forum, or you can view our local mirror. Some really great stuff in there!(Louis Wu 13:50:04 UTC)

GrimBrother One noticed a new ‘Behind the Scenes’ piece on Halo Waypoint – a history of the MJOLNIR project. Catch up!(Louis Wu 13:28:20 UTC)

It’s a quiet day, from the standpoint of Halo – MLG Dallas continues (they’re working through the Losers Bracket Semifinals as I write this – Status Quo and Triggers Down are 2-2 with a deciding 5th game coming up – and Instinct and Final Boss are set …

The 405th’s LeeKegan built a Reach grenade launcher out of PVC and wood – really nice work! Thanks, padraig08.(Louis Wu 22:21:17 UTC)

XBOX UK has put together (or at least released) a new promotional trailer for Halo: Reach – shows off some of the accolades the game has received, along with some great campaign footage. Should bump the holiday sales numbers a bit… thanks, bobs99.(L…

ZZoMBiE13 let us know that Achievement Hunter’s Fails of the Weak Volume 7 is online (he sent a link with the easier-on-the-eyes RvB skin, and for that I thank him) – there’s something seriously infectious about Geoff’s laugh when someone does somethi…

GodlyPerfection continues his series of Forge Lessons – Lesson 36 is entitled ‘Simplicity’, and will show you how to do more with less.(Louis Wu 14:43:48 UTC)

Halo Waypoint’s Vociferous and bs angel teamed up to show off the new Square Enix Emile figure – swing by YouTube for the video. No amputated pieces of Sherilyn Fenn included. Thanks, Chris101b. (Louis Wu 13:40:56 UTC)

Hedgemony decided to create a tribute to Marvel Comic covers from days past. What better content to use than Halo screens? Awesome result.(Louis Wu 14:20:34 UTC)

Whoa. If you live in Asia, there’s no better time to buy Reach than RIGHT NOW – play-asia.com has the game on Weekly Special for about $20 US. Nice! Thanks, Tech2.(Louis Wu 13:39:09 UTC)

Minime stopped in to let our forum know that his buddy Oaklez had released his final (and first!) Halo 3 montage – lots and lots and lots of multikills. Check it out!(Louis Wu 11:31:45 UTC)