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Big Appleton took some stock Halo footage, blended it with some Modern Warfare 2 stuff, and turned out a very short funny. Go see! (Louis Wu 18:28:07 UTC)

Aylmer van As let us know a few days ago that he’d begun translating the Halo 3 cutscenes into Dutch – swing by his YouTube channel to browse through the already-finished ones. More coming! (Louis Wu 18:27:24 UTC)

We last mentioned Project Aftershock, a Halo mod for Crysis, back in December. Recently, we heard from =SW=warlord, the project’s creator – he’s been working steadily, and pointed out the most recent page with the latest updates on the CryMod forum. Gorgeous!(Louis Wu 18:22:35 UTC)

Micro Center is offering Halo Wars for $10 + shipping. (If you have one near you, you don’t even need to pay shipping.) Nice price! Thanks, Black Six.(Louis Wu 18:21:57 UTC)

OXM has a quote from Brian Jarrard that suggests that Reach will probably have Firefight… and that there could be a Matchmaking component to it. Good news for those of us who had trouble finding games when we wanted them! (Please – do not take this newspost as a promise from Bungie that Reach will…

The Bungie Weekly Update is live at Bungie.net (and, of course, in our Weekly Update Archive, though I had to re-render the funny vid in order to make it show up here). Lots of good stuff – network playtests, droolworthy weapons, great audio clips, clarifications about multiplayer map environments, ridiculous hints, gorgeous wallpaper-ready cover art,…

We missed it yesterday – but Living Dead is the Double XP Weekend list of choice this time around, and it’s live now. B.net has the full details.(Louis Wu 19:40:52 UTC)

Lessee:Community Montage Week 3 is a montage Raincoat is a jump videoSymphonies is another montageNever Again is yet another montageGo watch.(Louis Wu 19:38:57 UTC)

FyreWulff is back with another Firefight Friday; this one is set on Security Zone, and you can pick your difficulty. Swing by his forum post for links, and prepare to fight!(Louis Wu 19:38:38 UTC)

The GTTV episode from last night is now online at GameTrailers – the interviews with Brian and Marcus are right at the start of the show. The footage is all from the ViDoc (or of Geoff Keighley and the Bungie guys), but the discussion has some interesting tidbits. Go watch!(Louis Wu 15:27:26 UTC)

Hawty’s back with another round of Friday Caption Fun – high-rated captions from last week, and a new screen that should make you do a double-take. Go play! (Louis Wu 15:11:25 UTC)

Morpheus let us know that HaloContest will be closing down in March; it’s costing too much to run. It’s going out with a bang, though; winners of the latest contest will have a choice between 4000 MS Points, a 12-month LIVE subscription, or the 2-disc edition of Halo Legends. Submit your clip or screen! (Louis…

Leviathan stopped in with word of an interesting in-store display at a Best Buy in Missouri, courtesy of IGN. I think that would get ME into the store!(Louis Wu 15:08:55 UTC)

GrimBrother One pointed out a pair of articles at Kotaku – they both involve questions for Bungie’s Brian Jarrard. The first asks about Reach’s Beta (key tidbits to be picked up by the gaming press: the beta might hit 3 million people, the max number of players in a multiplayer game may be over 16),…

Very, very light week in the Fan Fiction section – one entry, consisting of a poem. Check it!(Louis Wu 15:06:34 UTC)

All the Right Moves is a cool new article on Bungie.net – Troy McFarland, Bungie’s Mocap Specialist, talks about his job (and how his work will make your Reach experience oh so much better). Go read! (Don’t mind urk’s obsession with spandex.)(Louis Wu 23:43:33 UTC)

Back in September, Open Season challenged Halo players to kill 7 billion grunts by Bungie Day, 2010. Apparently, we beat that date by 5 months. New challenge? 7 billion brutes by Reach release. More details at B.net.(Louis Wu 23:41:23 UTC)

Spent the day away from the computer – came back to a plethora of movie offerings at B.net:Anoj is back with Top 10 Halo 3 Guardian Kills: Ep 48. (Link in B.net post goes to Honorable Mentions – the actual Top 10 is here.)Sandstorm 2 is a montage from Sandman – heavy on the editing.Just…

Jimmy Jangles wants to know – are you a Halo fan or a Halo Fan? (Yes, it’s a subtle distinction, at least written down… but there’s an ocean of perception between the groups, in reality.) Check out his examples, and figure out which one you are!(Louis Wu 13:06:43 UTC)

minasodaboy, at NeoGAF, was the first (I saw) to notice that the Halo: Reach Dev Blog was updated a few hours ago – looks like the first Alpha release candidate is finished! Go read about what that means… and get excited!(Louis Wu 12:59:54 UTC)