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2900d4u provided some information about the TheFinalFight Clip of the Week, Round 2 (of 3) – you can submit 2 clips per round, and 2-month Gold memberships for LIVE are on the line. Check out TFF’s forum for full details!(Louis Wu 19:06:03 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 138 is up – and another character enters, stage left. I’m not sure I trust this one…(Louis Wu 18:54:12 UTC)

z0mbyjr let us know that PreGame Lobby Episode 19 (weighing in at a really hefty 17:25 in length) is now online. You’ll learn things you never knew about Hannah Montana…(Louis Wu 14:57:53 UTC)

cbwilliams17 stopped in to point out a teaser for his new series, ‘The Sierra Conspiracy’ – forum response is pretty positive! Go watch.(Louis Wu 14:57:16 UTC)

Looks like Hawty McBloggy is going to be keeping track of the ‘Halo 3 Fails’ series… and that’s fine, because it’s pretty funny. Check her writeup for Episode 6. Go watch all the crazy things that can happen when an attack goes wrong…(Louis Wu 14:53:21 UTC)

HeavenlyYeti pointed us to The Sound of Music, Episode 1, from IceXP. Personal opinion: clever idea, taken much too far… but watch it and decide for yourself.(Louis Wu 14:52:21 UTC)

Wow, very cool – swing over to Music 4 Games for news that should please Seattle residents. At the Video Games Live performance coming up next Saturday (the 24th), Marty O’Donnell will be on hand for the live world premiere of the music from Halo 3: ODST. Lucky! (There’ll be plenty of other celebrities there…

The last episode of Darkspire’s Matchmaking series was released a couple of months ago – but Episode 18 is up now. Vince and John find themselves in a dangerous place… filled with needles and horchata. Funny stuff! Thanks, Master Ph0bia. (Louis Wu 14:27:00 UTC)

Last month, we mentioned a wedding that would be centered around Halo – yesterday was the big day. Apparently, it went pretty well. Thanks, Hawty!(Louis Wu 14:26:39 UTC)

shisno34 was the first to let us know about Arby ‘n’ the Chief S3E06 – Arby’s upset with NXE, and the Chief is very very sad that some armor is missing. Do you have YOUR katana?(Louis Wu 14:26:18 UTC)

The Competitive Video Games team let us know that a 3v3 Slayer tourney will be taking place tomorrow, January 19, at 3pm CST. Again, no prizes, just fun. (Louis Wu 14:25:54 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy ran across an eBay auction for a 7-foot bronze Spartan sculpture – starting bid is only $2900! What are you waiting for?(Louis Wu 14:01:52 UTC)

1UP.com has an article from Halo Wars’ Dave Pottinger that outlines ten interesting facts about the game, and its development. Go read to see how some units made it in while others didn’t… how certain strategies were encouraged by interface design… how one side might fight differently than the other. (Louis Wu 14:01:12 UTC)

Two comic updates for you this morning – The Catfish told us about the next episode of 2501 (‘The True Mainframe’), and anthraxgoon let us know about X36 Chapter 1 Issue 12, and a new posting schedule. Check ’em out! (Louis Wu 14:00:19 UTC)

It’s Friday, so it’s time for another Bungie Weekly Update – and this one is pretty meaty. There are a few extra tidbits, but the majority of the space is devoted to discussion of this week’s full-studio playtest of Halo 3: ODST. Absolutely worth a read! (As always, you can grab a copy in our…

Pete Cooner stopped by with a few pics of the early progress on their real-life Warthog. Check out the pics, and be sure to check out the blog!(Louis Wu 00:49:34 UTC)

The HaloTracks Map Database is the largest collection of Halo 3 racetracks on the web – go browse it for your next custom game night! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 19:21:36 UTC)

Bungie’s Blog has a tipoff to a Grifball highlights film – the gameplay is great, the commentary… not so much. Worth watching, though, because some of the plays are really spectacular.(Louis Wu 19:16:36 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue announced a new series of features for webcomics publishers – once or twice a week, articles containing tips and tricks will be posted on Halo3Webcomics.com. The first pair of articles are up now – go read about how to make good text balloons and where to find good comic fonts. Useful stuff, for…

Only a couple of new stories in the Fan Fiction section this week – go see what’s up!(Louis Wu 19:02:52 UTC)