Captain Spark sent along another 30 Halo 3 dialogue snippets for our Dialogue Databank – some really funny ones in this batch! He also recorded some civilians; I didn’t even know they HAD lines! Go listen.(Louis Wu 15:48:55 UTC)

IGN has a bunch of shakey-cammed footage filmed at Gamescom, showing off the Rally Point map – swing by to check it out. Thanks to 2900d4u for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 14:45:32 UTC)

Remember that truck that Halo Waypoint teased you about recently? The one with cool ODST stuff on the inside? Well, it’s headed out across the US, and if it’s coming to a location near you, you’ll be able to try out Firefight for yourself! Check out the full press release at Gamerscoreblog. Thanks to Mrs MadMax, who noticed the writeup at Major Nelson’s blog. (Interestingly enough, she knew about this before her husband – you know, the guy who works at Bungie.)(Louis Wu 14:41:11 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has gathered up another 10 random tweets about Master Chief – I still don’t get Twitter.(Louis Wu 11:30:30 UTC)

Morpheus announced a little contest on our forum – he’s looking for names for the next three multikills in the Halo universe (after Killpocalypse (9) and Killionaire (10)). Can you come up with cool names for 11, 12, and 13 kills? Winner gets a 1600 point card. Read his post for full rules. (Louis Wu 10:59:22 UTC)

Seems tonight (August 20) is Halo 3 Co-op Night, according to Co-Optimus.com and Xbox.com. Get together with friends… and coop! Thanks to Morpheus for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 10:58:51 UTC)

LoneRanger 2.5 stopped in to mention that OXM’s newest issue has a cover story on Halo 3: ODST – but warns that it’s full of information that might ruin some surprises for you. Marty O’Donnell backed him up. (Louis Wu 10:58:06 UTC)

Halo Wars designer David Leary has written another Developers Blog entry over at HaloWars.com – this one focuses on playtesting. Give it a read! Thanks, 2900d4u. (Louis Wu 10:57:24 UTC)

Minime637 noticed a new Gamescom-originated video, this one showing off Crater(Day). (We’ve seen the Crater map before – but only the night version.) Swing by YouTube to watch.(Louis Wu 10:56:36 UTC)

FyreWulff thought it might be easier to understand how Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST intersect if he created a spreadsheet. Nice work!(Louis Wu 10:54:27 UTC)

A new campaign aimed at increasing sensitivity towards hurtful language has been launched – Think B4 You Speak is supposed to teach people that word choice is important. Mike LaBossiere, a professor of philosophy at Florida A&M, has written a piece for Talking Philosophy tying this campaign in to online gaming, and Halo in particular. Solid read – it’s a subject that’s worth looking at, but maybe this new campaign isn’t the right approach. (Penny Arcade’s Tycho agrees.)(Louis Wu 10:49:07 UTC)

Looks like EBGames Canada is offering their “Gaming Guarantee” to Halo 3: ODST; if you buy it and don’t like it, you’ve got a week to return it for full (pre-tax) credit (spendable only in-store, but still). Not a bad offer!(Louis Wu 10:48:07 UTC)

Bungie’s posted an article they call ‘Early Intel: Rally Point‘ – it’s basically a pair of new screenshots from the Campaign, along with a little bit of setup for them. (There’s also word of a new ViDoc, seeing the light of day at Gamescom in Germany this week, but hopefully coming to the web soon.) (Louis Wu 10:45:21 UTC)

Pup and Friends were back at it in August – there’s another Grifball Double XP highlights reel online for your viewing pleasure. Go watch! (Thanks to urk for the heads-up – and if you read the bnet blog post, you’ll learn some PAX-related Grifball info… check it out!) (Louis Wu 10:43:57 UTC)