A Halo fan bought a Halo toy and filled it with Lazer Tag internals, ending up with a laser tag gun that looks like a Halo assult rifle. Nice work! (Finished product is here, a shot with the creator is here.) Thanks, LazerBlader.(Louis Wu 14:58:21 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a tiny (7-second) clip that shows off the true magic of Halo 3. Literally. (While you’re there, check out the Lovehog.)(Louis Wu 14:57:31 UTC)

It’s a holiday, so new comics are sparse: Bloogyo’s continued Rat’s Nest with Episode 15 6 (MC’s got a new sidekick), and Elnea’s posted Halo Action Figure Theater 180 (‘Arrowed’ has Chuck Norris being Chuck Norris). Enjoy!(Louis Wu 14:54:22 UTC)

Optimusprime117 noticed an article at Kotaku describing the future US soldier – and noted that we’re converging towards our own Master Chief. Check it out! (Louis Wu 14:51:34 UTC)

Zola, the director behind one of the most-respected Halo 3 montages ever to be created (the Str8 Rippin team montage – you can find links here), recently sat down with RandomSauce for another Director Dialogue. This interview was ready for release on Thursday, in accordance with the regular DD schedule… but I completely forgot to link it. Apologies to Zola, RandomSauce, and you! Go read it now. You’ll learn something about the man, and his techniques!(Louis Wu 14:18:56 UTC)

ANUBIS x MT recently passed 25,000 sniper/beam rifle kills, and when he did, he had BLACKOUT edit some of them into a montage. This is a guy who’s really mastered the long gun… (Louis Wu 14:16:48 UTC)

Forecast The Series is nearly ready to kick off Season 2 – and a teaser is up now, courtesy of Young Street Productions. Swing by and watch!(Louis Wu 14:12:51 UTC)

Collin Searls let us know that there are some cool new toys coming in August – R/C Warthog, Mongoose, and Hornet, being manufactured by NKOK. (They make a lot of R/C vehicles already – but the Halo line isn’t on their website.) About $25 for the ground vehicles, and $40 for the flying one… get your money ready!(Louis Wu 19:29:30 UTC)

Bungie wants to give you Recon – just play some Team Control (this week’s Double XP playlist), take a cool screenshot (just one), tag it right, and you could be sporting the most exclusive armor by week’s end. (Read the rules, and play nice.)(Louis Wu 19:28:25 UTC)