Went out to buy a new headset for my phone, came back to a batch of new posts on Bungie.net. Lessee here…

• There’s a writeup on My Halo Life, a series of montages being put together by a tight-knit community (though they’re happy to include your fun clips). Episode 1 is online now.
• There’s some news about a final live show coming from Bryan Simon – read it for details on when and where, and what.
• There’s a new Community Spotlight on the Halo 3 Wheelmen, including what sorts of fun they’re having, along with a new batch of files they like in the Bungie Favorites section. (There’s also a ‘hogtage’ from them.)

That urk… he’s a busy one.(Louis Wu 18:43:52 UTC)

Bungie.net moderator Achilles1108 put together a montage called ‘Pals’ – it’s what Halo’s all about. Lots of betrayals, lots of cool kills and clutch saves, lots of wtf moments to laugh about with your friends. (The Rat’s Nest hog-on-a-bridge clip was way cool.) Streaming and download links can be found in the Bungie Blog.(Louis Wu 16:28:02 UTC)

If all these guys joined the Peace Corps… Okay… this is just silly. Very cool… but silly. Update: this is the same kind of film – a long setup for a well-planned payoff. In this case, it’s a suicide instead of a hole in one… but the concept is the same.)(Louis Wu 16:22:33 UTC)

The PraetoriaGuard Frag a Friend series is resurrected; if you’re the leader of a fan community, you can use this event to meet leaders of other groups, and play some Halo 3 at the same time. Game night is Friday the 13th, 9 PM ET – read the forum post for details on how to get involved. Thanks, kilaMOMjaro.(Louis Wu 15:24:55 UTC)

Ascendant Justice took a look at the story of Halo Wars, in their usual extremely detailed style. It contains spoiler for the game; if you haven’t experienced it for yourself, you might want to hold off. Otherwise, though – it’s a six-page treatise on how well the Halo Wars story fits into the Halo timeline as we know it, and how good a job Ensemble did telling that story. Thanks to mendicantbias00 for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 15:19:12 UTC)

OXCGN took a close look at Halo Wars, and came up with some ideas that they think would have made multiplayer better.(Louis Wu 15:14:42 UTC)

That VideoGame Blog is giving away a Mythic Map code to someone who can give them an opinion on a question they’ve got. Read the rules for full details.(Louis Wu 14:57:10 UTC)

Narcogen found a couple of positive Halo Wars reviews at large site – Spong liked it, and so did Slashdot.(Louis Wu 14:52:57 UTC)

The Top 10 Halo 3 Series continues with Episode 26 – Exterminations. It’s a lot of deaths… thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 14:51:47 UTC)

InnerRayg noticed that the Conceptart.org thread that we mentioned a couple of days ago (with Ensemble-employee-posted concept art for Halo Wars) has been updated with another batch of images, from another artist. Check out page 2!(Louis Wu 14:45:26 UTC)

Pyrosmile has uploaded Master Chief Theater 3000: Episode 302 – the rest of the Pillar of Autumn cutscenes are covered in this one. If you’re a Pyrosmile member, you can watch outtakes on their website.(Louis Wu 14:41:55 UTC)

It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for a comic update. Here’s what we’ve got.

• The Catfish let us know about 2501 Episode 25 (Communication) – not so good for all involved.
• Elnea updated Halo Action Figure Theater with Episode 158 (Admiral’s Choice) – and some entertaining speculation about council members.
• Adam Susskind stopped by with word of Chaos Theory Episode 15 (No Seasons in Space) – 5.4 mb and 23 pages of story goodness.
• Dennis Powers updated Shipwrecked with Episode 58 (Indiscretion Revealed) – sometimes it’s better not to know.
• Bloogyo dropped in with word of updates to Rat’s Nest – and a new chapter.
• TTL Demag0gue took advantage of the fact that it’s Wednesday to update to Reclaimer 164 (Reckoning) – it looks like the Reclaimer is drawing a line in the sand. Er, fire.

That’s it for this update – more on Friday!(Louis Wu 14:38:51 UTC)