Stuntmutt played with one of the easter eggs in Halo 3 in today’s One One Se7en. Geddit?(Louis Wu 16:33:41 UTC)

Jamie98s has released a new machinima project – this one is called ‘Eclipse’, and it’s about a mysterious planet that is engulfing suns as it passes through galaxies. When it reaches Earth, ODSTs are deployed to investigate. This movie is 12 minutes long, and created with a modded version of Halo 2, plus lots of post effects. There is no dialogue, but this actually works pretty well. 106 mb in WMP9 format, 104 mb in QuickTime format; grab a copy, and see what he did!(Louis Wu 16:16:24 UTC)

As mentioned previously, the Halo 3 Official Soundtrack went onsale yesterday, in record stores everywhere (well, everywhere in the US, anyway). For those having trouble finding it locally, it’s also available via download – you can swing by the iTunes Store, and spend $19.98 for it (you’ll get DRM-encoded 128kbps AAC files)… or visit the Sumthing Digital store, and grab it for $9.99… and get 192kbps totally DRM-free MP3 files, instead. Hmm… (Thanks, kapowaz, for the heads-up on the better deal.)(Louis Wu 15:45:13 UTC)

A couple of days ago, we mentioned some wallpapers created by Capt Spanish, based on Terminal-inspired artwork he’d built in a vector drawing program. There was some interest expressed in the vector files – so he’s obliged. You can snag an Adobe Illustrator file (340k, zipped) or a generic EPS file (556k, zipped). The Illustrator file contains all of the paths he created, so the shapes themselves are editable; the EPS is openable with more applications. Grab the one that works best for you! And thanks, Capt Spanish. (Louis Wu 14:24:54 UTC)

Captain Spark has been collecting dialogue for a while now, even though his website is currently offline. He recently sent us several dozen snippets from grunts and marines – there are some hilarious ones in here! Go listen to the newest editions in our Halo 3 Dialogue Databank.(Louis Wu 13:27:28 UTC)

Trindacut is tired of all this hype about Halo 3. He’s written a piece over at Rampancy.net explaining how Halo 3 should be more like Pokemon Snap. I’m not sure I agree with all of his points… but it sure wasn’t cool for Bungie to kill his dog.(Louis Wu 12:36:07 UTC)

This Spartan Life has posted Episode 5, Module 4 – a travelogue that continues the storyline from earlier modules, which uses the new Halo 3 maps to great advantage. Nice camera angles! More details can be found on their front page, and their Episodes page.(Louis Wu 12:35:47 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer: Chapter Two, Part One is now online – this is your chance to meet Team Viper(Louis Wu 12:35:31 UTC)

Delta, inspired by SilverBrin’s Lost Spartan release yesterday, spent several hours putting together a video for it. I think it works really well, actually, and is pretty impressive for an afternoon’s work!(Louis Wu 12:35:12 UTC)

Whoa, nostalgia. JayWHY stopped by to annnounce that for a limited time (tomorrow, through the weekend, though it seems to be up now), the HBO-COERCE HaloPC server would be up and running for a Thanksgiving Reunion. The forum post also has a link for a Ventrilo server. Jump in and remember the good old days!(Louis Wu 12:34:35 UTC)

grantix posted Issue 3 of his Helljumper screenshot comic – our hero learns something about himself.(Louis Wu 12:34:19 UTC)

Ultimate Dragon put together his own Rube Goldberg-esque creation in Forge; it’s not a suicide, like we mentioned yesterday, it’s more of a mousetrap. Er… noobtrap. Go see. (Louis Wu 12:34:01 UTC)

The MLG Halo 3 Film Festival is now in its public voting phase – 200 videos have been narrowed down to 20, 5 in each of 4 categories. Go watch, and vote for your favorites! There’s some decent money on the line for the winners… so pick carefully! Thanks, trigger119.(Louis Wu 21:56:36 UTC)

Xbox.com and Ziddio (a division of Comcast) have teamed up to sponsor a Halo machinima contest: “Halo 3: A Call to Arms.” Create a short (20 second – 2 minute) machinima project, win, and you’ve got a shot at a home theater system, a VIP trip for 2 to the first MLG event of 2008, or a copy of Halo 3. You’ve got until December 19 – go read all the details! Thanks, trigger119.(Louis Wu 21:14:44 UTC)

Halo Uprising #2, the second of Marvel’s four-episode Halo storyline, is (after many delays) due to be released tomorrow. You can see a six-page preview of it (plus the cover and table of contents) over at the MySpace Comic Books MySpace Blog, though – thanks, So Hood. (Louis Wu 19:53:16 UTC)

So Gamestop increased sales by almost 60% over last year at this time, increased third-quarter earnings by more than 200% over last year, exceeded predictions for the quarter by 30%… and STILL lost 7.2% of its stock price today. (The market is worried about the fourth quarter.) This stuff is voodoo. Top-selling games for the quarter included (duh) Halo 3.(Louis Wu 19:29:52 UTC)