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Bungie’s Facebook page is currently at 9,965 fans – they’ve just posted that they’ll post a Mythic Map Pack code when they hit 10,000. Go be one of the last 35 needed! Thanks, Speedhuntr.(Louis Wu 17:09:04 UTC)

According to the Bungie Blog, the next Running Riot podcast will be recorded live on March 31, at 9:30 EST. Special Guest is Bryan Simon, Halo Songster Extraordinaire. Swing by their website if you want to be part of it.(Louis Wu 17:00:58 UTC)

Treeskunk’s Bzerker01 put together a Halo Wars/GI Joe mashup you might find interesting. Great choice of clips!(Louis Wu 16:14:04 UTC)

pete_the_duck recorded himself running through his Flaming Ninja Challenge, if you’re interested in seeing how this might be done. I’m pretty sure this sort of thing is out of my league… (Louis Wu 16:08:35 UTC)

Last year, we mentioned a Halo schwag collection owned by Seraph XXVII. He’s back… with more stuff.(Louis Wu 16:07:18 UTC)

Bungie officially confirmed the release date of the Mythic Map Pack on XBL Marketplace (not that Major Nelson’s confirmation wasn’t official) – but the REAL reason to read the newspost is because it’s chock-full of cool stats about Halo 3 matchmaking to date. Did you know that there are more than 70 million screenshots available…

mikinater1 put together some matchmaking highlights of the last Grifball Double XP weekend, along with some footage of the new Grifball arena NOKYARD built on the main floor of Sandbox. This one seems to be full of trick plays. Thanks, urk. (Louis Wu 22:53:00 UTC)

Check this out:mythicmoviecontest.bungie.orgWhat is this, you ask? Simple: it’s a new contest looking for fan-made trailers showing off the Mythic maps… with winners getting all sorts of goodies (Recon armor, Bungie Pro for their File Share, extra Mythic codes for friends). The rules are all there – read ’em. Read ’em carefully, because we’re going…

Good stuff today over at the Bungie Blog:americanista123 whipped up a second Bungie Employee Bloopertage – fun (silly) moments culled from Bungie employee fileshares.Greenskull and SMG90 shared a machinima they call ‘What The…’ You’ll probably say the same thing if you watch it.ooohemgeeeFTW compiled a short montage of footage from the Valentines Day Massacre weekend…

If you hadn’t been clued in by the postscript on last Friday’s Bungie Weekly Update, Major Nelson spells things out for you this morning – the Mythic Map Pack drops on Xbox LIVE Marketplace on April 9, for 800 points. Thanks, onebitrocket. (Louis Wu 14:19:07 UTC)

Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris sent word that the Floodgate Mythic Challenge he issued last week was met… by many. Over 100 entries were submitted, with several times around 4:10… but Xd Bud bX pushed past the crowd with a time of 4:06 – faster, even, than any of the current Mythic Conquerer times! For his efforts,…

Lightweight Halo comic update today – just a couple for you.Elnea updated Halo Action Figure Theater with #162: Chuck Roast. Now that Norris is down… what’s going to happen to the poor little Pokemon?TTL Demag0gue stopped by with word of Reclaimer 169: An Offer Refused. Portent doesn’t trust Ferial enough to accept gifts…My guess is,…

spartanx5 stopped in to point out that he’s started modeling a Recon helmet – you can see the WIP images over at 3dtotal.com.(Louis Wu 14:14:56 UTC)

I was sort of joking about being sad that there were no prizes to give out for pete_the_duck’s Flaming Ninja Challenge 3… but FyreWulff stepped up anyway and is offering a 1200 MS Point card to the fastest time submitted to him by midnight Friday. Read his post VERY carefully for rules – it would…

You might remember ‘Look Before You Leap 2’, a wild Halo 3 jumping vid released a month or so ago. Yesterday, urk linked to a pretty cool followup – it’s called ‘Look Before You Leap 2: First Person View’, and it shows the same jumps, but from the viewpoint of the jumper. If you’re trying…

Home just in time for one more cool project today – swing by our forum and check out pete_the_duck’s ‘Flaming Ninja Challenge 3’. I promise you, you’ve never navigated a Halo 3 obstacle course like this one. I wish we had great stuff to give away to folks who complete this – but we don’t,…

No Halo news today – today’s a day for travelling long distances to buy a cool birthday present for a teenager. Enjoy your Sunday, play lots of 3 Ball, and we’ll be back with some pretty exciting stuff tomorrow.(Louis Wu 13:00:18 UTC)

Halo 3 Fails, Episode 14, is now live – you can watch it on YouTube, but it uses music that the creator’s not happy with. It’s also streamable (and downloadable in hi-res for members) at Vimeo, with original music, and downloadable from FileFront. Some great clips this time around. I loved the heat-seeking fail on…

Tommy921 put together Reality Mistaken, a creepy film about a weird dream… that might not be a dream.(Louis Wu 14:40:34 UTC)

CaLL Me ZeNy stopped in to announce What The French: Episode 2 – a French ‘Halo 3 Fails’ with some funny clips. Take a look! (Louis Wu 14:40:06 UTC)