Anakade dropped in with a link to an alternate cut of Inertia II, the DWT Productions launching vid released yesterday. Different views, including actual launches… take a look!(Louis Wu 13:39:04 UTC)

Gamespot recently spoke with Frank O’Connor about Halo: Anniversary, his thoughts on HD remakes, and making the title a “total package”. Go see what the man says!(GrimBrother One 16:52:19 UTC)

For those looking to get your Covie on, the new October Halo Avatar Collection might be just what you are looking for. Check out the pretty sweet arrangement of foes you can deck out your dashboard minion in!(GrimBrother One 16:13:54 UTC)

HotIcePhoenix stopped by with a new piece of art – Fronk’s, writ large on canvas with acrylic. Nice!(Louis Wu 12:03:59 UTC)

Der Flatulator6 has kicked off a new site devoted to forging – join him if you have the inclination! (Louis Wu 12:02:44 UTC)

Ed Ryan and friends visited the Pittsburgh Zombie festival this weekend – Spartans, Zombies, and KISS impersonators! What more could you want? We put up a gallery.(Louis Wu 10:49:49 UTC)

TheSparbiter pointed out a new video he’s made – it uses Linkin Park’s Numb (don’t worry, that’s never been used in a Halo video before) to tell the story of the Elites. Footage comes from a variety of sources – games, videos, motion comics.(Louis Wu 10:34:09 UTC)

Whoa. Not only has the Halo: The Fallen VFX teaser trailer (live-action) been released (thanks, Someone) – but so has a trailer for ANOTHER live-action project I’ve never heard of; mr.sci-fi pointed out a teaser for Halo: Helljumper, which ALSO hit the net yesterday. Websites for both projects can be found on Facebook (The Fallen | Helljumpers) – so check ’em out! (Louis Wu 10:27:38 UTC)

raulboy had a forged mini-katana that cried out for display… he figured out what to do with it. I’m jealous.(Louis Wu 10:27:12 UTC)

So it turns out that the health glitch discovered by Nak3d Eli isn’t new to the Title Update of Reach – Chris101b did some experimenting with an non-updated Xbox, and found that the non-regenerating health has ALWAYS been present in Reach. It’s just that before bleedthrough was implemented (in the TU), it was unnoticeable. (If you had shields, they absorbed the melee. If you didn’t, you died. It was that simple.) He tweaked the initial conditions (increased health/damage resistance) in order to allow a player to survive that first melee hit – and then showed that a SECOND melee, even after picking up a health pack, would kill. So: old bug, but new circumstances make it relevant now.(Louis Wu 10:26:06 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY sent word of the Halo Waypoint Community Modcast, Ep 1 – a podcast put together by Halo Waypoint Community Leaders. This is a discussion of Waypoint’s community, and its growth, as well as Halo in general. He also sent word of Playtime Season 2 Episode 2 – this can be also be seen on Waypoint, if you’d rather watch it on your TV instead of your computer. Go explore!(Louis Wu 10:25:28 UTC)

MelkorTheGreat stopped by yesterday with a new video from DWT Productions – Inertia II shows some ridiculous launches in Reach’s campaign. (The launches themselves are not shown – just the targets. The forum post says that extended versions are coming, however.) The Nyan Cat parody at the end would be nearly unforgivable – if it weren’t so cool.(Louis Wu 10:24:56 UTC)

DaFrontlineTrooper has posted Part Two of his tutorial showing how to make a Halo 3 Assault Rifle – worth watching! Thanks, robofin117.(Louis Wu 16:43:21 UTC)

Stephen Loftus is back with a few dozen new signs from the Halo in-game universe – samples from Halo 2’s Turf, plus multiplayer logos, plus some UNSC imagery. First new image can be found on the bottom of this page, with more in the MISC and UNSC collections. Go explore!(Louis Wu 16:07:18 UTC)

Nak3d Eli continues his investigation into the odd health behavior manifesting itself in the post-Title Update Reach. Check out his latest video, which narrows down some of the causes. (The biggest surprise for me was the fact that after at least 5 melees, one shot and a melee will always kill you.) (Louis Wu 16:03:53 UTC)

ScottJackson117 put together a tribute video saying goodbye to Bungie’s contribution to the Halo franchise, and wishing 343 the best with the transfer. Mostly live-action footage, but a bit of nicely-integrated in-game stuff. Thanks, dogiojoe.(Louis Wu 16:03:14 UTC)

ElzarTheBam noticed a short bit on Xbox360Achievements – Frank O’Connor talks about the passing of the Halo baton. He remembers the transition in August as being ‘pretty seamless’ (I’d say ‘relatively smooth’, myself; I remember some glitches), and he points out that the Halo engine is owned by Microsoft (not really a newsflash, but nice to have something to point at if people ask). Now they just have to bring it home!(Louis Wu 16:00:41 UTC)

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This week, we have JVB on the show, the previous co-host of Podtacular. Unfortunately, there was an issue with the recording, so a lot of the one-on-one conversation we had at the beginning of the show was lost. In a nutshell, JVB has continued to put out the Post Game Report over at Talking About Games, he has, since leaving Podtacular, he has started The Bad Dudes Lifecast and his own solo podcast. He is also the community manager over at Entertainment Consumers Association. We also have late guest hosts Kete from The Running Riot and Rukizzel from the Waypoint forums. The remaining of the show that we managed to record includes us talking about the latest Halo Bulletin, which we plan to do on a weekly basis on future episodes. Finally, we talk about the multiplayer maps we will see in Halo CEA. Enjoy

It’s time for another dip into the mailbag for Arby ‘n’ the Chief. Highbrow humor at its most sophisticated! Thanks again, robofin117. (Louis Wu 20:16:07 UTC)