Couple of new montages for you, courtesy of Bungie’s Comm Chatter: Glory and Fitzy provided the gameplay for Second Chance – very nice editing by Dudeman27. And Kravedwhipped up a short montage called Welcome to Bangkok with some slick gameplay. Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:11:47 UTC)

Arm the Flag has a new podcast online – discussion topics include how their site got deleted, how cool urk is, and Reach. Go listen! Thanks, urk. You’re cool.(Louis Wu 18:11:24 UTC)

Sean Bradley (you might remember the name; he’s created some amazing Halo universe armor and weapons) has released a ten-minute live-action film with his brother called ‘After the Game’. It’ll give you a bit of an idea of what happens after you turn off your Xbox… (Seems like Master Chief thinks cats are in the Covenant.) There are two versions: the ‘Fanboy Cut’ includes additional footage for gamers, while the ‘Film Fest Cut’ features a different plot and ending. Amazing piece of work! (Lots of little tidbits for long-time Halo fans – and movie fans – in there!) (Louis Wu 16:05:43 UTC)

Just two new pieces in the Fan Fiction section – today – go read ’em!(Louis Wu 16:04:00 UTC)

Brian Gilmore let us know that the Teabag Prevention Team is back with more Halo 3 tips – this time, they’re focusing on Heretic. Swing by to learn how to not suck!(Louis Wu 16:03:23 UTC)

Stuntmutt made good (good? wrong word) use of the One One Se7en Stripmaker to whip up a new forum comic – things you can worry about with respect to the new Player Investment system! (Louis Wu 16:03:02 UTC)

Cody Brigan is setting to work on a Flash-based movie of The Fall of Reach (the book) – a few days ago, he was looking for voice actors, and today, he’s shown off a tiny snippet of footage, so you can see the overall style of the project. Looks promising!(Louis Wu 16:02:24 UTC)

Hedgemony noticed that Halo Bloodlines #4 is now on store shelves – go grab a copy! (Louis Wu 16:02:07 UTC)

ElusiveEagle found a link for a potential source for early Reach Beta access. You have to be a member to get in… but apparently members will be getting access to the beta in April. Hmm…(Louis Wu 16:01:05 UTC)

seraph xxvii stopped in with word of the charity auction he hosted recently (original details are here) – once again, I’m floored by the generosity. (A little saddened that not all the figures sold – but floored by the generosity.)(Louis Wu 16:00:21 UTC)

Pete Cooper dropped in last night with a pic of the MA5C for Operation Chastity… completed. Looks gorgeous! (Louis Wu 15:59:48 UTC)

The Double XP Weekend Playlist this week is Living Dead – get online and kill yourself some zombies! Update: the full playlist breakdown is up on Bungie.net now.(Louis Wu 21:05:03 UTC)

dCon V found a superb deal on a Halo 3 Steel Spartan ArtFX 12″ Statue – use the link and code, and you can have one of these puppies for $47, shipped. This is less than half of what they used to cost.(Louis Wu 20:55:16 UTC)