Congrats to Triggers Down, who beat Carbon 6-4 in the Finals to win MLG Dallas yesterday. You can find a a href=http://www.mlgpro.com/content/related/289230/MLG-Dallas-Halo-3-Finals-Game-By-Game-Recapgame-by-game recap/a, a a href=http://www.mlgpro.com/content/page/289225/MLG-Dallas-Halo-3-Full-Results?node/289225/MLG-Dallas-Halo-3-Full-Results=full listing/a of the standings, and lots of a href=http://www.mlgpro.com/videovideo highlights/a at MLGPro.com.(Louis Wu 13:03:49 +0000)

Hawty McBloggy found a href=http://hawtymcbloggy.com/2009/08/30/shrinky-dinks-master-chief-earrings/a pair of earrings/a that might make a nice present for that hardcore Master Chief fan…(Louis Wu 14:22:21 +0000)

Mid7night a href=http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=937061went to the San Diego ODST Truck visit/a with his wife - and took some pics. And a href=http://www.destructoid.com/checking-out-halo-3-odst-through-the-odst-tour-146583.phtmlDestructoid was at the LA stop/a, and THEY took pics (thanks, a href=http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=937011Minime637/a). Go look!
(Louis Wu 14:21:49 +0000)

urk was kind enough to a href=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=newsamp;cid=22299let us know/a about a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdlMHawZz0Qa new chapter in the Chronicles of Lyle/a - the guy is way, way out there, but the vids are funny. Go watch.(Louis Wu 14:59:54 +0000)

The a href=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnewsamp;link=BWU082809Bungie Weekly Update/a is live - MLG Dallas, Firefight, PAX, playlists, and more. You can read it at Bungie.net, or you can read it in our a href=http://halo.bungie.org/bwu/index.html?item=243Weekly Update Archive/a - your call, as always.(Louis Wu 00:22:26 +0000)

Kotaku a href=http://kotaku.com/5346774/microsoft-taking-action-against-those-who-buy-and-play-halo-3-odst-earlygot a bit more information/a out of Microsoft about the French ODST leak we a href=http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=27220mentioned/a Wednesday. Looks like there might have been a ’small breach’ in the distribution process. They confirmed that they will take action against those [they] believe have procured copies of the game illegitimately. (It’s unclear how you can consider the purchase of a game at a retail outlet ‘illegitimate’… but maybe they’re not talking about those guys.) Requests for clarification of the MS France announcement CaLL Me ZeNy posted (stating that those caught playing before the release date would be banned from LIVE) were met with ‘no comment’. span class=boldnoticeUpdate:/span a href=http://kotaku.com/5347615/early-halo-odst-players-wont-be-banned-so-long-as-they-bought-a-copya further clarification/a today says Microsoft will NOT be banning ‘legitimate customers’. That’s much more reasonable.(Louis Wu 11:24:44 +0000)

Bungie has posted a href=http://www.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnewsamp;link=NewHotnessa close-up look/a at the changes that are coming to Bungie.net, once ODST is released. Go read - if you like stats, it’ll make you drool.

Ah, bummer - yesterday, we a href=http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=27211mentioned/a that ODST would be available to be played at Fan Expo this weekend in Toronto - a href=http://www.nextgenplayer.com/2009/08/halo-3-odst-dropped-from-gx.htmlturns out it’s been pulled/a. If you were going just to play ODST - save your cash.(Louis Wu 16:11:02 +0000)

RVideo pointed out a href=http://www.halo3forum.com/halo-3-videos/272059-crisis-8-man-video-directed-wanny-phizzy.htmlan 8-player, 3-director montage/a being promoted over at Halo3Forum.com - only the third segment is a href=http://www.filefront.com/14402905/Part-3-VIDOL.wmv/available in HD/a right now (the whole thing can be a href=http://www.wegame.com/watch/8_12/streamed from WeGame/a) - but after watching it, the third segment is by far the most impressive, so if you want to see some cool editing effects, grab ViDoL’s segment of Crisis.(Louis Wu 16:10:27 +0000)

Halo Wars Lead Designer Dave Pottinger has a href=http://www.halowars.com/news/devblog/archive/2009/08/25/Lessons-Learned.aspxwritten up a post-mortem/a of the Halo Wars development process - it’s an interesting read! Nice pics, too. Thanks, a href=http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=9363382900d4u/a.
(Louis Wu 10:34:12 +0000)