A million years ago (okay, really only 6.5 years ago), Karl “oldmano’theC” Nyman sent us a video he’d created using Pixels:3D and his own music. It was called ‘Halo Genesis•1’, and although it was tiny (320×180), it was gorgeous. Sometime in 2005, he remastered this video in a larger form factor (640×360) and newly-mixed audio… but we just heard about the new version today. If you watched this back in the day, give it another look. It’s prettier now. (9.6 mb, .AVI XviD format) If you’ve never seen this before, it’s definitely worth downloading. It’s Karl’s conception of the formation of a Halo ring, and it’s pretty fun. He told us we could use some screenshots to pique your interest – and if you like what you see, maybe take a look through his other stuff, too. (If you have trouble with the XviD version, for whatever reason, you can always go back and look at the original QuickTime version, in that first link.) (Louis Wu 20:49:03 UTC)

The Average Joe series at Bungie.net claims another victim today – urk sat down with Ascendant Justice’s Cocopjojo to talk about Halo, speakers, and Rockets on Chiron. It’s a good read!(Louis Wu 20:37:57 UTC)

mans1ay3r combined Halo 3 and Fallout 3 to make a pretty fun little video – check it out on YouTube! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 20:33:11 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy noticed that the Halo Points program has finally kicked off over at McFarlane Toys – go see what you can pick up!(Louis Wu 20:18:52 UTC)

According to a post on the Bungie Blog, the latest episode of Chaos Theory is being released in pieces – Episode Eight: Part One is up now.(Louis Wu 20:13:47 UTC)

Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked Episode 51 is now up – climbing can be hard.(Louis Wu 20:12:30 UTC)

urk highlighted a new Top 10 vid from KillPie, focusing on assassinations. Personally, it seems more like “10 Halo 3 Assassinations” rather than “Top 10 Halo 3 Assassinations“… but maybe I’m just jaded. Decide for yourself. (Louis Wu 20:10:21 UTC)