2phast wrote to point out that the next Larry the Marine is now up – Larry has come up with yet another plan to defeat the Covenant. This one’s definitely better than the last one… but I think it still might have some holes.(Louis Wu 13:56:01 UTC)

Vincent let us know that the latest Inside Halo (the Halo news machinima from Soda God) is now available at machinima.com (and YouTube). Swing by and watch!(Louis Wu 13:42:06 UTC)

j.miggz recreated Hamlet’s most famous soliloquy in Halo-speak. I don’t know whether to applaud or bang my head on the wall. Go read.(Louis Wu 20:16:34 UTC)

Darkspire Films has put a bunch of their clips together in one montage they call ‘HayLol 2‘ – check it out, there are some funny skits in there! Thanks, Raulboy.(Louis Wu 19:39:43 UTC)

Sigafoos reminded us that The Riot 89 is now up – 32 minutes, 13 MB, lots of stuff like challenges, tourneys, the Frag a Friend event(s), what kind of idiots they are, and more. Go listen!(Louis Wu 19:30:28 UTC)

Paula Rodriguez sent along some pictures of her cardboard Guilty Spark to Tim Dadabo, the voice of Spark. He was so tickled he sent them to us. We’re sharing them with you. Enjoy! (Louis Wu 18:53:13 UTC)

To all the folks who’ve noticed that the latest issue of EGM contains a story about an upcoming Halo LEGO game… we’d like to remind you that that issue of EGM happens to be the April issue. (Louis Wu 16:44:10 UTC)

I neglected to note its passing with an update… but Mythica.org officially went offline on Friday. (Thursday, for file downloads… but the site was still up on Friday.) Again, I’d like to thank Brian for his years of Halo community support – I don’t think his influence on the success of Halo machinima can be overstated. (It’s hard to appreciate that today, with resources like YouTube and GeeVee and Halo 3’s theater mode… but when Mythica opened its doors to fans looking to share their work, bandwidth was EXPENSIVE, and there were very few options for people with just a movie or two.) Thanks, Brian! Mythica will be missed.(Louis Wu 16:30:05 UTC)

Scott Robinson let us know about a new challenge from X-Play (G4TV’s game review show) – Mr Sark (that’s his gamertag, take note, you’ll need it later) has created the Sarkathlon, an obstacle course built on Standoff. Visit his fileshare, and download three files: the Sarkathlon-VIP map (Slot 4), the map itself (labeled ‘Watch tut vid!’, slot 5), and the Sarkathlon-Tut film clip (slot 6). Figure out what’s going on by watching the film, then try to run through the course as quickly as you can. When you’re happy with your result, save the film to your own fileshare, and recommend it to Mr Sark. Winners get fame and t-shirts (though maybe not in that order). You’ve got until midnight March 11 (I’m not sure what timezone, but I’d assume Pacific) to submit your run – they’ll have a leaderboard up on the show Wednesday March 5, so you can see what you’re up against. Get to practicing!(Louis Wu 18:50:27 UTC)

Sometimes, the Arbiter just feels a little put upon. Check out today’s installment of Another Halo Comic Strip.(Louis Wu 18:50:04 UTC)

rapture pointed out a funny little clip at YouTube – Robin Williams backstage at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference riffing on Halo 3 (and the guys who try to pick up his daughter online).(Louis Wu 18:46:48 UTC)

IGN has reviewed McFarlane’s Series 1 figures – go read what they thought!(Louis Wu 18:43:38 UTC)

Joystiq snagged a couple of clips off the Conan O’Brien show – one of ’em is ith SNL’s Jason Sudeikis, who calls Halo his ‘first love’, and then demonstrates Halo 3 teabagging… in front of a national audience.(Louis Wu 18:24:05 UTC)

Elnea stopped by to point out that not only is the next Halo Action Figure Theater out (I’d say it’s probably not recommended for our youngest viewers, because at heart Elnea is a little twisted), but she’s posted a review of the new Halo Action Figures she picked up yesterday – good stuff. Go read – but make sure you’re of age!(Louis Wu 17:17:57 UTC)

Major Silva was the first to point out that Deus Ex Machina Episode 7 is now available on Machinima.com. DigitalPh33r’s series continues in its odd progression… the numbers on the machinima.com page aren’t right (they list a size of about 120mb, and a length of 27:31, when the episode is actually about 30 mb, and just over 16 minutes long), but you can download it there, or view it on YouTube (thanks, Vincent).(Louis Wu 17:12:04 UTC)

Last night, Bungie posted their Weekly What’s Update on Bungie.net – it contains an interview with a bunch of Bungie guys about Bumper Jumper, a control scheme you may or may not have tried out… and a Q&A with questions culled from Bungie.net. Our forum is full of griping this morning about how Bungie keep releasing these Q&A sessions with no real info… so if you’re not interested in reading vague answers to specific questions, you might wanna pass on this one. (Well, read the Bumper Jumper interview anyway – it’s pretty interesting.) It’s available, as always, in our Weekly Update Archive if you need it. (Louis Wu 16:56:12 UTC)