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Destructoid has a funny ‘Fanboy Friday’ article, in which they highlight some of the stupid ‘my game is better!’ ‘no, your game sucks!’ forum arguments you can find around the net in relation to Halo 3: ODST. They’ve got the right idea – laugh at ALL of them. (Louis Wu 14:18:54 UTC)

DeadperfecT has a signed-by-Bungie original Xbox in great condition he’s looking to sell. Check his post for pics, and let him know if you’re interested! (Louis Wu 14:18:06 UTC)

milesprower was at the Chicago stop of the ODST roadshow – he wrote up a journal about it on RvB, with lots of pics. Check it out! (Louis Wu 14:14:08 UTC)

elpolloguapo pointed out a sweepstakes at kongregate (you have to fill in the age gate info at the top to see it). Each week you play one of their games; qualify and you’re entered in that week’s drawing. Five winners each week will win a copy of ODST. Enter all four weeks, you’re eligible for…

More Halo 3: ODST hands-on articles are popping up – Joystiq has one – beware of minor early-game spoilers), a newspaper called ‘The North Bay Nugget’ has one. (This one looks syndicated; it should show up in any Sun Media paper.) 10 more days…(Louis Wu 14:08:41 UTC)

TeamXbox has posted ‘9 Things We Can Tell You About Halo 3: ODST’ – they played the game for two straight days, and have pulled out 9 tidbits that aren’t covered by NDA but might intrigue you. Go check it out! Thanks, Planet Halo. (Louis Wu 14:04:05 UTC)

The latest Bungie Weekly Update is live – a recap of PAX, new campaign screenshots, an interview with a fan that kicked some serious butt at Firefight, an interview with the creator of Mega Man (and a recent visitor to Bungie Studios). And a cool piece of art we featured earlier in the week. Check…

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…