This weekend’s Arby ‘n’ the Chief was actually a Behind the Scenes video showing off how an episode is created. Nice watch! Thanks, Ogan Panavo. (Louis Wu 17:16:58 UTC)

Up on Halo Waypoint today, are highlights from the first round of the STRIDE Championship Series. This series features single-elimination Halo: Reach 2v2 competition, pitting some awesome pairings of popular Major League Gaming players against each other. Also, Leviathan also let us know that his ever-brilliant Fistful of Arrows comic was the Weekly Webcomic choice at Waypoint as well. Nice stuff!(GrimBrother One 23:17:59 UTC)

RC Master pointed out a whole passel of new films available at High Speed Halo:

• Nightfall on Legendary, Pacifist style in 3:40
• Tip of the Spear, SLASO, in 9:41
• Winter Contingency Legendary in 8:46 (also with commentary)
• Long Night of Solace, Legendary in 18:24
• Exodus Easy to 10:07 (with very optimised fighting)
• The first 1 Million+ point run on Uplift Reserve
• Uplift Reserve on Easy (2:24), Normal and Heroic (2:26 each), and Legendary (2:24)
• Co-op Tayari Plaza on Easy (1:59), Normal (2:00), Heroic (2:03) and Legendary (2:12)
• Data Hive on Normal (12:06) and Heroic (12:42)

As he says – that’s over 100 minutes of content to enjoy! Go watch some.(Louis Wu 21:23:17 UTC)

Postmortem pointed out a teaser for “Halo – The Gift of the Ancients“, an upcoming independent film for fans from fans. Looks intriguing!(Louis Wu 21:01:06 UTC)

The folks at Halo Waypoint have let us know that their updated Halo Waypoint mobile app as well as their new ATLAS program have gone live on iOS, Windows Phone 7, and Android platforms. Also, there is a new video taking a closer look at ATLAS up now at Waypoint on all platforms. Cool stuff, go and check out the new features!(GrimBrother One 19:16:06 UTC)

Kotaku recently ran a piece about Duncan Harris’ beautiful screenshot website DeadEndThrills. Our own SonofMacPhisto brought this to our attention, as well as letting us know that Mr. Harris also has a few beautiful Halo shots in his collection as well. Gorgeous stuff!(GrimBrother One 19:07:08 UTC)

pete_the_duck has announced a new Halo machinima reality show – check out the details at his website, and watch the announcement trailer on YouTube… then get to submitting! Your creativity could net you 4000 MS Points. What are you waiting for?(Louis Wu 16:00:45 UTC)

Halo Waypoint has posted Part 5 of Rooster Teeth’s RvB MIA – how long CAN Reds and Blues get along to solve a common problem? (I missed those little guys…) (Louis Wu 15:52:11 UTC)

There were two new pieces in the Fan Fiction queue yesterday; I apologize that I forgot to post them. They’re up now – go read!(Louis Wu 15:50:02 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, daedalius posted a piece of artwork he created recently – it’s not Halo specifically, but it’s Halo-influenced (and it shows!). Really nice! (Louis Wu 15:49:25 UTC)

BlueNinja dropped off another small collection of panoramas – nice work!(Louis Wu 15:46:52 UTC)

MASSAIKUR stopped in with word of The Perfect Trap – Will Covey E. Lite capture Sprinter Spartan? Years of Sunday morning cartoons should answer THAT question… (Louis Wu 15:45:44 UTC)

IGN has compiled their list of the Top 100 Video Game Moments – points that live on in your memory long after you experience them. Halo provides two of these – a point early in Halo 2, and an iconic experience from the first game. Pretty nice! Thanks, Avateur.(Louis Wu 15:39:05 UTC)

Timgie released another Reach Customz video – Episode 11 focuses on Coned! This is a Headhunter gametype with a moving capture point. It moves because it’s focused on a cone – which means you can move it yourself. Pretty clever!(Louis Wu 15:34:01 UTC)

Sundance DiGiovanni participated in an interview recently, discussing the current state of Halo pro gaming. Things aren’t sounding very upbeat! Thanks, RVideo.(Louis Wu 15:31:51 UTC)

Time Glitch is back with Part 2 of his Halo: CEA Let’s Play – campaign playthrough, with commentary. This one covers the level Halo. Go watch! (Louis Wu 15:28:34 UTC)

Fails of the Weak 64 is live – go watch people screw up. Thanks, Moorpheusl9.(Louis Wu 21:05:14 UTC)

Halo Waypoint is celebrating the 343rd day of the year by giving away tons of codes on its Twitter page (what each one is can be discerned from the attached hashtags). No guarantees; there are a LOT of people trying for these… but if you’re up for fast copy-paste, go try your luck! Thanks, Lord Friendship.(Louis Wu 18:37:30 UTC)