Awesome. RvB’s OboeCrazy had a big concert a couple of days ago – and decided to play some ODST music (on an oboe) to warm up. Just 36 seconds long – go watch it!(Louis Wu 19:31:19 UTC)

Two Halo-related deals popped up in the Google news feed this morning. Amazon.com will be offering a pretty cool bundle, starting Tuesday: an Xbox 360 Elite, bundled with Halo 3: ODST and Forza 3, for $300. And Buy.com is offering the Halo Wars Limited Collector’s Edition for $30 – well below its original $80 pricetag. Stock up!(Louis Wu 19:20:22 UTC)

The Halo Waypoint team sent word of cool stuff you can find on their channel this week – The Halo Reach Multiplayer Vid is there, along with the final episode of Rooster Teeth’s ‘Grifball Expansion’. Tomorrow, there’ll be a new feature on the Forerunner Fleet, promising a look at the mysterious ships as they appeared in Halo Wars. If you’ve got a Gold Xbox LIVE account – go check it out! Next week contains a spotlight on Eric Nylund, along with lots of Rooster Teeth content… and more!(Louis Wu 16:10:10 UTC)

LikeTotallyAwesome’s Matty boy did his own Reach MP Trailer analysis – nice presentation, and he fits an awful lot into 3 minutes. Check it out!(Louis Wu 15:40:23 UTC)

The Top Ten Halo 3 Screenshots theme this week is “Faces’ – if you hated Oonsk, don’t visit, because these will get stuck in your head. Shots like ‘The Inner Child’, though, are simply amazing. (Louis Wu 15:40:04 UTC)

In honor of Marcus Lehto’s birthday, the Bungie Developer’s Blog has released a ringtone (in a couple of flavors) of Marcus describing his neuronal firing. Go grab a copy! (And not only a Happy Birthday to Marcus, but a belated one to Joe Tung, who was fêted on February 28 – we managed to skip over that. Sorry, Joe!)(Louis Wu 15:37:42 UTC)

Toxic Mayhem pointed out a video that went up on YouTube just a few days ago – but it was clear that it’s a much older vid, so I did a little digging. Apparently, it was originally released in September 2007, just before Halo 3 came out. (We missed it then.) Regardless, it’s funny – go give it a few minutes of your time.(Louis Wu 15:37:06 UTC)

No, the Bungie Weekly Update doesn’t provide you with the skinny on the Multiplayer Trailer teases. That doesn’t mean it’s not worth reading, though – lots of good stuff in there. Everything from a clean version of the trailer’s soundtrack (C Paul – you rock) to winners of the emblem contest, to a really funny Blame Stosh vid… and even more. Go read. (It’s in our Weekly Update Archive, if you’d rather read it there.)(Louis Wu 01:59:26 UTC)

Pretty odd movie on Bungie’s Comm Chatter today – ‘The Bomb‘ is the latest film from Tommy92L, and while it’s only 3 minutes long, it manages to draw you in to the ending. Give it a watch!(Louis Wu 18:13:10 UTC)