1UP is hosting a charity sketch auction, with some killer artwork from some cool game developers. Amongst the gems is hidden a sketch of Mister Chief; if you’re intrigued, you’ve got 6 more days to bid! Proceeds will support the American Red Cross. Thanks, Hypertrooper.(Louis Wu 20:31:21 UTC)

Rooster Teeth has posted a Behind the Scenes video showing how they did some of the face modeling in the recent Season 9 of Red vs Blue – pretty fun watch!(Louis Wu 19:08:24 UTC)

Cox let us know that the Halo Anniversary Terminals are now available in French. (Louis Wu 16:43:52 UTC)

Jimmy Jangles decided to put together his own list of “Halo blogs” – if you’re looking for Halo content, check this out!(Louis Wu 16:42:47 UTC)

Den of Geek has built their list of the Top 10 Most Iconic War Machines in Videogame History – and Halo’s Scorpion Tank made the list. Thanks, mc_leprechaun.(Louis Wu 16:39:50 UTC)

Halo: Homefront is a Total Conversion mod in development for Homeworld 2 – they’ve now had their first official Beta release, so swing by and check it out! Thanks, 880ZERO.(Louis Wu 16:38:00 UTC)

Timgie stopped in to announce a new video release – it’s a tutorial showing how to build a Reach machinima-based battle using Theater mode, a couple of characters, and After Effects. Pretty useful!(Louis Wu 16:35:46 UTC)

The December Matchmaking Playlist Update went live last night – if you haven’t been following the changes as described in the Halo Bulletins, the Waypoint page will give you a nice summary of the changes.(Louis Wu 15:08:39 UTC)

Yuri Walkiw let us know about a Halo site roundup he put together for his blog, Hex19 – he calls it ‘Five Halo Community Sites You Should Know About‘. No, we’re not just telling you about this because we’re on the list (though we are 😉 ). Go see who else is.(Louis Wu 22:33:36 UTC)

shiruken sent word that Episode 3 of Outpost: Isil Season 2 has been posted on YouTube. (It’ll be available on their website later this week.) (Louis Wu 20:35:00 UTC)

The latest Arby ‘n’ the Chief – “Femme Fatale” – went live this weekend; thanks to Ogan Panavo for the heads-up. 20 minutes long, will the second hacker go down to Arby and the Chief… or some other way? (And will Chief screw up EVERYTHING?) (Louis Wu 19:35:01 UTC)

Congrats to STEEZYnairb – he’s the latest recipient of Domino Theory’s largesse; he’ll be receiving a new copy of Halo Anniversary this week! Thanks to everyone who participated.(Louis Wu 19:30:49 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY is celebrating the first anniversary of his site – swing by for a retrospective!(Louis Wu 15:16:59 UTC)

kornman00 discovered evidence that there WAS a 15th skull in Halo Anniversary – it was related to the sound code’s logic. (kornman thinks it might have been an attempt at an IWHBYD skull.) It wasn’t actually included in the final product – but it’s interesting to see that it HAD been planned for, once!(Louis Wu 15:14:25 UTC)

KWDzero stopped in last night to let us know about an update to Halo: Out With a Whimper, the fan-created 2D sidescroller. Swing by for the latest details – it’s looking great! (Louis Wu 15:13:51 UTC)

Congratulations to mikimarquez – he won a Spanish contest by showing off his Halo collection (pics below, plus a video showing off his Halo DLC, and a blog devoted to Halo. The grand prize – a life-sized sculpture of the ODST Rookie (here it is, wrapped, next to its winner), might cause some strife – apparently, miki’s girlfriend doesn’t want the statue in the house because it’s too big! Oh, the problems some fans have… 🙂
(Louis Wu 18:55:16 UTC)

There are other great videos available this weekend at Halo Waypoint: RvB MIA Episode 4 is live – the Blues and the Reds form an uneasy alliance… and a hilarious moment from a very early RvB season is evoked. When you’re through with that, Impact’s Adrenaline wants to give you tips on scoring flags fast while playing CTF Countdown. Go watch! (Louis Wu 18:53:09 UTC)

Firestorm12 sent word that Halopen has remade ‘Mission: Leave No Man Behind’, one of its first machinima pieces, to celebrate its 6th birthday. (You can see the original here, for comparison.)(Louis Wu 18:51:05 UTC)

Timgie stopped in to let people know about Aftermath, a new Halo 3 machinima he’s put together. Poignant. (He’s also got a new episode of Reach Customz up, focusing on a pretty fun-looking gametype – but this one was only announced at Halo Waypoint.)(Louis Wu 18:44:35 UTC)

Ty Coker stopped by to let us know that SYNAW Season 2 Episode 4 is now up – heavy use of invis. Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:38:52 UTC)