Interesting… Rox pointed out some writing/symbols/shapes that can be found on a variety of levels, from Sandtrap to Construct – does it mean anything to anyone? (I know as soon as I saw the Sandtrap version, I immediately went looking for the ‘Ancient Halo‘ wallpaper Dave Candland created several years ago – but unfortunately, as soon as I found it, I realized my memory had fooled me; there’s no relation whatsoever.) Just pleasing shapes… or something more?(Louis Wu 13:21:05 UTC)

We missed a level yesterday, in our release of Halo 3 cutscenes, so today you get both Tsavo Highway’s closing cutscene, and The Storm’s closing cutscene. Powerful stuff!(Louis Wu 22:28:49 UTC)

Folks – it’s just three days to Halloween – that’s how much time you’ve got left to submit your entry to our Guilt O’ Lantern contest. CARVE THOSE PUMPKINS!(Louis Wu 22:25:26 UTC)

bs “Hawty McBloggy” angel has been interviewed by TriXie, for the Gamer Spotlight section of Xbox.com. Go see what makes her so cool. Great read. Thanks, Mintz. (Louis Wu 22:07:04 UTC)

Wow, very cool. Cody Miller took a speedrun of Tsavo Highway (done by Simpsons Rule and someone else), and refilmed it in the style of Gran Turismo. It’s four and a half minutes long, and a lot of fun to watch. Go see!(Louis Wu 22:00:05 UTC)

Leader of Blind let us know that Abyss Studios has the first two episodes of their Halo 2 miniseries, ‘Saving the Secret’, online and viewable. Part 1 went up before Halo 3 came out, but Part 2 went live on Friday. It’s Halo 2-based, but pretty well-done. (Louis Wu 21:52:39 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know about a couple of new projects – the first is a collection of artistic screenshots he’s taken, the second is a Halo-based comic strip he’s building from Halo 3 screenshots. (There are a couple of pages already – the series starts here.) Both projects are pretty high-quality – check ’em out!(Louis Wu 21:13:31 UTC)

Sigafoos let us know that The Riot 71 is now up – 34 minutes, 14 mb, ramblings about the website, the community, and totally non-Halo-related stuff. Brathnok works very hard at making Sigafoos look dumb. You’ll have to decide if he succeeds. (Louis Wu 20:53:38 UTC)

Dean Takahashi is addicted to Halo. Go read why.(Louis Wu 17:39:50 UTC)

Maximum Fear is setting up a league for Bungie.net groups – 4v4 team slayer, consisting of about 30 teams. If you’re interested, swing by the group he’s set up for the purpose!(Louis Wu 17:38:06 UTC)

I love this stuff. Omega did a pretty nice job of estimating the size of a large (possibly spoilerish) item on ‘The Storm’, using a fan-generated method for getting to a measuring spot, and known info about the Halo universe itself. (Louis Wu 17:35:24 UTC)

A couple of Marty O’Donnell tidbits: Simen went to see the Play! concert in Norway on Friday, and the Halo music was introduced by Marty (a recorded message – youtubed about two thirds of the way down the page)… and Anton P. Nym noticed that Marty will be participating in a panel at the LA Music Conference next week, presumably discussing Halo.(Louis Wu 17:29:49 UTC)

Mid7night continues his X-Plane shenanigans – this time, he’s built a replica of Halo (the second level of the first game) in X-Plane. Go look! (Louis Wu 17:16:55 UTC)

AnTi PRO let us know that Arm The Flag has just released ‘My Imaginary Friend‘, a Halo music video. I enjoyed it! Go download it from Mythica, or watch it on YouTube. (Louis Wu 17:15:12 UTC)

kornman00 got his hands on a 360 stress test kit… and he can do stuff like this… and this. Don’t try this at home! (You’ll get banned if you do.)(Louis Wu 17:12:42 UTC)

PEZ let us know about a section of halowiki.net devoted to tactical jumps – visit for more info (or to ADD more info!).(Louis Wu 17:09:48 UTC)

Yoshiary pointed out a study/event in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, happening November 3. They’re going to be studying participants playing video games (including Halo 3) on a giant movie screen, with time for the public to participate in the morning. If you’re interested in more information, visit FFgaming.tv.(Louis Wu 17:06:25 UTC)

Slava Nossar sent along three new panoramas – one, entitled “Nothing Sacred“, from the Campaign level ‘Covenant’ (mild spoilers, 3857×1252, 512 kb), one from Snowbound (“Endless“, 7350×1252, 1 mb), and one from Last Resort (“Beach Front“, 7850×1252, 1.3 mb). These are rather amazing. go look.(Louis Wu 16:56:33 UTC)

Lordstemplar1 stopped by to let everyone know that a teaser for Prophecy, called “Hope”, is now available at the 508th Brigade website. Pretty nice piece of work, modeled after the Halo 3 ‘Believe’ ad. Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:51:36 UTC)