mendicantbias00 pointed out a very cool bit on DeviantART – a few days ago we mentioned a very cool piece of artwork by Rahll – he’s put up a walkthrough, showing the steps he took to create it. Awesome for starting artists, and for anyone interested in how this stuff comes to be!(Louis Wu 14:57:15 UTC)

Two comic bits for you today: Bloogyo has a bunch of new pages available in his Rat’s Nest series, and TTL Demag0gue told us about Reclaimer 225 (Precursors to Information) – new place! Go read.(Louis Wu 14:04:17 UTC)

G4TV.com has posted the Sarkathlon 4 Wrap-Up – it details the top three finishers in the competition (actually, the top 4, because second place went to two separate people, who turned in IDENTICAL times – down to the 1/100th of a second – for COMPLETELY different routes), plus a couple of honorable mentions. Who won the coveted Flaming armor? You’ll have to watch to find out! Thanks, Mr Sark. (Keep an eye on his Twitter profile; he’llbe posting the top 10 runs there sometime today.)(Louis Wu 13:28:51 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has posted Round 70 of her Friday Caption Fun feature – I got a nice laugh from the captions to last week’s pic – and this week’s pic should provide a decent challenge! Go look, and see what you can contribute!(Louis Wu 13:27:26 UTC)

IGN’s posted their next ‘Top 10 Halo 3 Kills‘ for the week of November 4-11; as usual, the kills are not spectacular, but they’re fun, and the vid’s under 3 minutes. Go take a look!(Louis Wu 13:22:46 UTC)

Another retailer will be offering a really nice price on Halo 3: ODST on Black Friday, November 27 – Target’s price on the game will be $37 that day. Cheap! (Remember, we mentioned a couple of deals from Kmart already…)(Louis Wu 13:21:44 UTC)

The most recent ‘Broken In’ article at Bungie.net is focused on Natalya Tatarchuk, an engineering architect at Bungie – there’s not a lot of Halo content (read: none), but her views on the industry as a whole (and what she’s up to now) are fascinating. If you’re interested in a job in the graphical fields of game development, this shouldn’t be missed. Go give it a read!(Louis Wu 13:14:46 UTC)

Just four new pieces this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read ’em!(Louis Wu 13:09:34 UTC)