Mrguy discovered an artist using the 3D program Modo who chose a subject near and dear to some of our hearts – amazing work! Check it out.(Louis Wu 20:04:29 UTC)

CaptainTony noticed another Helljumper preview at Marvel.com – some of the pages we’ve seen before, but now they have text. And a cameo from an old friend…(Louis Wu 20:03:00 UTC)

Tyrant’s Summer Mythic Recon Challenge continues – Week VI focuses on Cortana. Tyrant’s writeup on Bungie.net gives you full details on what you need to do to win Recon for this level – but if you need a little extra help, Tyrant’s Mythic Walkthrough v2.0 here on HBO has been updated with a chapter on Cortana. (Nothing’s stopping you from using the v1.0 guide – it’s just that he’s had an additional eight months to hone some of the techniques with v2.0.) Go, Marine! You’ve got a week!(Louis Wu 17:11:42 UTC)

jdars and Team Pepto are back with another Aesthetic Artist Interview – this one’s a little different. It spotlights odmichael, Bungie Forum Ninja by day, screenshot maestro by night (remember, it’s ALWAYS day or night SOMEWHERE) – but for the first time, it’s video-based, rather than a text interview. It’s sort of huge (nearly 200mb) – but there’s an audio-only version if you’d rather. And screenshots. Cool screenshots. Go watch/listen/see!(Louis Wu 17:01:05 UTC)

A lot of people make Halo machinima – most of it is either really serious, or pretty juvenile. The Chronicles of Lyle is neither. (Well, okay – it’s a bit juvenile. But it’s pretty funny anyway.) Check out the promo on YouTube. Then thank urk for finding it (in between donuts).(Louis Wu 16:55:00 UTC)

SonicJohn and friends have put together a new Bungie Community Podcast, and posted it on the Bungie forums (I found it here) – 79 min, 73 mb worth of discussion about Halo 3: ODST, Halo: reach, and more. Go listen!(Louis Wu 16:52:10 UTC)

Pup and Friends played a bunch of Grifball during July – you can find highlights in this vid. (Thanks, Bungie Blog.)(Louis Wu 16:45:00 UTC)