sorahn is trying to make a huge screenshot collage – and he needs screenshots. To that end, he’s written a small script that will scrape screenshots from Bungie.net RSS feeds – but he needs gamertags to seed the system with. If you got some cool pics, add your gamertag to the list. (Once he’s got enough images, he’ll turn this off, so depending on when you read this, you may find that the system is closed.) Side bonus – you can use the page to easily view all the screens from a submitted gamertag, without having to jump through the Javascript hoops at Bungie.net.(Louis Wu 11:30:26 UTC)

Very cool – a current resident of Mombasa looks at Bungie’s imaginings of what his city will become in 500 years; it’s a fun read. Thanks, Anton P. Nym.(Louis Wu 22:12:55 UTC)

Joe Staten clarified the release date issue about Contact Harvest; it was originally supposed to be out on October 14, but the date slipped two weeks because of Halo 3. (If you visit the TOR site, you’ll see that both dates are listed on the CH press release page.) As Joe says, you might be able to find the book at some retailers a bit early – but October 30 is still the official release date.(Louis Wu 21:55:03 UTC)

Agamemnon let us know about an open letter to “anyone who had anything to do with Halo 2 Vista” – Hired Gun, MIcrosoft, and Bungie. It’s really long, and not particularly proof-read, but it’s clear that a bunch of people in the Halo 2 Vista community are very unhappy with the state of the game, the editing tools, and the support they’re getting from its developers. I’m getting a strong sense of déjà vu… we saw a lot of these same complaints when Halo PC was first released. Bummer.(Louis Wu 21:48:08 UTC)

Whee! Kotaku has a story about making the Legendary Helmet fit a normal human head. You’re blind, and your chin is still exposed… but it’s mostly on. Thanks, UNSC Trafalgar.(Louis Wu 19:00:51 UTC)

IceEagle85 used the technique we mentioned a couple of days ago to get out of Last Resort, Construct, and Epitaph; you can find saved films in his FileShare. Pretty!(Louis Wu 12:40:15 UTC)

Andrew Nagy stopped by to say he saw copies of Contact Harvest in a local bookstore – looks like it might be out early!(Louis Wu 12:24:57 UTC)

Blackstar continues his spate of medal creation – ‘Cored!‘ now covers death by Fusion Core. Awesome!(Louis Wu 12:24:33 UTC)

Elnea posted Halo Action Figure Theater #96 last night – she reintroduces a fantastic euphimism, but refuses to elaborate. You’ll have to go hunting through old journal entries, I think, if you need an explanation. Or… just enjoy it. (Louis Wu 12:16:59 UTC)

Last night’s Bungie Weekly Update was a pretty cool shout-out from a bunch of Bungie employees to the people (family and friends and fans) who made it worthwhile for them. (There’s also a mysterious warning to folks doing something they shouldn’t be doing.) Go read! Roflsalad was first. (As always, it’s archived in the Weekly Update Archive as well.)(Louis Wu 12:15:21 UTC)

Bungie posted a nice tidbit about the Waves Audio Plug-ins used in Halo 3 – Jay Weinland makes sense of the technobabble, and a movie with examples is included. Check it out! Thanks to Ibeechu for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 12:13:44 UTC)

Over at halowiki.net, XVxV3ndettA posted an article about controlling the game of Halo 3. Interesting read! Thanks, PEZ.(Louis Wu 12:09:41 UTC)

ST let us know about ‘Master Chief and his Johnson’, a movie by Sir Topham Hat. You can watch it at MLG’s Gameroom, as ST suggested, or you can download a full-sized version from Halo3Forum.com (in WMP9 format). And, because we’re like that, we’re offering a QuickTime version, as well.(Louis Wu 20:10:57 UTC)

Jordan117 found another real-world link between Bungie’s in-game assets and Africa. This sort of attention to detail (on Bungie’s part) is awesome. And on Jordan117’s part… wow. (Louis Wu 20:03:44 UTC)

Hawty “I scour eBay so you don’t have to” McBloggy found a couple of cool-looking Halo faceplates for your Xbox 360. Go spend money!(Louis Wu 19:33:04 UTC)