Fragclone mentioned that 8-Bit Halo Episode 3 was released – but I hadn’t even realized Episode 2 was up. A little searching turned up both Episode 2 (released last week) and Episode 3 (released yesterday). It’s getting weirder…(Louis Wu 13:02:24 UTC)

Arithmomaniac printed out his Halo Cards at Staples – nice looking work! (Louis Wu 12:58:30 UTC)

urk posted another couple of vids last night on the Bungie Blog – TheCaptnAwesomee turned a game of Stab-Out in Action Sack into a machinima, and passTHEword whipped up a really nicely done montage with awesome gameplay by Woooly and some very classy editing. Go watch!(Louis Wu 12:56:05 UTC)

You might remember a little feature we hosted last year – Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris created a Halo 3 Mythic Guide, showing you how to get through the game on Legendary difficulty, with all skulls on. Well, he hasn’t been resting on his laurels – he’s been putting together a new version of this guide, with new, faster, more efficient routes and tricks – and we’re proud to help him host it. Presenting The Halo 3 Mythic Walkthrough, Version 2.0. Conceived as an add-on, rather than a replacement, the original tips and level walkthroughs are still available if you’d like to compare… but each level will now have a NEW walkthrough, with new tricks and videos. (Check the Home Page of the new guide for a fully-updated set of Tips and Tricks.) He’ll be posting levels to coincide with his Summer Mythic Recon Challenge – so if you haven’t completed this week’s run of The Storm yet, you can use the Storm page of his new guide to shave some time off your effort!(Louis Wu 22:38:56 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy sent along an update for the Fundfax Fairraiser, the charity event she hosted for a few days last week – an amazing chunk of change was generated in the few days she was able to keep it running (over $6000!), and she’s still working on a method of picking the winners publicly. Swing by and give it a read! Congrats to everyone who made this a success, in spite of some unexpected roadblocks!(Louis Wu 22:22:44 UTC)

We’ve posted a couple of batches of panoramas from dutch Halo player 2good4u2 (here and here) – now his brother 2good4u is doing it, and his first batch is on our forum. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 21:27:25 UTC)

Mr Sark sent word that he’d been interviewed on the gameblog Digital Kuroko – it’s an interesting discussion about the creation of his Sarkathlons, the Halo 3 obstacle courses that have generated interest from thousands of gamers. It’s just 20 minutes long – go listen!(Louis Wu 21:15:57 UTC)

Another Dev Blog went live at HaloWars.com yesterday – Designer Joe Gillum discusses how a mission took shape, from concept to enactment. Interesting read! Thanks, 2900d4u.(Louis Wu 18:35:33 UTC)