Bungie’s Breaking In story this week went live last night – Sam Arguez, Associate Producer, discusses where he came from, how he got to Bungie, and why he’s stayed. (And what he does, of course.) Wanna work for Bungie? This series is a great resource.(Louis Wu 12:04:07 UTC)

This week’s Double XP Weekend Playlist has gone live… and while it’s a list we’ve seen before (Grifball), there are far, far more options this time around than you might be used to. Four different gametypes, on 6 different Grifball maps – go read about it on Bungie.net, or just get online and play!(Louis Wu 23:44:15 UTC)

hc2, on NeoGAF, and Max Dyckhoff, via email, both pointed out that Buy.com is offering Halo 3: ODST for $49.99, with free shipping and the Johnson preorder bonus. Nice!(Louis Wu 23:31:31 UTC)

Did you participate in the Bungie Day 2009 ‘Bungie Against the World’ playlist? Did you get your fill of the map Colonnade, which came up pretty often if the first map was vetoed? Swing by Bungie.net and read an interview with its creator in this week’s Community Cartographers feature. You want to know it’s been tweaked – because it’s showing up again tomorrow, in the 7 on the 7th playlist.(Louis Wu 18:13:35 UTC)

Forge Union is hosting a series of contests during the month of August – prizes are all of the ‘fame’ variety, but if you enjoy creating cool things and sharing them with others, you should check this out! Full details on Bungie.net.(Louis Wu 18:05:21 UTC)

Three new movies for you at Bungie.net (what, surprised?):

• ExterminatorV1 and GamemasterAT whipped up ‘Daylight’, a Halo 3 dualtage; this went live yesterday, but I missed it. Minimal editing, great gameplay – worth the 3 minutes.
• Americanista123 is back with another Bungie Employee Bloopers vid – 6 minutes of Bungie mishaps, glitches, and wtf moments.
• In case you haven’t had enough racetrack videos… there’s a new one, based on a map called ‘Cape Canaveral’. (There’s a modeled Space Shuttle in the middle of the map.) This one’s built on the ground, instead of Sandbox’s Sky Bubble – and has some nice action.

Go spend some time watching.(Louis Wu 17:40:07 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has a new “Halo 3 by the numbers” feature for you – she calls it ‘The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth‘. I call it a painful reminder.(Louis Wu 17:29:14 UTC)