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Farhan pointed out Top FPS, a video from LagSpike. Eight challengers fight it out to be crowned ‘Top FPS’ – it’s hilarious. And really, really well-done. Go watch! And see if you can guess who wins before it’s announced!(Louis Wu 20:17:43 UTC)

Arby ‘n’ the Chief has (finally) ended – Endgame (Part Six) is now online. Arby gets Claire, Chief gets Recon, Bungie gets stoned. Everyone’s happy – until Chief finds out that everyone has Recon. 11 minutes long, but the last 5 minutes are credits. Thanks to Dratt for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 20:12:01 UTC)

It’s October. Leaves are turning here in New England (well, there was a lot of wind last night, so they’re falling, more than turning, but…). The air is crisp. It’s that time of year when thoughts turn to bonfires, and candy, and… pumpkins. Yep, we’re holding another pumpkin-carving contest. Prize details haven’t been fully worked-out…

Grimm Fandango, over at NeoGAF, pointed out that someone went to the trouble of recording the drum track that plays during the fifth wave of a Firefight set – it’s not available on the ODST soundtrack, and the poster did a great job of grabbing a pretty clean version. What a great piece of percussion!(Louis…

Frankie stopped in last night to allay some fears about Microsoft’s “6 year plan” for the Halo franchise; give his post a read to see what was (and wasn’t) meant by this quote. (He also posted a link to a meme-rich gameplay vid he created this summer; you can chalk this one up to the…

Morpheus announced that the winners of the September 2009 HaloContest are now posted – swing by HaloContest to view the screenshot, and the video clip! If you think you can do better, October’s contest is open for entries.(Louis Wu 12:47:14 UTC)

TDSpiral whipped up another piece of ODST art – I like it a lot!(Louis Wu 12:46:56 UTC)

CNET posted a piece describing the Top 5 Best (and Worst) Game Preorder Trends – Halo 3: ODST got props for discounts, but lost points for playable characters that can ONLY be collected during the preorder period. Whee!(Louis Wu 12:46:14 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update this time around is chock-full of info that might make your Firefight games less frustrating – but there’s lots of other stuff too. An appeal for donations, some info about sports bigwigs getting special treatment, details about a group of former Bungie guys starting their own team, cool cars from Forza…

milesprower whipped up a five-minute montage showing off some of the highlights of their Vidmaster: Endure effort – check it out, and then go make your own memories!(Louis Wu 18:05:39 UTC)

Recently, we mentioned a screenshot contest from Black Water Ops – today, according to Bungie.net, they’ve announced the winners. Go see!(Louis Wu 17:49:32 UTC)

Tons of movies for you today, courtesy of Bungie’s Comm Chatter:Carratti’s gameplay and Astiun Media’s editing turned out ‘Tellier’, a Halo 3 montageThere’s a ‘Halo 3 Community Snipetage’ from Katana1310 (not sure what community, or specifically where the clips came from)Adamack’s Halo 3 montage was edited by Insight Media|Rodzilla| got a sweet Banshee beatdown in…

Regular Halo comics seem to be on holiday right now, but there are a bunch of ODST mentions in non-Halo-specific strips:Rob Tracy pointed out that Least I Could Do kicked off a new ODST storyline on Wednesday – so Thursday and Friday’s strips are also related.DiscipleN2k found a couple of mentions: The AppleGeeks Lite strip…

VentureBeat has written up a history of Sadie’s Story, the tale within a tale in Halo 3: ODST – great read! Lots of background on the company that built it, and how it fits into the overall game. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 15:07:08 UTC)

It’s Friday – so it’s time for another round of Friday Caption Fun, over at Hawty McBloggy’s! Last week’s captions take shots at Gamestop and Dare – and this week’s image is sure to generate some Lonely Island quotes. Go play!(Louis Wu 14:34:59 UTC)

Geekscape’s Teabag Prevention has posted their second entry in their Road to Recon Armor series – this week, they’re giving you tips on how to complete the Vidmaster: Déjà Vu Achievement. Go give it a read – and then go earn yourself 25 more points!(Louis Wu 14:34:22 UTC)

The big news yesterday came from a USA Today article published on Tuesday. (LordGideon pointed it out then, I passed because it seemed like news we already knew – oops.) The focus has been on two tidbits: first, that Halo 3: ODST sold 2.5 million copies in its first two weeks (not too shabby), and…

Tashi0106, over at NeoGAF, pointed out a Forza 3 car that’s been gorgeously decked out with ODST bling. Check it!(Louis Wu 14:32:01 UTC)

nomis78 was browsing Twitter, and ran across a tweet that showed off a pretty cool theme for your iPhone/iPod Touch.(Louis Wu 14:31:09 UTC)

A new Breaking In article is live at Bungie.net; Test Lead Dave Gasca talks about how testing games might not be the cushy job you thought it was – but it can be a lot of fun. If you like being on fire. And don’t smell like anchovies. Go see if you’ve got what it…