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Vidmaster Challenge: Deja Vu - a Guide
You might remember Declan Clarke - he's a member of the Spartan I Project at Bungie.net, and is devoted to helping you get Vidmaster Achievements. Back in July, we published his Guide to the Vidmaster: Annual Achievement - and today, we're proud to bring you his Guide to the Vidmaster: Déjà Vu Achievement. Text and videos should help you through this romp - tips for each section, hints for specific strategies, and more. Streaming vids are easy to watch from the page, while downloads are all in 720p HD. Go check it out - awesome stuff! (Louis Wu 20:59:36 UTC) (permalink)

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Firefight Solo Guide: Rally Point
Monochron is back, with another very cool Firefight Solo Guide - this one covers Rally Point. Give it a read for tips, tricks, and some super-cool screenshots (click on 'em for much larger versions). Then go shoot some stuff by yourself! (As a recap, he's done the following maps now:


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It's gonna be a wild ride.
There's been quite a bit of discussion on our forum this past week about Bungie, and what they're making, and why they're making it, and how much they care. SketchFactor decided to clear a few things up - his post here is worth reading to get a handle on the (near) future of Halo, from Bungie's perspective. Thanks, Sketch! (Louis Wu 20:31:49 UTC) (permalink)

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Scoring the VGA Reach Trailer
Lots of action about the Reach footage we'll see at the VGAs next month - bungietweets, Bungie's official Twitter account, has posted three pics of the orchestra working on the score for that piece right now (1 | 2 | 3). Thanks to both Mercury and Dani for the heads-up on these. Be sure to read what both SketchFactor and urk have to say about this video... (Louis Wu 20:31:03 UTC) (permalink)

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Friday CC Video Recap
Three new vids for you on Bungie's Comm Chatter today:

Go watch! (Louis Wu 20:30:33 UTC) (permalink)

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Team Flag went live yesterday
Geez - forgot to point out that this weekend's Double EXP Playlist on LIVE is Team Flag - Bungie.net has the full breakdown of maps and gametypes. You've still got 3 more days to play it - so go capture something! (Louis Wu 17:32:12 UTC) (permalink)

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Aesthetic Artist Interview: bs angel
There's a new Aesthetic Artist Interview online (thanks, COL0NEL SANDERS) - bs angel holds forth on the screenshot scene, and picks some of her own favorites. (She doesn't create screenshots herself, but she's done quite a bit to promote the art form with her website halo3screenshots.com.) Go read, and then look at the pretty pictures! (Louis Wu 16:02:40 UTC) (permalink)

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Sabotox
TTL Demag0gue stopped in with word of Reclaimer 228 - and the Reclaimer learns more about his ultimate foe. (Louis Wu 15:57:30 UTC) (permalink)

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ODST for cheap from GameStop
We've mentioned Black Friday Halo deals from Kmart and Target - now we have one for you from GameStop. According to Gaming Target, GameStop will be selling Halo 3: ODST for $39.99 the day after Thanksgiving. Nice! (Louis Wu 15:54:52 UTC) (permalink)

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Master Chief, by L-Boyd
mendicantbias00 pointed out a pretty cool acrylic painting of the Master Chief over on DeviantART - take a look! (Louis Wu 15:32:35 UTC) (permalink)

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Rorschach Inkblot Test – Orbital
Hawty McBloggy has put her Friday Caption Fun on hold in favor of another regular feature - the Rorschach Inkblot Test. Go check out the heatmap for Orbital, and tell her what you see! (Louis Wu 15:28:07 UTC) (permalink)

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IGN's Top 25 360 Games - Halo 3 takes #6
Avateur noticed that Halo 3 came in at #6 on IGN's Top 25 Xbox 360 Games - Games 1-5 will be posted later today, let's see if that adds anything to the Halo total! (Louis Wu 15:26:11 UTC) (permalink)

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Friday's Fan Fiction
Nine new stories have been added to the Fan Fiction section this week - go check 'em out! (Louis Wu 15:23:02 UTC) (permalink)

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Thursday's news in brief:

Engineer Evolved
Thursday Afternoon Movies
The best shirt... EVAR
VGA'S Reach footage to be non-trivial
Low Level Strike
Can Jackal teeth handle sugar?
IGN's Top 25 Xbox 360 Games (Day 3)
Blood Line #3 Cover and Summary

Wednesday's news in brief:

Aberrant Designs: Favorite Files, Week 2
Spike's VGA Voting: Open
Reach to premiere at the VGAs
Halo Fine Art
Covenant Carrier Pano Fire
Wednesday Comic Roundup
Tell 'em you love 'em - with a credit card


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