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Paul Wedgwood, founder of Splash Damage (the developer of the Enemy Territory franchise for id Software), spoke to Edge magazine recently… and had some unhappy things to say about the state of console development today. (He wants to raise the bar, actually.)”Arguably, and this is not to dismiss what people have achieved in the past,…

A new comic series has kicked off over at Hawty McBloggy’s – DeepCee is publishing the Chronicles of ODS Steve every Wednesday. Episode 1 is up now. (Louis Wu 17:46:44 UTC)

VelocityTino put together a video that shows what happens if you mix Halo and Little Shop of Horrors. (Yes, it’s what you’d expect – but he did a pretty good job with the composition.)(Louis Wu 17:46:11 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 111 is now live – and suddenly, everything you thought you knew about Ferial is tossed into doubt. Things are getting real.(Louis Wu 17:45:14 UTC)

zofinda noticed that the Holiday 08 issue of the Official Xbox Magazine has an excerpt from the upcoming novel from Tobias Buckell, The Cole Protocol. (There’s also a short interview with the author.) If you’re interested in what the excerpt holds, zofinda wrote up an overview later on in the thread.(Louis Wu 17:42:59 UTC)

Nick, from Halo3RPG.com, let us know that they’re running a puzzle map contest. It’s unclear what that really means, and without an account over there you can’t even read the news items – but if you’re interested, sign up, sign in, and read about it. Contest ends on November 28, and the prize is Recon…

Nick Singer has been in our news in the past, for creating cool Marathon/Halo music mixes – he’s back, with a new piece he put together for use on the Bungie podcast. Bungie hasn’t said if they’re going to use it or not – but you can listen to it for yourself, it’s quite short,…

The spotlights on community members continue to shine over at Bungie.net – today’s entry looks at SonicJohn, a Bungie.net member who was doing SLASO runs when most people thought SLASO was something you put on hot dogs. Swing by and read what makes him tick… and why.(Louis Wu 20:04:13 UTC)

XerxdeeJ stopped in with word of new content at Tied the Leader (Tuesday is Tuesday, after all, holiday or not). Check out an interesting article on the different types of warthog gunners you might encounter if you fancy yourself a wheelman. (There’s also a new article on Gears of War 2 – but that might…

Ouch – WizKids, the company behind Halo ActionClix (among other products, but that’s the Halo-related one), is closing its doors; its parent company, Topps, has decided to move away, somewhat, from gaming – though they plan to support some HeroClix events already scheduled. Read Kotaku’s story for more details. Thanks, Ross Mills.(Louis Wu 18:50:29 UTC)

On this quieter-than-usual Veterans Day, we’d like to offer you another chapter in the ongoing Solo Legendary All Skulls On walkthrough from Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris – this one is huge. It covers the level ‘The Covenant’, and the nearly 20 videos add up to almost 400 mb worth of visual aid. (Once again, these are…

Remember Fairfax? Looks like he’s making his way through Xbox headquarters! Check it out. Thanks to The Don Wan for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 15:17:17 UTC)

urk, over at Bungie.net, again demonstrated the power of the new tagging system for user-created content – this time, the tagged items are ‘Brute’-related. Awesome shots! Go play.(Louis Wu 20:51:55 UTC)

The voting for our Guilt O’ Lantern contest wrapped up last night – and the winners are now visible. Congratulations to the winners… and thanks to all the voters! First and second place were solidly taken – but third-place was an EXTREMELY close-fought battle, with the lead changing hands a dozen times in the past…

The Escapist runs a weekly series called ‘This Week in Gaming History’ – Halo plays a decent-sized role in the current installment.(Louis Wu 15:24:27 UTC)

So I was over at Hawty McBloggy’s this morning, and I have to say, I’m sad. I think she must have written this rant after that game we played last night – it was only one game (she booted me after the post-game lobby), but pretty much every complaint she had came from that one…

RandomSauce let us know that the fourth Real7alk podcast has been released – guests include ForgeHub and Bryan Simon (who even gives a live performance). Go listen! And if you like what you hear, swing by their forum and join in the community.(Louis Wu 12:47:51 UTC)

The Halo 3 tournament portion of the World Cyber Games finished up yesterday – Canada’s EndResult took first place, followed by France’s SSK in second, and the USA’s Mob_Deep in third. Congrats to all who participated!(Louis Wu 12:47:09 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 101 is up – and suddenly, the story looks more familiar.(Louis Wu 12:46:23 UTC)

News from McFarlane – a couple of interesting announcements. They’ve announced a new series of mini-figures – 2.5 inches, sold in 3-packs, available in March; you can check out the pics on their site. Also, they’ve released a “Top 10 ‘must Have’ Holiday Toys For $10” list – two of these figures are Halo figures.…