Sigafoos sent word that The Riot 101 is now up – 21 minutes, 8.5 mb of Halo, Pokemon (yes, Pokemon), and Halo. Go listen!(Louis Wu 12:19:25 UTC)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer blogger 8bitjoystick has an interview with Marty O’Donnell, recorded last week (also available at 8BitJoystick.com) – lots of discussion about intellectual property, why the split with MS happened, and what they’re thinking about going forward. Halo (not surprisingly) is mentioned a few times.(Louis Wu 11:56:00 UTC)

mrsmiley wrote to say that the Halo Babies comics are back online (apparently, they’d disappeared for a bit), and if you chose, you can download all the strips in a single archive. Go read more details at halobabies.net!(Louis Wu 09:04:12 UTC)

Ma1agate was the first attendee to speak up, but a recent LAN party hosted by pooberry saw a number of HBO regulars partaking in activities as diverse as playing Halo, eating Tijuana Mamas, and drinking Dave’s Ultimate Insanity (or not, in Mintz’s case). sorahn took some pictures, and pooberry himself will be adding a writeup in the next couple of days. Sounds like a good time!(Louis Wu 09:01:59 UTC)

A few months ago, we mentioned a plan by Universal music to find some monks to record an album, after Halo’s theme song revved up the public demand for chanting. Apparently, they succeeded – and the album is climbing the European charts as we speak. Thanks, Anton P. Nym.(Louis Wu 08:58:22 UTC)

Rockslider found a way to double your Arbiter fun on Covenant – go read about it at Bad Cyborg if you want to battle your way through with two sidekicks.(Louis Wu 08:51:49 UTC)

nomis78 stopped by to point out that all of his panoramas have been organized on a Wordpress site, for easy browsing – check it out!(Louis Wu 08:46:09 UTC)

Scotty let us know that The Social has recreated the classic Flash project ‘Tankmen’ (see Newgrounds for the original) as a Halo machinima. If you’ve never seen this before, be aware that dialogue is probably NSFW (but then, it’s the evening of a holiday, so you’re probably not working…).(Louis Wu 21:56:53 UTC)

Larry The Marine has been updated with a Memorial Day message – go see.(Louis Wu 21:55:48 UTC)

Rooster Teeth has kicked off Red vs Blue: Reconstruction – the extended version of the first episode is available on the Sponsors forum, but the final version should be available on the front page (for everyone, sponsors or not) soon. This is NOTHING like their last RvB series… but quality is amazingly high. Go download it now (or wait until it’s available for you). w00t!(Louis Wu 20:23:11 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer #47 is now up – and the Reclaimer website is sporting a new look, and a new forum. If you’re losing track of the storyline, this episode is for you.(Louis Wu 16:30:27 UTC)

Ascendant Justice continues their look back at Halo 3 – their analysis of The Storm went up last night. A well-written analysis, as usual, chock-full of great observations and connections. Check it out!(Louis Wu 12:40:13 UTC)

Over at Rampancy.net, there are new posts for sheet music – Perilous Journey and Unforgotten, both transcribed by Devin. (You need to log in to see the attachments, and even then, there seems to be nothing attached to the Unforgotten post – but that might change later today.)(Louis Wu 12:39:57 UTC)

tombodemon added himself to a number of Halo scenes for some sort of academic project – fun stuff!(Louis Wu 12:25:55 UTC)

big appleton created a Memorial Day tribute, using cutscene footage along with footage from other trailers and promotional material – very nicely done. A fitting video as the US takes a day to remember those who’ve sacrificed to protect her. (If you choose to respond to his forum post, please remember our rules regarding political discussion – this isn’t the time to announce that you don’t approve of soldiers, okay?)(Louis Wu 12:22:30 UTC)

DigitalPh33r (and Lemur) have put together Arby ‘n’ the Chief: The Movie; it’s 30 minutes, and there seems to be a problem with the full YouTube version, but if you watch it in two parts, it works fine (Part 1 | Part 2). Master Chief gets a taste of Hollywood… and then some. Thanks to all that let us know – looks like christianh was first.(Louis Wu 12:19:19 UTC)