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It’s Thursday, after 11 am PST – in Bungie-Land, that means the Weekend has begun… and they’re celebrating with a 3-Ball Double XP Playlist. 2-3 players per team, 4 teams, max party size of 12. All DLC required. Get to ballin’!(Louis Wu 21:25:39 UTC)

Bungie’s got another Community Cartographer mapmaking spotlight up – EDDY2 talks about his map, Actuality-Break. (This map was seen in the Bungie against the World playlist last week.)(Louis Wu 21:22:26 UTC)

Yesterday, a whole bunch of new accounts were approved at NeoGAF, and a flood of new people started posting in the Halo thread there. Flipyap immediately proved his worth by posting pics of a cool hunting trophy he got for his birthday. (I have no clue at all what that has to do with hunting……

Lots of videos for you again on the Bungie Blog today: The Ghosts of Onyx community has created a Rocket Race montage – 10 minutes of mongooses and rockets. Herbal T created a Halo 3 Minitage that will have you checking your monitor for damage for the first 15 seconds… and then reaching for the…

A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned a charity Halo 3 tourney on Xbox LIVE – it was supposed to take place this weekend. Apparently, it’s been rescheduled to October 10. (On the plus side, there might be an ODST Firefight Endurance Challenge included now.) More details in redvsblue42’s forum post.(Louis Wu 17:14:40 UTC)

This hasn’t actually been floated as a rumor – but there was a little bit of speculation about an announcement, so we thought we’d jump in early. Kotaku posted a note recently (thanks, CaptainTony) about an ‘exciting unannounced project’ that Microsoft will be bringing to Comic-Con next week – and even though there’s no discussion…

martinraybourne stopped in with word of a trailer done by his friend that uses Halo footage and audio from the second trailer of Star Trek: First Contact – good stuff! (There’s a link to the original trailer in the forum post, if you want to compare.)(Louis Wu 22:59:21 UTC)

Bungie has updated Forge Cafe’s Favorites today – and interviewed Mini Waz about his map, Borderline. Go read – and check out the files!(Louis Wu 22:57:06 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy ran across an entertaining ‘Spawntage’ on YouTube – ever felt like someone was out to get you? You’re not alone.(Louis Wu 22:54:13 UTC)

Lots of new movies on the BungLog™ this afternoon:Lufias created a tribute montage for Kampy – under 3 minutes, in HD. Lots of multikills. The Mythic Photographers have created both a Community Montage and a Community Funtage – links for both are on Bungie.net. Honor Guard has created an obstacle course, and then a video…

2900d4u noticed that a new article went live in the Halo Wars Dev Blog – this one discusses Leader Powers. This is Part 1 – Part 2 will be up next week.(Louis Wu 16:17:44 UTC)

AngelicLionheart stopped in with a link to a pic of the NKOK R/C Warthog we mentioned in May. We’ve posted a local version (2587×1412, 334k) in case this one goes away for whatever reason.(Louis Wu 16:14:20 UTC)

The More Deluded pointed out a link to EpicBattleCry Skirmish 37, a podcast running over at GameTrailers.com. From about the 21 to the 29 minute marks, they discuss Halo, and how overrated it is (or isn’t). (Louis Wu 16:07:57 UTC)

CyReN announced a $1,000 2v2 Halo 3 tournament in Westland, MI this weekend – swing by his forum post for full details. Basic facts – $50/team to register, first place wins a grand. Nice!(Louis Wu 16:04:20 UTC)

A few comic updates for you today:Hawty McBloggy let us know about ODS Steve #33 (A Sticky End) – sometimes you get lucky.Bloogyo told us about Rat’s Nest 20-7 (remake), 20-8, and 21-1. And more coming today, even!TTL Demag0gue came by with word of Reclaimer 204 (Executing Mimic) – the pieces are beginning to come…

Two years ago, we posted a note about Peter Marks – a Bungie fan from the old days who became a Bungie employee (and later a Certain Affinity employee), and who was diagnosed with some pretty agressive cancer. We set up a website where folks could leave a few words for Peter – and 4500…

bobcast stopped in with word of a lan going on in Ida, MI (SE Michigan, near NW Ohio) this Saturday – admission is free. More details in his forum post!(Louis Wu 17:38:47 UTC)

Joystiq has word of new DLC for Halo Wars – 4 new maps, 4 new achievements, 800 points. The package will be available next week (July 21). Go read!(Louis Wu 17:36:55 UTC)

Vids for your enjoyment at the BungLog™ today:ChrisOfTheDead released Shenanigans 4 – stuff that just shouldn’t happen… but does.Dropship dude put a bunch of webcam shots he collected over the course of Bungie Day together in one vid.The Mad Villager let urk know about ‘Machinima, Explained’ – a how-to video helping newcomers create better vids.…

You might remember that last Friday, we mentioned that Tyrant’s Summer Mythic Recon Challenge Episode V was active, and that v2.0 of his Covenant Walkthrough was available for your perusal, to help with this task. Well, now it’s Tuesday, and you’ve only got a few more days – so if you’re one of those procrastinators,…