We missed this a few days ago when it went live – but Dax01 pointed it out on GAF this weekend. Rage Quit took on Halo: Reach on LASO in the most recent episode – Michael definitely keeps this one NSFW with his language, but I was amused. Go watch. (Louis Wu 18:54:21 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, Ken whipped up a fantastic Christmas-themed sketch that I’m still struggling to turn into cornershots. Enjoy. (Louis Wu 18:50:57 UTC)

Slightly Live put together a page for fans – translation can be done with the same key that gets you through the Terminals. <3 to the community!(Louis Wu 18:47:02 UTC)

Once again, we have a new Christmas Comic for you, from Stuntmutt… and a day of rest. See you all on Monday!

I totally missed this when it came in on Thursday – but luckily, there are still 4 days left. invisiblecatfish sent word that he’d found some Halo Mylar prints on eBay – these don’t come up very often! There’s a Halo 2 Chief, one of Eddie Smith’s Halo 2 ‘Scarab Assault’ prints, and a Halo 3 ‘Ark Storm’ (I missed this one when it came out originally). Bids end Wednesday, around 7:30pm PST (see the auction pages for exact timing) – starting bids are $100 (for Scarab Assault) and $125 (for the Chief and Ark Storm, each). (Louis Wu 20:08:23 UTC)

The first piece of the Arby ‘n’ the Chief 2011 Christmas Special is online now – I feel sorry for Arby.(Louis Wu 20:03:12 UTC)

Frankie stopped in to wish HBO a great upcoming week – and to remind us that an excerpt of Greg Bear’s Primordium will be posted at Halo Waypoint on Wednesday. Nice!(Louis Wu 20:01:48 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla is back with a new Halo music video – this one is set to Decyfer Down’s Fading. Clip choice and timing are, as always, impeccable.(Louis Wu 19:59:47 UTC)

This thread makes me happy.(Louis Wu 19:57:44 UTC)

Tepec stopped in with a holiday video from IloveBTB, a French site devoted to BTB fights – it’s the end of a game on Timberland, and the cinematography is fantastic! Check it out.(Louis Wu 19:57:01 UTC)

Humbaba pointed out a photo collection at BBC.com about lenticular cloud formations over West Yorkshire that look… awfully familiar. Puts the reddit sighting a couple of days ago into context!(Louis Wu 19:54:36 UTC)

Two years ago, GrimBrother One wrote up The Ghosts of Christmas Future – and last night, he ran across it and reposted it. Oldie but a goodie!(Louis Wu 19:52:05 UTC)

hezekiah let us know about the release of AchievementHunter’s Fails of the Weak #66 – I thought the rocket through the Banshee was pretty cool. Watch it at AchievementHunter.com or YouTube, your choice.(Louis Wu 19:50:26 UTC)

Yesterday, DeeJ posted The Bungie Mail Sack 1.0 – he’s not nearly as rude as the Webmaster was, but some of his answers actually have value, so it’s all good. Go read about everything from breaking into the industry to ‘normal days at Bungie’ (heh, as if) to DeeJ’s favorite Halo campaign! Great read.(Louis Wu 19:42:18 UTC)

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I keep thinking Rockslider’s reached the end of the experimentation he can do with Jun’s Falcon on Winter Contingency – but he keeps proving me wrong. Latest shenanigans include dumping your Noble buddies for the rest of the level.(Louis Wu 19:40:31 UTC)

Hedgemony posted a Christmas card for everyone – well, everyone who isn’t offended by offensive stuff. (We realize that qualification changes the numbers pretty drastically. We apologize in advance.)(Louis Wu 15:42:06 UTC)

pete_the_duck posted a comic on our forum yesterday that made me laugh out loud. Go see what it does for you.(Louis Wu 15:39:33 UTC)

We’ve mentioned lenticular clouds before – but Leviathan found one on reddit this morning that is just a little bit scary.(Louis Wu 19:11:59 UTC)