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The (London) Sunday Times reviewed five games this week – Halo Wars (and 3 others) received 4 stars each, while Killzone 2 received 5. Either it was a really good week for games… or the Times is generous. Also, over in Australia, five Kotaku readers were able to play Halo Wars at a press event…

Hawty McBloggy found a pretty neat little event captured (not so neatly) on video – a grenade is knocked off course by a rocket… and makes a stick around a corner. Ouch! (Louis Wu 17:49:20 UTC)

DigitalPh33r’s Hard Justice Episode 11 is up (thanks, urk) – it’s the first part of a three-part finale for the season. Things are getting a little hairy…(Louis Wu 20:42:29 UTC)

Wow… Kelli ‘Pinkuh’ Davis wrote in with word of a pair of shoes she’d customized… amazing!(Louis Wu 20:19:54 UTC)

Halo 3 Fails has released Episode 10 – almost eight minutes of funny screwups and bad luck. Go watch! (Thanks, sort of, to chris10023 for the heads-up… as a general friendly request, if you’re going to send in news, adding a link to the item in question would be helpful.)(Louis Wu 16:03:39 UTC)

reticence has been in our news before for LEGO Bionicles (July and December 2007) – he’s back again with a new Hunter. I think it’s pretty cool.(Louis Wu 15:02:23 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy wanted to you check out I <3 Halo 3 Screenshots on this special day… because she’s featuring heart screenshots. Her favorite is this one… but look at all the February 14 shots for some other cool ones!(Louis Wu 21:53:41 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, fin provided a link to Sins of the Prophets, a mod for the ‘Sins of a Solar Empire’ game. Screenshots look amazing.(Louis Wu 18:47:45 UTC)

Last night’s unveiling of a third buildable area in Sandbox inspired Stuntmutt to send along a new One One Se7en. If, after you’ve read it, you find yourself filled with a murderous rage, maps showing his home will be available for a minimal fee.(Louis Wu 17:27:09 UTC)

Z pointed out a jumptage at Halo3Forum.com that’s really amazing. The first couple of Last Resort jumps are incredible… but the whole thing is full of jaw-dropping jumps. Swing by and grab a copy. (It’s 11 minutes long, in gorgeous 720p.)(Louis Wu 17:03:32 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy pointed out a pretty cool challenge hosted by Machinima.com – play a game of CTF via a series of interactive videos, win a shot at a free copy of Halo Wars! Check out Hawty’s post for all the details.(Louis Wu 16:51:55 UTC)

CaptainTony stopped by with a couple of links that shed more light on the ‘two new Halo comic series from Marvel’ story we mentioned last week. Marvel News has a publicity piece on the series, and IGN did an interview with the writers behind the comics. Salient points: The first series will be called ‘Halo:…

A couple of comics were announced on our forum this morning – The Catfish let us know that 2501 Episode 15 (‘Resupplying’) is up, and anthraxgoon told us that X36 Chapter 2 Issue 3 is live. Screenshotmania!(Louis Wu 16:21:43 UTC)

Last night brought another in a run of surprisingly meaty Bungie Weekly Updates – Bungie has unveiled yet ANOTHER cool feature of Sandbox – the Crypt. It’s an area underneath the ground floor… and it looks PERFECT to build Halo’s ‘Prisoner’ in it, if you ask me. Check out the gorgeous pictures (the lighting, in…

Rooster Teeth has a new video up for sponsors (it’ll be available to the public pretty soon) – it’s in honor of Valentines Day, and Caboose is sad. Go watch why. I’d use a line from the video as the title for this newspost, but the best ones are all full of curse words.(Louis Wu…

The reviews for Halo Wars are starting to come out – I think we’ll summarize them once a day or so, so that you’re not flooded with newsposts. Today’s entries: First Look Reviews has a video review (thanks, sniper2477), and PC Magazine has a Hands-on article. Enjoy!(Louis Wu 21:09:21 UTC)

CMNeir and MidgetDance took a Bryan Simon song, and built a music video around it. Fun stuff! (Thanks, again, urk, dangit…)(Louis Wu 21:01:31 UTC)

Phurion created a video using a single Kilimanjaro during a Multi Team game on Foundry – it’s quite nicely done. And as an added bonus, he created a 3D version that works with the standard red/blue glasses you watch 3D movies in. urk told me about these – are you listening to urk these days?(Louis…

Earlier this week, Hawty McBloggy asked you for eValentines she could share with the world – today, she’s posted the best ones. Go see… and maybe you’ll find some inspiration.(Louis Wu 18:29:58 UTC)

Bryan Simon’s got a new song for you, just in time for Valentine’s Day… it’s called ‘I Won’t Teabag On The First Date’, and it’s romantic as all get-out. (There is no money-back guarantee on that promise.) I think Hawty McBloggy could snag a few Halo 3 Pickup Lines from this! If you’re interested in…