Justin Bryce let us know that Drunken Halo: Episode 26 is now up – it’s got discussion of the new multiplayer updates, as well as Drunken Mail Sack shenanigans. (Louis Wu 19:23:19 UTC)

Paula sent word of a series of Flash animations telling the Halo 2 story… in Spanish. It was created by rafita7878. Quite impressive – even more so if you speak Spanish! (Louis Wu 19:21:02 UTC)

io9 posted a list of the ‘10 Greatest Examples of Space Battle Smack Talk‘ – Truth’s ‘vermin’ speech makes the cut. Nice! (Louis Wu 19:18:23 UTC)

Laird posted a couple of short films from Halo Fest’s VIP party last Friday night – the first shows the presentation of an award that 343 MEANT to offer to a productive community leader (silly people, they gave it to me instead), while the second shows an award that Mr.Sci-Fi and Laird (among others) put together to present to 343. Go watch! (Louis Wu 19:08:03 UTC)

Firestorm12 let us know that Halopen has repurposed a war satire machinima project that didn’t get off the ground into a war satire comic – War (or War) Issue #1 and Issue #2 are now online. They’re planning on releasing new issues each Tuesday and Thursday – an issue corresponds to a scene from the original planned movie. (Louis Wu 18:47:36 UTC)

Cox wanted us to let you know that the French Halo fan community is translating all official videos and providing French subtitles. You can find their Halo 4 playlist here, their Halo Anniversary collection here, and their Reach collection here. They’re also offering services to any fan who wants a product translated… and they’re looking for volunteers to swell their ranks. Swing by Halo Création to see what they’ve got, and join them if you’ve got what they need! (Louis Wu 18:44:46 UTC)

Paul Shelley told us about Cielo Negro Episode 3 on Saturday – we haven’t posted a lot of news since Saturday. So go watch it. The story of Nueva Seville continues! (Louis Wu 18:31:05 UTC)

Dani posted a bit of concept art he discovered for Condemned, the map released in the Defiant Map Pack. It was created by Jason Borne at Certain Affinity – and it’s really nice.(Louis Wu 18:28:38 UTC)

In celebration of Halo Fest, Frank O’Connor created a new Mister Chief masterpiece. It hung on the wall in the display space. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer wrote up the event… and noticed the picture. The caption on their photo is priceless. Thanks to ChenK for noticing. (Louis Wu 18:26:57 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, enzo_gt put together some cover art for Halo: Reach and Halo 3: ODST. Yes, you already HAVE cover art for these two products – but he went the minimalist route, and the result is gorgeous. We’ve hosted mirrors of his files, to save you the headache that is MediaFire: version 1 has no text on the spine, while version 2 gives you the product name. Just right-click to download.
Reach 1 (1.8mb) | Reach 2 (1.1mb) | ODST 1 (2.2mb) | ODST 2 (2.2mb)(Louis Wu 18:18:53 UTC)

France’s Halo Destiny has a short bit with some dates for the fan film Halo Faith – the trailer will be out on September 2 (that’s Friday), while the full film will be available just after the release of Halo Anniversary. (Google’s English translation – surprisingly readable – is here.) Thanks, ElzarTheBam. (Louis Wu 18:14:34 UTC)

Game Informer put together a feature on Halo 4 – nice summary of what we know. (Well, except for this.) Thanks, excowboy83 (and Flipyap). (Louis Wu 18:11:30 UTC)

necro2607 took another batch of pics at Halo Fest last week – swing by Flickr to check ’em out! (Louis Wu 18:00:36 UTC)

Revenant1988 noticed an article on the 405th about the Halo 4 armor that Adam Grumbo (and others) showed off at Halo Fest last week. Really amazing work – go see! (Louis Wu 17:58:37 UTC)

Nak3d Eli has some rather huge ambitions – he plans to create tutorials for every Halo: Reach challenge ever posted. (That’s a lot of challenges.) He’s starting with a tutorial showing you how to beat the current extremely-high-value Weekly Challenge. (Yes, it’s been done before. Many times. But his run is pretty clean, the video’s sharp, and he’s provided some decent voiceover.) Check it out! (Louis Wu 17:51:40 UTC)

TDSpiral created Sword in the Stone, which is pretty clever Halo fan art. I love it – I bet you will too. (Louis Wu 17:48:23 UTC)

2good4u2 posted Reach Randomness 3, a collection of… well, randomness. The Gunther bit in the middle is even MORE random than the rest. (But quite humorous.)(Louis Wu 17:45:32 UTC)

Heh. Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson voiced a piece about the Halo 4 Warthog in Forza 4… it made me laugh. Thanks, CaptainTony. (Louis Wu 17:44:05 UTC)

Greenskull (who has a penchant for teabagging) put up a couple of interesting videos from Halo Fest – check out his interview of David Ellis, recorded at the VIP Party on Friday night, along with some footage of the opening speeches from that evening. Thanks to Dani for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 17:20:35 UTC)