Captain Spark spent some time with our friendly neighborhood lightbulb – check out the Dialogue Databank for a bunch of new Guilty Spark snippets!(Louis Wu 16:50:11 UTC)

Tony ‘ubald’ Marcotte continues to render cool scenes – his latest is called ‘Take Down‘, and MAN it would be fun if you could use a katana like that… If you like it, check out the rest of his gallery here.(Louis Wu 16:49:18 UTC)

Co-Optimus noticed that a new Zune release – the ZuneHD – can be inscribed with a variety of game logos – including Halo 3: ODST and Halo Wars. It’s not quite as cool as the Zune Halo 3 Edition’s design (okay, not ANYWHERE NEAR as cool) – but hey, sometimes you take what you can get.(Louis Wu 16:48:45 UTC)

The Sixth Axis jumped into fan fiction today, writing a ‘What If’ story about possible outcomes had Microsoft not bought Bungie. Too many crazy leaps for me… but you might enjoy it.(Louis Wu 16:47:17 UTC)

Thanks to Jordan117, we have a transcript of all but the first 30 minutes of the Best Buy live chat with Brian Jarrard and Joe Staten last night – but I’d like to post a full transcript, if possible. If anyone saved the first 30 minutes or so, we’ll compile them into the full document and make it available on the web. Thanks! (An email to halo@bungie.org would be perfect.)(Louis Wu 13:55:05 UTC)