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This week, the Halo Humpday Challenge was put forth to the Tied the Leader Gunslingers. They’ve never faced Bungie before – but a nicer bunch of players you just ain’t gonna find. Luke did his best to find reasons to talk smack about these guys… but he just couldn’t do it. Maybe it’s because TTL…

The March 2008 issue of EGM contains an article on some Forged maps – you can see the ones highlighted in their Extras section on the EGM website. Thanks to AlkalineProdigy for the heads-up (his Pac-Man map was one of those featured).(Louis Wu 21:44:38 UTC)

Wow. x1zero pointed out some new (to us) shots at the Weta Workshop website – there are a bunch of action shots, clearly taken from the Halo 3 shorts filming done last year, but there are also a bunch of weapons pics. Go look! (Several of these weapons were seen in a recent Bungie Weekly…

In January, we mentioned a new book from the Guinness World Records folks – looks like it’s out now, in the UK, and will be out in the US next month. I still wonder whether any of the records mentioned will still be standing by the time I see the book…(Louis Wu 20:06:45 UTC)

There are a couple of new videos available at grifball.com, for you Grifball enthusiasts – there’s the first 5 minutes of a heavily anticipated match from last night (American Dream vs Cannonball – both undefeated going in), and there’s a highlight reel from last week’s gameplay around the league. If you’re like me, watching these…

evildoctorwill pointed out a Player Match Commentary from Tsquared over at MLGPro.com – he played a random Double Team matchmaking game to a Perfection, and walks you through his gameplay choices. I’ll never be able to match the skill… but I bet my game improves if I pay attention to the strategy. Go watch!(Louis Wu…

ZZoMBiE13 takes a look at what drives us in today’s episode of Another Halo Comic Strip. Can you honestly say you’re above this?(Louis Wu 15:02:32 UTC)

Whee! Two weeks ago, Call of Duty 4 took over the Top Live Title spot – and then was bumped down again by Halo 3 last week. They’re up again – see-saw! Thanks, MasterChief2829.(Louis Wu 14:46:39 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy pointed out a ‘Halo 3-themed Spartan Shield’ she found on eBay – interestingly enough, it’s exactly the same listing as we posted back in June 2007. I guess it never expires; the guy just keeps making them as people buy them. I suppose that’s a good thing; if buyers were unhappy, it would…

Rampancy.net has posted another piece of Halo sheet music – Sacred Icon for Piano/Keyboard was transcribed by Jonathan Churchill. Package contains a PDF file and an MP3. Go grab it! (Remember, you must be logged in to see a download link.)(Louis Wu 14:09:50 UTC)

OMG Halo has posted a ‘Top Five Halo 3 Maps’ – it’s just the opinion of one guy, but it’s a decent list, well-justified. Go see if you agree!(Louis Wu 13:59:01 UTC)

Halo 3 is up for a whole passel of awards from the Game Audio Network Guild – you can find out what it’s been nominated for far more easily at the Rampancy.net website than you can at the GANG website (thanks for that, Narcogen). Seven nominations… we’ll see what they go home with after February…

Halo Action Figure Theater continues on with episode 124 – I can’t tell if I should be scared, or amused. I think I’m scared.(Louis Wu 13:50:33 UTC)

A couple of weeks ago, Bungie played a Halo Humpday Challenge against the SBG clan – and today, SBG released a tribute video to say thanks to Bungie. Five and a half minutes long, 102 mb, XviD format (NAMLOCO nicely provided a link to the codec if you need it) – grab a copy of…

Dream053 has worked on machinima before, as a voice actor; he wanted to try his hand as a producer. Check out his first stab. (Louis Wu 18:19:08 UTC)

JeSteR 343 found a small Flash video at Funnyjunk – it’ll only take you a few seconds to watch.(Louis Wu 17:30:51 UTC)

Xbox360Fanboy found a whole bunch of Halo 3 Legendary Editions at EB Games in Toronto for $59.99 (canadian). If you’re local, check it out!(Louis Wu 17:20:05 UTC)

Stuntmutt has found an attack considerably stronger than 343 Guilty Spark’s beam in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 15:32:46 UTC)

1UP.com has posted Decision ’08, an article that looks at the best games to be coming out this year. The Xbox 360 section includes Halo Wars. (It also includes some quotes from industry analysts on the effect of Bungie’s independence on the future success of the platform.) Thanks to Mr. Titan, at Planet Halo, for…

Treeskunk Productions has posted Episode 3 of their Outpost Isil series – the squad gets two new recruits. I’m not sure that’s a good thing… thanks, Bzerker. (If you’d rather not download it, their front page news post has streaming links on every site on the internet, apparently.)(Louis Wu 14:22:24 UTC)