Scotty let us know that the second Halo 3 RPG podcast is out – updates and questions about the game. 67 minutes, about 70 mb, mp3 format.(Louis Wu 18:01:26 UTC)

Dan the Stick pointed out a trailer for Multiwinia, a real-time strategy game with graphics inspired by early arcade games, which spoofs the Halo: Believe trailer. Really nice piece of work!(Louis Wu 15:53:12 UTC)

quququ1 stopped by our forum to point out that the creator of Halo Zero, a 2D fanbuilt sidescroller, is recruiting for folks who want to help build Halo Zero 2. Read the post for details. (Louis Wu 15:47:08 UTC)

Davis Beutler ripped the music tracks from the Five Long Years Halo Wars Trailers (Part 1 and Part 2), as well as from the Halo 3 Recon trailer – some sound effects are included, but dialogue is not. Swing by his forum post for download links – he provided a link to all three, in .wav format, from Rapidshare (40 mb), and i’ve converted the files themselves to 192kbps MP3s (total size is about 8 mb) – your choice. He’s working on transcriptions.(Louis Wu 15:39:17 UTC)

GameReactorTV filmed a short informational session given by Brian Jarrard and Luke Smith in Tokyo, about Halo 3: Recon – you can watch it on YouTube. Thanks, Kuroyume. (A different session was filmed by GameSpot – same general info.)(Louis Wu 15:36:58 UTC)

DarthCadeous501 reimagined Poe’s “The Raven” in Halo terms – go read. (This is not the same poem that mendicantbias00 released two months ago.)(Louis Wu 15:34:03 UTC)

So a couple of days ago, I posted a note about the Machinima Film Festival Awards, and pointed out that Campaign Episode 1 had gotten an honorable mention for ‘Best Editing’. It was one of the few nominated films I hadn’t heard of, so I followed the link from the Nominations page to watch it. The streaming link didn’t seem to work… so I logged in to Vimeo to get the download link. (Vimeo lets you download HD versions of its hosted films – but you must create an account to do so.) The MP4 was listed as just under half a gigabyte… and 20 minutes long. Whoa. I passed, because Thursday was a pretty busy day. However, since then, I’ve found the time to watch this, and if you’ve got the 20 minutes and the bandwidth, I’d definitely recommend it. It uses Campaign footage (Tsavo Highway and Sierra 117) to tell a story of Spartan 171, in a universe that doesn’t exactly match the one we know. VERY nice editing, and pretty deft machinima techniques; I found myself immersed in an unfamiliar story, even though I was fully acquainted with the surroundings. Visit the Vimeo page, create an account if you don’t have one, and download the HD version (it’s at the bottom of the page once you’ve logged in) – I think you’ll like it.(Louis Wu 12:37:30 UTC)

Shacknews has put together a list of the top co-op games coming in the next year or so – both Halo 3: Recon and Halo Wars are on the ‘On the Horizon’ list. Nice! Thanks, vshields ash.(Louis Wu 12:26:31 UTC)

smiley let us know that Master Chief Theater 3000 Episode 206 is now online – it covers Halo 2’s Delta Halo and Regret cutscenes.(Louis Wu 12:26:11 UTC)

DigitalPh33r has returned to his Deus Ex Machina series (last release: a bit over 3 months ago) with Episode 9 – “Doomsday (Part 2 of 2)” Act 4. Might take you a little while to remember where things left off. This is clearly not the end. Thanks, UnSiLeNtSlAyEr.(Louis Wu 12:24:44 UTC)

heavenlyyeti ran across HALO: EPIC MOVIE, which is pretty much as silly as it sounds.(Louis Wu 12:24:18 UTC)

Markus B sent word that another spec script for a Halo movie is floating around out there – the IMDb page for Joseph Bat lists one he wrote. (No, we haven’t seen it, or heard of it, or know what’s in it, or know who’s looked at it.)(Louis Wu 12:22:20 UTC)

IGN posted a Top 25 Xbox 360 Games list – and Halo 3 came in 4th. (Really? Mass Effect takes 1st?) Thanks, Planet Halo.(Louis Wu 12:19:41 UTC)