Jaime Griesemer’s ’30 seconds of fun’ comment has been quoted a LOT of times, in a lot of different places. Jaime sat down with Joystiq and set the record straight – and while the full story is not nearly so sound-byteable, it’s absolutely worth reading. (This is not the full interview – apparently, that’s coming in the “coming days”. But it’s a great start.) Looks like GeekInABox was the first on our forum to notice this.(Louis Wu 17:16:57 UTC)

petin took a printing class no religious art from the Renaissance. His final project was Halo-related (and really cool!) – and in honor of Halo’s anniversary, he’s now sharing the project with the world. Go see! (Louis Wu 16:19:58 UTC)

The Real N0ble6 wanted to let everyone know that the new browser-based Halo-themed RPG HaloSphere is now live and ready to go as of 8am (EST). It’s a free-to-play game you can jump right into. Go and check out this very cool fan creation!(GrimBrother One 13:42:15 UTC)

Halo Waypoint has a new gallery featuring the upcoming Halo Anniversary Figure Collection. Not to be confused with the Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary game, this collection of figures captures many of the Halo Universe favorites in a brand new way. Really awesome stuff, definitely go and check it out!(GrimBrother One 13:36:05 UTC)

Sep7imus sent word of an article on Adweek, focusing on the Microsoft ad campaign that’s using the Master Chief to sell Windows 7 PCs. (We’ve already mentioned a pair of ads in this series – here and here – but the Adweek piece has a third one that’s pretty funny.) Nice to see Halo getting kudos outside the gaming world!(Louis Wu 20:33:16 UTC)

Aww… they’re so CUTE!(Louis Wu 18:41:12 UTC)

GodlyPerfection stopped in with word of an upcoming charity event wherein folks will play Halo for at least 60 hours straight to raise money for Child’s Play. Full details and links in his post!(Louis Wu 18:28:18 UTC)

Sam Bishop pointed us to a blog post from THORSSOLI, a guy who makes Halo armor in his spare time. This particular post does an amazing job of documenting the collection of armor he made for last year’s Halloween festivities – really interesting read! (If you explore his blog, you’ll find lots of Halo content.) Good stuff!(Louis Wu 15:01:53 UTC)

Elzarthebam noticed a new Halo RTS mod for the C&C3: Tiberium Wars engine – here’s hoping it turns out better than Halogen!(Louis Wu 14:57:28 UTC)

Last night, a quartet of HBO regulars tackled the Exodus LASO challenge together – and the writeup by bluerunner is worth a read! I laughed. I cried. Well, I laughed, anyway.(Louis Wu 14:55:09 UTC)

Avcracy stopped by last night to announce the first part of Misdirection, a two-part machinima using ODST but set in an alternate universe. Great start!(Louis Wu 14:36:54 UTC)

DOH! I totally forgot to point out the Halo Bulletin that Waypoint put up last night (and that was added to our Halo Bulletin Archive, even). Discussion about what’s going to be showing at San Diego Comic-Con next weekend, what you can expect at Halo Fest next month at PAX, and more. Go read it!(Louis Wu 14:35:12 UTC)

Hitmonchan needs to take a break from newsposting for a bit – but he couldn’t resist sending along a huge batch of farewell links. Check out these videos!

• Straight Outta Bloodgulch is a music parody from JT Machinima – language is not safe for work, but this is pretty funny!
• IGN’s Top Ten Reach Kills for July 13 has some silly stuff – but a few are great. (I liked the fusion-barrel-wipes-out-AL clip… and the #1 clip ROCKS.)
• The Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption mod Sci-Fi at War has added some new Halo units – take a look!
• Schwang and Sizzle put together The Dual, a Halo PC dualtage. Fair warning – mute your audio.
• And the best of the bunch (according to both Hitmonchan and me) – Mega Bloks has kicked off their Toymation Contest, and the promo video is simply spectacular. Go watch – and then join in the fun!

Yes, it’s true. He’s addicted to Halo news.(Louis Wu 14:27:17 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY wanted us to let you know that Playtime’s not over – he’s announced a second season. Go watch.(Louis Wu 14:10:54 UTC)

Machinima Revive sent word of a trailer for Clash & Desire, a new machinima series about young love. With armor.(Louis Wu 14:04:42 UTC)

Queso Man’s been making montages for a long time – but recently, his YouTube account got deleted, so now he’s got to start over. He’s released his most recent three montages on the new channel, Queso Man Presents. If you missed ’em the first time around (the original newsposts were here | here| here), go watch ’em now!(Louis Wu 14:01:47 UTC)

Aaron Clauset is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder – and a longtime Halo player. And now he’s doing a study on team dynamics using Halo: Reach. And you can help! Stop by the study page, sign up and fill out the survey… and you can see how you stack up against your friends, and against strangers! (You can also get the results of the final study, when it’s completed.) There are more details in his forum post – so check it out, and then stand back – we’re doing science!(Louis Wu 20:28:26 UTC)