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Polycount has an article put together by members of 343’s Environment Art team – it talks about they went about building those oh-so-pretty environments we’ve been playing through. Great read! Thanks, TDSpiral.(Louis Wu 21:14:45 UTC)

HaLo2FrEeEk stopped in to announce that he’s updated his Halo Screenshot Extractor (read about it on his site) – it now supports grabbing screenshots en masse from Halo 3, ODST, Reach: Beta, Reach, and Halo 4. Nice! (Especially nice since the official …

The latest Episode of Spartan Ops went live yesterday, but I was unsuccessful in my attempts to capture the opening cinematic until this morning (probably network issues). Bottom line, though, is the Episode 3 Cinematic is now available, in a variety o…

TrueAchievements takes a looks at ‘unreliable narrators’ – your favorite nearly-rampant blue AI plays a pretty big part. Thanks, Morpheus. (Louis Wu 20:35:20 UTC)

Jimmy Jangles has been working on techniques for taking down Promethean Knights. Go see what he’s found! (Louis Wu 20:33:05 UTC)

Bravo made me smile yesterday. Giggle, even. You should go watch the video, because it’ll brighten your day, too. Thanks, CrazY CroaTia.(Louis Wu 20:31:27 UTC)

RCG Tiburon told us that he’d written up a sizeable review of Halo 4 – swing by his blog to read it!(Louis Wu 20:29:18 UTC)

Rockslider stopped in with word of a new Bad Cyborg video – it’s just a joyride in the snow on AotCR. We’ve all been there! (Louis Wu 20:28:10 UTC)

bs angel has announced a community challenge that involves photoshopping, Thanksgiving, and Halo. Submissions that are featured on the Waypoint Bulletin may receive a nice little gift. So get shopping and be sure to submit your gamertag too!(mastrbigg…

Nearly a thousand people weighed in on our pumpkins this year (a far cry from the almost 6,000 in 2005, but still a respectable number) – and they’ve spoken. Third place was decided by a mere 5 votes! (This was close enough that we’re going to send a l…

CruelLEGACY wrote a very detailed review of Halo 4. He provides some really interesting feedback on almost every aspect of the game. It is a fantastic read, especially for hardcore fans. Go check it out!(mastrbiggy 21:51:39 UTC)

Thanks for everyone who stepped up and voted over the weekend for our Guilt O’ Lantern contestants – we’re still pretty low, overall, but it’s no longer embarrassing. It’s time to actually AWARD those cool prizes, so if you haven’t voted – today’s your…

tiny stopped in with a pretty cool pano stitched together from a filler game played during the FLAG Tournament this weekend… what an awesome assassination!(Louis Wu 15:21:42 UTC)

MoltenSlowa and friends have released the second episode of their Spartan Ops-themed podcast, Ops-Cast – this one focuses on Episode 2! (Whoa, you’d almost think the numbering system was related to the Spartan Ops release schedule…)(Louis Wu 15:20:30…

Schooly D has revisited his idea of a practice environment (he’d built one for Reach) – swing by his post for screenshots and a video showing off The Gym 2.0, now for Halo 4! (Louis Wu 15:18:35 UTC)

t00lbox found a way out of the Campaign level Composer – some interesting interactions on the outside! Go play.(Louis Wu 15:16:42 UTC)

RC Master put together a monster review of Halo 4, broken into 4 separate parts. The opening piece is here, but then there are followups on Campaign Levels, Infinity Multiplayer, and Spartan Ops and enemies. Only the Infinity Multiplayer section is ful…

Halo Council’s Clicked wants to help you with Global Ordnance Drops – swing by to watch his video and learn some timing. Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 19:46:40 UTC)

The Halo Forge Epidemic created a pretty cool custom mini-game for Halo 4 called ‘Thruster Busters’ – I haven’t played it, but the video explaining how it works makes it look like an awful lot of fun! Go give it a try. Thanks to NeoGAF’s MrBig for the …