It’s Tuesday, so it’s time for new content from the Tied the Leader crew. XerxdeeJ stopped by with word of a couple of new pieces – one is already mentioned below (awesome panoramas), the other is a great video showing off the graceful side of the Warthog. Check it out… it’ll make you smile. (Louis Wu 22:27:34 UTC)

Urban Reflex made a little film of a game where vehicles were spawning without mounted weapons. Oops! (Louis Wu 22:25:12 UTC)

Lots of comics today, too: Dennis Powers told us about Shipwrecked Episode 56 (Steamed Meat), The Catfish weighed in with 2501 Episode 19 (Corridors), TTL Demag0gue let us know about The Reclaimer 154 (Triumvirate, Unity), and Adam Susskind stopped by with word of Chaos Theory Episode 13 (So It Goes). Get Funny! (Louis Wu 22:23:01 UTC)

A number of people have been creating amazing-looking panoramas with the Mythic Maps – CaLL Me ZeNy followed up his first batch with three new ones, Mr. Vociferous built some insanely gorgeous ones (thanks, Cocopjojo), and El Burritoh has extended his Haloramics technique to these new maps. (More TTL news coming in a sec) (Louis Wu 22:16:11 UTC)

SketchFactor started up a Mythic Maps code scavenger hunt on Bungie.net – one fifth of a code has been posted in this thread. Can you find the other four-fifths, and assemble them in the right order, before anyone else? (Louis Wu 21:46:53 UTC)

As some of you have noticed, posting that mini-contest on our forum might not have been the brightest idea I’ve had this week. (Even if it DID get SketchFactor to post a bonus code – snapped up quickly, of course, by an observant fan.) Never fear, though, there are still other chances! PlanetXbox360 is giving away a code to a randomly-drawn fan who posts in a specific thread on their forum. (Be aware that you must already have 10 posts on their forum before you’re eligible.) And mrsmiley is giving away codes in two separate contests. On HaloBabies.net, write a Halo-related haiku, and you’ve got a shot at one or two codes… or visit Pyrosmile Productions, and post in the official thread (you’ll need to register), and you can win one of another pair of codes. I’m sure there’ll be more coming, too!(Louis Wu 20:37:06 UTC)

Wanna win a Mythic Map Pack code from us? This won’t be your ONLY chance, but it’s certainly the first. Check this forum post for details. Do it quick – you’ve only got 6 hours!(Louis Wu 17:42:06 UTC)

You miss one day of news on the Bungie Blog, you miss a lot. I think I need to make a little Stephen Colbert fist-in-the-air graphic with ‘urrrrrk!’ coming out of his mouth. Here’s a rundown:

• DigitalPh33r posted Hard Justice Episode 12 (‘Resignation, Act Two’) – Bernard tries to get assault charges dropped in an odd way, and Eddie and Max find themselves in a pickle.
• Queso Man has posted his fifth montage – some fun clips in there!
• urk used the Bungie.net tag search to find some very cool Security armor shots. Can you find more?
• The Mythic Map Pack Screenshot Contest is over – winners have been notified. Hope you were lucky!
• MLGPro.com posted some exclusive Assembly gameplay footage – MLG-style. Unfortunately… at the time this post is being written, gameroom.mlgpro.com is offline… so the videos aren’t watchable. Keep track of the link, though; it won’t be down for long.
• While you’re waiting for that Assembly goodness, you can see some MLG Playlist Top 10 action, courtesy of B Mc Gann and Static Hazard. This is Episode 4.

urrrrrkkkk!(Louis Wu 17:20:46 UTC)

Mythic Map Pack news:

• Joystiq is giving away 25 codes – swing by to see how you could get one. (Do it soon – entry ends Tuesday at 4.)
• Halo.Fr’s Sirkan also let us know that they’ve got gameplay vids on all three Mythic Maps – Orbital | Sandbox | Assembly.

That’s all there’s time for now; my flight is boarding. More tomorrow…(Louis Wu 00:52:08 UTC)

Stuff that showed up today:

• WorthPlaying has posted Part 2 of their Halo Wars Developer Interview with Ensemble’s Graeme Devine and Dave Pottinger – swing by to read some tidbits you might not have heard yet!
• Halo3infinity.net has a video interview with Jeremy Goldstein, the French Product Manager of Microsoft/Halo Wars; it’s in French, but subtitled in English. (Thanks, CaLL Me ZeNy)
• Kotaku has reviewed Halo Wars (thanks, Vash10).
• TechNightly posted the results of a press Q&A last week – we didn’t hear about it until Hunt3r mentioned it.
• IGN has posted Part 1 of their Universe Expanded video series – thanks, GrimBrother One.
• MTV’s Stephen Totilo posted a review (of sorts)
• Yahoo posted a summary of reviews that might not have appeared in other newsposts here
• Halo.fr has published their own review of Halo Wars (in French) – thanks, Sirkan
• Gamestop is hosting Halo Wars tournaments at approximately 1000 stores on February 28 – info site is here.

Insanity…(Louis Wu 00:48:27 UTC)