ViralSyris noticed a few new items in the Bungie Store – some ActionClix stuff, and a new hoodie. Go see!(Louis Wu 03:06:09 UTC)

Dennis Powers of Halo Maps, had this to say about Halo Custom Edition:

Even with the Halo 3 game topping all charts the Halo Custom Edition game is still going strong. There are now over 1300 custom maps, over 100 added within the last month and over 500 map variants and modifications of existing maps bringing the total to over 2,850 maps models, mapping tools and map assets available. Halo Custom Edition seems to be the little game who could.

To emphasize his point, he highlighted Checkers, a map that lets you play Checkers in a Halo environment. Weird!(Louis Wu 03:04:44 UTC)

Sigafoos let us know that The RIot 77 (!!) is now available for download. 31 minutes, 12.5 mb. Community news, predictions, and odd commercials from across the pond. The video show will run constantly today, then will alternate between this week’s and last week’s show starting tomorrow.(Louis Wu 02:42:30 UTC)

Once again, the One One Se7en Advent offering gets late announcement – my flight out of Chicago was cancelled, so I spent a little time getting back to a hotel I could spend the night in before my nothing in the morning rescheduled flight tomorrow. Such is life. Actually, judging from this thread on our forum, it looks like not announcing this particular strip might have been a good thing.(Louis Wu 02:26:15 UTC)

Laird let us know about a Legendary Helmet, signed by Bungie devs, for sale on eBay right now. You’ve got almost a week to make up your mind; current bid stands at $150. Take a look!(Louis Wu 04:13:21 UTC)

Kotaku has posted the full results of the Spike Video Game Awards – it seems a bit unsportsmanlike, given that the actual ceremony is due to be broadcast Sunday night, but if you can’t wait that long, go read the article for all the winners. Halo didn’t get everything it was nominated for – but it’s not going home without a prize, either.(Louis Wu 04:12:39 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy is looking out for you – check out this blog post about some fishy auctions on eBay. Yes, it’s Halo-related.(Louis Wu 04:12:10 UTC)

Daniel Dirk won our 2007 Guilt O’ Lantern contest, and one of his prizes was an answering machine recording from Tim Dadabo and Steve Downes (aka 343 Guilty Spark and Master Chief). Both Daniel and Tim have given us permission to post the end result – go listen! (MP3, 400k) Steve and Tim also put together nice reels of MC and 343GS clips – you can watch both Steve’s and Tim’s on Google Video.(Louis Wu 04:11:51 UTC)

Morpheus noticed another rant/list at Rubbish Pixels – we mentioned the characters they love to hate yesterday – this one covers game levels they just can’t stand. Halo’s Library makes the list. Sorry, Ferrex.(Louis Wu 04:08:02 UTC)

Today’s One One Se7en Advent offering is a Brute joke – I’m sure they would approve of lyrics that including things getting riven. (Louis Wu 21:50:44 UTC)

Halo Wars Heaven has interviewed Ensemble’s Graeme Devine, Halo Wars’ Lead Designer. It’s an interesting piece, though they’re still a ways from finishing – give it a read! Thanks to mrtitan, of Halo Planet, for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 15:05:14 UTC)

Heh – today’s Another Halo Comic Strip might resonate with a few of you… hey, I’ve seen you on Valhalla!(Louis Wu 13:09:24 UTC)

Over at GamingTV, trigger119 has re-interviewed Laird (with some help from his friends) about the Halo: Unyielding series, and what’s coming in the future. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 13:08:57 UTC)

Rockslider writes up a couple of Hornet tricks in his latest Bad Cyborg update – go see what he’s found!(Louis Wu 12:56:13 UTC)

Bizarre – CollegeHumor’s Jeff Rubin interviews MTV’s Human Giant… over a night of classic Halo, freshly downloaded from Marketplace. Surreal. Thanks, Mrguy.(Louis Wu 12:54:03 UTC)

DigitalPh33r’s machinima project continues to improve – the latest episode is pretty powerful (and a hefty 15 minutes long). I wish it were available in a larger format – but I understand the need to save bandwidth. You can download it in WMP9 format from its Machinima.com home – or you can stream it from there or from YouTube. Thanks to Major Silva for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 12:49:23 UTC)

Heh – Rubbish Pixels has an article on the biggest annoyances (that’s not the word they use) in the video game universe – 343 Guilty Spark makes the list. I won’t disagree! Thanks, Usul.(Louis Wu 12:09:20 UTC)

SpikeTV’s 2007 Video Game Awards are being broadcast tomorrow night – but on GameTrailers, you can watch a clip from Game Head in which a lot of industry professionals discuss Halo 3’s chances for Game of the Year. (There’s also a live performance by Jonathan Coulton – if you haven’t played The Orange Box’s Portal yet, it contains spoilers… but it’s still pretty cool.)(Louis Wu 12:04:15 UTC)