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Gamespot’s got an interview with Frank O’Connor, discussing everything from Halo’s involvement in e-sports to the music in the game. Go give it a read! Thanks, Munish23. (Louis Wu 13:13:17 UTC)

Congrats to Blissful Rage and Black 5ix – they’re the two winners of our Too Drunk To Tube contest! Tubes full of 343-provided swag should be on the way to both of them later today! And if you’re sad you didn’t win… hey, mastrbiggy’s got your back! …

The Tyrant let us know that he’s now released the next chapter in his Legendary Walkthrough of Halo 2, this time tacking The Arbiter. Go and see how the man does it, and then try to outdo him yourself! Good luck!(GrimBrother One 19:07:39 UTC)

A long, long time ago, we let our Tricks section die – erm… go into hibernation. (We moved servers, and more importantly platforms, and there simply wasn’t anyone with the time to rewrite the code to work in the new environment.) A much shorter time…

Beorn came by to show off some seriously gorgeous artwork – he took inspiration from the design elements on Cortana’s skin in the latest BTS video from 343, and created Wallpaper for your desktop at a huge variety of sizes. Check his post, and grab the…

If you’ve been reading HBO for a long time, you might just remember Grunts Are People Too – it was a machinima project from MOTHERSTOOTH involving your favorite mini-Covenant. Most, or all, are offline at this point… but we just heard from MOTHERSTO…

Daedalos42 pointed out Murder Miners (it’s making quite a splash at HaloGAF, as well) – it’s a new indie game from JForceGames that takes a lot of inspiration from Halo. In fact, it’s been described as “Halo meets Minecraft” – you can see a video of i…

Stubbs the Zombie came out in 2005 – it was the first product of Wideload Games, the spinoff studio founded by Alex Seropian when he left Bungie… and the only game to be released that uses the Halo engine but is not Halo. GameInformer has gone back a…

Rockslider stopped by yesterday with a fleshed-out gametype for his new Reach Firefight gametype (we mentioned it last week) – go give the new post a read, and set up a game of Knock-Off Alpha yourself!(Louis Wu 14:35:25 UTC)

GrifballHub’s Kal sent word about the Grifball World Cup – their final major event in Halo: Reach. Signups are now open for this six-week event – you’ve got until September 14 (Friday) to get on the list! Go read the details at their site. (Louis Wu 2…

RUL’s Greenskull grabbed Frankie at PAX, and asked a lot of questions. Go hear the answers! (There’s a reason this man does lots of 343 interviews…) (Louis Wu 20:25:57 UTC)

TDSpiral stopped in with some concept art he created for the Venerance project (a Crysis 2 total mod). It shows Côte d’Azur… on fire. It’s amazing! If you sign up for the Venerance forums (free, of course), you can see a couple of other version…

Spec ops Grunt let us know about a Halo 2 recap that… made me laugh. It ain’t Downton Abbey… it’s closer to South Park. But it’s funny. (I’m pretty sure I’ve NEVER heard someone sing a medley of Titanic and The Little Mermaid before…) (Louis Wu 2…

Also from the Podtacular crew, don’t miss Podtac 308, which has the crew discussing non-Halo stuff from the show floor. It’s a cool look at the “rest of the world” from Halo-focused minds. Go listen!(Louis Wu 19:58:54 UTC)

Shuya Takaoka created a very cool Promethean concept on Tumblr – thanks, TheOddOne. (Louis Wu 19:53:19 UTC)

Quirel pointed out an article at Gamasutra – it looks at the concept of regenerating health in videogames, and why it can be a problem. Halo examples play a pretty big role. Really interesting read!(Louis Wu 19:50:57 UTC)

We got some goodies for giveaway at PAX. Unfortunately, I packed them up for shipping before I had a chance to take pictures, or even a solid inventory. (A handle of Captain Morgan’s might or might not have had something to do with the thought process…

Inside Gaming’s Adam Kovic and APL Fisher released a video of E3 gameplay (it had been hiding in their archives, unreleased) – the commentary is new, but the gameplay (and engine build) is from June. Worth a watch! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 18:55:25 UTC)