Last month, we mentioned AdweekMedia’s ‘Commercial of the Decade’ poll to pick the best commercial of the first 10 years of the 21st century, because Halo’s Believe ad had made the finalists. We thought we’d follow up – it didn’t win. (Still holds a special place in the Halo fan’s heart, though!)(Louis Wu 13:19:09 UTC)

Firestorm12 let us know that the winners to Halopen’s week-long Pen is Mightier than the Sword Contest were announced a few days ago. You can check out ALL the entries in this thread. (Louis Wu 13:18:44 UTC)

Bungie released their latest ‘Tag and Release’ feature yesterday – pictures snapped on Crater. Fun shots – go look!(Louis Wu 13:18:14 UTC)

After a multi-month hiatus, Halo0001 X, of TripleZeroFilms, is back with another episode of Mandlbaum in: “Core Tempature”.

Good thing I cleaned out my garage, because I found the next installment in Mandlbaum’s greatest adventure ever! Things are looking bleak for Mandlbaum as his enemies continue to mass their power. Evil plans are coming to fruition and new dark alliances are being made. With the clock counting down until earth’s eminent destruction, Mandlbaum must race to find a way to storm the fortress walls, much less stop Evile Porfesure from blowing up the earth. Can he do it? Watch and find out!

Yes, it’s as bad (so bad it’s good) as it sounds.(Louis Wu 16:12:46 UTC)

Don’t forget – The Package (the full episode this time, not just the second half) is visible at Halo Waypoint, today only; while it MIGHT be available again before February, there are no guarantees. If you’ve got a Gold account, take 15 minutes and go watch!(Louis Wu 16:11:48 UTC)

Geoff Keighley continues to pimp Reach for tonight’s VGAs – swing by Bungie.net for a 30-second dose of hype!(Louis Wu 16:11:08 UTC)

Yesterday, we mentioned a cool Bungie studio visit that was up for auction at Child’s Play – Laird sent us a phone cam photo of the booklet entry, so the rest of you can drool over what you didn’t get your hands on. (I don’t know what the final price was, but Laird dropped out at $1700.) (Louis Wu 16:10:26 UTC)

Bungie’s Weekly Update is live – there’s some info about the trailer that’s dropping tomorrow on Spike’s Video Game Awards, there’s info on the upcoming changes to the Reach project page, there’s some pimping (we already mentioned the deal, but hey, if you follow their link, Bungie gets a bigger cut), there’s info on the next podcast, there’s some funny stuff from Harrison’s mom, and there’s a cool pic from Stosh. Go read! (It is, of course, in our Weekly Update Archive, as well.)(Louis Wu 02:12:06 UTC)