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The Social has put up a bunch of Bungie Day news – they’re having a screenshot contest (with a 13-month live subscription as the top prize), they’ve announced a Halo 3 RPG, and they’ve redone their site layout. Go read all the details! Thanks, Scotty.(Louis Wu 14:40:10 UTC)

Mags89 SBG wrote to say he’d released ‘Fallen Falcon’ – Han Solo’s Millenium Falcon, reproduced in Halo 3. Pretty cool! Go check out the screenshots in the B.net description, then download the map!(Louis Wu 14:39:40 UTC)

It’s July 7, Bungie Day – and Cold Storage is available for download right now. (One potential gotcha – it’s only available for Gold accounts at the moment. If you’ve got a Silver account, you either need to upgrade, or “check again in a few days” (according to the Marketplace blurb). I don’t know what…

Ooh, awesome. The Bungie Day ’08 Gamerpics and Theme are up – a day early! Swing by XBL Marketplace to grab yours – before they’re gone! Thanks, *Butcher.(Louis Wu 19:49:12 UTC)

Rockslider has posted ‘Plasma Cannon Jamboree’ over at his Bad Cyborg site (now in a new home) – collect more than 60 plasma cannons!(Louis Wu 19:46:25 UTC)

xMixMasterX let us know that Week 8 of Mix’s Pics is up over at the Social. Go see what community tidbits he found for you this week!(Louis Wu 19:44:23 UTC)

SPU7N1K has posted the third page of Spiderman vs Masterchief – who’s gonna win?(Louis Wu 19:43:05 UTC)

Halo3Forum has decided to put out a Top 10 Clips feature, with commenting by Phurion. The first episode has great filming, and some nice plays! Go grab it – 3:13 long, 122 mb in WMP9 format. Thanks, Z.(Louis Wu 19:41:06 UTC)

DigitalPh33r has posted Part Two of his Guide to Making Halo 3 Machinima, a fifteen-minute installment that looks at some of the hardware and software issues you need to consider when making Halo machinima, along with voice recording and acting. Thanks, Higgins113.(Louis Wu 15:36:26 UTC)

GR33B stopped in to point out both a teaser for his new machinima, ‘Reminisce’ and a music vid he released a few months ago, ‘Pathfinder’. You can find both over at Vivid Essence.(Louis Wu 15:34:29 UTC)

Interesting – a thread over at High Impact Halo describes a way to get three players on a single Xbox into a Coop Campaign game (normally, you’re limited to two). DollarPwnCenter created a video tutorial for folks who learn visually. Looks pretty cool! Thanks to Cocopjojo for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 23:38:23 UTC)

Jordan117 ran across a picture that answers a 7-year-old question… and ties some very cool dates together. Nice work!(Louis Wu 23:26:59 UTC)

Since I was out yesterday, the standard Fan Fiction update never happened – there were 9 new pieces in there. Go read ’em!(Louis Wu 15:24:31 UTC)

Today’s episode of Another Halo Comic Strip has ZZoMBiE13 putting forth an alternative ending for Halo 3. I think I would have loved it. (Potential spoilers for anyone who hasn’t finished the game yet.)(Louis Wu 15:12:25 UTC)

A great article on the Rooster Teeth crew (focusing on their Halo work, with an awesome opening image) can be found in a somewhat unlikely place – IEEE Spectrum, a professional journal aimed primarily at electrical engineers. Check it out! (It does a nice job of covering machinima in general, as well.) Thanks to RvB’s…

TheChrisD let us know that Rumble Pit World series is holding a special ‘Sevens’ tournament on Cold Storage on Monday, in honor of Bungie Day – festivities start around 8 pm EST. 7 parties, 7 players, 7 minutes before a final with a first prize of $77! Go read the rest of the details at…

darthbob pointed out a list over at Entertainment Weekly – the Top 25 Video Game Classics. Halo came in at #11. (Louis Wu 10:21:32 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a video called ‘The Sound of Halo 3’, which attempts to create music from the battle sounds of Halo 3. It has mixed success.(Louis Wu 10:21:11 UTC)

Bryan Ojeda recorded a tribute piano piece in honor of Bungie Day. (Louis Wu 10:20:53 UTC)

mrsmiley let us know that Episode 5 of Pyrosmile’s Master Chief Theater 3000 (the continuation of Pyroman’s MST3K parody) is now on YouTube. This one shows off the end of Floodgate.(Louis Wu 10:20:24 UTC)