Wanna see some really cool battle pics? Search Bungie.net’s screenshot collection for ‘Firefight’-tagged images. Or just check out the specimens urk found in his latest Tag and Release feature. Hunters look so sad when their armor gets cut off ’em…(Louis Wu 18:04:33 UTC)

A couple of new vids for you to watch, courtesy of urk and Bungie.net: Stewie2552 created ‘Halo 3 Wars: Attack of the Cones‘ (the cones fight back), and Lost Media whipped up ‘Ambush’, a really nicely filmed short machinima – amazing camera control. Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:50:32 UTC)

Torchwood Tex dropped a line to Bungie.net’s Comm Chatter about her wedding – it was totally Halo-themed. Halo dress, Halo banners, Halo cake, even his-and-hers bridal cat helmets! (Halo music, too.) This is a serious pair of fans!(Louis Wu 16:44:13 UTC)

Bungie.net user One One Seven posted a pretty extensive Guide to Networking, Matchmaking, and Host in Halo this morning – it’s actually version two of this guide for him. It’s full of useful information, and because he gives permission for its hosting on other sites, I’ve taken the liberty of putting up a local copy, which allows me to make it a bit more navigable. (Bungie.net’s forum has a few limitations, in terms of formatting.) Read it here, read it on Bungie.net – but read it. (Thanks to One One Seven for mentioning it (as Photolysis) at NeoGAF.)(Louis Wu 16:13:22 UTC)