My7hos has kicked off a new feature on our forum – “Where’s the Chief?” (He actually ran a feature like this some time ago, under a different name.) An image with a hidden Master Chief was posted on his blog, and folks set out to look for him. I’m not sure if I can front-page these; I was away from my computer for a 2-hour stretch today, and the image was posted and solved before I returned; seems like if you’re interested, you should just watch for My7hos’ posts. Next one coming soon!(Louis Wu 17:39:38 UTC)

OddGodHMK let us know that The Biased has been officially released; the cover and Page 1 are now online in their final forms. New pages will be released on Mondays and Thursdays.(Louis Wu 17:15:29 UTC)

GameGuru, a gaming site in India, has a rumor that I haven’t seen elsewhere, at least not yet – and it contains a number of details that are totally new to me. I’m inclined to extreme suspicion at the moment… but will withhold final judgement for the time being. The gist of the rumor is that the Peter Jackson Halo title, announced two years ago at X06, will be revealed at the Tokyo Game Show next month, and that it will revolve around a female Spartan. Real? Fake? Something in between? It might be a full month before we can answer this. Thanks to Merguson, over at NeoGAF, for noticing.(Louis Wu 14:29:55 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 84 is now up; things are getting a little scary! (Louis Wu 14:18:54 UTC)

Ross Mills noticed a writeup of a very cool entry into this year’s Red Bull Derby, over at Kotaku – even though it doesn’t move very well, I’d still LOVE to have that Ghost!(Louis Wu 14:17:21 UTC)

Finnish Spartan has finished up his molded helmet, and started on an AR model; we’ve added a bunch of new images to the gallery page we set up for him. Swing by and look!(Louis Wu 14:15:26 UTC)

More news from the Geekscape crew – Jake108 snagged interviews with Eric Nylund, Tobias Buckell and Joseph Staten at the San Diego ComicCon in July – swing by YouTube to watch! (Louis Wu 13:56:47 UTC)

Jake108 let us know that the folks at Geekscape have put together another installment of Teabag Prevention – this one focuses on Snowbound. There are descriptions of where to find the key elements on the map, and strategies for building up your kill count. If you find it useful, remember that this is #19 in the series, scroll back through their features list for other maps.(Louis Wu 13:54:34 UTC)

We got word from Briar, of Briar’s Armor, that the one-off sniper rifle he built is now for sale on eBay. Starting bid is $115, and you’ve got until September 14 to make up your mind. Worth a look!(Louis Wu 13:50:27 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a pretty nice-looking Cortana Faceplate for your 360 while she was trawling the eBay waters. It ain’t cheap, though. And I think it would look better in the vertical configuration than the horizontal one. Go look.(Louis Wu 20:15:55 UTC)

A tutorial at You Noobs Got Owned will show you how you can make a Halo 3 screenshot look like it’s a miniature model. Pretty slick!(Louis Wu 20:02:40 UTC)

So one of the things I did at PAX last weekend was to collect a few signed prints, for folks who weren’t able to make it to the show. I snagged a total of 25 prints – 23 of them are signed (some by multiple people). I just need some help in coming up with ideas about how to give them away! We could do the random thing, but that’s dull. And there are enough that a single ‘skill’ contest (art, or music, or whatever) would be silly – but multiple contests would be WAY too much work for me. So… any suggestions for fun ways to give these away? Post your ideas here!(Louis Wu 16:25:25 UTC)

Brandon found a TRUE HEROES Plasma Blaster (1600×1200, 312k) at Toys R Us, for $14.99 – I’d have to agree with him that it looks an AWFUL lot like a Halo-style assault rifle. (For $15 and a little paint, you’ve got a great cheap prop.) I couldn’t find it in TRU’s online store – but maybe you can find it in your local brick and mortar establishment!(Louis Wu 16:14:51 UTC)

RandomSauce let us know that his second ‘MythBusters’ video, a project he does with TURRET BUDDY, is now up on YouTube. As was true last time, there are some pretty interesting tidbits, and watching it might teach you something cool! (It should be noted that not all of the research is accurate; for example, they claim that you cannot stick a plasma and frag grenade together in midair… but there are plenty of vids like this one out there suggesting that’s not true.) Go watch – I found the clip showing someone killing a Spartan by FIRING A NEEDLER THROUGH AN ELITE’S NECK to be worth the price of admission.(Louis Wu 16:13:03 UTC)

evildoctorwill put together his list of least favorite to most favorite Halo multiplayer maps – from all three games. You don’t have to agree, but give his reasoning a look-over, and add your own comments!(Louis Wu 16:05:37 UTC)

gothi wrote to us about an application he’s been working on that scans your game history for games with assets (video clips and pictures), and then lets you browse them easily. What an amazingly useful tool! Unfortunately, it’s PC-only, but it works fine under Parallels on OSX. There’s a short FAQ to help you get past some of the biggest problems folks are running into. it’s still processing my games (it’s 354 in, after aabout 5 minutes), but I loaded up the example DB to see what it looks like, and I must say, for folks looking for screenshots or clips from games they were in, this is MUCH easier than scrolling through the list on B.net! (Louis Wu 15:58:36 UTC)

John_117 put together another montage; the nice thing about this is that a lot of the action is just plain fun. Not your typical montage! Let him know what you think.(Louis Wu 15:58:09 UTC)