New look. Same great taste!

IESUproductions stopped by with a link to ‘Iridescent‘ – a Halo retrospective, set to Linkin Park’s Iridescent. Cutscene footage from all Halo games is matched to the song’s lyrics in a tribute to the official passing of the Halo torch from Bungie to 343 today. Go watch!(Louis Wu 20:08:55 UTC)

Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris sent word that the last chapter of his Legendary ODST saga, covering Coastal Highway, is now online – the most difficult mission on Halo 3 or ODST has now been beaten – with no deaths! (Can you find the easter egg?)(Louis Wu 18:09:22 UTC)

Sniper94 painted a Halo screenshot. With paint. He wanted you to see it.(Louis Wu 17:58:49 UTC)

Greenskull put together a song called ‘I Less than 343‘ – it’s an ode to the franchise overseers, and it’s full of Halo love (and far too much tongue). Check it out! (Louis Wu 17:56:46 UTC)

Mid7night found a fan-made space-based RTS called ‘Star Wars vs Halo’ – you can see a trailer (story-based, no gameplay) here, an announcement trailer showing promo gameplay here, and a gameplay demo made by the Funny Halo Productions crew here. The Alpha can be downloaded from MediaFire (89 mb). Intriguing!(Louis Wu 17:49:15 UTC)

Brute Honour Guard pointed out a document (originally posted by its author on Bungie.net) showing one fan’s attempt to do some translating of the language we hear from the Sangheili in-game. At the very least, he gets kudos for the systematic approach! Check this out. (If the mediafire link goes down, let us know; we’ll put up a local copy.)(Louis Wu 17:05:31 UTC)

CaptainTony is back with another find from DeviantART – NOBLE 06 is not QUITE as epic as the stuff he brought us yesterday, but it’s still pretty cool!(Louis Wu 17:04:20 UTC)

Red vs Blue Season 9, Episode 7 is now online for everyone – nice mix of Freelancer drama and Caboose silliness. Go watch! Thanks, mattroe.(Louis Wu 17:03:29 UTC)

Minor Harry Potter spoilers… but CortanaVII showed us a video that shows off the ending of Harry Potter vs Halo. I giggled. (Louis Wu 17:02:29 UTC)

Hedgemony posted a bunch of deleted scenes from his 117×5 project – the man has an eye, and it’s amazing. (They’re not really deleted scenes; they’re images he didn’t get finished in time to add to the project. Absolutely worth perusing.) (Louis Wu 17:01:21 UTC)

Avcracy pointed out the first in a new series – Horrible Origins: Creation Episode 1. This is a series that will take old vids from Firelight Studios, and make fun of them, a la MST3K (no silhouettes, though). (Louis Wu 17:00:26 UTC)

Looks like 343 and Microsoft just added an offical media outlet for the upcoming Halo Fest that will be held in the coming weeks and sadly it isn’t us. However, you should be excited to know that IGN will be bringing you, and me, more information on Halo Fest leading up to the event, during the event, and after the event (for some reason??).

Whats Halo Fest you ask? Well, it is an event and party held at PAX Prime in Seattle, Washington August 26 through the 28th. They are throwing this special occasion to celebrate the 10th anniversity of the Halo Franchise! To hear part one of our Celebration head over to the Halo Decade Show, Part 1.

Anyone planning on attending Halo: Fest? How about if Podtacular Hosts a Halo: Fest on Xbox Live where you can play with the hosts and some other cool people from around the community? Tell us what you think in the comments.

For all the information and cool videos IGN has in store for you, head over to their Halo Fest page.

Bilzo has a buddy who made what he thinks is a great BTB map – but there aren’t that many ways left to promote these. So he made a video to show it off. It’s pretty fun to watch!(Louis Wu 19:48:57 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY continues his re-release of his Playtime Season One films with Episode 2 (again) – yes, yes, we know it’s only been a month since these were released the first time, but now they’ve got commentary! I mean… what more could you want? (Louis Wu 19:48:15 UTC)

CaptainTony stopped by with a couple of cool fan creations he found at DeviantART – check out We Remember (simply spectacular) and Cal-141 (a great imagining of a character from Legends’ The Babysitter). Gorgeous!(Louis Wu 14:44:02 UTC)

MLG Anaheim wrapped up last night, and eon instinct (basically, the Final Boss guys who lost their name) crushed the competition. (Although the final match info page suggests that Status Quo won the last game, the recap disagrees – and the Bracket listings and the Leaderboards both point out that eon instinct won 21 games while losing 0.) A new dynasty emerges? Or is this just an old one with a new name? (Louis Wu 14:42:57 UTC)