General Vagueness let us know about a followup article to the Seattle Times piece we mentioned yesterday; it contains edited excerpts from an interview with Bungie’s Harold Ryan. It’s really a fascinating read; Ryan doesn’t cross the line about what can and can’t be spoken of, but he certainly does a good job of fleshing out the intermediate spaces. If you’re interested in how Bungie works, and where their president thinks they’re going, you should read this. (There are small tidbits about Reach in here, too – nothing earth-shattering, but certainly more than we knew before.)(Louis Wu 15:24:22 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy pointed out a pretty funny clip of some gameplay on Sandtrap; Swing by and give her the 28 seconds it takes to watch this, because it’ll make you laugh.(Louis Wu 14:33:03 UTC)

Red vs Blue Recreation Chapter 3: Visiting Hours is up for Sponsors now, and will be up for the general public later this evening. Donut seems to have confused Caboose (not that that’s really difficult)… and I’m not sure about the whole ransom thing. Sounds like the mystery’s getting deeper, though…(Louis Wu 00:21:46 UTC)

Servando Pena let us know about a multiweek Halo 3 2v2 slayer tournament being hosted by iGames (an organization of LAN gaming centers) being held on Thursdays around the US. The regular season starts on July 2, and the playoffs start 6 weeks later (August 13). More details can be found at the iGames website. Servando’s center, Evolution Games, is participating – if you’re in the San Antonio, TX area, stop by! (Louis Wu 19:35:28 UTC)

Tony ‘ubald’ Marcotte sent word of another Halo render he’d completed – this one shows off the last of the armor permutations he hasn’t done. Rogue, Scout, and Mark V are all shown. We’ve added the image to his gallery here at HBO. Check it out!(Louis Wu 19:00:36 UTC)

It’s been a while since he sent along any new snippets, but Captain Spark was apparently driving pretty badly recently. Check out the results in our Dialogue Databank!(Louis Wu 17:43:01 UTC)

Leviathan seems to have gotten tired of the ‘one page every few days’ release schedule of his graphic novel-ish story called ‘A Sangeili’s War Is Never Over’ – he released the last four episodes all at once today. (Episodes 8 and 9, with a recap from episode 7, are in this forum post… and episodes 10 and 11 are in this forum post.) This really was a fantastic story – great plot, amazing artwork. If you’ve missed it, start at the beginning (links are in the first post)… if you’ve been keeping up, read the end!(Louis Wu 17:20:32 UTC)