Back in mid-March, we mentioned a video found by Hawty McBloggy; Kroden35 had created a stereo 3D version of a mongoose jump, on High Ground. It required that you cross your eyes to see the 3D action, but it was worth the effort. He’s been hard at work creating more, since then – there’s a slideshow of images from Sandtrap, a 3D mongoose flip on Valhalla (comes right atcha), a 3D intro for future vids, and his latest product, a Wraith battle on Valhalla. This is the one that got Hawty McBloggy to cross her eyes some more – it really is an impressive piece of work, and worth the trouble it takes to see. Go do it!(Louis Wu 09:23:47 UTC)

The first real episode of Someday-Night Grifball took place at 10pm ET last night – you can swing by and watch the archived action between American Dream and Team STFU. (Well, as of this writing, you can’t, yet – but soon.) They also broadcast the third episode of the Grifball Explosion podcast – that’s up for listening, too. Go get your Grifball fix! Thanks, Quik.(Louis Wu 09:08:12 UTC)

The ‘How it all began’ series continues with T.J. over at Larry the Marine. Thanks, 2phast.(Louis Wu 09:00:58 UTC)

Be careful where you park your car – remember, you’re still responsible for the damage it does, even when you’re not in it. Thanks, Raulboy.(Louis Wu 08:56:23 UTC)

Halo Action Figure Theater sees another update, with more surprises – Episode 143 takes Lois and Steve to a new level.(Louis Wu 08:50:39 UTC)

In a weekend of surprising finishes, Final Boss battled back from the Losers Bracket to win the Meadowlands yesterday – and take home the $20,000 top prize. MLGPro.com is chock-full of articles about the various matchups – swing by to read all the details. JawReich was first on our forum with the news.(Louis Wu 08:49:14 UTC)

radiant penguin stopped by with new panoramas – some very, very nice work. The subject material is different than most panoramas coming out these days – the end result is pretty powerful. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 22:14:54 UTC)

Sigafoos reported that The Riot 95 (and 94, since he forgot to post last week’s show) can be heard over at Second-Foundation.net. 28 minutes, 11.5 mb, better sound quality, discussion of new maps, and totally random video assets. Go listen (and watch)!(Louis Wu 22:12:01 UTC)

Littlebigman ran across some new pics of McFarlane Series 3 figures – both Campaign and Multiplayer. (These can also be seen at Spawn.com – thanks, Boxer.)(Louis Wu 22:08:30 UTC)

Dragoncoals let us know that Forging 101 Tutorial 8, covering Placing Objects in Water, is now available from Flem Productions. These guys have a really disturbing affinity for dancing elites, but their Forge tips are great. Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:01:05 UTC)

JAY132 found a pair of videos from UnMaskChief – Austin Pruett and Jack Francis McTigue put together an interview (and some nice documentary footage) of Steve Downes, the voice of the Master Chief. (It’s in two parts – start with Part 1, then watch Part 2). It’s a pretty interesting look at the man behind the voice – and how the Halo phenomenon has affected him!(Louis Wu 15:45:33 UTC)

So, we sort of wanted to give people a taste for how the new maps played – there are already a few films around the net showing them off, but gameplay on the ones I’ve seen leaves something to be desired. I figured, we had fun during the Humpday challenge – I could just convert the Blackout game to a film, and post it. However… my gameplay on Blackout was pretty boring. And when I tried to watch the game through someone else’s eyes, I realized my connection must have been off (everyone’s pretty jerky). So I asked Schooly D to upload his copy – but unfortunately, by the time I asked him, he’d played too much, and the Humpday games were no longer in his Recent Games list. So I tried retsamolah – but he told me that Blackout from his perspective was pretty dull, and I ran into the same problem trying to view the game from other perspectives that I’d had with my own films. However, he said that the Ghost Town game was pretty exciting – even if it ended in a draw. So I watched it (from his film) – and he was right, it was pretty enjoyable. Lots of action, lots of chances to see how the map flows. (Didn’t hurt that he had 6 bomb stops along the way, and our single score.) It’s a thirteen minute game, so there’s no way we could bring this to you in 720p – it would be a half-gig file. (I say “would be”, but I know it is, because I rendered it to find out.) However, it’s still quite watchable at 360p – so we’re offering it in both WMP9 (142 mb) and QuickTime (129 mb) formats. It’s just a game – nobody’s showing off, nobody’s doing anything spectacular. It is, however, the best first look at Ghost Town, in any real depth, that you’ll get. (Louis Wu 13:25:46 UTC)

naveeda found a video created by puddin, over at the 2old2play forums, showing off a very nicely composed flag capture – great music, great angles. The footage was captured off a TV, which makes it less crisp than some would like – but it’s absolutely watchable. Nice job! Go watch.(Louis Wu 13:23:10 UTC)

The last couple of attendees to Bungie’s Legendary map press event posted their stories late Friday – I never got around to recognizing them. Check out Mr Sark’s interview with Brian Jarrard at G4TV, and IGN’s Hands-On. If you missed the first two batches, they’re here and here. (Louis Wu 13:17:07 UTC)

Hellhawk created a small vid for entertainment during intermission at a movie contest – it should make you smile. Go watch! (Louis Wu 13:06:29 UTC)

RVideo dropped off a single panorama yesterday – it’s pretty cool. Check out the Artifact… moments before the jump.(Louis Wu 13:05:03 UTC)