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  • The tail sort of kills it.

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    Ross Mills has been playing the recently-released World of Warcraft expansion, ‘The Burning Crusade’. He noticed some similarities between one of the new character types there… and some old friends of ours.(Louis Wu 13:48:47 UTC)

  • Say Again?

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    Mister Froggy pointed out that Halo, Articulated #6 is now online – Julie Benz talked to reporters about the Miranda Keyes character last summer, and the Master Chief has now gotten a chance to toss in his two cents.(Louis Wu 13:46:13 UTC)

  • Ling Ling… she’s watching.

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    The Bungie Weekly Update went live tonight, as it usually does on Friday evenings – and if you’re looking for things to drool over, give this one a read. Sounds like Campaign is coming along nicely, and that the stuff they have planned for dialogue… well, I should be wearing a bib. If, for any…

  • Halo: Halos In Space

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    Spec ops Grunt found what might be the funniest Halo fanfic ever. Not because of its content – but because of its presentation. (The original is here, actually – thanks, Infinite_7.)(Louis Wu 20:52:07 UTC)

  • You’d Give An Arm And A Leg.

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    Sometimes, Stuntmutt can go too far with his One One Se7en puns. (Wait… sometimes?)(Louis Wu 14:56:53 UTC)

  • Floaty Silence 2 – Heaven Leapers

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    Hellhawk has released Floaty Silence 2 – no relation to Floaty Silence, or even the Floaty Silence 2 Trailer, but funny nonetheless. His forum post contains a QuickTime encoded with h.264; if you’d rather have a WMP9 version (18.1 mb), or a QuickTime that’s more compatible with less powerful machines (18.9 mb), we’re making these…

  • 360Zine Halo 3 Preview

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    360Zine is a free downloadable magazine that covers (surprise, surprise) Xbox 360 news. Issue 2 has a Halo 3 preview. You can grab it (23 mb) from their downloads page. (Some of the features of this secured PDF were a little… buggy for me.)(Louis Wu 13:37:26 UTC)

  • Friday’s Fan Fiction

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    Twelve new pieces for you in the Fan Fiction section today… go read!(Louis Wu 13:08:52 UTC)

  • MLG Division I Halo Final Wrap-Up

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    MLG has posted a wrapup of their Division I Halo Online Tournament – congrats to FBI GamerGraffix! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 12:44:17 UTC)

  • They’re like squirrels, preparing for winter.

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    Over at Bungie.net, you’ll find the latest Halo 3 Humpday writeup; a mean group of Bungie employees went into Halo 3 matchmaking against 3 groups of brand-new players… and destroyed them. As KP accurately points out in the writeup, the tables will turn as soon as enough players learn the ins and outs of the…

  • Bungie – Edge’s Take

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    Edge has posted their January 2007 article on Bungie and Halo 3 online – go give it a read. As is true with most Edge articles, it’s well-written, thought-provoking, and fascinating. Everyone can learn something from this – I learned stuff from this. Where Bungie’s come from, where it might be going – how it’s…

  • Halo 3 Schwag at HotTopic

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    Foxcross noticed three new Halo 3-related items at HotTopic; there’s a beanie, a messenger bag, and a pretty slick Master Chief T. Nice!(Louis Wu 12:26:51 UTC)

  • D is for Dead

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    Ibeechu sat down to create a Halo machinima piece that parodied ‘sub-par machinima’. He was shooting for ‘so bad it’s good’; I’m not sure he got there, but it’s definitely pretty bad. Cheesy story + cheesy dialogue + cheesy cliches… mmm, the power of cheese. He’s put up a 41 mb WMP9 version, and Funkmon…

  • A Brick Outhouse With Venetian Blinds

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    Frankie, who’s not very nice, told us about a writeup of the Assault Rifle on Bungie.net. Lots of down-and-dirty details, and scenarios for use. Go read!(Louis Wu 01:18:11 UTC)

  • Halo Miniatures

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    GFC Danny has created a set of rules for Halo Miniatures, a tabletop game he’s developed. Swing by his website and grab the files!(Louis Wu 21:56:07 UTC)

  • Kitty 117 and Friends

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    Paul Maestri let us know that Halo Heads 40 is now live… and the overall plan is beginning to come clear. Be afraid. Be very afraid.(Louis Wu 20:41:50 UTC)

  • Halo on a GBA?

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    Kotaku has a story (with video footage from GameTrailers) showing (well, purporting to show) a Halo proof of concept sidescroller running on a GameBoy Advance emulator. Looks a lot like Halo Zero, I guess… hard to say what this is. A leaked version of the code that was discussed at IGN for the DS a…

  • Check Your Policii.

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    If you read today’s One One Se7en, you might get the feeling that Stuntmutt’s been playing on Live again…(Louis Wu 13:57:16 UTC)

  • Making Live Better

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    Ozymandias, of the Xbox Platform Strategy group, was asking fans what they thought should be incorporated into the future of Xbox Live. A significant number said they want to see more games with Halo 2’s Lobby/multiplayer experience. More than 2 years after its release, it’s STILL the gold standard – and yet, not very many…

  • Halomega Weekly Update

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    Halomega sent along this week’s update – lots of vids (1v1, 1v1 montage, team ball), and a new contest – HoC Idol. (Yes, it’s Halo players singing over XBL. Yes, I usually mute those guys in matchmaking.) Go see.(Louis Wu 13:00:18 UTC)