Jump Theory is back with Look Before You Leap 3, a new collection of jaw-dropping jumps in Halo 3 multiplayer maps. Absolutely, absolutely worth watching. (It’s available on YouTube, but the gorgeous 720p downloadable is currently only available on MegaUpload… sorry.) You really gotta wonder how long some of these took to perfect… thanks to RVideo for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 12:50:21 UTC)

Got a couple of new comics for you today – Chronicles of ODS Steve #75 (“Locked and Loaded”) is live (I’m no longer sure what’s going on), and TTL Demag0gue let us know about the latest Reclaimer (“Tapped Potential”) – Barcode does a bit of explaining. Go check ’em out!(Louis Wu 12:50:03 UTC)

MattDratt stopped in with word of Halo CE3 – the upcoming Custom Edition Entertainment Expo. There’s a trailer (volume is really, really low – I couldn’t actually hear most of it), and a website with more info. Check it out! Update: audio’s been improved in the trailer here. Thanks, MattDratt.(Louis Wu 12:49:47 UTC)

Waypoint’s getting busy on Twitter – there are a couple of recent tweets that might be of interest to you. They’re bringing something new to San Diego this week (thanks, GrimBrother One), and will show it off soon; GLYPH added some details on timing (keep an eye out for ‘Preview Night’ tonight on Waypoint). Also, they’re asking for questions about the Halo fiction (thanks, Hedgemony) – the ones they pick will be answered at the Halo Universe Panel on Sunday. (They’ve already chosen one from yesterday, but keep an eye on the feed; they’ll solicit new questions again later today.) Finally, they announced that Karen Traviss will be writing a new series of Halo novels, starting with the sequel to Ghosts of Onyx. (Read the press release for full details.) Thanks to Urban Reflex for that last. Whew! Update: Traviss clarifies on her blog that the upcoming book is not exactly a sequel:

It isn’t a sequel to Ghosts of Onyx in the sense that you mean a sequel, i.e. a continuation of the same story with the same cast- these novels are just set after it and follow the events of Halo 3. There’ll be new characters and new storylines.

Thanks, hnc.(Louis Wu 12:49:12 UTC)

A few days ago, T07WRX5 let us know that the ComicCon Exclusive Noble 7 Action Figure was available for order on the web. Well, it turned out that Toys R Us was a little premature with the page… and while they didn’t pull the entire page offline, they DID remove the ‘Order Now’ button. It was put back this morning, though, so if you’re not going to ComicCon, but still want to get your hands on this figure, swing by and place an order!(Louis Wu 12:47:49 UTC)

kornman00 is selling a pretty cool bit of Halo memorabilia: a posterboard, signed by Bungie employees, showing off the cover of the Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack DVD. The auction has another week to run, starting bid is $75. Go look!(Louis Wu 18:34:32 UTC)

RedStar Media sent workd of ‘Turn It Back‘, a music video for Halo Reach, utilizing clips from lots of live-action Halo stuff. Works pretty well!(Louis Wu 18:32:24 UTC)

Woohoo – Bungie.net’s back in the blog business! (Welcome back, urk!) Today’s offerings include a couple of new vids:

• ChrisOfTheDead is back with Shenanigans 9 – six and a half minutes of funny situations and wtf moments.
• Urine This Together is a bizarre (but pretty funny) machinima that really shouldn’t be explained.

While you’re there, check out a post about a new ForgeHub map (it won a mapmaking contest) and a thumbs-up to ContactTango, of the Spartan I Project, for completing 500 successful Vidmaster Annual runs. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 18:25:24 UTC)