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Haloplayer stopped by with word of a Christmas Comic from Injured Knee Productions – The Newbs #9 looks at the McFarlane controller. (I dunno – I sort of like it…)(Louis Wu 15:18:47 UTC)

While we’re discussing missed comics, I suppose I should apologize (AGAIN) for neglecting to announce a One One Se7en Advent offering. (This going-live-at-noon thing is really hard this time of year; by noon, I’m gone.) Don’t think too much about this one – you might get queasy.(Louis Wu 13:46:03 UTC)

It’s quite late – it was supposed to be posted yesterday – but there’s a Christmas-themed funni over at Another Halo Comic Strip – ZZoMBiE13 reaches out to Stuntmutt in the spirit of the season. Unfortunately, Stunt found those spirits weeks ago, and is now well-pickled… (Louis Wu 13:44:13 UTC)

Wow. Voting took a bit of work – but we’ve whittled down the 127 entries to the Seven on the Seven(teen)th contest to our 7 top choices… you can find the images on the Results page. Congrats to the winners – and to EVERYONE who submitted; almost 50 images got votes from at least one…

Gametap has a Q&A with Graeme Devine, lead designer of Halo Wars, with some great info and a few brand-new screenshots. Give it a read! Thanks, Avateur.(Louis Wu 13:38:53 UTC)

DarkSim found a link to a German page with pictures of a paper pelican – along with a download link containing a 10-page PDF you can print to make your own. Very, very cool! (My German is nonexistent, so I’m not sure how I’d ask permission to link to this, or mirror it… but if…

TeamXbox has posted thier Game of the Year Awards for 2007 – and Halo takes the Best Multiplayer Game of the Year. (It lost to Crackdown in the Action category, CoD4 in the Shooter category, and Mass Effect in the GotY category.) Thanks, Narcogen, at Rampancy.net.(Louis Wu 13:22:27 UTC)

someone_new posted an arrangement of Halo 2’s ‘Unforgotten’ for string orchestra over at Rampancy.net – go download it! (Remember, you must be logged in to see the download link.)(Louis Wu 13:18:20 UTC)

SirTopEmHat stopped by yesterday to announce The Dead Serious Tage 2 Trailer – production values are quite high, and this one looks like it’s gonna be great! Check out the trailer. (It’s not a typical montage.)(Louis Wu 13:16:53 UTC)

Gamespot’s Best of 2007 section is up, and they’re looking for your votes. Swing by and tell ’em what you think! Thanks, JeSteR 343.(Louis Wu 13:15:11 UTC)

Wired’s Game|Life put up their Ten Biggest Disappointments Of 2007, and Halo 3 pulled down two of ’em – the cheesy packaging that caused a bunch of Limited Edition buyers to unwrap scratched discs, and the huge sales of Halo 3 (because of what that says about the REST of the industry). Interesting. Go read…

Gamescore Blog has a video interview that Chris Paladino did with Frankie during the Spike TV awards show – they talk about the awards, about the Heroic Maps (which at that point hadn’t been released yet), about Recon armor. Go watch!(Louis Wu 02:08:33 UTC)

The last Bungie Weekly Update of 2007 is now available at Bungie.net (and, of course, also in our Weekly Update Archive – with WAY better html, I might add). Most of it is devoted to explaining the changes to the Halo 3 playlist that went live in the last couple of days, but there are…

A few days ago, we mentioned some fiberglass-based Halo armor, being created by MLC. We’ve been sent some higher-res pictures to start a collection here, and will add to it as the armor takes shape. For now, check out the helmet, along with notes on how it was created! Thanks, Xavier.(Louis Wu 19:34:45 UTC)

You might remember a custom female Spartan figure for sale on eBay back around the time Halo 3 launched; the artist is back, with two new versions. One’s pink and one’s green; they’ve got different weapons this time out, and they’re missing the fishnet tops… but beyond that, they look pretty similar. Bidding starts at…

Stuntmutt’s Advent Calendar is nearly full; today’s entry mixes a holiday joke with a bad pun. …wait, that’s every entry.(Louis Wu 17:55:28 UTC)

J C let us know that Master Replicas has posted their 2008 Product Line Announcement… and there are a number of new Halo items on the list. Go see what you’ll be spending your money on next year!(Louis Wu 17:52:47 UTC)

GameDaily posted a list fo the ’20 Biggest Stories that Rocked Our World in ’07’ – 10 was Bungie leaving Microsoft, and 7 was Halo 3’s amazing first-week numbers. Not bad!(Louis Wu 17:51:02 UTC)

Ultimate Dragon has created another Rube Goldberg machine – you might remember ‘How to trap a noob’, back in November… this time the noob gets revenge. Check out “Sniper vs. Noob: The Noob Strikes Back”, on YouTube. Pretty sweet kill! (Louis Wu 12:53:18 UTC)

Foundry Variants, from the Pros One of the perks for Bungie employees is that they get to stick their Foundry creations into the Bungie Favorites category whenever they want; go grab the maps mentioned in this article and see if it’s favoritism… or just plain good mapmaking. (Before anyone gets bent out of shape about…