Cinema Blend (a website that has not shown a lot of love for Halo in the past) has a new editorial up – this time, they’re claiming that Halo 2 and Halo 3 multiplayer are stifling your online gaming options. The argument is that since everyone online is playing Halo 2 or Halo 3, there aren’t any gamers providing pools of competitors for OTHER games. Does this seem like a reasonable argument to you? Or is it possible that folks are playing Halo online because they ENJOY it more than their other options? Feel free to discuss this in our forum, or leave a comment on the CB page.(Louis Wu 19:09:31 UTC)

Mondo J. Gecko stopped in with word of a montage of gameplay from him and his brother – mostly vehicle stuff, but also some clutch multikills. It’s not very long – check it out!(Louis Wu 19:04:22 UTC)

Even though we didn’t list prizes until the last minute, we STILL got 53 entries for this year’s Guilt O’ Lantern contest (one fewer than last year). Some of them are truly amazing; all of them are fun. Take a few minutes, look through the entries (be sure to click on the thumbnails, because the details are totally lost at the small size), and toss in your vote for your five favorites! Voting will be open for a week. Update: for anyone who jumped right in… the access perms are fixed now. Thanks to DiscipleN2k for the quick heads-up. Sorry to waste your time!(Louis Wu 15:52:38 UTC)

My7hos has relisted several items that didn’t sell in his last round of charity auctions to raise money for the Tied the Leader Foundation. Swing by his eBay page to bid on these Joyride Limited Edition figures! You’ve got a couple of days to decide.(Louis Wu 15:43:48 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue posted to say that Reclaimer 107 is now live – the Reclaimer has taken advantage of a side effect, and we now see where a recent wallpaper came from! (Louis Wu 15:38:43 UTC)

ReleasetheMonk is creating a machinima project that parodies both the Saw franchise and the obsession with Recon armor – go watch the trailer! He’s looking for feedback.(Louis Wu 15:36:27 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy posted a series of pics she found showing off Halloween goodness, created in Halo 3’s Forge. Awesome stuff!(Louis Wu 20:03:21 UTC)

Rockslider stopped in to point out that he’s written up a guide to bypassing a critical checkpoint on Tsavo Highway – it leaves you open for some interesting gameplay. Check it out!(Louis Wu 17:20:45 UTC)

Digitalph33r has wrapped up his Guild to Making Halo 3 Machinima – Part 6 covers putting all the pieces together. Thanks, UnSiLeNtSlAyEr.(Louis Wu 17:20:25 UTC)

The Unit Contepts section of the Concept Art page of the Halo Wars website has been updated with two new images of the Cobra (this vehicle was discussed a week or so ago, but these images are new). Thanks to Planet Halo for noticing.(Louis Wu 17:20:02 UTC)

The More Deluded noticed that Renegade Accordion has added a new Halo piece to his Music collection on Facebook – swing by to listen to The Last Spartan, played on accordion!(Louis Wu 17:19:11 UTC)