Rick Mesler noticed a motorcycle helmet at LikeCool.com that he thinks would be useful for the Master Chief if he lived on earth and commuted on a motorcycle. I’m not sure I fully agree, other than the color… but check it out and decide for yourself!(Louis Wu 18:38:02 UTC)

Anoj is back with another Top 10 Halo 3 vid – this one (Episode 32) covers Warthog Kills. It’s splatterific! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 18:29:43 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy dug up a very odd picture on DeviantART – I think she likes it. A lot. It’s Halo-related… but… well, it’s Hawty McBloggy, so be warned before you click.(Louis Wu 18:05:22 UTC)

Adam Grumbo let us know about a new project from 405th regular LeeKegan – he’s carved the ODST pistol out of wood, then created a mold so that others could enjoy it. Check out the photos and the video! (Louis Wu 17:38:03 UTC)

Remember a couple of days ago, when we mentioned a model of the nighttime map for Firefight that Bungie showed off at E3, done in Google’s SketchUp? Yeah, well, Juzzz, over at Bungie.net, wanted to get a bit more detailed. His version looks a LOT more like what I played at E3. Swing by for screenshots and a downloadable SketchUp file. (We’ve added links to local copies of all the screenshots, plus a copy of the SketchUp file (in case the MegaUpload option disappears), to CaLL Me ZeNy’s forum post – thanks for finding this, CMZ!)(Louis Wu 16:23:41 UTC)

The bonus of Sgt. Johnson for those who pre-order Halo 3: ODST got a serious hype boost this morning – pages went up both at Bungie.net (with great new screenshots of a never-before-seen Firefight map) and Xbox.com touting the offer. In the US, you can avail yourself of this deal by pre-ordering from Amazon, Best Buy, Gamestop, or Wal-Mart – the outside-the-US list hasn’t been fully compiled yet. C’mon… you KNOW you wanna play with a cee-gar in your mouth! (Louis Wu 16:22:46 UTC)

The Charisma+2 journalists at Kombo For Women talked to Corrinne Yu, the head of the Halo team at Microsoft. If you read carefully, there are some fun tidbits about upcoming Halo-related work in there! Overall, an interesting interview. Give it a read! Thanks, Jason Zook.(Louis Wu 23:30:48 UTC)

urk pointed out ‘Unidentified Failing Object‘, a ‘failtage’ showing off some pretty funny stuff. HD, 3 minutes, M.I.A. soundtrack. Go watch!(Louis Wu 23:29:30 UTC)

Eep – almost forgot! Bungie’s updated the Bungie Favorites files with the second batch of goodies from Real 7alk – go read about one of the maps on the Bungie Blog, then check out the rest!(Louis Wu 21:42:51 UTC)

Over at the Halo Maps forum, ChocolateNugget and Yodajammies are building Spartan Armor in a pretty unique way – they’re milling the pieces on a CNC table, using 3D models, then molding and casting in more traditional methods. You can see a bunch of pictures in the HM thread – check it out! Thanks to Dennis Powers for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 19:56:51 UTC)

There’s a new developer blog entry over at HaloWars.com – one of the animators discusses the animations he created for the Arbiter and some Spartans. THere are sketches and a couple of short videos illustrating his text. Check it out! Thanks, 2900d4u.(Louis Wu 19:43:46 UTC)