Couple of fun vids at Hawty McBloggy’s cozy digs today – Halo3Fails posted ‘JK I Suck’, a funny failtage showing footage that most of us have seen far too much of, firsthand… and Mini Waz created a 3D Halo: Reach trailer that has versions for most standard kinds of 3D glasses. (There’s even a 2D version for folks without glasses, but it sort of misses the point…) Go watch!(Louis Wu 13:11:35 UTC)

Hey, remember that Nerf Assault Rifle we mentioned last week? It’s up on eBay now. You’ve got 3 days to bid – current price is $81. Thanks, Civil Protection.(Louis Wu 13:10:54 UTC)

Urban Reflex laughs at your sissy Forge – when HE was building Halo walls, he did the MANLY way… with a sword. And a Gauss turret. There’s an 8 minute video (it’s been shaved down to less than 15% of its original length!) showing how.(Louis Wu 13:07:59 UTC)

Urban Reflex laughs at your sissy Forge – when HE was building Halo walls, he did the MANLY way… with a sword. And a Gauss turret. There’s an 8 minute video (it’s been shaved down to less than 15% of its original length!) showing how.(Louis Wu 13:07:59 UTC)

Do you love Halo? Are you an artist? Would you like your art to appear in a Halo book? Halo Waypoint is taking submissions for the Halo Evolutions Community Art Contest, and will be until July 15. You have to be a resident of the US or Canada, and you should read the rest of the terms and conditions on the Waypoint page – but otherwise, you should get to drawing! (HBO will be hosting a gallery of entrants at some point in the near future, so you can see what folks are submitting.) Show ’em what you’ve got!(Louis Wu 00:00:05 UTC)

HaLo2FrEeEk released another spherical panorama from Reach – this one is Sword Base, again… but this time, it’s an action version. Shooting, flying, blowing up. Take a look!(Louis Wu 17:59:22 UTC)

bevbor is building something. Something I haven’t ever seen before from a fan. Something really, really cool. Wanna see a human-sized Banshee made of cardboard? Go watch this video. Or swing by the 405th for pics and discussion.(Louis Wu 16:54:23 UTC)

Forge Hub wants you to remake a map from any non-Halo shooter in Forge – you could win a cool Sumo beanbag chair! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 16:50:47 UTC)

The Spartan I Project continues to help out fans looking to score the Vidmaster Achievements – check out this post to see some amazing stats on group members’ attempts with the Endure Achievement. You guys are DEDICATED.(Louis Wu 16:47:17 UTC)

urk’s back from a long weekend with a whole bunch of new video in today’s Comm Chatter:

• Power of the Pummel is a montage of beatdowns (assassinations, lots of sword/hammer action) from Clantacular. They called it ‘greatest hits’. Geddit?
• Anoj is back with another ‘Bungie Explains‘ – recapping the Bungie Weekly Update for folks who have trouble with written words.
• 8-bit Halo Episode 7 is live – been a few months since the last one! Some mysteries solved. I’m not sure I like how ODSTs are treated. And I don’t think I played enough Nintendo to really appreciate this one…
• Anoj released ‘Top 10 Halo Reach Beta New Weapon Kills‘ (Episode 4) – lots of Pro Pipe/Microwave/Comedy Gun action. (Also some nice handling of the Deemer and the Nerfle.)

Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:41:44 UTC)