Another Halo Comic Strip looks at a problem many of us have right now… excuse me, I need to go make some soup.(Louis Wu 13:49:45 UTC)

We’re a bit late this time around… but Sodagod reminded us that his Inside Halo news program is still going strong on Machinima.com – Episode 2 was released a couple of weeks ago. Watching it gives you a whirlwind overview of the Halo community over the past month or so (with lots of humor) – and it brings to light one of the biggest headaches facing Halo machinimators today: the weapon-lowering trick for Halo 3 does NOT work over Xbox Live. The Bungie guys are on break this week – but I plan to see if I can get an explanation for why this was set up as a local-only function sometime soon… because it makes people like Sodagod crazy, and you wouldn’t like him when he’s crazy. While you’re there, you should also check out his Inside Halo Overviews – I haven’t found any convenient way to link to each of them on Machinima.com, but there’s a great playlist on YouTube that links to most of them so far. There’s one on Equipment, several on vehicles (the new Covenant Vehicle overview isn’t there yet, but you can watch it on machinima.com), and one on skulls. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 13:34:35 UTC)

Aglor pointed out a small vid made by Team Banana Yellow – it’s a parody of the old ‘I coulda had a V8!’ ads. Brought a chuckle…(Louis Wu 13:01:02 UTC)

The most recent Halo Wars update was posted earlier this week on the Halo Wars forum – it contains a shout-out to Joe Staten for his work on Contact Harvest, and a nice tidbit about the addition of voice snippets to the sound mix of the game. I wonder if, down the road, there’ll be a databank of those snippets on some Halo Wars fansite… thanks to Simpsons Rule for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 12:59:10 UTC)

Today’s One One Se7en is a groanworthy addition to the collection.(Louis Wu 20:54:46 UTC)

Wow, very cool. There’s a new article at Xbox.com which discusses a gorgeous Halo 3 theme based on the Emotion pic – it’s free, but it’s only available at Xbox 360 kiosks in your nearest game store. Go get it! (Bring a memory card.) Thanks to Xbox 360 Fanboy for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 20:54:11 UTC)

bs angel found a new Master Chief outfit on eBay – this one is for your dog. Say WHAT? Yep, go look.(Louis Wu 20:47:35 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue has posted Chapter Two, Part Two of his Reclaimer comic – he seems to have shifted completely away from the filtered look of his earlier artwork; this one is straight screenshots. Viper’s about to find something… big. (Louis Wu 16:54:45 UTC)

IGN felt that this issue has little depth, but pretty pictures. “Flawed but enjoyable” is how they put it. Thanks, AfroRyan.(Louis Wu 16:50:42 UTC)

QuickTactical has been taking lots of screenshots of Halo 3 marines – and he’s put them together in a 9-minute slideshow, available on YouTube.(Louis Wu 16:47:56 UTC)

sabrefang put together a rather long, but pretty interesting, montage of Infection games – really nice camera work! Check it out.(Louis Wu 16:45:39 UTC)

Rick pointed out a pretty silly Flash animation at Newgrounds – Master Chief dances as he lists the things that interest him. Rick apologized.(Louis Wu 16:29:47 UTC)

Xbox Circle noticed that this week’s Best Buy circular in Canada offers you a free copy of Lost Planet if you buy the Halo 3 Legendary Edition for $99. (Remember – this is a Canadian deal; in the US, the Legendary Edition is $129, and there’s no free game.)(Louis Wu 16:25:58 UTC)

Over at Sci Fi Tech, they’ve taken a look at the faces behind the voice talent in Halo 3. Some of them even worked those visual assets into the game!(Louis Wu 02:21:58 UTC)

Ross Mills points out a list of the 50 greatest fictional weapons of all time – Halo contributes 2 to the list (Plasma Grenade and Energy sword). Not bad!(Louis Wu 02:18:50 UTC)

Rockslider has taken a look at two different parts of Tsavo Highway for their replay value… go check out his findings at Bad Cyborg.(Louis Wu 02:12:47 UTC)

Wow. You might remember that a few weeks ago, the Cyberathlete Professional League made huge waves by announcing a Halo 3 tournament in December with a one million dollar purse. They’ve made a few changes, it appears… the one million dollar tournament is being moved to the CPL Summer Event (next July), and the winter tourney now has a $100,000 purse. The announcement suggests that the changes are due to shenanigans involving other professional gaming leagues… hmm. Anyway, just a heads-up in case you were planning on attending.(Louis Wu 02:09:48 UTC)