The ‘Average Joe’ series of community spotlights continues at Bungie.net – today’s entry looks at RandomSauce, one of the guys behind the Halo 3 MythBusters series. Go see how he got into gaming, and what he does outside of Halo!(Louis Wu 19:02:40 UTC)

Zandax is making a name for himself – he edited a nice montage last week, and today Bungie.net’s blog has a new minitage he’s put together, using footage supplied by Eve Films. Just two and a half minutes, nice composition!(Louis Wu 17:48:58 UTC)

XerxdeeJ stopped in to point out the latest updates at Tied the Leader – there’s an interview with My7hos, an HBO regular who donated the proceeds from the sale of a large collection of Halo memorabilia to the Tied the Leader Foundation recently, and Questions with Kiaeneto, a look at a clothing company started by a Halo pro and his high-school buddy. Go read!(Louis Wu 15:18:22 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy noticed a fun little article at Headplay – these guys make headmounted display gear, and they’ve mounted some of their hardware inside a Legendary helmet for the ultimate in Halo-playing goodness. Check it out! (Running around while using this equipment is not recommended.)(Louis Wu 14:00:01 UTC)

Impervium found a fun video on YouTube – someone took the Numa Numa song (English translation, one version) and added a ton of (hand-drawn) Halo references to it. Our forum seems to be split on its value.(Louis Wu 13:54:26 UTC)

We got word from Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris about the Monthly Mythic Challenge kicked off this month. There weren’t any winners this time around, so the rules are changing a little to make things more reasonable. First up – folks who have previously beaten the game on Mythic are now eligible (although they’ll need to earn some new ‘medals’ along the way). Also, if nobody completes the challenge the next time around, whoever is farthest along WILL win SOMETHING. More details will be forthcoming, as some of the more difficult ‘medals’ are tested for viability.(Louis Wu 19:51:15 UTC)

Bored, and looking for something fun to do? Play with the Bungie All Tags tool to find fun pics. urk gets you started with some gorgeous Mongoose pics.(Louis Wu 19:09:12 UTC)

urk posted a video on the Bungie Blog showing off a Linerider level that beautifully illustrates the Halo timeline – great work!(Louis Wu 19:06:38 UTC)

Hmm… that’s interesting. 2900d4u pointed out a post at Strategyinformer.com that provides release dates for Halo Wars, worldwide. According to the site, it will be available in Japan and Asia Pacific first, on February 26, then Europe on the 27th, and finally the Americas on March 3. No word on why the normal ‘US first, the rest of the world a little later’ pattern is shifted for this game.(Louis Wu 19:02:40 UTC)

Tyler Tschida let us know that Installation 05 is running another Halo giveaway – submit an email and you’re entered. (Say you’re from HBO, and you get a double entry.) Full details on their Events page. (Louis Wu 18:35:03 UTC)

AnTi PRO let us know that the latest Arm the Flag radio show (#3) focuses on Bryan Simon – including a live version of Snipers are Wussies. Go listen! (There’s also a pretty scary image that might convince you that Recon isn’t worth getting…)(Louis Wu 18:22:54 UTC)