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Over at MLG Pro, Foulacy has taken a close look at some of the reasons why Carbon might have won in Orlando… and how they can make it happen again in the playoffs. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 23:10:30 UTC)

Z sent word of Chris the Hippie’s Volume 4, a montage that’s more AudioSlave and Foo Fighters than Halo 2. Really heavy on the effects, with (apparently) a mystery hidden within. 150 mb, WMP9 format, hosted by Halo3Forum.com. (Louis Wu 21:04:03 UTC)

Occasionally, Stuntmutt takes a break from corn to do a public service. Usually, though, even when he’s doing a public service, he still keeps the corn in. Witness today’s One One Se7en, which is actually a love note from one fan to another. With a side helping of corn.(Louis Wu 17:53:12 UTC)

Josh found a Halo reference in an old episode of F@NB0Y$ – there’s no date on it, but I’d guess it was sometime back in May. Gotta love the 360 fangirl…(Louis Wu 17:17:51 UTC)

Stephen Loftus has updated his Halo Scale Comparison article; the beginning of it hasn’t changed, but if you scroll down near the bottom of the page, you’ll find an entirely new scale navigation system. Starting with the Halo itself, you can drill down through the various constructs in the game and compare them with like-sized…

Tied the Leader weighs in on the Ranked Party issue (see this newspost for more details on the issue) – thanks, Compton. While you’re there, check out the rest of their recent content – a 22 Questions interview with machinima creator Bryboy Remix, and a clan profile of Truth Regret.(Louis Wu 13:25:36 UTC)

Sigafoos sent word that WikiRiot 19 is ready for download – 29 mb, 1:11 long, with two interviews (WillClan4Food and Podtacular), as well as other assorted silliness. Go listen.(Louis Wu 22:14:13 UTC)

Luke McKay doodled a Master Chief yesterday… I’m guessing he was a bit annoyed at something. We’ve added it to his Gallery here.(Louis Wu 19:05:27 UTC)

Halo Wars Central sat down with Dispraiser to talk about the shutdown of the Halogen project, and what Slipstream is up to at this point. (Halogen’s website seems to have gotten hacked today; unclear how long that will stay true.) Give it a read… sounds like they’re moving on to other things!(Louis Wu 18:51:19 UTC)

The Palm Beach Post has a large writeup of Tom ‘TSquared’ Taylor in today’s edition; some fun facts in there. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 18:28:01 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update went up a bit late this week, because Frankie’s doing unspeakable things in unspeakable places (which, apparently, don’t have access to the intarwebs) – KP put one up this morning, in his stead. It’s entertaining, and informative if you were really curious about a day in the life of Marty O’Donnell…

Pothole Studios submitted ‘Over the Limit, Act 0 – The Pheonix Army’ (yes, the typo’s intentional) to the MPRRS; it lingered for a bit, but the reviewers are back on track and have cleared out all backlogged submissions – this one passed. They didn’t want hosting – the video is available from their site, in…

xbryboyremix remastered his highly-regarded video ‘Corrupt’ – enhanced video, remastered digital audio, realistic visual effects… the MPRRS liked the changes, so we’re swapping the old links for new ones. It’s roughly the same size as it used to be – 78 mb for the WMP9 version, 83.5 mb for the QuickTime version; you can grab…

More MLG Pro Picks – this time it’s Ghandi. I think I’m gonna have to say that’s the last one we’re gonna point out – this could go on for a long, long time. If you’re interested in how the Halo pros view the upcoming playoffs… I’d say you should visit MLG more often. Thanks,…

Adam Chapman noticed a Flash Halo game at Games121 – it’s pretty basic, but hey! Give it a try. I found I could kill about 50 baddies before losing my 100 health points – this goes with my 1:2 kill-to-death ratio on Xbox Live pretty nicely. So you folks with 5:1 K:D ratios should put…

2old2play took a look at the evolution of the First Person Shooter – it’s called ‘Wolfenstein: There and Back Again’, and it traces our love with this genre from its birth in 1992 through the present. Halo, not surprisingly, makes an appearance. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 13:26:18 UTC)

Ouch. Latest news about Gears of War (Joystiq and Xboxic) is that you will not be able to play ranked games with your friends; the TrueSkill ranking system requires that you go into a game paired up with people with roughly the same ability as you have – randomized. You can play with a party…

Pixellated noticed that over at Press Start To Play, there’s a piece of promotional art for Otokon that features a Spartan and an Elite (check the October 6 news post).(Louis Wu 12:55:44 UTC)

Red vs Blue Episode 79 has been posted for sponsors (which means, of course, that it’ll be two days before it’s available for everybody else) – almost 5 minutes of great lines from Sarge and the gang. I like Shiela when she’s crazy. Looks like Psychophan7 was first. (Oh, yeah, and speaking of Sarge… there…

A month ago, we posted Pie, Chapter 1, from Machine Enema. Today, Pie Chapter 2 passed the MPRRS, and narrowly missed placing in the Top 10 scores since the MPRRS opened. It’s really, really well done. Heavy on the effects – but that’s part of the ambience. Fantastic story, fantastic voice acting, fantastic cinematography. It’s…