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Heh – Hawty McBloggy stumbled across a photograph of a shadow that made her think that maybe she plays too much Halo…(Louis Wu 20:05:13 UTC)

The next installment of jdars’ Aesthetic Artist Interviews is now online – he talks to jEEborz, a guy with some serious screenshot skillz. Check out the interview – and the pics!(Louis Wu 17:50:09 UTC)

Morpheus is running a rather odd contest – submit the slowest overall time on Halo 3 (all solo levels, combined), win a copy of ODST. There are plenty of rules to keep you from parking your character in a corner and leaving your Xbox alone for a week… go read ’em all. (I do NOT…

New movies (and stuff) are up for you now at the Bungie Blog. HaloTracks’ denizen ‘kiler200o’ has released Final Effort; there are links to a video and the map itself in the blog post. And xkevlarpro whipped up a montage that tells a story, called ‘Halo 3 Handlebars’. Enjoy!(Louis Wu 17:38:11 UTC)

jake108 sent along a link to Geekscape’s latest Teabag Prevention article – this one covers the Banshee. Read it, suck less!(Louis Wu 15:36:02 UTC)

There’s a fascinating article over at AiGameDev.com – it looks at AI bugs from various games that have been caught on film by players and uploaded to YouTube. In most cases, it provides general outlines of how the developer might fix the bug. Halo’s Swimming Grunt comes in at #12, and a funky driving glitch…

A quick update from Mr Sark, regarding his Sarkathlon 3, running now over at G4TV’s X-Play – looks like the top two finishers will also earn Recon armor. Nice!(Louis Wu 14:22:04 UTC)

It’s a little bit late, but last night RandomSauce sent along the second of his ‘Director Dialogues’ interviews – this one is with CMNeir, the man behind the Halo 3 Tricks videos. (We most recently mentioned him for his ‘Earth’ video, showing off cool Halo 3 landscapes right here at home.) Go read about what…

Friday Caption Fun is up to Round 45 over at Hawty McBloggy’s. A recounting of some of the best captions from last week, and a new cool screenshot to play with… grab your coffee, put on your Fun cap, and get to captioning!(Louis Wu 10:46:10 UTC)

Yesterday, urk posted notice of a new film on the Bungie Blog – it’s from a group called Black Water Ops, and it’s pretty amazing. It might just have some of the best Halo machinima cinematography I’ve ever seen. Go watch it, in HD (there are a couple of YouTube HD links)… and then check…

Yesterday was Thursday – so Bungie posted a new Breaking In story. This week, it’s Seth Gibson, Technical Artist. His path to Bungie took many twists and turns, and if you’re looking to get a job where he has a job, you could do worse than read about his travels! (Louis Wu 10:38:19 UTC)

Seven new pieces are up in the Fan Fiction section this week – nice number!(Louis Wu 10:37:21 UTC)

Lord Osiris brought us news of a new Grudge Match from IGN – Killzone 2 vs Halo 3. It’s currently available for Insiders only, but apparently will be up for the masses at some point. Which one do they like better? No clue – I let my Insider access lapse.(Louis Wu 10:32:32 UTC)

A summary of the Halo comics that have been released since Wednesday:The Catfish posted 2501 – Episode 47 (‘The Other Side’), and told urk about itThe Guest articles at ReclaimerComic.com continue – Yesterday saw a strip from stealth (thanks, TBB), and today has a new one from xSoB a Dooby. I hope TTL Demag0gue doesn’t…

Z wrote to point out the Apathy Trailer, a teaser for an upcoming montage from PretadoR. Timing is really, really good, and the effects are pretty nice! Available in YouTube HD, or downloadable from FileFront. It’s just over a minute long. (Louis Wu 10:30:40 UTC)

Mr Sark is back! The X-Play gaming pro has set up Sarkathlon 3 – win it and you’ll get your hands on some killer schwag. Go read about it on G4TV.com!(Louis Wu 21:17:03 UTC)

The Bungie Blog highlighted one of the craziest racetracks I’ve ever seen… I think actually playing on it would be an exercise in frustration for all but the most accomplished mongoose drivers, but it LOOKS pretty cool! Video, and download link, in B.net’s post. (Louis Wu 18:18:04 UTC)

The day’s montage roundup, courtesy of urk at B.net:A montage called ‘Float On’ from KamiikA minitage from Dutchy, called ‘The Prayer’Another Halo 3 Screenshots montage, from A Deaf BoyA Tritage from H3Center, called What’s MLG?Makes you wanna go shoot somebody…(Louis Wu 18:16:20 UTC)

We haven’t heard much from him recently… but Stuntmutt’s still around, and he’s decided to celebrate the 6th Anniversary of his first strip with a new offering. You’ll have to decide for yourself if this was a good idea – check out the latest One One Se7en. (We luv ya, Stunt!)(Louis Wu 15:48:14 UTC)

Domino Theory is back with another giveaway – you still missing Legendary maps? Quick, swing by and sign up for a shot at winning them. (You’ve only got until midnight, UTC, on Saturday – that’s about 36 hours from now. Don’t say we didn’t warn you!)(Louis Wu 15:33:40 UTC)