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mnemesis ran across an adorable little creature (bottom of the page, labeled ‘Fury of Ragnaros’) you can buy at the BlizzCon store – yeah, it’s a World of Warcraft doodad, but it was created by John ‘Anim8rJB’ Butkus, half of the Cananimator team that built some cool stuff in Halo 2 and Halo 3. Great…

This week’s update touches on the many goings-on of a busy Bungie Studios as they prepare for the release of their latest epic space opera. Hahaha, yeah I didn’t even read it. Urk sucks! Check it out.(KP 19:21:44 UTC)

Goodies from the Bungie Blog this afternoon:Podtacular’s 200th Episode (we mentioned it being recorded live last weekend) is now available for download. If you missed the livestream, go listen.Jump Theory released The Circatage volume 2, a bunch of leftover jumps from the last big collection.Sir Brane Damuj collected a bunch of bizarre clips – it’s…

Bryan Simon couldn’t stay away from the community – he’s back, with a new song. And I guess he decided he had to sing about me. (I have that effect on people.) Go watch him sing “The Song for BK’s” on YouTube. Or just download the mp3 from us (3.5 mb). (Louis Wu 16:56:11 UTC)

eckosama stopped by to prove that there are people with more time than… well, pretty much anything. He’s gone back to AotCR, in the original Halo, to put together a gigantic vehicle collection. Have these been done before? Absolutely. Have any of the old ones used every single vehicle in the level? I’m not sure.…

GeneCoon let us know that Halozination (a german Halo clansite) put up a wallpaper series of vehicle renders. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 14:10:11 UTC)

It’s Friday… so it’s time for Friday Caption Fun over at Hawty McBloggy’s. Check out some funny responses for last week’s pic… and a sweet new image to caption for this week. Awwww…. (While you’re there, you should check out her Twitter T&A from yesterday – she was soliciting pickup lines involving Halo weapons. I…

Five new stories (from three authors) are available in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read ’em! (How’s your Feet First into Hell entry coming? You’ve still got a month, so don’t worry… just checking.)(Louis Wu 12:26:04 UTC)

Bungie posted a new Breaking In article last night – Chad Foxglove, special effects artist, talks about wanting to be a dinosaur and the importance of wearing clothes to interviews. Good advice! Go read the rest.(Louis Wu 12:25:44 UTC)

Tony ‘ubald’ Marcotte is back – he’s got a new render for you, and he’s calling it ‘Marine’. Nice motion test! We’ve added it to his gallery here; if you’re not familiar with his work, take a look around!(Louis Wu 19:01:23 UTC)

The latest Community Cartographer feature has gone live at Bungie.net – Butane123 talks about his creation Neosho, a map that’s gotten play in both the Bungie against the World playlist last month, and the 7 on the 7th playlist this month. Go give it a read!(Louis Wu 18:53:30 UTC)

Pete Cooper is tickled that Operation Chastity, his Halo fan film project, made it into Wired Magazine – there’s an interview, along with pics. Some have been seen here before… but there’s a new progress shot of the warthog, and some storyboards. Great stuff! Congrats, Pete.(Louis Wu 18:31:11 UTC)

Interested in capturing a flag or three? This weekend’s Double XP playlist is Team Flag – and it went live 20 minutes ago. Full description can be found on Bungie’s Playlists page… but know that it’s 5v5, and you need all maps.(Louis Wu 18:20:49 UTC)

Kotaku “why publish an interview all at once, when you can release a couple of questions a day and increase ad revenues exponentially?” Australia has posted yet another article containing info from a Curtis Creamer interview they conducted last week. This one focuses on the fact that the vast majority of Halo 3 players, worldwide,…

Destructoid has a writeup of the Mythic Map Pack 2 – no videos, but text-based impressions, and plenty of screens.(Louis Wu 17:53:31 UTC)

Three new vids for you, courtesy of urk and the Bungie Blog:Anoj has posted Episode 38 of his Top 10 Halo 3 Series (this one focuses on Objective Kills)Tranquility has put up a sniperific montage called ‘A Place of My Own’ (more snipes than you can shake a spiker at)Jump Theory’s Gary UK released Rush,…

More videos of multiplayer gameplay on the new Mythic maps coming with ODST: TeamXbox has a bunch, 1UP’s Dave ‘lybertyboy’ Ellis put up a full 16-player One-Flag CTF match on Longshore (in two pieces), and GameTrailers has a sizeable collection (thanks, Kibbles). You could spend all morning watching… most of this stuff is in HD.(Louis…

Looks like Bungie’s gonna be at PAX – at least for a panel discussion. Joe Staten, Paul Bertone, Curtis Creamer, and Brian Jarrard will be looking at ODST, and how it developed. Friday, 3:30 to 4:30, in the Serpent Theatre – be there! Thanks, Blueblur.(Louis Wu 21:33:32 UTC)

Did you like the Halo 3: ODST iPhone wallpapers in last week’s Update… but wish you had versions that let you position the actual image a bit more precisely? Wish no more – Bungie’s added these pics to the ODST Field Guide (wallpaper section); below each image is an alt link. Go wild!(Louis Wu 21:22:37…

NeoGAF’s DancingJesus noticed that GameSpot has posted their Halo 3: ODST preview (and videos). If more come today, we’ll update this newspost.(Louis Wu 19:59:34 UTC)