Eep – I didn’t notice a Halo 1 montage by Llamaking over at Halo Planet – go watch for a lot of 3-shot pistol kills.

As MLG gears up for Seattle this weekend, you can go read Dyslexia’s review of MLG Nashville, held a couple of weeks ago. It’s nearly a blow-by-blow of IGS Monglers fight to the top of the heap – check it out! And while we’re on the subject of MLG, synide sent us a small (5.3 mb, WMP9 format), heavily-compressed clip of Sundance DiGiovanni on G4’s Attack of the Show a couple of days ago – he talks about why MLG is different than its competition, and a bit about how Halo 2 is ‘a step back’ in competitive gaming. You can grab it from our server.

A couple of weeks ago, we showed you a pretty amazing picture created by Mike Hill. Bungie liked it enough that it was added to the Bungie Weekly Update that week. Well, Mike’s back – and eventually it’ll get added to the various art sections of this site, but again, I couldn’t hold this shot. It’s a sniper pose – he said it was a study, ‘placid’… I disagree. You make up your own mind. There’s a small version (142K, 585×422), a huge version (885K, 1928×1377), and a version formatted as a background image (318K, 1024×768). Enjoy! Update: apologies for those who tried early – the links were bad. They’re better now.

Looks like Briar’s Armor is finished – you can find it for sale on eBay. Starting bid is $1500 (reserve is not yet met), auction has a week to run. Remember – you can get closeup views of this armor at briarsarmor.com!

Cnet has posted an article detailing their choices for the top 10 games of the last 10 years – Halo (the original) came in at a fitting number 7. Thanks, prometheus.

Whoa, very cool. Bryn “ofthehi77” Casey has put together another gorgeous piece – MC, another MC, and Cortana, in some Forerunner ruins. Check out ‘In The Ruins‘! (This was originally posted at yayap.com – we’ve added it to Bryn’s page here with permission.)

Over at the Halo CE Chronicles website, you’ll find a document entitled ‘The Halo CE Chronicles Universe‘ – it’s a backstory for the Halo CE Chronicles, and attempts to put that machinima series in sync with the Halo universe as we know it. Go read!

Today’s One One Se7en brought a smile to my face – because he ain’t joking, it really is like that.

InnerRayg posted a parody of Linkin Park’s In the End a couple of days ago – but the link wasn’t working. Last night, kobaj came to the rescue, with a different link – and now that I’ve gotten a copy, I’ve localized the file. Voices aren’t exactly like Linkin Park… but the singing’s decent regardless! 3.3 mb, MP3 format.

Dillo pointed out that the teaser for Lego Halo film we mentioned a few days ago is now available for download – 2.3 mb, Real format. It doesn’t show much – but it made me want to see the whole thing! The teaser mentioned that the film itself will be out in mid-October; here’s hoping they stick to schedule!

Thanks to the 93,000 people who wrote in to let us know that two new playlists are up on Xbox Live – Multiteam (unranked 3v3v3v3 play) and Team Snipers (also unranked). Rumble Preview and Team Preview have both been removed, because the new maps are now integrated into all playlists. Go and enjoy!

Wow – not bad! SketchFactor posted a note on Bungie.net yesterday, letting people know that the ‘Fight the Flood’ t-shirt has raised $93,000 in its first week of sales. This money goes to the Red Cross for disaster relief in the southern US… way to go!

Overswarm has added three new interviews to his Not So Common Sense collection – he talks to IGS Ghandi, Lil Poison, and BlackJak to get the lowdown on the Halo 2 Pro scene. Go read!

Not really Halo-related, but it seems to be inspired by more than one Halo success story, so… According to geek.com, it’s been confirmed that there will be a Director’s Edition DVD available to US buyers of the game F.E.A.R – and that along with items like a ‘Making Of’ documentary, there will be a F.E.A.R. machinima episode from Rooster Teeth Productions – interesting to see how this goes! Thanks, tLove.

Bunker 27 Episode III, ‘Goose’s Story’, passed the MPRRS last night – you can grab a copy in either WMP9 format (15.5 mb) or QuickTime format (15.3 mb). How many machinima pieces contain a hand-drawn storybook? Go watch.

Podtacular Episode 7 is now available for download (I don’t see it yet on iTunes, but you can grab it directly from their webpage). 27 mb, 78 minutes long, covering a variety of subjects – free maps, things that annoy them in XBL, gameplay tips, and more. Thanks to Henry Brown for the heads-up.

Major League Gaming’s own Sundance DiGiovanni will be on G4’s Attack of the Show! today at 7pm ET / 4pm PT – there are a bunch of repeats tomorrow, if you miss it. You can comment on the MLG site. Thanks to synide for the heads-up.

Duke87 writes to point out some really slick maps over at MatchBox360 – they’re Flash-based, and can be used to plot strategies, learn placement for weapons or important features, and more. The more you play with ’em, the more goodies you’ll find. (There are a few maps missing – because they don’t have any way to get overhead images of them; if you can help, drop ’em a line.) While you’re there, stop by the main page – these guys run a UK-only Halo league, and they’ve just started recruiting for their second season.

Dennis Powers writes to point out that Episode 18 of the Halo CE Chronicles, ‘Sharing’, is now available for download. It’s available in WMP9 (30.7 mb), QuickTime (27.7 mb), or streaming Flash (11.2 mb) from the Season 2 Downloads page. A plot summary can be found here – and Dennis wanted to make sure that everyone watching realized this episode contains more individual violence than previous episodes; something to keep in mind if you’ve been watching the series with small children. A bit more of the relationship between the Spartan and the station AI becomes clear… while the search and rescue team continues its fight against the Covenant. Go watch!

Random 15-Year-Old is back with more Red vs Blue PSP-formatted episodes – if you visit this link on FileFront, you’ll find download links for all episodes he’s converted to date (right now, that’s 45-59, but more are coming). Watch RvB from the comfort of your PSP!