It’s Friday! Wanna play? Hawty McBloggy does. She’s posted Round 51 of her Friday Caption Fun series – go check out last week’s responses, and show off your with and style with the newest pic!(Louis Wu 13:21:09 UTC)

Brooks Kuester was the first to let us know about an article at IGN entitled ‘What to Expect from Halo: Reach‘ (though a thread started up not long afterward on our forum, thanks to GrimBrother One). The article contains a nice summary of what we know about Reach from all sources (books, games, trailers), and picks apart the trailer for as much detail as can be found. (Did you notice the drifting Spartan behind the damaged MAC installation?) Go check it out!(Louis Wu 13:18:57 UTC)

The comic list today is short, so far:

• Dennis Powers has once again updated Shipwrecked to Episode 72 – Weather War – the marines look to be pawns in a much bigger fight.
• The Catfish let urk know about 2501 Episode 68 – a long-thought-about scene comes to fruition.
• Bloogyo stopped in with word of Rat’s Nest 19 1… and a little bonus.

Enjoy!(Louis Wu 13:17:44 UTC)

Nine new pieces in the Fan Fiction section today – lots of meat! Go fill up.(Louis Wu 13:09:46 UTC)

Over on Bungie.net, Maximum FEAR is putting together a ‘Guide to Canon in the Halo Universe‘ – he’s collecting quotes from Bungie employees (and others closely associated with canon issues) in an attempt to nail down what is, and what is not, ‘official’. Swing by to see what he’s got – and if you know of sources he can use that aren’t listed, let him know!(Louis Wu 13:07:28 UTC)

The latest Breaking In story (well, Broken In, I guess) is the one told by Bungie Character Engineer Max Dyckhoff. Max talks about his time in the industry – but he neglects to mention that he was a big player in the VERY early days of Halo fandom; it was Max who set up the Halo SETI Marines, almost 10 years ago. From that point forward, it was clear he was on the track to important things! Go read what he got himself up to.(Louis Wu 22:47:51 UTC)

The latest MLGPro/ESPN Top 10 is online… amazing gameplay. Go watch!(Louis Wu 22:04:15 UTC)

If you’re looking for Double Experience in your online Halo playing, look no further than Living Dead, this week’s Double XP list. It went live a couple of hours ago. Mmmmm…. brains.(Louis Wu 19:31:08 UTC)

chris10023 let us know that Halo 3 Fails: Episode 21 is online – there are some GREAT clips in there this time. I think my favorite is the ‘Let It Go Fail’ that starts around 50 seconds in. Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:57:24 UTC)

The Summer Mythic Recon Challenge marches on – Part II is getting ready to kick off – this one involves the level Halo. Check out this post on Bungie.net for full details!(Louis Wu 18:55:53 UTC)

Bry has been watching prices on Halo 3: ODST at UK outlets – and it looks like several places are dropping their prices to match the recently-mentioned price at Argos. Coupled with the retailers recently listed at Bungie.net as participating in the Johnson pre-order promotion, it looks like folks in the UK might be able to grab both a great price, AND an unlockable crusty sergeant! (Louis Wu 18:44:32 UTC)