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Empire (a UK film magazine) put Frank O’Connor’s comments about a Halo movie to music – Beyonce’s Halo, to be precise. Nice! Thanks, MC_Leprechaun.(Louis Wu 15:29:59 UTC)

Otakon08Ikari let us know that he and a friend went to Tekkoshocon (an Anime convention in Pittsburgh), and wore some homemade Halo armor – check out the pics on the 405th. (Louis Wu 15:29:38 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a Halo fan who immortalized his gaining of Recon armor by tattooing the helmet on his chest. This is one Bungie can’t turn off…(Louis Wu 15:28:52 UTC)

NeoGAF’s BladedExpert (with some help from DualX) took a LOT of clips from HaloGAF members, mashed ’em together with some great Halo music, and turned out a 16 minute megamontage with some fantastic moments in it. You can watch it on YouTube, in two pieces (Part 1 | Part 2), or you can download it…

In light of the fact that the last few days of Halo 2 online play are upon us, Eurogamer has published ‘Better Than Halo: The Making of Halo 2’, a look back at the creation of the game. Bungie developers Jaime Griesemer, Joe Staten, Chris Butcher, Chris Carney and Brian Jarrard reminisce about the insanity…

There are a few nice tidbits this weekend at Hawty McBloggy’s – she found a customized female mohawked Spartan on eBay (sold yesterday morning for $8.50), a reminder to play Halo 2 this week (that picture scares me), and instructions for a Super Happy Fun Time Kit from Grin + Bear It (I can see…

Co-Optimus is kicking off a ‘Collectible Night’ – they’re teaming up with the Waypoint team this Friday night to ‘collect’ skulls, terminals, and audio logs in Halo 3 and ODST! Check out the page for details on how to participate.(Louis Wu 16:22:03 UTC)

Rampancy.net has posted the next episode of Anger, Sadness, and Envy, their podcast that looks at how Halo games play. Episode 13 looks at the first part of Halo 3: ODST, and features Narcogen, Blackstar, and Miguel Chavez. It’s 90 minutes long – go grab it! (I couldn’t make the in-page version play, but the…

Halochief89 stopped in to announce a Flash interface for his Halo Clairvoyance story; it’s not final, but it’s a start. Interesting!(Louis Wu 16:20:07 UTC)

}SoC{BrownSound noticed an article at Kotaku, in which a photoshop contest was egg-themed, for Easter… and our favorite super-soldier made the winner’s group. Nice work! (Louis Wu 16:19:45 UTC)

Nabsuh told us about Ashes of Betrayal, a Halo 3/CGI hybrid machinima telling the story of Major Daniel Graystone, and his betrayal of the UNSC effort. Nice work! (Louis Wu 16:55:00 UTC)

Tommy92l had some cool clips – Halo footage, with sweet after effects – but the full render was presenting problems. The solution? Release the clips. Check ’em!(Louis Wu 13:57:13 UTC)

The Top Ten Halo 3 Screenshots collection this week is actually visible on Halo Waypoint, on Xbox LIVE. Great shots, collected from the March releases – jump on and see ’em!(Louis Wu 13:56:42 UTC)

BuzzJuice pointed out the full interview that IGN did with Frank O’Connor (we mentioned the teaser quote Thursday) – if you’re wondering where Frank sees the Halo franchise going, this is worth a read.(Louis Wu 13:56:10 UTC)

As expected, the Bungie Weekly Update went live last night. (Even though we didn’t front-page it then, you could find it in our Weekly Update Archive within an hour or two.) As has been true for a few weeks, this update is chock-full of multiplayer goodness – the focus is on maps, and you get…

Brian Gilmore let us know that the last of the Mythic Map Pack has been covered by the Teabag Prevention Team – Longshore was the holdout, and with the newly-posted Tips page online, they can say that they’ve got a collection of articles that covers every weapon, vehicle, and map in Halo 3. Not bad!…

Joystiq has an exclusive trailer for the second episode of The Return, the latest story-turned-video on Halo Waypoint. Great-looking stuff… be sure to log into Waypoint on Xbox LIVE this Saturday to see the episode!(Louis Wu 19:16:40 UTC)

FireDragon04 let us know that he’s put together an in-depth analysis of the Reach Multiplayer trailer – yes, these have been done before, but he’s incorporated information released subsequently. It’s 20 minutes long – give it a look! (Louis Wu 18:18:00 UTC)

ChrisOfTheDead is back with another montage – this one is called ‘I am going to stick you! (even if it kills me)’, and it focuses on (surprise) sticks. I think I’d have liked it better if a smaller percentage of the clips showed the sticker actually survive the encounter… thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 18:17:34 UTC)

We forgot to mention this yesterday, but the Double EXP Weekend Playlist this week is ‘Prepare to Drop’, a list inspired by Halo 3: ODST. This is the third showing of this particular playlist. (Louis Wu 18:16:30 UTC)