Over at NeoGAF, Awesome Barlow pointed out that the Custom Mapping Team (a Halo CE group) is back in action – you can read about it on their site! Update: Masterz1337, the CMT leader, asked that we change the link to point to the CMT site itself – there’s far more information. We’ve done that. (The Modacity post we used can still be found in Awesome Barlow’s post.)(Louis Wu 17:20:21 UTC)

Laird is doing something cool at Halo Fest, coming up next month at PAX. He can’t tell you what it is yet – but if you’re interested in participating (no, you don’t have to get naked, and no, it won’t cost you any money), he wants to hear from you! Check his post for details. If you’re going to be at PAX, and you’re a Halo fan… this is probably something you want to check out. (Louis Wu 17:06:36 UTC)

I thought this might be worthy enough of its own newspost so I’m, well, making a newspost. Hidden in the lovingly-crafted Halo Bulletin that went live around 7 minutes ago was the announcement that there was also a brand new Halo Sparkast, featuring the wind beneath my left and right wings, David Ellis and Frank O’Connor, talking Halo hotness with one Ms. Karen Traviss. There’s also a bonus pre-Comic Con segment that you should absolutely hear. (By the way, if you’re hot enough, Frankie will let you record anything, just saying) Go and give it a listen!(GrimBrother One 23:13:22 UTC)

Goose Checka sent word that GrifballHub has posted its 1,000th article – and to celebrate, they’re running two GRUNTs (tournaments), PLUS holding a contest – with a cool signed T for the winner. Check out all the details on their site!(Louis Wu 21:04:40 UTC)

It’s Day Three of Hedgemony’s 117 Images over 5 Days project… and some of my favorite pictures so far are included. “Collapsing Elevator” is spectacular… while “Falling Glass” reminds me of the detail Bungie’s added to these games. The entire batch… well, just imagine me kissing my first three fingers and thumb, with a pinky held high in the air. Go look.(Louis Wu 15:26:42 UTC)

Fire Team Zulu is back – FyreWulff has a challenge for you on New Alexandria; can you make the run with no human guns? (This includes the turret on your Falcon.) Oh, yeah… and you’ve only got 30 minutes. Sounds like fun! Go try.(Louis Wu 15:13:21 UTC)

Lord Friendship built a panorama on ONI Sword Base as a tribute to the adventurous spirit of HBO denizens. It’s… epic.(Louis Wu 15:12:54 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, Ramirez pointed out a recent episode of Pawn Stars, a show about a pawn shop (and what comes in) – starting at 3 minutes in to this video, a guy negotiates the sale of his homemade Halo armor. The girlfriend’s input is priceless.(Louis Wu 14:57:41 UTC)

Apparently, some DLC coming for Duke Nukem Forever takes shots at other shooters – including Halo. (Sounds like Sandbox is a parody of Blood Gulch, though I can’t find any pictures yet.) Thanks, Elzarthebam.(Louis Wu 14:50:07 UTC)

mattroe used a Red vs Blue clip as a jumping-off place for an animation class project – the end result is pretty cool! Check it out.(Louis Wu 14:47:53 UTC)

mr.sci-fi bought a couple of cool Halo items, and posted video reviews of them – swing by his post to see a couple of minutes each of the Essential Visual Guide and some Peel-n-Stick vinyl graphics. Interesting idea!(Louis Wu 14:46:34 UTC)

Red vs Blue Season 9 Episode 6 is now live – Caboose changes his name, Sarge decides he doesn’t like feelings, and Church yells at the appliances. In other words… business as usual. Go watch!(Louis Wu 15:53:11 UTC)

Whoa. Marcus Lehto, longtime Bungie employee and Creative Director for Halo: Reach, is leaving the company. A tweet he posted last night suggests the end comes soon. We’ll miss you, Marcus!(Louis Wu 15:39:30 UTC)

The Tyrant continues with his newest series, Third Person Mythic; once again, he’s releasing a Nightfall run, but this time, it’s Quad-Mythic. No cutscenes – just four-player Mythic gameplay madness. Lots of tips built into the commentary – go give it a watch!(Louis Wu 15:31:56 UTC)

MS has a sale going for Halo-related DLC – you can snag the Noble and Defiant Map Packs for Reach for 400 MS Points each (thanks, HC Lone Wolf). In addition, Hiji points out that Halo 3 DLC is also on sale – the Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack is slashed in half, to 200 MS Points, while the Halo 3 Mythic II Map Pack is just 400 MS Points. Go grab ’em while they’re hot! (Louis Wu 15:25:30 UTC)

Edge sent word that Halotracker is running a newFFA tournament named Games for Flames 2 – you can win a Flaming Helmet code and MS Points. There’s a fee for entering, with half the money going to charity – full details are on their site. (Louis Wu 15:21:07 UTC)

The second batch of Hedgemony’s 117×5 series – 117 enhanced images from Halo 3 and Reach over 5 days – is now live. As is often the case with Hedgemony’s work, I’m looking at Halo in a whole new way… check these out. Not a bad shot in the bunch. (Louis Wu 11:56:07 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, Blinding pointed out a short video from SillyGoose – make sure your speakers aren’t set too loud before playing this (it starts with a scream), but the editing is pretty wild. (SEC stands for SingleEditedClip.) (Louis Wu 11:42:42 UTC)

mr.sci-fi has decked his car out in Reach-related decals… the targeting reticle disturbed me a little. (Louis Wu 11:39:31 UTC)