Was out this afternoon, came back to a monster collection of material on the Bungie Blog:

• Jamie98s (or Koko98s, as he’s known on Bungie.net) has released The Unlucky Elite 5 – that poor dude can’t catch a break. Great effects.
• Halo3BigApple whipped up a montage from Mythic map footage – seriously short (it’s 1:40 long, and the actual gameplay is less than fifty seconds of that), but nice clips.
• Real Life Halo 3 is a pretty amazing piece of work – the crew at the Granger Community Church put two real players inside a game for some awesome bomb-planting action. Check this one out.
• urk’s got word of another Mythic Map code giveaway, this time at The 7th Wonder. Register to win.
• Juggernaut is really short, so its one laugh works out to a decent laugh-per-minute rate. (Not sure what urk saw in this one.)
• 3 Ball is live as this weekend’s Double XP Weekend playlist – go earn an achievement or two.
• Greenskull and SMG90 continue their Rube Goldberg-style golf courses – this one actually starts in the Crypt, and ends up in the Sky Bubble.

Aren’t you glad urk’s looking out for your free time?(Louis Wu 18:50:56 UTC)

Kotaku Australia is hosting a giveaway in which the top prize is a 360 console, a copy of Halo 3 Legendary Edition, and a copy of Halo Wars Limited Edition. Write a Halo haiku before tomorrow, and you’ve got a shot. (Well, if you’re an Australian resident.) Get to writing!(Louis Wu 11:34:07 UTC)

Scotty stopped in to announce that the Virulent Aesthetics blog is planning on giving away a copy of ODST the day it’s released – just swing by and add a comment (with your email address), and you’ll be registered for the drawing. (Louis Wu 11:30:43 UTC)

The Bungie Blog pointed out a Halo 3 Machinima called ‘Friend‘ yesterday – great music, great camera work, touching story. Go watch!(Louis Wu 11:28:37 UTC)

Trunks stopped in with three goodies for you: the first is a Half-Life 2 Deathmatch map for which he took inspiration from Wizard and Derelict, the second is some fanart, and the third is a wallpaper created from the Halo Wars artwork we mentioned this morning. Enjoy!(Louis Wu 21:15:26 UTC)

Pete Cooper stopped by to announce that there was a new update on the Warthog being built for Operation Chastity – scroll down to ‘UPDATE 16th MARCH2009’ for full details on the blog. The framework is looking great!(Louis Wu 20:49:23 UTC)

It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for another update of Bungie Favorites – this is the second week of material from the Halo 3 Wheelmen. Swing by Bungie.net to read about one of their custom maps!(Louis Wu 20:48:53 UTC)