Split-Screen has an article about Rob Adams – he’s the Senior Environment Artist on Halo Reach. If you’re wondering what his bona fides are… he was Lead Environment Artist on Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune before this. Some pretty nice artwork in that game… portends well for Reach! Thanks, Domino Theory. Update: urk pointed out that not only did Bungie.net highlight Rob Adams’ existence at Bungie in a January Breaking In article, he managed to do it with a TON of Uncharted references. There’s nothing in there about Reach, of course (it was written 4 months before Reach was announced) – but I still lose points for forgetting. (Louis Wu 20:51:52 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue dropped in to announce that voting is now open in the Reclaimer Halo 3 ODST Contest – swing by the site and pick your favorite ODST-themed screenshot. There are 45 entries – and many of them are doozies! Go vote.(Louis Wu 17:24:43 UTC)

Bungie’s Comm Chatter (woohoo) has some fun stuff for you today:

• Facility B5D will be releasing a podcast a day leading up to the release of Halo 3: ODST – starting Friday. You can submit questions for the shows, and get more info about what’s in them, on their website.
• Mini Waz created a 20 minute montage as a goodbye message to the Halo community – or at least a ‘see you later’. (He’s refocusing on schoolwork.)
• The Spartan 1 Project’s Contact Tango has just completed his 200th run of the Vidmaster Annual Achievement – wonga. (His group’s no slouch at the run – remember that his colleague Declan Clarke created a walkthrough of the achievement – but 200 runs? Wow.)
• There’s a new goosetage for your perusal. Lots of launches. (Quality is depressingly bad in this day and age.)

That should do you!(Louis Wu 17:02:52 UTC)

Sean Bradley let us know about a collection of photos from his visit to the ODST Firefight Roadshow in Pennsylvania yesterday. There’s a discussion and some photos in this 405th Forum thread – and his full gallery of shots is available at Photobucket. That dude was tricked out! (This will be the only time you’ll see an ODST wielding an energy sword, unfortunately.) (Louis Wu 16:44:06 UTC)

McCann Erickson won another prestigious advertising award based on the Halo Believe ads – check out this press release. Agency Network of the Year: 2009 for a campaign started in 2007? Wow. (Louis Wu 16:43:32 UTC)

Gadget Republic is giving away a copy of Halo 3: ODST – swing by to see how you can win it! (Louis Wu 16:43:08 UTC)