Rizla found a pretty cool Elite-focused montage that’s a really fun watch. It’s a decent time sink for a gameplay montage, clocking in at over 6 minutes, but moves along rather well thanks to a combination of stellar multikills and funny moments. Go and give it a watch! Preferably a Rolex.(GrimBrother One 05:30:10 UTC)

Do you like the UNSC Hornet? Do you like having your paper stay the heck where you want it? Then you should definitely check out what Mid7night is proposing. Details are in his post, but needless to say, you could find yourself the owner of the coolest desk-ornamentation this side of a yearbook picture of Hedgemony, for basically the cost of materials. Go and check it out!(GrimBrother One 05:26:05 UTC)

SIX min WHISTLE was the first I saw (which doesn’t necessarily mean anything) on our forum to notice the new Halo Fest t-shirt for your Xbox Avatar available on the Marketplace. I might just have to grab one so that my virtual Grim matches what I’m wearing right now. Go give it a look!(GrimBrother One 05:21:02 UTC)

Leviathan doesn’t use his talented pencil for just art, he can also write up a good thought-provoking bit of prose, as he’s done here. He muses that Reach might be far more appreciated as the years pass by, not just in spite of its quirks, but potentially because of them. It’s a neat discussion piece, one that we think people should add to… so go check it out!(GrimBrother One 05:15:29 UTC)

In other news, it’s Phoenix_9286’s birthday. Go make him feel more awkward about it. Buon compleanno, you firey-feathered thing, you!(GrimBrother One 05:13:00 UTC)

This “Grim Can’t Sleep” segment of the news continues with another ridiculously awesome custom figure from Kaidon. This time he brings us a beautiful and visceral custom Elite General, with shots taken from his newer, nicer camera to boot! Definitely give it a look!(GrimBrother One 05:08:23 UTC)

Thanks to VAVA Mk2 for letting us know about a fun little reference to our favorite flavor of super soldier on a CNN piece (of all things) that serves as a geeky field guide for Dragoncon goers. Pretty neat!(GrimBrother One 05:06:01 UTC)

It’s not Halo-related (except in that the developer was also behind the Halo 2 ARG I Love Bees), but it sure is Bungie-related… Crimson was released (FOR FREE) for the iPad yesterday, and it’s currently the #1 App on the iPad App Store (as well as being the iTunes Game of the Week). If you’re jonesin’ for some good old-fashioned turn-based strategy set in an alternate reality steampunk caribbean (because haven’t we ALL played that before? WAIT NO WE HAVEN’T DAMMIT NOW I HAVE TO BUY AN IPAD), go grab this! (Fifteen minutes of gameplay can be seen here.)(Louis Wu 19:03:08 UTC)

Urban Reflex noticed a gap in our Halo coverage – we didn’t have a copy of the Conversations From the Universe booklet that came with the Halo 2 Limited Edition online anywhere. So… he scanned it for us. We double-checked with both Bungie and 343, and nobody had a problem with offering this to you at this stage… so grab this 7.5mb PDF file and give it a read!(Louis Wu 14:28:16 UTC)

Lots of cool vids are available over at Halo Waypoint. First up – Assault on Squad 45, Part 3 went up a few days ago. This amazing stop-motion Mega Bloks-based series has been fun from the start, and this episode is the best yet. I want more toys! (The Hunter doing a Nixon impression is priceless.) When you’re done with that one, check out the Halo Fest Machinima finalists – and the overall winner (HBO’s own Bryan Newman!). Finally, a new Grifball Highlight vid from GrifballHub is live – these guys are amazing. If movies aren’t your thing, Waypoint’s STILL got you covered – The Halo Book Club just published a Q&A with Tobias Buckell, who wrote both the novel Halo: The Cole Protocol and the Halo short story Dirt. Great read! Go spend some time over there.(Louis Wu 14:23:04 UTC)

padraig08 pointed out a remix of Under Cover of Night, released for the Out With a Whimper project – nice!(Louis Wu 14:06:39 UTC)

Sl’askia did a bad thing with an Elite. (Well… TO an Elite. She… oh, never mind – just go look.)(Louis Wu 14:02:43 UTC)

Giant Bomb has an interview with David Ellis from Halo Fest last week – not a huge amount of new content, but it does a good job of presenting most of the salient points concisely, and the Ruby costumes that serve as a backdrop for the interview are pretty funny. A nice summary, and Ellis doesn’t do this very often – fun! Thanks, Ken. (Louis Wu 14:01:31 UTC)

RVideo sent word of a new Reach montage from VYE, a european MLG team – huge numbers of well-choreographed sniper shots, punctuated by some pretty fun effects. Production values are quite high. Editing provided by whaTime. Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:00:39 UTC)

When helpless creatures are needlessly slaughtered, heroic individuals step up to the plate. Thanks, Paula. (Louis Wu 13:58:54 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY has released the final article in his Playtime Season 2 Development Blog series – it covers audio editing and final production. (He’s also included a trailer for Season 2 of the series.)(Louis Wu 13:58:04 UTC)

Firestorm12 let us know that Halopen’s War (or War) has a new issue out – enemy fire does a good job of showing your mettle. (Louis Wu 13:56:57 UTC)

Four new pieces are available this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read ’em!(Louis Wu 13:55:23 UTC)

RC Master is trying to beat Reach on Legendary, in one go-through… with no deaths. He’s not there yet – but even his current progress is pretty impressive! Check out the post for full details. (Louis Wu 22:13:13 UTC)