Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked 39 is up – fishing needs… fish.(Louis Wu 16:23:39 UTC)

This should have been up yesterday – totally my fault it wasn’t. ZZoMBiE13 sent along Another Halo Comic Strip – where could this strip branch out? The possibilities are endless!(Louis Wu 16:19:37 UTC)

bubba28871 recorded the Halo set from the Video Games Live concert in San Diego last week – it includes on-stage time with MsValentine, a cosplayer we’ve featured many times, who performed the Cortana bits. Go watch!(Louis Wu 15:48:23 UTC)

Morpheus stopped by to let us know that Real Custom Games has posted ‘A Man and His Probe’ – raising a Probe can be difficult! (I’m actually curious to know how many people will stumble across this news post while looking for porn…)(Louis Wu 15:02:41 UTC)

If you didn’t get enough of Damian Isla in the GamesIndustry interview we just told you about, swing by Gamasutra this morning – they have a writeup of a keynote Isla gave at the recent Develop conference. (We mentioned this talk back in June.) It’s a pretty interesting look at how the AI in the Halo games has been built to make sure the game remains fun for players. If you’re interested in how the people behind the scenes make the decisions that affect how you interact with the characters in Halo, you should read this.(Louis Wu 14:45:17 UTC)

GamesIndustry.biz posted an interview with Bungie’s Damian Isla – it’s a really interesting piece. Isla holds forth on Bungie’s post-independence enthusiasm, on the state of first-person shooters today, on the differences in design philosophy between games like Halo, CoD4, and Bioshock. There are subtle hints that Bungie might be working on a game that has more in common with Myth than Halo – or might have plans to do so in the future. There’s a confirmation that at the moment, they’re still a 360 studio. There’s a look at how Halo AI has evolved over the years. And more! Go read it. Both GI and Eurogamer pulled the same ‘takeaway message’ from the interview – a comment Isla made that Bungie could learn from the way CoD4 kept players interested over time – but there’s much, much more to the interview than that. (Louis Wu 14:29:43 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has posted her Top 10 Forge Art Halo 3 Screenshots – go check out the creativity of Forgers everywhere!(Louis Wu 14:28:51 UTC)

Major Nelson confirmed that Halo 3 is on top of the Xbox LIVE leaderboard, for the third straight week – this is starting to not be news any more. MyGEN has a piece looking at WHY Halo 3 is back on top – and that’s more newsworthy. (This is actually the first of a two-part series… we’ll let you know when Part 2 goes live.) (Louis Wu 14:28:23 UTC)

Bungie’s Blog (and Halo 3 Academy‘s ryu9921) both let us know that the Bungie Favorites collection is currently being populated by some of the Halo 3 Academy’s goodies. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 14:26:50 UTC)

I saw this a while ago, but somehow forgot to post it. Ohio band Hawthorne Heights is participating in the Game With Fame series on Xbox LIVE – find them tomorrow, playing Halo 3, and then send your experience in to Xbox.com!(Louis Wu 14:26:28 UTC)

NAMLOCO SBG, of SBG Gaming, let us know that the next Good Gaming Network Overlord Challenge is coming up on August 10. If you’re eligible, sign up! He also wanted to point out a community Big Team Battle clan cash payout tourney. Check the post for full details, but the overview is that eight established Halo 3 clans will be invited to play, with the winners gaining cash for their website hosting costs. Nice! (Louis Wu 14:23:20 UTC)