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Mondo J. Gecko used to be addicted to Halo 2 (and then Halo 3). 5 months ago, he and his wife made an Xbox-free-year pledge – he’s started to blog about it. Go read.(Louis Wu 15:34:35 UTC)

2900d4u noticed that there are three new Halo Wars screenshots over at GamePro – I’m wondering about that ‘Rage’ ability… (Louis Wu 21:11:13 UTC)

Jase Dakota let us know that the Knothole Island DLC came out today for Fable 2 – one of the items you can trade for is Hal’s Rifle – he took a few pics. Pic 1 | Pic 2 | Pic 3 They’re not perfect, but it’s pretty clear what this gun is…(Louis Wu 21:08:16…

Bungie’s Blog notes that the latest episode of the Halo 3 Top 10 series is now online – it’s another recap episode. (That is, it’s the top 10 clips from 5 recent episodes.) We’ve got enough of these that he’s going to be able to make a “Top 10 Moments from the Top 10 Moments…

Back in November, we mentioned BringIt, a (then-) new service helping you find other gamers to play against – for real cash. Today, they’ve rolled out a bunch of new features – multiplayer tournaments, auto score reporting, and referral programs. Swing by and check it out – they’re growing quickly!(Louis Wu 21:04:51 UTC)

urk’s posted another installment of Bungie’s Average Joe series – this time he’s interviewed Insane54, a staff-member over at ForgeHub. Go see what keeps him coming back!(Louis Wu 21:04:27 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy ran across a Halo meme looking for creative answers to Halo 3-related questions. Her response certainly fits the ‘creative’ part. (It should also make you laugh.)(Louis Wu 17:07:39 UTC)

T07WRX5 stopped in to solicit opinions about his LEGO Longsword – I think it’s pretty slick!(Louis Wu 17:07:25 UTC)

The Final Fight is kicking off a Clip of the Week contest – 3 rounds, 3 winners. Swing by their forum for full details. Thanks, 2900d4u. (Louis Wu 17:07:07 UTC)

The Bungie Blog has a link to a new ‘Teammates of Genius’ vid – the guy in your objective game that’s in private chat. It’s pretty funny – but that sort of thing will be happening more and more now, because of the group chat feature of the NXE. (For example, we had a party…

HaloCharts wants you to get better at Campaign play – and they’re willing to give you shiny medals on your HaloCharts pages if you do so. Read the Challenge page for full details! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 22:26:56 UTC)

This could be fun. The Escapist has an article about ‘World Cyber Games: Ultimate Gamer’, an upcoming reality game in which contestants live together, game together… and compete in real-world analogues for their favorite games (playing a real Fender for Rock Band, a round of paintball for Halo 3, a lap around a stunt course…

retsamolah and some friends jammed last night, and their version of ‘Under Cover of Night’ is actually pretty cool! Give it a listen. (Louis Wu 20:58:28 UTC)

Magni Harvald pointed out a user video over at MLGPro.com – it looks like a standard montage at first, but it’s worth watching, because it’s pretty amazing to see how well The Bawny can play Halo 3 (and do plenty of other things)… with only one arm. If you meet this guy and he tells…

According to this note on the Bungie Blog, Forge Hub is hosting another mapmaking contest. Build a map designed for Conquest (a Flag Rally variant), win fame and fortune (well, fame, anyway) in the Forge Hub community. Full details in the announcement thread!(Crux Fidelis 20:29:40 UTC)

Didja think the Bungie.net tag system only worked for images of particular characters? Think again. urk shows off how you can use it to find cool Wallpapers, if the creator was kind enough to tag them correctly. Check it out!(Louis Wu 19:03:18 UTC)

Dennis Powers let us know that 14 new maps have been added to the Halo 2 Vista map archive – three of these are Halo 1 level conversions. Check out Bloodgulch, Damnation, and Chill Out. (The collection also contains conversions for Sidewinder, Gephyrophobia, Danger Canyon, Hang’Em High and Prisoner.) Go look!(Louis Wu 18:42:07 UTC)

A new episode of DigitalPh33r’s Hard Justice went up a few days ago – Bernard’s in some pretty big trouble. Thanks, urk. (Louis Wu 18:41:15 UTC)

Willy noticed a bunch of cool new LEGO stuff on Saber-Scorpion’s page – a CTF tableau, a Halo 3 Warthog, and a Mongoose. Nice! (Louis Wu 18:39:51 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 135 is online; more info about the particle beam, and more info about the next Cavalcada. (While you’re there, check out the new wallpaper on the Downloads page.)(Louis Wu 18:38:45 UTC)