CruelLEGACEY posted Part 1 of his Playtime Season 2 development blog – if you’re curious about how he works, go watch. (Louis Wu 17:24:46 UTC)

There are four new pieces up for you in our Fan Fiction section this week – go read!(Louis Wu 17:23:56 UTC)

The long-awaited Bungie ViDoc, O Brave New World, is now online. It’s 55 minutes long, and it tells the story of Bungie, from the earliest days when it was just Alex and Jason, to the present, where the studio is poised to reveal their Next Big Thing. The ups, the downs, the incredible excitement of success and the bonecrushing disappointment of defeat – this video has it all. A studio, captured. Go watch it.(Louis Wu 17:03:38 UTC)

Robowski let us know that the latest Post Game Carnage Report is now up – they’re getting faster!(Louis Wu 16:11:32 UTC)

CaneCutter noticed that there’s a new update at Kooberz Studios – apparently, their ‘Battle of the Brick’ video is finished, but release is being coordinated ‘behind the scenes’. When we know more, we’ll let you know! (If you don’t know anything about Battle of the Brick, search our news.)(Louis Wu 16:09:53 UTC)

This week’s Halo Bulletin is now online at Halo Waypoint – lots of comparisons between Halo: Anniversary and the original game, along with plenty of other tidbits. Go read! (It’s in our Halo Bulletin Archive, as well.)(Louis Wu 15:46:25 UTC)

QuickTactical stopped in with word of Soldiers of War, Episode 8, Part 1 – it’s a 10 minute long, Halo 3-based continuation of a long-running series… go check it out!

G4TV talked to Frank O’Connor about the Anniversary edition – worth listening to! Go watch. Thanks, ElzarTheBam.(Louis Wu 15:44:23 UTC)

IGN’s posted a new Top 10 Kills – nothing really special, but some fun stuff nonetheless. Thanks, ElzarTheBam. (Louis Wu 15:43:06 UTC)

It’s big, it’s beautiful, and it needs caressing.

For some reason, over the past few months, we have received quite a number of spikes in traffic here at Podtacular.  We seem to be hitting marks that we didn’t think we were trying to hit.  First it was Frankie replying to our E3 show, then it was Dust Storm being on The Running Riot, then there was the Podcast of All Halo Podcasts, etc.  Well, prepare to get even more attention, my dear community.  Your host, Dust Storm, has been given the opportunity of a lifetime: a spot on the Waypoint Community panel at Halo Fest.  You heard right, because I had to check twice if I heard right as well (yes, I was speaking in 3rd person before).  I have been presented with a media badge for Halo Fest and will probably get to meet some cool people and get come awesome interviews, but more importantly, I will be sitting in front of thousands of Halo fanatics and more if IGN streams the panel.  So if you are there, please let me know, cause there will be a podcast recorded there.  Also, any burning questions you’ve wanted to ask Frankie, send them in.

This week’s Halo Bulletin on Waypoint focuses on the new sounds we will see in Halo Anniversary.  While it’s not a complete library of sounds, it does show the difference between the two and the nice sounding upgrades they all got.  You can watch the videos on today’s Halo Bulletin.  My personal favorite is the Rocket Launcher (or noob tube for the haters).

Kotaku showed a video that I’d love to think is an awesome alternate ending to the latest Harry Potter film (yes, it could be considered an HP spoiler). I laughed. Go and check it out!(GrimBrother One 21:24:04 UTC)