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There’s a discussion about game criticism at PopMatter’s Moving Pixels, talking about how game design commentary can be useful even to those who haven’t played the game if done right. Halo is used as an example. Great read!(Louis Wu 14:58:17 UTC)

Hey You is running a Forge competition for Infection maps – you can read all the details in this group post on Bungie.net. Deadline is Halloween, and prizes include Live subscriptions, avatar codes, and more. Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:57:33 UTC)

Geez. Almost missed yesterday’s Tag and Release feature on Bungie.net – which would have been a shame, since there are some epic Falcon pics. Go look!(Louis Wu 14:57:07 UTC)

Elnea reminded us that she’d updated Halo Action Figure theater this weekend – it’s a little… disturbing. Spartan Bride magazine, though, is amazing.(Louis Wu 14:55:37 UTC)

spankysully stopped in to announce a Halo Reach tournament being run to raise money for cancer research. $20 per team to enter, tourney happens at the end of November. Go sign up!(Louis Wu 14:54:35 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13 sent word that Achievement Hunter’s Fails of the Weak Volume 3 is now online – Jack and Geoff look at clips of bad luck (and bad playing). The Elite Slayer fail on Cage made me laugh out loud.(Louis Wu 14:54:09 UTC)

Ever wonder how Bungie put a Skirmisher on the roof of the first building in Winter Contingency… but never let you see it? (It shows up on your motion sensor, and you can HEAR it… but you can’t see it.) Heh… they cheated. Thanks, Cuban Legend.(L…

It’s Monday, it’s time to party, it’s time to AHWU!

The new DLC “The Sacrifice” is available for both Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 and is identical on both, but has a special bonus for the L4D2ers. It comes with a port of Left 4 Dead 1’s No Mercy map. You can play the campaign map as the original survivors, whi…

From on high.

Thanks to Sorahn’s snazzy work, our forum is now sporting a cool little block at the top, showing the day’s challenges in an easy-to-digest format. w00t! Update: now it’s prettier, thanks to HawaiianPig.(Louis Wu 22:55:12 UTC)

Ever felt naked without air support? Stuntmutt examines the phenomenon in today’s One One Se7en. (That’s probably the only time you can put ‘naked’ and ‘Stuntmutt’ in close proximity and not need to wash your mind.)(Louis Wu 20:01:47 UTC)

According to David Ellis’ Twitter feed, a new podcast from 343i will go live tonight or tomorrow – and it will have David and Frankie talking to Greg Bear about Halo: Cryptum. Sounds like something to wait for! Thanks, GrimBrother One. (Louis Wu 19:…

Mad Cow’s been working on a Reach Stats app for the Android phone – you can see how it works in this video. A bare-bones list of what’s in progress, what’s already in there, and an interface for leaving feedback can be found at his website. You can gra…

Firestream let us know that HaloCharts is now offering a set of Reach Stat Signature Images to all members – just log in (or create an account) and click My Sigs! He provided an example to see what you’re getting into. (This doesn’t mean we’re allowin…

GhaleonEB has posted the next installment on Forging Ahead, his Forge blog at Forward Unto Dawn. This one focuses on his early experiments with Reach’s Forge, trying to see what the limits might be before he gets into serious map development. Interest…

I’ve been a little slack in my reading of NeoGAF’s Halo thread (it’s usually chock-full of pass-onable goodness), so I went through the last 750 posts or so this morning. Here are some of the morsels I found:DancingJesus found a video showing just how…

As always these days, there’s a ton of new content at Halo Waypoint’s website – I think I’d get snowed under if I tried to summarize all of it, but here are a couple of choice tidbits I wish I’d noticed sooner:This Reach Legendary Cake is seriously le…

urk’s back from vacation, and Bungie’s Comm Chatter has a batch of new videos for you!ChrisOfTheDead is back with Shenanigans 10 – wtf moments in ReachSmite put together a sub-3-minute minitage called ‘Hold Your Color’ – seriously heavy on the effectsK…

Cocopjojo stopped by our forum with word of a new job available at 343i/Waypoint – Video Producer. The job sounds like a dream for Halo machinimators! Check it out. (Louis Wu 19:10:03 UTC)