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Elan Lee has some experience with setting up out-of-the-ordinary experiences with stuff like videogames; he was part of the team that created I Love Bees, for Halo 2, and he was part of the team that created Sadie’s Story, for Halo 3: ODST (at a comple…

With the announcement of Microsoft’s acquisition of the Gears of War franchise from Epic, Polygon thought it fit to provide an opinion on how they feel that Halo 4 laid the blueprint for the next generation of Gears of War. It’s an interesting read reg…

This keeps coming around, it seems. IGN is reporting a rumor that Neill Blomkamp has been tapped to direct the upcoming pilot for the Stephen Spielberg-led Halo tv series. I guess we need to wait and see. Thanks, Avateur.(Louis Wu 16:24:39 UTC)

Katie Satow does a vlog for Geek & Sundry, and her latest shows you how to paint your fingernails in a full-on Halo theme. Awesome! (Really cool final product.) Thanks, doober187.(Louis Wu 16:19:17 UTC)

A recent influx of players to Halo 3 has generated discussions of what is important for the Halo franchise to succeed with Halo 5, but recent news may have Halo fans looking back further than the first HD Halo title. … Continue reading →

Another week, another set of fails. They actually look at them this time… you can watch on AH.com or YouTube. Thanks, as always, Nikko B201. (Louis Wu 19:50:37 UTC)

Grizzlei noticed a new article at Halo Waypoint, showing off the spring line of Mega Bloks – some pretty cool stuff in there! Go look. (Louis Wu 19:50:16 UTC)

Championing the noble cause of the weekend.

pete_the_duck is back with a new Rube Goldberg machine… and it’s awesome. The Mantis Shuffle, especially, rocked. Go watch.(Louis Wu 13:40:04 UTC)

Trendt Boe stopped in with a link to ‘Salvation’ – a 2d digital painting of Halo 4’s Master Chief and Cortana, animated just because he could. Pretty nice! Take a look.(Louis Wu 13:39:48 UTC)

Looks like there were a couple of extra skulls in Halo 3: ODST that were cut before the final game was released; YouTuber TehBanStick posted a film showing off gameplay with the ‘Third Person’ skull activated. (As you might guess, it moves you into a 3…

Goose Checka let us know that screenshot maestro oObex has opened voting on the best Grifball screens of 2013. Go make your opinion known! (Louis Wu 23:10:03 UTC)

Zachary let us know that Guys Playing Games would be playing through all of the Halo campaigns on Legendary, for charity. They’re starting at midnight tonight, and you can watch them on Twitch.tv. Check out the reddit thread for more info! (Louis Wu 23…

Many journeys near and far.

GrifballHub is selling ” Grifball World Tour” t-shirts featuring your favorite maps from Halo 3, Reach, and Halo 4. You’ve got until next Monday to grab yourself one. Thanks, Kal Belgarion.(mastrbiggy 20:42:03 UTC)

Team Beyond is hosting a Valentine’s Weekend Halo 3 2v2 tournament – prize pool maxes out at $576. Go check out the rules! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 20:12:44 UTC)

Heh – this made me grin.(Louis Wu 20:10:29 UTC)

In the last couple of days, we’ve gotten a number of emails pointing out Halo machinima projects – both new and updated. Here’s a roundup: ZoxinTV turned us on to Rookshot, a new Halo machinima series from Red Rook. There are two episodes live at t…

Quirel did some digging through DeviantART, and came up with a bunch of Halo goodies. He’s organized them, and his first dump is focused on Spartans. We’ve seen some of these pics before… but as a whole, this is a great collection! Go explore.(Louis …