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AdweekMedia has a poll up – what was the best commercial of the first decade of the 21st century? Halo 3’s Diorama made the finalist list – go watch ’em all, then vote for your favorite! A few people let us know about this, but Toby Dillman was first. (Louis Wu 14:29:10 UTC)

A long-promised upgrade to Bungie Pro’s rendering service has been the ability to grab just a piece of a longer Halo 3: ODST Campaign video, by specifying start and end timestamps – that upgrade is here now. Go visit, and see what it takes – and get to rendering that cool clip that happened in…

Yesterday, a new Tag and Release feature went live at Bungie.net – screenshots showing off the specialness of Last Exit is what they were looking for. Were they successful? You decide. (You can find your OWN cool Last Exit shots by looking through the Community Files section.)(Louis Wu 14:27:41 UTC)

Darkspire Films continues their Candy Coated Wonder Road series, with ‘The Cookie Thief’. Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar? YOU, THAT’S WHO! Wait, that’s not right… (Thanks, urk.)(Louis Wu 18:39:47 UTC)

Let’s see what we’ve got for you today:Elnea’s posted Halo Action Figure Theater #189 – Fixing a Hole. Wuvvy might have a problem.luke’s latest Grin + Bear It is live at Hawty McBloggy’s – are attitudes towards female soldiers changing?Bloogyo reported some new Xbox problems, so Rat’s Nest is on hold for a while.Go read!…

Hawty McBloggy highlighted another Halo tattoo today – really colorful! Awesome rendition of the image off the cover of the Halo Graphic Novel. Take a look. (While you’re there, check out some information about her upcoming Halo 3 Community Playdate, organized by Xbox.com, and take a look at some very nice Halo: Reach iPhone wallpaper…

Halo Waypoint has their new schedule up for the week – they’re going to be spending a significant chunk of time on Halo Evolutions (the short story collection coming out later this month). There are two 7-minute videos up right now – interviews with Kevin Grace, Eric Nylund, Frank O’Connor, and Jonathan Goff, in which…

MSNBC.com put together a short piece they call the “Top 5 most incredible war scenes in gaming” – the ‘Rolling Thunder’ segment of Halo (the original) made the list. Nice! Thanks, ArteenEsben.(Louis Wu 13:42:30 UTC)

essentialparadox let us know that he’s selling a copy of the July 2000 PC Gamer, which contained an article about Halo before the move to the Xbox. (If you want to see the contents of the article, we posted scans of it back when it was released – but if you buy this, you can…

CaptainTony reminded us that 8 years ago today, the world got to play Halo for the first time on the (then) brand-new Xbox. Wow, how time flies!(Louis Wu 18:02:07 UTC)

We got word from grumpy about a Halo 2 trick. Explaining it is non-trivial; if you’re not part of the tricking community, it might be difficult to even understand what’s being done. Way back in late 2004, a special gun, hidden by Bungie just for tricksters, was found on the Halo 2 level Metropolis -…

Chaos Theory’s Adam Susskind has a new machinima for you – swing by his website for Edge of Reason, a seven minute tale of a cop slipping past the bounds of normal…(Louis Wu 15:10:52 UTC)

TDSpiral is back with a new piece of Halo artwork; this one is called ‘Chieftan Leviticus’, and it’s a really nice moody piece. Check it out!(Louis Wu 15:08:38 UTC)

Thanks to FyreWulff, who noticed a thread on the Halo Wars forum detailing potential changes coming in a future Halo Wars Title Update. Looks like some Achievements might be getting easier! (Louis Wu 15:01:56 UTC)

rhubarb noticed a mention in the latest Game Informer of Starlight Runner Entertainment, a company we mentioned in passing back in March. A visit to their website turns up a press kit (thanks, General Vagueness) that contains this intriguing paragraph:In 2008, Starlight Runner was commissioned by Microsoft to prepare the company’s multibillion dollar Halo videogame…

rolandk73 noticed a silly auction on eBay yesterday – someone was selling a Halo 3 Legendary helmet for one million dollars. The auction was over by the time I saw it… but the seller relisted (at a FAR more reasonable $100,000) last night (thanks, Mid7night). That auction is still live. Really – can you put…

Yesterday, a rather unusual thread popped up on our forum – unusual because it was filled with a level of vitriol that doesn’t often show up around here. (Folks are generally more polite than all that…) It’s not really worth pointing out, for itself… but one graphical response from a regular made me laugh quite…

Cody Moore has written a Halo-related song – but he can’t play the music needed. He wants your help. Read his post, listen to his vocals, and if you can help, let him know!(Louis Wu 22:23:45 UTC)

I <3 Halo 3 Screenshots continues their Top Ten Halo 3 Screenshots series – and in honor of Friday the 13th, the most recent collection is in the horror genre. Scary Pics!(Louis Wu 21:43:33 UTC)

IGN pointed out that NPD data (released yesterday for October) shows that Halo 3: ODST has now sold over 3 million units since its release 2 months ago. Respectable!(Louis Wu 16:12:01 UTC)