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jake108 and the Teabag Prevention Team are back with a new article on ODSTs – it’s a summary of who they are and what they do.(Louis Wu 18:50:19 UTC)

Anoj is back with another best-of episode of his Top 10 Halo 3 sereis – this one is the top 10 moments of season 6 (episodes 36-41). Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 18:37:56 UTC)

The third Red vs Blue ODST commercial for Gamestop is now live over at IGN – watching it can teach you some interesting things about Sgt Johnson… Thanks to jurk for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 16:08:34 UTC)

XMixMasterX noticed that the Halo Interactive Strategy Game (originally released about a year ago – it’s been in our news a few times) is now available at a deep discount ($12, down from its original $45) at Best Buy. It’s up to you to decide if it’s worth it at that price.(Louis Wu 13:57:34 UTC)

Previews based on Campaign play are starting to appear – we saw two new ones this morning. Both of them looked at the same level (NMPD HQ) – neither contains story spoilers. IGN’s article (thanks, DancingJesus) summarizes how gameplay in the campaign actually works, and then discusses the level, with a focus on how gameplay…

CaptainTony pointed out a bit of ODST fanart he discovered at the Military Photos forum – done by someone who wasn’t much of a Halo fan before ODST was announced. Pretty cool!(Louis Wu 13:00:40 UTC)

As we mentioned yesterday, the most recent GameTrailers TV has a feature on the making of the live-action ‘We Are ODST’ short. It’s only a couple of minutes long, but you get a good look at the props they created for this film, and it’s fun to see the ‘set’ (a strip mine in Hungary)…

Hawty McBloggy let us know that this week’s Friday Caption Fun is a little different; rather than have you come up with pithy one-liners about an in-game screenshot, she’s provided a passel of pictures snapped at PAX – shots of her with various community members. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to…

TTL Demag0gue stopped in with word of Reclaimer 215 – Noise in the System. Reclaimer learns more… but time is running out. (Louis Wu 12:57:16 UTC)

FassinTaak made a connection I’ve never seen before – but it’s intriguing. There are definite similarities between the story of the Rookie in Halo 3: ODST… and the story of the player in Bungie’s first shooter, Pathways into Darkness. My mind is reeling! (Louis Wu 12:55:15 UTC)

GrimBrother One noticed a small tidbit at Kotaku – Stephen Totilo pointed out that Joe Staten described the size of the Halo Bible (the backstory document(s) that help Bungie and its friends keep track of the Halo universe) as 12-13 inches “if it was all printed out and stacked up”. (For reference, a standard 500-sheet…

Six new pieces for you in this week’s Fan Fiction update – new authors, meaty text. Go read!(Louis Wu 12:53:00 UTC)

G4TV has created a special ‘Launch Center’ for Halo 3: ODST – a dedicated page with a TON of new content. Much of this (but nowhere near all) was taken from last night’s TV special on the game – there are eighteen new video clips online, covering everything from multiplayer gameplay to story discussion. Fair…

The latest Breaking In article at Bungie.net focuses on environment artist Blake Low – you might think a cape and tights have no place at Bungie… but you’d be wrong. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 11:28:48 UTC)

You might notice little tidbits around the net mentioning that there were media events in New York and San Francisco this week, and that press got the chance to play through Halo 3: ODST’s campaign for the first time. (GameDaily has one, Dime Magazine has another, Kotaku has an extensive one (it’s based on time…

The latest render from Tony ‘Ubald’ Marcotte went live in his gallery here today – ‘Spartan’ is a great shot with an epic feel to it. Take a look!(Louis Wu 18:00:18 UTC)

Newsarama’s John Stvan played some Halo 3: ODST Firefight at PAX – and wrote up his experience yesterday. Go give it a read.(Louis Wu 17:35:48 UTC)

Another day, another huge batch of videos, courtesy of the BungLog™:Aberrant Designs whipped up a screenshot montageThe Skookumchuk released his second goosetageStewie2552 shared Funny Halo Fails and Laughs 6Clantacular.com has announced their first Top 10 Plays vidThe August ESPN/MLG Top Ten is live (this one, as usual, deserves special mention – amazing plays)Send urk a…

xmoosev3 was the first on our forum to point out a tweet from the Halo Waypoint team… looks like Waypoint’s going live on November 5.(Louis Wu 17:01:46 UTC)

The 405th was out in force at last weekend’s Dragoncon 2009 in Atlanta, GA – and you can see some great pics in this thread on their forum (thanks, Sean Bradley). Sean’s own photos can be found at photobucket – including a brand-new energy sword he debuted at this event. (More on that coming soon!)…