We forgot to mention it – but this week’s Double EXP Weekend playlist is Rocket Race – and it’s been live since yesterday. Thanks, urk!(Louis Wu 17:52:53 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has a bit on a really nice-looking groom’s cake that a really cool woman had made for her husband-to-be. She based it on the Special Edition Halo 3 Xbox 360. You KNOW he picked well…(Louis Wu 17:32:48 UTC)

Uman pointed us to a thread on Bungie.net’s forum in which he’s announced Agent 404, Episode 1, a 22 minute Halo 3 machinima filmed in HD and available for download (it’s 1.2 GB!) or stream (same file). It has both a French and an English soundtrack, though after watching the first 10 minutes of the English version, I have to say I have no clue at all what this is about. If you’ve got a massive connection, grab a copy and check it for yourself.(Louis Wu 15:42:29 UTC)

GameDaily talked to Lars Bakken and rustled up a few tips that might keep you alive in Firefight a little longer. Give ’em a read! (Louis Wu 14:45:37 UTC)

Just three new pieces for you this week in the Fan Fiction section – shouldn’t take you too long.(Louis Wu 14:44:29 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy is back with another round of Friday Caption Fun – the last image (from two weeks ago) is up with highly-rated responses, and a new image, maybe saying goodbye to the Master Chief, is live for your titling pleasure. (While you’re there, check out a couple of tidbits on ODST service tags – a maybe-NSFW collection played on during one of the media events, and a Twitter T&A feature asking the fans what they’ll use.)(Louis Wu 12:47:36 UTC)

If you can’t wait for the HD version of GTTV’s latest episode to be posted on GameTrailers (it’ll happen in the next couple of hours, most likely), Impervium collected a roundup of YouTube clips showing off the Halo Legends material debuted on the show last night. Quality’s decent (though I’m still looking forward to the official vid, for ancillary info). (Louis Wu 12:33:10 UTC)

MirageDwarf, over at NeoGAF, noticed a channel on Hulu that (at the moment) is completely devoted to Halo 3: ODST videos. It’s an ‘Xbox’ channel, so I’d guess that in the future there’ll be other game videos there – but for now, it’s all Halo. Check it out!(Louis Wu 12:32:26 UTC)