AngelicLionheart pointed out that the Halo Legends Heroes Journey Sweepstakes (we mentioned it in February) has had its winners announced – swing by and see if you’re on the list!(Louis Wu 14:44:03 UTC)

Patrick Ruane, of On The Run Productions and Detroit Starrzz, sent along a track the band wrote and produced recently. ‘Detroit Starrzz – Halo‘ (mp3, 2.4 mb) is an electropop track inspired by Halo, and he’s interested in sharing it with Halo fans. If you want to check out more of his work, visit Nightstylers at MySpace.(Louis Wu 19:52:26 UTC)

Lots of videos for your perusal over in Bungie’s Comm Chatter today:

• Anoj has been putting up a new series called ‘Bungie Explains’ – it’s basically a recap of their Weekly Updates. Links for the whole series can be found in the Comm Chatter post.
• Anoj ALSO posted Top 10 Halo 3 Sticks – Number 53 in his Top 10 Halo 3 series.
• ChrisOfTheDead is back with another collection of Shenanigans – this one is number 7. They’re Shenaniganery.

Go watch!(Louis Wu 19:28:55 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a very cool controller cradle created by a DeviantARTist – now THAT’S storing your peripherals in (Halo) style!(Louis Wu 15:11:53 UTC)

Apparently, Bungie showed off the ODST costumes used in the ‘We Are ODST’ ad at the Emerald City ComiCon a few weeks ago – until now, we hadn’t seen any decent pictures. Luckily, though, a member of the 405th was there, with a camera, and documented it – great shots! (They do look a bit worn-out, though… poor guys!) Thanks to Sean Bradley for the heads-up. Update: It was 343 Industries that had that armor at the ECCC, not Bungie. My bad!(Louis Wu 15:09:21 UTC)

Anyone paying attention to the Reach information flood knew that this week was ‘Map Week’ – the week that some gaming website would get a chance to tell you about the maps we’ll be playing on in the Halo Reach Beta. That website is IGN, and ElzarTheBam was the first to notice the article; give it a read to learn lots of tidbits about Swordbase, Powerhouse, Overlook, and Boneyard. (Well, not much about Boneyard… yet.) Comes with pictures. (Louis Wu 14:52:13 UTC)

mendicantbias00 ran across a gallery at DeviantART that seems to be full of Reach-inspired custom achievement medals – some really cool ones in there! (Not sure about the names, but the pics are great.) Go check out BlackOpsSpartan’s custom medals!(Louis Wu 14:51:46 UTC)

Bones153 kicked off a thread on our forum, wondering what little touches you’d like to see in Reach that would make the overall product greater than the sum of its parts. Comes with pretty cool title art, too! Go read what’s up there already, and toss in your own two cents!(Louis Wu 14:50:14 UTC)