ZZoMBiE13 pointed out an out-of-the-ordinary machinima project he ran across – XxQmanxXP2B put together Queen: The Musical in two acts (Act 1 | Act 2 | Alternate Ending). It’s been out for several months now – but this is the first I’m seeing it. Starts a little slow, but give it a chance!(Louis Wu 16:56:07 UTC)

Leviathan.bungie.org, the home of A Fistful of Arrows, just got a major facelift, thanks to onebitrocket. Go check it out! All the AFoA stuff in one easy-on-the-eyes location, and some bonuses to boot! Go explore.(Louis Wu 16:43:01 UTC)

HC Redemption let us know that there are a bunch of new challenges posted recently at HaloChallenges.com – Turnabout and Absolute are Halo 3 ODST Firefight challenges, Tip of the Spear (in 3 difficulties) has been added to the list of Reach Campaign Challenges, and RippinHeads has worked with HC to create a Halo 3 Lone Wolves challenge that might just be out of your league. Are you up for it?(Louis Wu 16:36:36 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY let us know that he’s re-released Season 2 of Playtime as a single video (no episode breaks), remastered in HD. If you skipped this one, now’s a good time to go back.(Louis Wu 16:30:08 UTC)

Three new pieces from two authors in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read!(Louis Wu 16:27:30 UTC)

More cool artwork from Isaac Hannaford – some ‘roughs’ created for promotional work. Lovely! Thanks, Black Six.(Louis Wu 16:25:53 UTC)

Lord Friendship let us know that Part 3 of his BOB Video Guide is now live – this one shows you all the BOBs on ONI Sword Base. (There are a LOT.) Awesome stuff! (Louis Wu 16:23:47 UTC)

The Mythic Tyrant wanted to let everyone know that his Halo: Reach Mythic Guide for ONI Sword Base is now live. Check it out for some awesome strategies to conquer the toughest Covenant problems you might be facing! Also, don’t forget that if you are having trouble with today’s Halo: Reach Daily Challenge on Tip of the Spear, you can check out Tyrant’s walkthrough on that level as well. Get to it, soldiers!(GrimBrother One 19:11:27 UTC)

If you have some time on your hands, make sure you check out RC Master’s incredible Legendary run of just over 2 hours and 20 minutes on Halo: Reach with NO DEATHS. Absolutely brilliant stuff here. Way to go RC! Can anyone out there match him?(GrimBrother One 19:03:36 UTC)

Halo Waypoint has dropped the latest in their awesome callaboration videos with the Achievement Hunter crew. Next up on the list is Solitary, the stunningly beautiful remake to the classic “Prisoner”. Some incredible shots… makes me long to get back to the battlefield! Go and check it out!(GrimBrother One 18:54:18 UTC)

The fine folks over at XBLAFans.com were kind enough to let everyone know about a great deal going on at NewEgg where you can still preorder Halo: Anniversary and get it for just $30 USD. Nice! If you need it, go take advantage of it!(GrimBrother One 03:43:40 UTC)

The newest Halo Bulletin has found its way from bs angel’s ivory-ticklers to your monitor monitors. Check it out for an awesome array of newsbits as 343 Industries makes their final push toward the launch of Halo: Anniversary! Anniversary Playlist details and some awesome map-overheads to be found within. Check it out! (Insert Wu grumble about me not loving him because I “didn’t include the local version that actually wasn’t up just yet when I made this newspost” here ________ <3 - Grim)(GrimBrother One 02:29:42 UTC)

Wow – NeoGAF is full of win tonight. ncsuDuncan wrote a paean to Reach lag, and Tomasooie realized the dream. The mic ain’t that great… but the effort is A+. Go listen.(Louis Wu 01:53:45 UTC)

The Achievement Hunter RT Office HORSE tournament has narrowed down the field to the four semifinalists, as Gus and Michael duke it out (YouTube | AH.com) for the fourth spot. Go see how it went! Thanks, Ibeechu.(Louis Wu 01:35:07 UTC)

robowski let us know that Post Game Carnage Report Episode 96 is now live – check out the controversial audio quiz!(Louis Wu 01:32:12 UTC)

thebruce0 posted the second of his series of fan interviews – sounds like the third will be posted soon! This one probes the mind of Dagoonite, the man behind the Bzzt! arg earlier this year. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 01:29:52 UTC)

Gonna clear out the news queue to make life a little easier for Grim, who’s gonna be on his own for the next few days. First up – we got deviantART from both CaptainTony (who posted a large collection, then threw in an addendum) and SESpider (whose find is solitary, but sweet). Go explore!(Louis Wu 01:27:28 UTC)

The lovely and talented misplacedyank showed off her new ride in Halo: Reach via her Twitter Feed. I’m on the virgil of getting one myself!(GrimBrother One 21:31:00 UTC)

If you are curious to see the new Halo: Anniversary “in the flesh”, check out this unboxing video done by M4d Ski11z. Game-case aficionados like myself will find the neat special outer sleeve pretty cool! Thanks to Gabotron ES for cathing it over at the GAF.(GrimBrother One 21:27:10 UTC)