Mike Barton from GameOverCast dropped in to let us know that the GOC team was lucky enough to record a podcast discussing Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary with Producer Dennis Reese and Executive Producer Dan Ayuob from 343 Industries. The podcast can be downloaded here. Go and give it a listen!(GrimBrother One 03:50:48 UTC)

A reminder that Crimson Alliance, a new Xbox LIVE Arcade game from our good friends at Certain Affinity is now available for download and enjoyment. The game is getting great reviews, and can be grabbed here. Go get it and show some love!(GrimBrother One 03:30:03 UTC)

Do we cut the red wire, or the green wire?

Gina Johnson wrote to let us know that Issue #3 of Halo the Fall of Reach: Covenant hits comic stores today – if you haven’t been keeping up on what’s available out there, check Wikipedia. She also wanted us to remind people that a contest she announced last week has yet to be responded to – she needs a logo, and you could win a copy of Legends or the first 3 Halo books if you create one.(Louis Wu 18:39:31 UTC)

Edge sent word that the 5th Halotracker Community Montage is online – lots of multikills. The ending clip… is hilarious.(Louis Wu 17:33:43 UTC)

According to Game Informer, Microsoft has issued an official response to the departure of Ryan Payton from the Halo 4 team (mentioned yesterday) – he’s been replaced by Armando Troisi, who was the Lead Cinematic Designer on Mass Effect 2. Pretty positive info! Thanks, Homeboyd.(Louis Wu 14:39:28 UTC)

Kermit put together a pretty cool pano of some Corvettes over New Alexandria – check it!(Louis Wu 14:35:48 UTC)

Dennis Powers has returned with another installment of the Halo CE Chronicles; this time, Fearless (in comic form) is the story of the UNSC Frearless, investigating the disappearance of a survey ship. Chapter 1 is online now.(Louis Wu 14:33:30 UTC)

Jefferson let us know about Human or Demon, a French machinima project (with english subtitles) about an Elite squad that meets its match in some humans who don’t fit the mold. Nearly 14 minutes.(Louis Wu 14:30:16 UTC)

Kaidon stopped in with new pics of a Jetpack Blast base diorama he built for a friend’s McFarlane jetpack-equipped figure. My jaw dropped.(Louis Wu 14:27:18 UTC)

Pierre Tartaix sent word that TGO GMBH has released What a Night! – a Halo 3-based machinima that goes for the 50’s Film Noir vibe. Things get a little… odd near the end. Interesting piece of work!(Louis Wu 14:18:53 UTC)

Dani noticed that the current Reach playlists, which haven’t been online since Bungie took their Playlist page down in early August, have a temporary home in the Waypoint forums, and will have a regular page on the Waypoint website soon. It’s not a complete page (doesn’t contain a list of maps, for example) – but it’s quite a bit more info than we’ve had for a month.(Louis Wu 14:05:28 UTC)

Minnesota Public Radio’s Top Score has kicked off their second season with an interview with Marty O’Donnell – Part 1 is online now. (Thanks to GregO’Connor-Read for the heads-up, and to Hedgemony for kicking off a forum thread for comment.) It’s a fascinating discussion; Marty’s given at least his share of interviews over the years, but he’s really, really good at talking about this stuff, and there’s always something new to hear. Part 2 of this interview is coming next week.(Louis Wu 13:59:35 UTC)

A little while ago, Urban Reflex wondered whether there was a collection of the Reach radio conversations online, in mp3 format. The answer seemed to be ‘no’ – so UR took it upon himself to build that collection. (This is my favorite kind of fan creation – the kind where someone says “I really want X” and when X doesn’t exist, they MAKE it.) If you’ve ever gone looking for these transmissions yourself, you know that some are awfully hard to understand – lots of static, occasionally too much background noise, in at least one case the radio itself is in a soft kill zone (giving you 10 seconds at a time to listen). Urban Reflex persevered, however, and MacGyver10 tossed in some amazing skills as a noise-removal specialist… and the resulting collection can now be browsed, with full transcripts, in our Reach Radio Transmissions section. Special thanks to Urk and Robt McLees, for a few location names we couldn’t get on our own.(Louis Wu 19:53:14 UTC)

Physics Remastered is back with a tutorial showing how to get into the Ice Cave on The Package. (I’m amused by the fact that it STARTS with what might be the hardest glitch to activate in the game.) Pretty cool, if you can pull it off! Thanks, Carnage A51.(Louis Wu 17:55:04 UTC)

Rockslider continues to mess with Assault on the Control Room – this time, he’s showing how you can get a few extra marines (and a ‘hog) early in the level – he’s discussed it before, but it’s fleshed out now (and video is always nice). Go check out Bad Cyborg!(Louis Wu 17:41:14 UTC)

Feeling like you need a little more challenge in your life? HaloChallenges.com has got your back. The latest challenge is ‘Hammer Time’, a Grifball-based challenge (do it by yourself!) with multiple levels – Mythic looks… well, mythic. If that doesn’t float your boat, Redemption has reposted last year’s Firestream challenge, to celebrate Firestream’s birthday today – it’s all about the LAAG on the back of your Warthog. Go read about ’em both – and then get to playing! (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FIRESTREAM!)(Louis Wu 16:46:49 UTC)