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Leviathan created a new image inspired by the Halo: Reach trailer – amazing. Go see if you need new wallpaper.(Louis Wu 14:52:02 UTC)

Friday Caption Fun is live at Hawty McBloggy’s – some great captions for last week’s pic, and a new pic that made me laugh. Go see what you can come up with! Friday’s Fan Fiction Just five new pieces up this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 14:51:39 UTC)

CaptainTony noticed a quick mention of the Halo Legends Official Soundtrack during Robbie Bach’s talk at CES yesterday – and DHalo found a listing for it at Amazon. Not a lot of info yet, but it’ll be out next month! (Louis Wu 14:51:05 UTC)

ZzomBiE13 posted a new line drawing that is just dying for some color; swing by DeviantART to see it! (He’s willing to pass along the layered PSD to folks serious about coloring it; read the description.)(Louis Wu 14:50:49 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla stopped in with a bunch of information about Red vs Blue and some cool stuff coming up in the future; information about the next season of Reconstruction, info about the animated short that showed at PAX 08, and some interesting info about upcoming TV broadcasts of RvB material. Check it out! (Louis Wu 14:50:24…

FyreWulff let us know that the Matchmaking playlists have been updated again – you can see the announcement on Bungie’s forum, or swing by FyreWulff’s wiki for info on ALL DXP lists so far. (This week’s list, kicked off yesterday, is Mythic Brawl – and for a little bit longer, the 7 on the 7th…

Wow. NeoGAF’s Gribbix noticed a piece of artwork on Game Informer’s website last night – it was taken down quickly, but not quickly enough, it seems. (The placeholder article it was attached to had a date of January 9, so it’s likely we’ll see it ‘officially’ in two days.) Meanwhile, check out the hawtness early!…

IGN UK has put together a list of the Most Influential Shooters of All Time – 7 are PC-only, 1 is multiplatform, one is for PS3 (the upcoming MAG – sort of silly to call it ‘most influential of all time’ before it’s even released), and the final one… is Halo 3. Thanks, Gilver.(Louis Wu…

Four new movies today over at Bungie.net’s Comm Chatter (yeah, I know, we’re using the OLD ‘tacular’ definition, not the new one – blame urk for not posting a fifth movie, I guess):im so good at halo looks at two perspectives on obnoxiousness (inside and outside) – love the Canadian accent.The Grunts of Firefight will…

IGN has posted an article about how the Gears of War franchise could benefit… from some of Bungie’s innovations. It’s a good read! Thanks, GrimBrother One.(Louis Wu 15:57:43 UTC)

Mendicant Bias sent word of a page of game-related cupcakes – it says ‘random order’, but given the position of the one Bungie-related entry (#77), I’m skeptical. Mendi credits Snorkle256 from the HMB Forum for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 15:43:17 UTC)

Back in August, we mentioned that the Halo 3: Believe ad was up for the APG 2009 Creative Strategy Award; we never followed up. Those awards were distributed in October – and McCann Erickson went home with both the Gold and Grand Prix awards for that campaign. We’re late – but better than never!(Louis Wu…

Over at Koku Gamer, the latest episode of the Angry Joe Show asks “Was Halo 3: ODST a Disappointment?” Angry Joe is angry. (Mostly, he’s angry about the price.) Adam Grumbo from the 405th redeems this.(Louis Wu 15:26:54 UTC)

Hot Blooded Gaming thinks Halo 3 was the most overhyped game of the decade – agree? Disagree? Want more 7-11 cups before you decide? (For what it’s worth – Halo 3 was announced at E3 2006, not 2005.) (Louis Wu 15:25:36 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has posted the nominees for ten separate categories of Halo goodness, just so that you can vote for the 2009 Best of Halo Awards. Swing by, read the details, and then get to picking your favorites! You’ve got a week.(Louis Wu 14:01:32 UTC)

Brandon noticed a new College Humor video (he found it at Geekologie) – funny for gamers in general, with direct Halo references. Definitely worth a watch!(Louis Wu 14:01:09 UTC)

If you’re going to be in San Francisco in mid-March, you might want to check out the Game Developers Conference – no fewer than six Bungie employees will be speaking.Jaime Griesemer, Gameplay Designer, has a talk called “Design in Detail: Changing the Time Between Shots for the Sniper Rifle from 0.5 to 0.7 Seconds for…

AssaultGodzilla is back with another Halo music video – once again, he manages to keep my attention with a cool video, even though the musical style is one I don’t listen to often! Go check out ‘Indestructible’.(Louis Wu 13:58:57 UTC)

It’s time, once again, for the Bungie Pentathlon, that orgy of bacchanalia that happens every January – swing by Bungie.net for a description of the festivities, and some pictures that might scare or excite you, depending on your level of depravity.(Louis Wu 13:58:29 UTC)

There’s a new Community Spotlight up at Bungie.net – go read about a group that believes that ‘goose splatters are awesome. Go read about ’em!(Louis Wu 13:58:08 UTC)