Today’s Average Joe over at Bungie.net (what an honor, for drop day!) is ContactTango, one of the kind souls who wants to help you get your Vidmaster Annual Achievement. Go read more about him!(Louis Wu 21:51:08 UTC)

Avateur noticed an article on IGN announcing the release of ‘Halo: Blood Line #1’ in December – apparently, ‘Halo: Spartan Black’ has changed its name. Nice cover!(Louis Wu 21:47:08 UTC)

Halo Waypoint, the Microsoft Halo Portal, is live on the web. You can get there from HaloWaypoint.com or halo.xbox.com – both work. It contains lots of information and links about the Halo community and resources – dig through it to find cool tidbits! It’s definitely pretty slick-looking!(Louis Wu 18:49:26 UTC)

Welcome to New Mombasa is a new Top Story at Bungie.net – it gives you the lowdown on Halo 3: ODST. Who you’re playing as, what you have available, what you’re up against. Nice summary! Check it out.(Louis Wu 18:44:05 UTC)

Stuff for you this afternoon, from Bungie’s Comm Chatter:

• Warthog Memoirs is a four and a half minute machinima from CMNeir and friends – a couple of guys in matchmaking remember better times with their friend the warthog (I think it needs a voice).
• Physics Evolved: Episode 1 shows off some of the crazy stuff you can do with Halo’s physics engine. If you can dream it… you can build it.
• Halo 3: ODST OST Rap is an ode to the wonder that is ODST’s soundtrack. I’m not a huge rap fan, but this is fantastic.

Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:38:22 UTC)