Ascendant Justice continues with their Hindsight series, walking through each level of Halo 3. Yesterday, they released Floodgate, a short level which nevertheless signals a major turning point in the game. As always, the level of detail is very, very high – you’ll likely read a few points you never noticed while playing the game. The Addendum, as usual, provides a Legendary runthrough of the game. Thanks, mendicantbias00 (and DHalo).(Louis Wu 14:07:38 UTC)

Sam152, of Halo Wars Addict, let us know that his site has posted an interview with the owner of HaloCrusades.com – the home of an online Halo RPG. (There’s not much to see at the website itself, unless you set up an account… so if you’re interested in this sort of thing, you’ll have to explore on your own!)(Louis Wu 13:57:17 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a video about a rather strange affliction – not sure I see the humor in it that she does, but it definitely had its moments.(Louis Wu 13:44:30 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue mentioned that Reclaimer 54 is now available for viewing – it uses some nice screenshots gleaned from Haloscreenshots.net, and the news post suggests that if you’d like to participate in the NEXT episode, your own screens might be used.(Louis Wu 13:40:51 UTC)

ReleasetheMonk has added a new parody to his action movie series – Halo: Impossible uses cutscene footage and music we all know and love to give you the flavor of a popcorn-munching experience.(Louis Wu 13:39:08 UTC)

Rooster Teeth has posted a Director’s Commentary on Chapter 3 of RvB: Reconstruction for sponsors – it contains lots of information about how they expect this season to play out, and it shows off how they implemented one of the cooler effects in this episode. Definitely worth a watch! (Louis Wu 13:35:03 UTC)

Another note at Bungie.net – apparently, the tweaks applied to the Ranked Big Team Battle playlist (in terms of game variety, and the bonus of double experience points through June) has boosted population enough that Bungie is not currently worried about having to cancel the list. (That’s not to say if everyone leaves tomorrow, they won’t reconsider – but for now, it’s safe.)(Louis Wu 13:31:50 UTC)

MLGPro.com has posted a San Diego Preview article, giving you some ideas about who to watch in the upcoming gameplay this weekend. Go give it a read! (Thanks to Bungie’s blog for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 13:29:02 UTC)

We’ve always thought of the Master Chief as the Last Great Hope of Mankind – but Alexander Farr (a guest artist for ZZoMBiE13’s Another Halo Comic Strip) wonders what things would be like if he were a little less… altruistic.(Louis Wu 20:17:25 UTC)

Speaking of art… I’m embarrassed at how long the art queues are here at HBO. Artists submitting their work (or posting it on our forum) have been ASTOUNDINGLY patient – but I’m finally finding some time to clear out the queues. I’m putting up the first 22 pieces in the Miscellaneous Art gallery today – there’ll be another batch tomorrow, and on and on until they’re clear. Go see what’s there now; some have surfaced before, many are brand-new. Levi Hoffmeier has a whole batch (with more coming in the next couple of days), Sea-Salt created a very cool Family Guy/Halo crossover, and there’s even a Mongoose Transformer. Poke around!(Louis Wu 20:14:09 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a piece of Halo artwork for sale on eBay – it’s pretty nicely done (if a tad expensive). Take a look!(Louis Wu 20:05:59 UTC)

The final Larry the Marine ‘How it all began’ episode is now up – 2phast is gearing up for new adventures!(Louis Wu 18:16:46 UTC)