lostguru585 let us know that we missed two Community Mishap montages yesterday (we mentioned a bunch of work by MiniWaz) – there’s a Part 3 and a Part 4. Go watch MORE people screw up! (Louis Wu 14:23:03 UTC)

Dennis Powers sent along an update for the Halo Maps website – the Halo Custom Edition Archive now has nearly 3,400 maps assets and files for the game, with 128 files added in July. He highlighted two new maps deserving of special recognition: Da_Pimp_Pope’s Ancient Sanctuary (beta) and adumbass’ Hydro Generator. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 14:22:10 UTC)

Cham wanted us to know about a ‘laid-back montage’ – he says the editing doesn’t interfere with your seeing what’s going on. He’s mostly right. It’s also nice to see some Halo 2 footage again, after quite some time without any. It’s at YouTube, the MLG Game Room, and downloadable at FileFront.(Louis Wu 14:21:34 UTC)

The latest Bungie Weekly Update is online at Bungie.net (or in our Weekly Update Archive) – Luke explains how and why the recent spate of bannings happened, and then discusses upcoming changes in Matchmaking. Go read!(Louis Wu 00:41:45 UTC)

Lloyd Foley was the first to point us to this page at AddictGaming – it suggests that a Bungie employee (oh, who are we kidding, that’s recognizably Luke Smith) was playing “Robins Perch: Chronicles Alpha – Exploring Onyx”. The writers claim that this is evidence that Peter Jackson’s “Halo Chronicles” project is now in Alpha testing. Which would be all well and good… except Luke Smith says it’s 100% fake. BUSTED.(Louis Wu 19:11:20 UTC)

TrueDarkFusion wanted to remind everyone that signups for Forge Hub’s 2v2 Tournament are closing soon! If you have questions, their FAQ is here.(Louis Wu 18:52:00 UTC)

A discussion a couple of days ago over on the NeoGAF forums turned up a few interesting ‘mishap’ vids created by MiniWaz – they’re not that new, but they’re a lot of fun. Some lag, some silly mistakes – good watching. You can find a large two-parter on YouTube (Part 1 | Part 2), and a smaller (just under 5 minutes) montage on GameVee. Always fun to watch WTF moments!(Louis Wu 16:53:50 UTC)

Halo Planet noticed that the Ensemble team has posted a new Halo Wars Monthly Update – they discuss E3 Awards, improving AI for coop play, and new units. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 16:50:24 UTC)

odmichael posted a note last night about some interesting shirts and people dressed in Spartan armor that were showing up on the Bungie webcams yesterday. He stopped back by this morning with clarification – the shirts and the armor both belong to Blue Realm Studios, the brainchild of Devin White, a fan/Halo armorer living in Texas. Check odmichael’s second post for more links to internal BRS content, including pictures, movies, and more.(Louis Wu 15:06:51 UTC)

c0ld vengeance noticed a pretty funny spoof of the Halo 3 Believe ad… using Viva Piñata. It was created by Buzzlegum01. Swing by Destructoid to watch it! (Louis Wu 15:02:54 UTC)

Morpheus let us know about Flying Mutant Comics, a new project bing put together by his friend, ChromeRatt. The first comic is called Halo: Crashdown, and it’s a really, really nice piece of work. Check it out! I can’t wait for the rest. (Louis Wu 15:02:13 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy is kicking off a new Friday tradition: this one is called What If, Halo Style. Round 1 asks the question “What if you could add absolutely any weapon you wanted to the current arsenal available in Halo 3… What would it be?” Swing by and see what others would add – and throw in your own two cents!(Louis Wu 14:57:44 UTC)