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The next chapter in Arby ‘n’ the Chief’s Season 7 is now online – Cortana and Greg try to help Arbiter with his drinking problem, while Chief wallows in self-pity over his recent dating failure. Thanks, Ogan Pavano.(Louis Wu 17:01:47 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla told us that he’s remade an older Sum 41-tracked Halo Music Video that got lost when his old account was suspended. It’s been two years, so I don’t remember the details of the older version… but the new version is really well-timed (…

GeneticSpartan put together a massive tutorial, showing how he created most of the visual effects in a recent well-received machinima project. If you’re looking for tips on how to add cool effects to your videos… or you’re just curious how he did i…

CyReN pointed HaloGAF towards a fan-made event montage looking back on MLG Anaheim. It’s really nicely done, and notable for its LACK of Halo content. (Just a couple of seconds, total – Street Fighter gets as much airtime as Halo does. This makes me s…

On Friday, I read the latest Bungie Mail Sack, which was full of fun tidbits and the occasional Halo-related morsel. (Did you know that DeeJ hates Spartan Lasers? I did.) Maybe half a dozen times since, I’ve made a mental note to write up a small news…

Someday, your children’s children will bring home their summer reading list from school, and instead of dreading the fight through thousands of pages of War & Peace, their eyes will be wide and their sense of wonder piqued. Because down the list, 8th f…

Pierre Tartaix let us know that TGO GMBH has remade a 2009 machinima (now in HD, with re-recorded audio – we mentioned the original here) they’d done that tells the story of a soldier looking to get her job back. Go watch!(Louis Wu 13:44:11 UTC)

UnrealCh13f stopped by to announce that a thread has been started over at args.bungie.org to keep up on any developments in the potential ARG revealed on ESPN.com yesterday. If you want to know where that’s going – bookmark the link!(Louis Wu 13:43:42…

G4TV has a top 100 Games of all Time list – and Halo took two spots; the original game’s at #37, and Halo 3 is at #23. Thanks, Morpheus. (For perspective, Mario games were at #41, #28, #7, and #1. And the WTF of the list… Bioshock is at #3.)(Louis W…

There’s a tiny tibdit on Greg Bear’s blog that might or might not give you insight into upcoming Halo fiction. (How’s THAT for vague? 🙂 ) Thanks, bryan newman. (Louis Wu 13:42:41 UTC)

Mator stopped in to announce he’s put together a couple of videos showing you how to fly a Banshee upside in Halo PC. He says it’s not a new trick, but he’s been having trouble explaining it to people who’ve asked, so he figured a visual tutorial (inc…

Trooper905 has a Halo schwag collection that differs from the norm in one major respect – it has lots of standee displays (his dad works for the company that makes these). Take a look – some really cool stuff!(Louis Wu 13:41:50 UTC)

Fails of the Weak 91 (AH.com | YouTube) has Jack teaming up with Joel for some funny commentary about funny fails. (Well, not all commentary or fails are funny – but some of both are.) Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 13:41:24 UTC)

The Tyrant showed off a run done by a friend, VincentKurayama – it’s a Mythic run through Reach’s Tip of the Spear on Mythic… with every possible enemy killed. Now THAT’s some dedication. The plan is to play the whole GAME this way. (This is just th…

gunn3r11 let us know that The Spartan Force has a new community montage – it’s 3 minutes of fun gameplay. (Could have been set to a less-overused soundtrack, but hey.)(Louis Wu 13:40:40 UTC)

Like a perfect hand at the Blackjack table…

Totally forgot to look in the Fan Fiction queue this morning – there’s one new piece this week. Go read!(Louis Wu 16:31:52 UTC)

Kiki Wolfkill talked to Inside Gaming’s Adam Kovic at the after-hours party during E3 – you can watch this at Halo Waypoint (or directly on YouTube). Topics of discussion include Spartan Ops and story across modes. Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:30:16 UTC)

pete_the_duck stopped in this morning to encourage folks to enter the Community Cartographers Forge Contest – he doesn’t want you to think that your entry would be a waste of time, because an awful lot of what he’s looking at (as a judge) is… well, …

Bungie’s head of User Research, John Hopson, looked back at an article he wrote more than 10 years ago, when he was still a graduate student, and talked about its relevance in today’s game design. The article discusses Behavioral Game Design, and whil…