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411mania.com’s The Game Plan column has a piece today defending blockbusters – it’s a good read. Halo 3 has raised awareness among the general public about videogames – and that’s a good thing for gamers.(Louis Wu 15:43:24 UTC)

Almost a year ago, we mentioned a short stop-motion video from Benjamin Bailey-Webb; he recently let us know that he’d made two followup films, as well. You can find Episode Two and Episode Three of his Fall of the Flood series on YouTube – they’re short, they’re sweet, brighten your morning.(Louis Wu 15:40:23 UTC)

Indutiomarus pointed out that Halo3.junk.ws has reopened new member registrations, now that they’re caught up on stats for their existing members – but only at a rate of 100 slots per day (to make sure they don’t get behind again). This is a great service; if you’re not already a member, swing by in the…

Bungie’s Humpday Challenge this week was a rematch against the EA Tiburon All-Stars… and it was a rout. (Sort of like last time.) If you download the provided clip of Abe Froman flag-smacking the mongoose driver in the first game, and pause it right near the end, you’ll see a great example of why Bungie…

MasterChief2829 points out that Episode 19 of Insomniac Games’ Full Moon Show podcast has a couple of mystery guests – and that those guests are Frankie and Luke, who talk about all sorts of things, including Halo 3. A fun listen – go check it out! (The Bungie boys start about nineteen and a half…

Cyril’s Scribe stopped in to point out a Top Ten Video Game Villains list at Insert25.com – there’s an entry from the Halo series. (Minor spoilers for the series in both the forum post and the story, for those keeping count. Well, really only a spoiler if you haven’t played ANY of the games. And…

Hawty McBloggy has posted a new Rorshach Inkblot Test – this one is the heatmap on Last Resort. (I’d never realized how circular the killing field was before.) She’s also got some results from the last test (Epitaph). Check it out – and let her know what YOU see!(Louis Wu 14:40:07 UTC)

Thirteen new stories for you this week in the Fan Fiction section – and it’s the first week in a long time that there wasn’t anything I needed to delete from the queue! Go read.(Louis Wu 14:34:57 UTC)

Seems like the big news this morning involves the numbers released yesterday by the NPD Group – apparently, Halo 3 outsold every other game in America in 2007. My Google Alerts mailbox has links to literally dozens of articles about this – the one at Ars Technica has some nice pictures to go along with…

Many people have complained about some of the silly behavior that your marines engage in when battling alongside you in the Halo 3 campaign. But has anyone actually thought about what this means for the Master Chief? I mean not YOU… but MC? Well, ZZoMBiE13 has. Check out today’s ep of Another Halo Comic Strip.(Louis…

Rockslider has come up with yet ANOTHER minigame you can play within Halo; follow his directions to do some skeet shooting on Covenant Phantoms and Banshees over the opening desert on The Ark. Coolness!(Louis Wu 19:33:33 UTC)

Ever wonder where the term ‘Bulltrue’ comes from? (It’s the medal you get when you kill a sword (or hammer) wielder in the act of lunging.) Dave ‘Evil Otto’ Candland stopped by our forum today with a little Bungie history lesson. (Louis Wu 18:48:47 UTC)

Sodagod has created a pilot for a new series called ‘Big Food’ – Potato Warrior Part 1 is the story of a time-honored battle between warriors… plus it’s got baby robots. And stupid girlfriends. And scary monsters. And invisible spaceships. And… geez. It’s awesome, go watch it. Now-standard Sodagod surrealism included. Six minutes long. We’ve…

Cozmo23 let us know that Clan O7AH has posted the results from their Go Forge Yourself contest. (We mentioned it back in November.) Go check out (and download) the winners!(Louis Wu 17:29:47 UTC)

SpArtan-270 let us know that he’s put together a Hayabusa helmet – he wanted to show it off. Check it out! Pic 1 | Pic 2 | Pic 3 | Pic 4(Louis Wu 17:13:17 UTC)

We’ve mentioned the HaloGrid Broken Iris contest a couple of times – imSuck just let us know that he’s posted an interview with Tony Verdi, the songwriter for the band. He’s a huge Halo fan. Check it out!(Louis Wu 16:49:44 UTC)

Thunder has posted January’s Halo Wars’ Monthly Update over at the HW website – they’ve posted a timeline (mostly information from the official Halo timeline, but also some tidbits from Fall of Reach, Contact Harvest, and their own game), and they’ve put up a new piece of concept art that works nicely as a wallpaper.…

If you haven’t had a chance to see Video Games Live, 2008 might be the year that changes this. They’ve just announced 40 shows in more than 10 countries – you can read the details, and order some tickets, on their website. (Louis Wu 16:08:46 UTC)

Trigger119 sent word that CROSSFIRE’s ‘Jonathan Quail’ has been released at GamingTV. This is a ‘reinvention’ (CROSSFIRE’s term) of Hell Quarters: Jonathan Quail, a video released a couple of years ago. That film was Halo 2-based, and 7 minutes long; this one is Halo 3-based, and 30 minutes long. On the plus side, the filming…

Today’s One One Se7en might be considered a little tasteless – but the clever choice of words at the end makes up for it all. Those brutes make EVERYTHING messier.(Louis Wu 21:16:20 UTC)