IGN is releasing something ODST-related tomorrow morning at 10 am (PST) – it’s hard to tell what it is, but it’s definitely intriguing! (Thanks to urk, in stealth mode, for the heads-up.)(Louis Wu 18:47:05 UTC)

Kotaku visited Bungie’s offices, and filmed the lobby. (It’s full of cool goodies.) Haloriffic! Thanks, Vash10.(Louis Wu 18:14:05 UTC)

Over at Gamasutra, there’s an interesting piece on first-person perspective in games, and how it might not drive immersion as much as you thought – at least not for all of us. Halo 2 makes an appearance as the game that convinced the writer to give first-person perspective another chance. Go read!(Louis Wu 17:21:31 UTC)

2good4u2 put together a panorama montage – he collected some of his best panoramas, and synched them to high-class Halo music. (He’s embedded it in his forum post, but you’re much better off watching it in HD at YouTube.(Louis Wu 17:10:53 UTC)

NeoGAF’s CrazedArabMan noticed that there’s a new trailer for tonight’s GTTV episode focusing on Halo 3: ODST up at GameTrailers; pretty much the only new info is that there’ll be an interview with Marty, too. Go watch! (Louis Wu 16:59:22 UTC)

Out of Work Spartan is back – Episode 2 has him teaching you about a new communication technique developed by the UNSC. Wouldn’t you know it was the Bungie Blog that brought this to our attention?(Louis Wu 16:58:18 UTC)

Black Water Ops is getting into the podcast business – they’ll be recording their first episode live on Saturday, September 19 at 9 pm Eastern. Special guest is Kete, from The Running Riot podcast. (I sense logrolling in our future…) In addition, Facility B5D is ALSO doing its first podcast as a live broadcast – much sooner (September 6, 4 pm Pacific), with a variety of topics.(Louis Wu 16:57:09 UTC)

Remember that contest we mentioned two weeks ago, where Ready Up Live wanted to know who was the biggest fan? They’ve picked their winners – you can watch the video to see who took home the goodies. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 16:56:33 UTC)

CheapAssGamer’s stevemoco points out that for the week of 9/20 – 9/26, Toys R Us is offering a $20 gift card plus “Halo ODST rookie action figure ($12 value)” when you buy Halo 3: ODST. This ad isn’t out yet (currently the 8/30 – 9/5 ad is all you can see on their website), but if you haven’t preordered ODST, this might be the deal for you. Thanks to SailorDaravon, over at NeoGAF, for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 16:55:29 UTC)