If you don’t have a copy of ODST yet, but really want to particpate in the Reach Beta in just over a month, you might want to swing by GameFly – they’re offering used copies of ODST (with both discs) for $20. Nice deal! Thanks to NeoGAF’s giga for noticing.(Louis Wu 12:38:28 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a cute Grunt tattoo on DeviantART – don’tcha just wanna hug him? (Well, except for the fact that he’s about to explode…) (Louis Wu 12:37:57 UTC)

Back in December, we mentioned a PBS special on VideoGamesLive, to be recorded on February 5 in New Orleans. As far as I can tell, this was postponed until April 1 – you can read the latest press release for it on their website. (Broadcast is slated for July 31.) Marty O’Donnell will be among those in attendance.(Louis Wu 12:35:17 UTC)

ODS Steve #64 (Fizzle) went live this morning – don’t you just hate it when your equipment malfunctions?(Louis Wu 12:34:36 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla posted another of his older Halo music videos – this one is set to the Buffy theme; he put it together for Halloween 2008. Seems a bit more disjointed than some of his newer work…(Louis Wu 12:21:34 UTC)

V10L3N7 JAY stopped in yesterday with a new episode of UNSC Section 3 – we haven’t heard from him since November 2007! Go catch up.(Louis Wu 12:19:25 UTC)

This went live yesterday, but it’s 10 minutes long, and it took until today to find the time to actually watch it: NOKYARD, known for his Grifball maps and his speedrunning, was interviewed by the Halo Waypoint team, letting him show off some of the maps he’s built (Grifball and non-Grifball alike). You’ll have to visit Halo Waypoint on Xbox LIVE to watch this – but it’s pretty cool!(Louis Wu 19:15:41 UTC)

Bungie has updated their Reach Project page – new information revealed recently is now summarized for posterity. Swing by to read about Arena, Armor Abilities, and easy links to all the Reach trailers!(Louis Wu 19:11:46 UTC)

AnTi PROx sent word that Arm The Flag is running a new contest – create a demotivational poster-style Halo 3 screenshot (Halo 3 or Halo 3: ODST), and you could win a 1600 point card. There are some rules – swing by their forum for full details. (Louis Wu 18:48:46 UTC)

Last summer, we mentioned some Halo t-shirts from Marc Ecko – they’re all gone from the ShopEcko.com website, but according to xoools, who works at Hot Topic, a couple of them (Halo Babes and UNSC Sniper) are still available in those stores. Probably not a universal taste kind of thing…(Louis Wu 18:43:32 UTC)

Omnicent is the subject of the latest ‘Average Joe’ interview at Bungie.net – go read which Halo games he liked, and why! (Along with plenty of other stuff about his life.)(Louis Wu 18:02:43 UTC)

A foursome of new vids for you, courtesy of Bungie’s Comm Chatter:

• LaCoz3 released The Fresh Feeling 2 – video quality could use some work, but there are some slick sticks in there.
• Mirific has created his last Halo 3 montage – editing is a tad overdone, mb.
• Another LaCoz3 montage – this one is called ‘Shine’, and features 100% MLG action. Same quality issues as the first LaCoz3 vid.
• Unidentified Failing Object 3 is a Halo 3 Funtage from Billdebeast – mostly it’s clips of him doing good stuff, and his friends doing bad stuff. (I think Scapegoat413 should stay out of hogs on Avalanche…)(Louis Wu 17:59:58 UTC)

We missed this when it went live, on March 5 – but over at NeoGAF, squidhands pointed it out today: Virtual Shackles posted ‘Halo: ODTB‘, introducing a new feature for Halo: Reach multiplayer. Just what we need!(Louis Wu 16:53:40 UTC)