Not really Halo news – but of interest to many Halo fans: Marty O’Donnell tweeted last night that he’s considering releasing some rare music tracks – from older video games. He wants to know if there’s any interest. Hedgemony says (emphatically) “yes” – and he’s echoed by other forumgoers. How do you feel?(Louis Wu 14:40:09 UTC)

Mr Sark is back with another obstacle course – and since his old prize (Recon armor for the winner) is now relatively easy to grab by other means, he’s upping the stakes – the winner of Sarkathlon 4 will get a copy of Bungie’s Flaming Armor. Now THERE’S something rare! Go read the full details of the challenge over at G4TV’s site… and get to practicing! You’ve got until November 8 to turn in your entry. (Louis Wu 14:28:21 UTC)

Kotaku found a pretty nice Arbiter tattoo at BodMod.org – and Merc let us know about it. Take a look!(Louis Wu 14:27:37 UTC)

CaptainTony noticed an excerpt from Halo: Evolutions at Amazon (the same excerpt is on Macmillan’s website, as well) – the typos are likely due to bad OCR rather than horrible editing. Go give it a read!(Louis Wu 14:26:58 UTC)

Laird has set up a series of auctions to raise money for Child’s Play – tons of unique Halo schwag is on the block. Swing by and look at what he’s offering! You’ve got about 6 days on most of these, so plan your bids appropriately!(Louis Wu 14:26:05 UTC)

pete_the_duck decided to see what sort of changes there might be to parts of Kizingo Boulevard, depending on the time of day you were looking. His findings are interesting. (They also goaded Marty into admitting that ‘Siege of Madrigal’, the haunting piano piece from Myth that has been included in every previous Halo game as an easter egg, is present in ODST as well… can you find it?)(Louis Wu 14:20:28 UTC)

Tommy92L whipped up an ad for the M12 LRV Warthog – go see if you want to buy.(Louis Wu 14:19:56 UTC)

The next MLG Tournament is coming up in a week and a half – are you ready? Bungie.net has some basic info – get psyched for MLG Anaheim!(Louis Wu 14:18:01 UTC)

A new batch of Bungie Favorites went live last night – this group was picked by ReconLIVE, a group started when the founders couldn’t find an easy way to play tourneys over LIVE. Read a little about them on B.net, then check out their favorite files! (Louis Wu 14:17:31 UTC)