Stewie2552 has got another episode of Halo Reach Fails for you – Episode 12 contains four minutes of what NOT to do. (The Elite general who politely waited for attention before spearing his opponent made me laugh loudly.)(Louis Wu 18:32:00 UTC)

Wow. HmVSTiffer is back with a new Halo map recreated in Minecraft – this time, it’s Hang ’em High. He’s not as happy with it as he is with his Hemorrhage remake… but I’d say it’s great!(Louis Wu 16:37:28 UTC)

One of the many cool items on display at Halo Fest last week was a gigantic model of 343 Guilty Spark, made of Mega Bloks. (One lucky person will go home with this item after the Child’s Play auction in December.) If you visit Halo Waypoint today, you’ll find a behind-the-scenes video showing how this monstrosity was created – it’s pretty fun to watch!(Louis Wu 16:25:42 UTC)

Steven Carson noticed a familiar-looking face in a collection of Iranian video games… check out Kheibar Battle! (Louis Wu 16:20:36 UTC)

Leviathan has posted a new Adjunct piece for A Fistful of Arrows – it’s a bio of the Insurrectionist Eliza Ingrid, and it provides quite a bit of backstory for this enigmatic character. Beautiful! Go check it out.(Louis Wu 15:59:37 UTC)

One thing that’s really cool about live performances from favorite artists is that fans sometimes jump right on the new content. Daemon Productions (the folks behind the recent Legends: Cielo Negro machinima series) grabbed the Pete Stacker/Tim Dadabo “Real Men of Halo” performance from the Halo Universe panel (if you haven’t seen it, jump to 48:30 in this video), and added Reach footage – the result is pretty enjoyable! (And while you’re checking out fan/voice-actor blends, Podtacular’s Dust Storm pointed out conpett’s Halo Corpseman, which was created a couple of years ago, but which used one of the outtakes Marty played at that same panel and added funny footage to it.) (Louis Wu 15:52:29 UTC)

Dani posted a new article at Forward Unto Dawn – Reclamation: Dawn looks at the concept art from Halo 4 (most of it from the trailer shown at Halo Fest, but at least one other bit found on the show floor), and speculates about what it all might mean. Fun read! (While you’re over there, check out their brand new Article and Concept Art gallery – it’s still growing, but it’s got an amazing amount of content already, gathered from a variety of sources.)(Louis Wu 15:50:56 UTC)

Halo Base‘s Oliver Stopienski was at Halo Fest last week, and he spent quite a bit of time collecting photos, short video interviews, and impressions. If you don’t read German, the impressions might be a stretch – but a picture is worth a thousand words, and he has a LOT of pictures, both still and moving. Check out their new fanpage on Facebook, chock full of Halo Fest goodness! (Louis Wu 15:49:04 UTC)

According to Punch Jump, preorders for Halo Anniversary are climbing – this week, it’s #7 in the best-selling preorders list at Gamestop. (How appropriate!) Gamestop preorders get Master Chief Avatar armor for your XBL avatar, as well as the Grunt Funeral Skull in-game. (Louis Wu 15:48:21 UTC)

There’s a new Arby ‘n’ the Chief: Hypermail episode – Silly Billies has Chief trying hard not to make mom jokes, while the Arbiter dances. Thanks, robofin117.(Louis Wu 21:12:24 UTC)

Chris101b spent most of Halo Fest with a camera (well, his phone) welded to his hand. Go see the 26-minute boiliing-down of Day 1.(Louis Wu 20:32:16 UTC)

DaFrontlineTrooper (a prolific propmaker) put up a film showing off all of his Halo weapons (along with Mass Effect props and Star Wars props). Amazing! Thanks, robofin117.(Louis Wu 20:31:17 UTC)

Jesse Snyder, the Campaign Lead Designer for Halo 4, put up a blog post about how difficulty the secrecy surrounding the game has been. Pretty funny read! Thanks, Dani.(Louis Wu 20:30:45 UTC)

You’ll definitely want to head over to Halo Waypoint today and check out the new Halo Fest ViDoc, recapping a glorious weekend of Halo-celebration. The HBO contingent in particular can be found all throughout the video, which makes it even cooler. Whether you were able to make it or not, this video brings you right into the action and emotion… go watch it!(GrimBrother One 15:01:22 UTC)

HBO Lover & Fighter Hedgemony let us know about something very cool. While not directly Halo-related, it is very much HBO Family-related, and well worth highlighting. Our very own Beckx recently had his first published piece of scifi literature published, and you should absolutely go and check out “The Day the Pod Landed” on Redstone Science Fiction. Not only is Beckx a vital part of the HBO circle, it’s a really great read all on its own! Don’t miss it!(GrimBrother One 06:07:43 UTC)

You should definitely check out Episode 13 of Stewie2552’s Halo Reach Fails & Laughs series. I laughed out loud more than once, which Mrs. One was not particularly happy about at 2am. However, you should watch it anyway! Thanks for letting us know, Stewie.(GrimBrother One 06:00:33 UTC)

Hezekiah brought to our forum’s attention the existence of Episode 50 of Achievement Hunter’s awesome Fails of the Weak series. You can find it both on the AH website or on YouTube. When I thought about it, it also brings up the existence of Fails of the Weak Episode 49, which I didn’t see us having posted about before now (If we have, I’m sure 3 of you will let me know about it within 7 seconds of me clicking submit). You can find Episode 49 here and here just like above. Clips R funny! Go watch!(GrimBrother One 05:39:49 UTC)