Dantrell stopped by with word of some big prizes if you’re willing to participate in the Halo Bible Forum – go read!(Louis Wu 15:12:15 UTC)

pete_the_duck wrote up another night of exploits on Xbox LIVE – and added a fun highlights video. Both are worth your time. Comments can go in his forum thread. Update: Whoa, another one – it’s a trend! This one was put together by Avateur. Lots of pics. Check it out!(Louis Wu 15:09:10 UTC)

Aside from the new issue of Chaos Theory mentioned in the last news post, there are a bunch of OTHER webcomics going live today:

• anthraxgoon let us know about X36 Chapter 1 Issue 9
• Andrew Kleiner pointed us to Outbreak, a comic he’s been hosting on a forum for a while now; there are a lot of episodes
• Since it’s Wednesday, it’s time for another ODS Steve over at Hawty McBloggy – she’s jealous of his shooting abilities

Enjoy the funnies! Update: Late to the party, but still today: OddGodHMK told us that the latest Boring Comic references Halo. Update 2: I should have remembered (and looked for) the forum post for Reclaimer 133… it IS Wednesday, after all. MOAR COMIX(Louis Wu 14:59:31 UTC)

Lots of tidbits in the Bungie Blog yesterday afternoon – here’s a summary.

• A video showing a team of HaloBabies regulars taking on the Bungie Annual Challenge
• A video of funky clips from Halo 3 – old, but cool
• The webcomic Chaos Theory, Episode 6 was announced (this was also announced on our own forum – thanks, Adam)
• A video premiered during the Halo Community Live broadcast, now available for separate viewing – Last Resort in a storm (the story made no real sense to me, but the effect was cool)
• A continuation of the ‘Average Joe’ series, this time talking to GhaleonEB, a centerpoint of the NeoGAF Halo community (if you skip the rest, read this)

Good stuff, and lots of it!(Louis Wu 14:50:08 UTC)

We got word from Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris, the Mythic Master, that his January Challenge was (almost) met – B0ANERGES managed to complete 8 of the missions in the time allotted (and the final mission since then), thereby becoming the 10th Mythic Conqueror on record… and winning the 1600 Microsoft Point pot Tyrant put up for the first finisher. Congratulations!(Louis Wu 21:33:27 UTC)

Our friendly neighborhood punmeister was inspired (possibly by a fragment of an underdone potato) to poke fun at one of the most common denizens of Halo 3 matchmaking – check out the latest One One Se7en for full details. (We may have to start numbering these for real again at some point…)(Louis Wu 15:19:14 UTC)

It’s Tuesday, and it’s a new year, so XerxdeeJ is back with word of updates on the Tied the Leader blog – TTL Venus sat down with TTL Demag0gue for a pretty in-depth interview about Halo, comics, horses, and Chicago cops… and OboeCrazy whipped up another volume of Gunslinger highlights – highlights for me were Hoovaloov’s flag steal, and Snatch’s clutch bomb protection. (The whole thing was fun to watch, though.) Check out the goodies!(Louis Wu 15:14:19 UTC)

Rune Of Red has been reading the Halo novels, and has decided to elaborate on what, for him, makes the Master Chief special. See if you agree!(Louis Wu 15:13:26 UTC)