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An article at news.com.au focuses on Tom ‘Tsquared’ Taylor – and suggests that playing videogames professionally isn’t all fun and… well, games. Give it a read to see the rigors Tom is subjected to daily.(Louis Wu 16:54:13 UTC)

Last week, a number of threads popped up in our forum about a Needler sighting on the comedy central cartoon ‘Drawn Together’ (here, here, and here). It seems that clip is now available on YouTube (thanks, Aaron Camp).(Louis Wu 16:50:43 UTC)

Max (]-=ODST=-[ Epsilon) sent along a screenshot (3k) of a Gears of War achievement that pays tribute to Red vs Blue – Burnie mentioned this last week in his Red vs Blue journal, because they’re thinking about giving a cool prize to the first person to earn this achievement, but for those of us without…

Today is the second anniversary of the release of Halo 2 – and fans want to say ‘Happy Birthday!’ Black Guard collected shots from around the web of Halo cakes, and Mattbluhalofan actually created a special pic just for today (155k). Play some Halo 2 today to celebrate!(Louis Wu 16:12:02 UTC)

MMaster dropped by to let people know about three commercials filmed for the upcoming MLG TV season on USA – I’m not sure they’d make me watch, but they’re fun, anyway. Check his forum post, watch for yourself!(Louis Wu 16:05:28 UTC)

A few people pointed out that the full version of ‘There’s Something About Halo 2’ is now available at Newgrounds – looks like Sane Intolerant was first. We mentioned one of the five parts of it a couple of weeks ago – but the whole thing is done now. Artwork is great, in all sections…

Tucker Barrie noticed a really nice looking Halo 3 stained glass window for sale on eBay – but you have to be able to pick it up in Buffalo, NY; the seller isn’t shipping. Starting bid is $500, you’ve got another day before the auction ends. This is definitely a unique piece!(Louis Wu 16:00:52 UTC)

Over on Bungie.net, you’ll find a Community Spotlight on Dweezle, of the Tied the Leader guys and a rage-filled sharkfeeder. Go read about what makes the guy tick! (Then bug him to hold another lan, and make sure he invites you.)(Louis Wu 00:54:44 UTC)

The HSP Timeline page has been updated with events from Ghosts of Onyx. Read the book, if you haven’t already, and go check out how the events fit into the larger picture. I guess I gotta work on the vessels and names pages now. (Clearly, this timeline contains spoilers for those who haven’t read the…

Ross Mills looks to be the proud new owner of a set of Mjolnir Armor…(Louis Wu 19:06:52 UTC)

The 1Up Multiplayer Map Preview is now online (thanks, mercury) – in-depth descriptions of Snowbound, High Ground, and Valhalla. They sound great! Go read.(Louis Wu 17:23:32 UTC)

Another 72 dialogue snippets have been added to the Dialogue Databank, courtesy of Hellhawk (they’ve been queued up for MONTHS, I’m sorry it’s taken so long); there are still almost 100 snippets total waiting in the queue, but there’s light at the end of the tunnel! In the meantime, go listen to a few dozen…

Dry Ice pointed out some new Halo 3 images at 1Up.com – four of ’em. (I’m not sure I’d call ’em ‘screens’… they’re cutouts and concept art. But they’re definitely new, and pretty cool!) Credit goes to Umbra, on the Bungie.net forums, apparently – link in Dry Ice’s post.(Louis Wu 16:23:27 UTC)

Took me long enough, but I finally cleared out the long-suffering batch of entries, sorry to all that were patiently waiting for their work to appear. Some folks are still not quite getting the point of the Cynic’s DB, I urge you to reread the main page before you submit your entry. That said, I’d…

Today’s One One Se7en is a demonstration of the maxim, ‘when in doubt, pun badly.'(Louis Wu 14:21:12 UTC)

Davis ‘BlueDingo5’ Beutler sent along three new Midi pieces – the full Halo 3 music, the full Halo Wars theme, and Pursuit of Truth (full, with chords). The archive is a tiny 7K, zipped. He figured out the notes with his keyboard, recorded them, then USB’d them to a freeware midi program for saving. There…

Two slightly different montages from Halo3Forum this morning, thanks to Z. First up is Reid18’s Nubtage, which shows what happens when someone really good goes into Team Training – the Killimanjaros come fast and furious – it’s 133 mb, in WMP9 format. The other one is Yasha’s ‘Almost a Montage’ – it’s clips of what…

Paul Maestri sends word of Halo Heads 26 – another example of why you should pick your friends more carefully than you pick your nose.(Louis Wu 19:59:10 UTC)

The Brian Morden foundation has been featured in the Altoona Mirror. For those of you that weren’t around, here is a summary of Brian’s association with Bungie and Bungie fans. It’s good to see the Angels continue the good fight. Many thanks to Dawn, Brian’s mom, for the update.(Ding 16:52:37 UTC)

bikeman704 remade the trailer for ‘300’ (the film about Sparta based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel) using Halo footage – it’s all stock, but it’s really well put together. (This is a great counterexample for all those people who say that stock footage is yesterday’s news.) The 13.6 mb WMP9 version is being hosted by…