Renier let us know that ShopEcko.com has new limited edition Halo t-shirts featuring Master Chief, UNSC Sniper, and more. They’re not your typical mostly-empty T’s – go take a look. (These are definitely ‘limited edition’ – grab ’em while the grabbing’s good.)(Louis Wu 18:49:40 UTC)

maximumfear let us know that he’s compiled a list of theories relating to the Halo universe – and has posted them in one place for easy viewing. He’s looking for others to add their own theories to the mix, and maybe a volunteer who’d be interested in doing some organizing. (Louis Wu 18:29:36 UTC)

There’s a new Community Cartographers spotlight up at Bungie.net – Mini Waz discusses Benchmark, a large symmetrical map great for a number of gametypes. Check it out!(Louis Wu 18:20:14 UTC)

Geoff Keighley let us know that the first trailer for Legends will air tonight on GTTV on Spike, at 12:30am. Set your TiVo!(Louis Wu 15:30:06 UTC)

The Los Angeles Times has a story this morning about the blending of the roles of Hollywood and the game industry – and it reveals some of the material to be announced at the San Diego Comic-Con later today:

Microsoft is producing seven short films titled “Halo Legends” in the anime style. Five production houses in Japan are handling the physical animation, but Microsoft’s creative staff is approving major visual and storytelling decisions, O’Connor said.

You can swing by this LA Times blog post for more details on the project, and a couple of examples of the artwork involved. (The post also confirms that the rumored internal name of the studio, ‘343 Industries’, is indeed accurate.) There’s no word yet on when these videos will be shown… or where. Look for much more information to be released later today! (Looks like resplendentvole found this at Kotaku earlier this morning. Our forum seems to be cautiously optimistic, though there is definitely some hatred for anime.)(Louis Wu 12:07:27 UTC)

CROSSFIRE stopped in with word of a new season of Dimension X, the machinima series from Blood Signature Films. (I’d never seen these before – but apparently the first season was almost 5 years ago.) The cinematography on this new material is quite good, and the story is intriguing. The three parts of Episode 1 are hefty downloads (700 mb for the lot), but you can stream them if the downloads are too much. (Louis Wu 12:06:23 UTC)

Another Top 10 for you – this one the latest ESPN/MLG Top Ten (thanks again, urk). The top clips are (as usual) snipes and BR mastery… but there are plenty of other fun tidbits strewn throughout. Go watch!(Louis Wu 12:05:24 UTC)

Anoj put together the top 10 clips from ‘Season 5’ (episodes 29 to 34) of his Top 10 Halo 3 Series – you can see if you agree with the compilation! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 12:04:28 UTC)

There’s a new Community Spotlight, complete with cool pics and more, over at Bungie.net – go read about Epic Pic, and see what sorts of Halo goodies they like in Bungie Favorites.(Louis Wu 22:12:22 UTC)

Not going to San Diego this week, but still want one of those oh-so-slick McFarlane Grifball figures? AlkalineProdigy noticed that ToysRUS is selling them online. Remember – they’re very limited… buy soon if you want it!(Louis Wu 18:29:13 UTC)