ZZoMBiE13 has created a new wallpaper based on his Fantasia take from yesterday’s Another Halo Comic Strip. Take a look!(Louis Wu 16:55:55 UTC)

Elnea has posted the first “totally in its new home” episode of Halo Action Figure Theater – Episode 110 shows you why Chuck Norris pwns you. Let her know what you think of the new digs! (There’s a comment feature and everything.)(Louis Wu 16:40:42 UTC)

Spawn.com has updated their website with official information about the Series 2 Halo 3 figures we mentioned yesterday – and lots of screenshots. Swing by if you want to get better acquainted. Brian Curry was first with this news, but Smurfa got a thread started before I got this post up, if you’d like to discuss it. (Louis Wu 16:29:21 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has posted another one of her Rorschach Inblot tests – this one is the heatmap from Epitaph. What does it look like to you? (She also pointed out, as a sidenote, that there’s a custom Transformers Halo crossover model up for sale on eBay. The last time we posted one of these, some forum members complained that the workmanship was shoddy, and that the only reason these were selling was because they were front-paged at big Halo sites. This one hasn’t been mentioned yet – and the bid’s up to $177.50 (with two and a half days to go)… I guess there are other things besides Halo websites driving the demand for these.) (Louis Wu 16:17:15 UTC)

Eight new stories for you in the Fan Fiction section this week. Go read. (Note to submitters; if there’s a rule about submitting that you feel you can violate because you’re a special case, please don’t expect to actually see your story posted. There are very, very, VERY few special cases.)(Louis Wu 16:00:58 UTC)

This week’s Halo Humpday Challenge was a unique one – Bungie went up against some of the earliest Grifball players in a 3-game Grifball match. They got pummeled. (Hammered, even.) Go read about it.(Louis Wu 15:56:45 UTC)

Rampancy.net has reworked their Sheet Music section to allow for easier searching and finding; take a look!(Louis Wu 15:53:52 UTC)

MikeSierra is selling his collection of Joyride figures; they’re not in their original packaging, but he HAS kept them pristine, and he’d love for them to go to a Halo fan. You can see pictures on his eBay auction page. (He’s in the UK, and starting bid is £350, if that affects your desire to bid.)(Louis Wu 15:50:03 UTC)

TTL Dren and some friends set up a situation last night in which a single shot with a Spartan Laser garnered him 43 separate medals. Now THAT’S impressive. (It could probably be improved by a few – but please, we’re not going to post a dozen “I got 44!” or “I got 47!” notes. The fun part was figuring out to do it in the first place; perfecting it is just engineering.)(Louis Wu 18:09:27 UTC)

On the subject of comics, we’re proud to announce that bungie.org has become home to yet ANOTHER Halo comic strip – Elnea’s Halo Action Figure Theater can now be found locally. Elnea’s done an amazing job of porting over ALL her old HAFT content to a new, easy-to-navigate system based on the ComicPress theme for WordPress – explore, and get lost in this truly bizarre (but surprisingly self-consistent) world!(Louis Wu 17:58:45 UTC)

Happy Birthday to ZZoMBiE13! He turns… um, I dunno how old today, but wish him well anyway. His latest installment of Another Halo Comic Strip melds Halo with Disney’s Fantasia… and it rocks. (He’s also posted an email address, if you need to reach him; it’s been available, subtly, at the bottom of his comic for quite a while, but now it’s obvious.)(Louis Wu 17:09:34 UTC)

cheapLEY took a bunch of nice shots in cutscenes, for use as desktop images; you can find some in this post, and more in this one. Nice work!(Louis Wu 17:06:03 UTC)

GameCareerGuide.com has an article entitled ‘How Halo 3 Changed Game Development‘ – I’m not sure it did what it set out to do (which was to show that Bungie’s handling of Halo 3 has changed how games will be developed in the future), but it IS a nice summary of how well Bungie delivered on the promises it made (and others made in Bungie’s name) with respect to Halo 3. I found this at Gamasutra.(Louis Wu 16:56:17 UTC)

Almost certainly not Halo news (heh), but Psychophan7 noticed a bunch of new job openings on Bungie’s website. Are you good enough?(Louis Wu 16:45:33 UTC)

Entertainment Earth has pictures of the next wave of McFarlane collectibles – Check out the Tan EOD Spartan, Tan Scout Spartan, Brute Stalker, Drone, ODST, Red CQB Spartan, and White EVA Spartan. These’ll be here in July, so get your wallet ready! Google was fastest with this news, but Brian Curry wasn’t far behind.(Louis Wu 16:30:13 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy was the first to point out Kotaku’s coverage of a new variant of Ace Bayou’s X Rocker chair, being shown at CES this week – if you must game in Halo colors, this chair is for you. There’s no real info on price yet.(Louis Wu 15:58:36 UTC)