Folks have been asking when the Halo 3 Dialogue Databank is going to come online – and as usual, it’s simply been a matter of finding time. I think it’s been found, though; the first batch of snippets, from Captain Spark and Hellhawk, is now online. Go listen. (And if you feel like recording… do so!)(Louis Wu 12:48:54 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy looked at the case of the five-star general we mentioned yesterday… and came up with some other activities he could have been doing instead of boosting. (She also came up with a new medal for him; it’s probably not safe for work.)(Louis Wu 12:45:16 UTC)

Obienator is working on a new machinima project (search our news for older ones; they’ve gotten some pretty nice feedback), but he’s despairing of ever finding the perfect voice actor for a specific part. He needs someone who can do a believable “distinguished English gentleman” voice – if he can’t find someone, he’s going to have to cut a special scene. If you think you can help, contact him through his website, or better yet just drop him an email. (Louis Wu 12:41:40 UTC)

Cayote stopped by to let us know that the Fight Like a Girl tourney was a success – 256 participants, and $4300 raised to fight breast cancer. The forum post even contains a couple of thank-you vids. This community ROCKS!(Louis Wu 11:55:25 UTC)

Yahoo says the Master Chief is among the top 10 Game VIPs, ever. Thanks, TylerDurden76.(Louis Wu 11:48:57 UTC)

J23 noticed a Halo 3 reference in a recent episode of EXTRALIFE, a webcomic. Be careful what you eat.(Louis Wu 11:46:06 UTC)

A couple of days ago, we pointed out a Halo 3 spoof on Mad TV – Miguel C. sent along a GameTrailers link where you can watch the skit. They did a pretty good job nailing the particulars!(Louis Wu 11:29:52 UTC)

A couple of weeks ago, Narcogen looked at the end of Halo 3, and how well a job Bungie did in ‘finishing the fight’. He’s now gone back and looked at other aspects of the storyline(s), to see how THEY tie in. Nice read!(Louis Wu 11:26:49 UTC)

Arancio Atlas found an odd link for what looks like a 12″ McFarlane statue… typo, or a new product? (The standard McFarlane line is 6″ tall.)(Louis Wu 11:24:06 UTC)

PuzzledBread stopped by with a trailer for an upcoming machinima project entitled ‘The Pandora Experiment’ – it teases, but does not give too much away. Could be good!(Louis Wu 11:22:30 UTC)

Injunfett was surprised by Halo 3 spawn logic – check the film. I think I might have been annoyed, too.(Louis Wu 11:17:26 UTC)

BolognaFire loves zombies. He loves them so much, in fact, that’s he’s created a gametype (and map) that comes as close to Zombies on Foundation as you can, in Halo 3. He’s thought an awful lot about this, and has laid out many of his ideas in this forum post. There are also more than a dozen screenshots and a link to his FileShare, where you can download the map and the gametype. Go look.(Louis Wu 20:48:48 UTC)

Brick let us know that the first episode of this year’s MLG TV show will be airing on G4 TV on November 16th at 11pm, with a rebroadcast on November 20 at 2am. with additional episodes (there are six, total) airing every Friday at 11, rebroadcasting late Monday night at 2 am. Details can be found at MLGPro.com.(Louis Wu 19:48:15 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a pretty slick kid-sized Spartan costume, with Rocket Launcher and Missile Pod, for sale on eBay. Go read her writeup!(Louis Wu 19:14:25 UTC)

Develop Magazine has a 2-part interview with Marty O’Donnell (Part One | Part Two), with an interview of Harold Ryan coming tomorrow. (The intro to these pieces can be found here.) The Marty interview is fascinating; he touches on the reasons why it’s a good thing that Bungie and Microsoft have split (ostensibly the reason behind the interview), but then discusses everything from what makes games iconic to why Bungie couldn’t work with the business model that Wideload’s using (small core team + contractors/low burn rate, rather than big team/high burn rate). And the cool surround sound options you get in most 360 games these days? You can thank Marty for that. Thanks, Anton P. Nym.(Louis Wu 17:10:32 UTC)

Last night’s episode of CBS’s Big Bang Theory revolved around Halo, and what it does to people who play it. If you missed it, you can watch it online at CBS.com. (Thanks to JeSteR 343 for the first heads-up.(Louis Wu 16:58:37 UTC)

Just a reminder: voting’s been up for a day and a half for the Guilt O’ Lantern contest, and several thousand votes have been cast – if yours isn’t among them, go look over the offerings, and pick a few! (Some people were having trouble getting past the first page of results – turned out to be my fault, and it’s fixed now. If you were one of those… try again!)(Louis Wu 13:57:04 UTC)