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The Five Long Years Part 2 trailer is now available for download (in several sizes, up to 720p HD) at the Halo Wars website. There’s also a description of the Arbiter we see in the vid:The Arbiter. A rank every Elite soldier will take with honor, but knows the task at hand will be his…

DigitalPh33r’s Hard Justice Episode 2 is now up – I think it can’t tell if it wants to be funny or serious. Thanks, AvatarAang.(Louis Wu 21:17:45 UTC)

Oooh… pretty. The Bungie.net Fileshare hawtness is live (no ‘render to video’ feature yet, but the rest of what’s been discussed is there). Heads-up: that link will work a lot better if you’re signed in. Go look! Thanks, Blinding.(Louis Wu 20:15:41 UTC)

Vox has an article about how terrible Halo 3’s first level is – some of the complaints made me think about how information is presented to gamers by the games they play, and the line developers walk between making things too frustrating for beginners, and too easy for veterans. I think one of the problems…

Hawty McBloggy has written yet another batch of Halo pick-up lines (I’m not sure how she can call it “Yet Another Top Ten Halo Pick-Up Lines” – it seems to me you can really only have ONE Top Ten… but then, she knows far more about this stuff than I do). She mentions that one…

rhubarb pointed out that a new article has gone live at Ascendant Justice – this one is written by va1or, and looks at the inspiration the movie Aliens provided to the Halo series. Interesting read!(Louis Wu 13:54:41 UTC)

Triggers Down pulled out an exiciting victory over favorite Str8 Rippin to become MLG champs in Dallas yesterday – you can see the full Hall of Champions here. You can watch the final game via Video-on-Demand. Congrats to TD!(Louis Wu 13:48:20 UTC)

Okay, one of these was a Sunday comic. Sue me. Yesterday Raulboy posted his latest ‘White Space’ comic – looks like the Chief has found a pretty funky skull. And this morning TTL Demag0gue told us about Reclaimer 96 – Interrogation, in which Ferial gets ready to extract info forcibly from Eternal Refuge. (Demag0gue would…

kr-1426 let us know that the Fan Fiction Pick of the Week for October 3 is now online at the HBOFF forum. Go get a summary of what was released, and which story bubbled to the top! (Louis Wu 13:28:37 UTC)

RandomSauce sent word that the fourth installment of the Halo 3 Mythbusters series is online – some very cool tricks in there! Check it out.(Louis Wu 18:28:36 UTC)

Jillybean was trying to find ways of not finishing her REAL work, so she turned a five-year-old sketch made by Shishka into yarn-based reality. She provides pictures and full instructions, for anyone wanting to make their OWN baby Covie. (Louis Wu 18:26:54 UTC)

DHalo pointed out a new pair of Halo Wars gameplay vids over at GameTrailers (they’re both dated October 5) – check ’em out for details on Beasely Plateau and Hornets on Chasm.(Louis Wu 18:25:10 UTC)

Pwn or Die has posted a pretty bizarre feature – “What if Sarah Palin Was In Video Games?” Check out their version of Cortana. (We’re just letting you know it exists – this is not a political endorsement or condemnation.) Thanks, Buttskunk. (Louis Wu 18:24:29 UTC)

Back in June, we mentioned that Halo 3 was up for Creative Achievement in Interactive Entertainment Sound Production from the Mix Foundation – Winners were announced last night, and Bungie went home with the goods! Congrats to Marty O’Donnell, Jay Weinland, C Paul Johnson, and Mat Noguchi! (Thanks to Marty for the heads-up.)(Louis Wu 21:07:32…

Bryan Simon put up Vote for Bungie, a political song we can all get behind. It’s only tangentially Halo-related, but it’s funny, if only for the thought of voting for Shishka for public office. If you’d rather listen than watch, the mp3 is available from us (2.8 mb). Thanks to The Handmade Hero for the…

Inside Halo 23 was released today – Solid Snake, Halo news, Achievement stuff, and Top Plays of the Week. (And randomness.) Thanks, AvatarAang.(Louis Wu 20:59:05 UTC)

As we mentioned on Thursday, there was a new cinematic unveiled on GameTrailers TV last night – DHalo pointed it out while it was being broadcast, and then Impervium passed along the online link once it went live. It’s a pretty impressive piece of animation – and it unveils quite a number of tidbits of…

Jake108 let us know that Teabag Prevention #22 is now up – this one covers Valhalla. Check it out for tips and tricks!(Louis Wu 14:59:09 UTC)

Heh – here’s an interesting use of Halo 3 audio, in a trailer for a new video series honoring Kobe Bryant. Thanks, LD2k. (Louis Wu 14:49:19 UTC)

AnTi PRO, from Arm The Flag, let us know that their Doing it Wrong contest (we mentioned it in mid-September) has been completed, and winners have been announced. Follow the links for the top three winners, plus a bunch of honorable mentions. Funny stuff! (Louis Wu 14:40:56 UTC)