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Bungie.net moderator Achilles1108 put together a montage called ‘Pals’ – it’s what Halo’s all about. Lots of betrayals, lots of cool kills and clutch saves, lots of wtf moments to laugh about with your friends. (The Rat’s Nest hog-on-a-bridge clip was way cool.) Streaming and download links can be found in the Bungie Blog.(Louis Wu…

If all these guys joined the Peace Corps… Okay… this is just silly. Very cool… but silly. Update: this is the same kind of film – a long setup for a well-planned payoff. In this case, it’s a suicide instead of a hole in one… but the concept is the same.)(Louis Wu 16:22:33 UTC)

The PraetoriaGuard Frag a Friend series is resurrected; if you’re the leader of a fan community, you can use this event to meet leaders of other groups, and play some Halo 3 at the same time. Game night is Friday the 13th, 9 PM ET – read the forum post for details on how to…

Ascendant Justice took a look at the story of Halo Wars, in their usual extremely detailed style. It contains spoiler for the game; if you haven’t experienced it for yourself, you might want to hold off. Otherwise, though – it’s a six-page treatise on how well the Halo Wars story fits into the Halo timeline…

OXCGN took a close look at Halo Wars, and came up with some ideas that they think would have made multiplayer better.(Louis Wu 15:14:42 UTC)

That VideoGame Blog is giving away a Mythic Map code to someone who can give them an opinion on a question they’ve got. Read the rules for full details.(Louis Wu 14:57:10 UTC)

Narcogen found a couple of positive Halo Wars reviews at large site – Spong liked it, and so did Slashdot.(Louis Wu 14:52:57 UTC)

The Top 10 Halo 3 Series continues with Episode 26 – Exterminations. It’s a lot of deaths… thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 14:51:47 UTC)

InnerRayg noticed that the Conceptart.org thread that we mentioned a couple of days ago (with Ensemble-employee-posted concept art for Halo Wars) has been updated with another batch of images, from another artist. Check out page 2!(Louis Wu 14:45:26 UTC)

Pyrosmile has uploaded Master Chief Theater 3000: Episode 302 – the rest of the Pillar of Autumn cutscenes are covered in this one. If you’re a Pyrosmile member, you can watch outtakes on their website.(Louis Wu 14:41:55 UTC)

It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for a comic update. Here’s what we’ve got. The Catfish let us know about 2501 Episode 25 (Communication) – not so good for all involved.Elnea updated Halo Action Figure Theater with Episode 158 (Admiral’s Choice) – and some entertaining speculation about council members.Adam Susskind stopped by with word of Chaos…

It’s Tuesday, so it’s time for another Average Joe interview on Bungie.net. Today’s victim is LouieBlack, a driver with H3Wheelmen.com. Go see what makes him go!(Louis Wu 18:14:35 UTC)

Firestorm12 let us know that the Halopen Pencast 06 is now online – including impressions of the Mythic Maps. Discussion and comments always welcome on their forum…(Louis Wu 18:06:43 UTC)

One of my favorite new series is ‘Applied to Life’ – and they’ve got a new short up. This one is called ‘Capture the Flag’, and it proves you can find excitement in the most mundane of activities. I found it on Bungie.net.(Louis Wu 16:06:13 UTC)

Greenskull and SMG90 spent who knows how long setting up a golf course on Sandbox – just so they could score a ridiculous hole-in-one from the Sky Bubble to the Crypt… with a LOT of stuff in the middle. Stick with the Bungie Blog – it’ll post these for you so you don’t have to…

There’s a whole community of folks that have fun building Forged maps as quickly as possible. Check out this video that showed up on the Bungie Blog for an example. (Forget the Forging… that DRIVING is amazing!) Then check out their YouTube channel for more.(Louis Wu 16:02:38 UTC)

ForgeHub has posted their ‘Best of Fall/Winter 2008/09’ competition – the best of the best, in 16 categories (plus a pair of runners-up in each category) means lots and lots of cool maps to try out! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 15:49:47 UTC)

Back in January, we mentioned ‘Ultimate Gamer’, a reality show focused on gamers competing in a variety of games. According to USA Today, the first episode (with Rock Band 2 being the game of choice) airs tonight at 10 PM on Sci-Fi. We’ll mention it again when the Halo episode shows.(Louis Wu 15:44:49 UTC)

Paul Shelley, of Treeskunk Productions, sent us a link to his first Side Note – it’s pretty crude, but in the spirit of Dirty Harry, it’s not offensive to one particular group – they hate everyone equally. It’s as close to an apology for any delay in content from Treeskunk as you’re likely to get.(Louis…

Rooster Teeth has posted RvB: Relocated Part 4 – an old friend returns, and a slow one becomes creepy (well, creepier). Shooting Grifs never gets old… and they’re nicely set up for the next series. Thanks, PsycoJoe.(Louis Wu 13:03:46 UTC)