This week’s ‘Top 10 Kills‘ from IGN is now available. I gasped as I watched No 8. and No. 6. These two clips make this worth the watch, and it’s criminal they weren’t placed higher. Go see for yourself!(Hitmonchan 15:58:32 UTC)

Hedgemony snagged a supporting charater from his recent Romeo: One Shot comic, and put together a mini-tale. Well, the beginning of one. Nice work!(Louis Wu 15:51:44 UTC)

Achievement Hunter’s Achievement HORSE #26, containing maps used at the RTX gathering last weekend, is now live – it’s not a serious episode (Jack had a lot of practice before filming), but the maps look pretty wild. Go check ’em!(Louis Wu 15:33:14 UTC)

Chris10023 wanted to let everyone know that Episode 9 of his Halo Reach Fails series is up. Why do I feel like any one of those could just as easily be me? Give it a look!(GrimBrother One 14:18:08 UTC)

The Fire Team Zulu team is at it again with another awesome classic challenge called Treasure Beach. Think you have what it takes to storm up the coast on the Silent Cartographer using no vehicles? How about leaving those rockets and grenades behind as well? This is going to be a good one… Go and try it out!(GrimBrother One 14:13:04 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY Productions has a new Community Spotlight up highlighting Waypoint community member Calimar and his awesome Forge Maps. A good little writeup and some details and links to some pretty incredible maps. Definitely go and check it out!(GrimBrother One 14:08:16 UTC)

Back in March, Hedgemony found the abstracts for a book titled “Halo and Philosophy.” According to Amazon, the 288-page book will be available next Tuesday. Also included in the listing is the book’s cover. The list price is $20, but Amazon is selling it for $13.01. Update: Arithmomaniac let us know the book is shipping now (and that there’s a Kindle version), and atticboy showed us a photo of the book in L.A.’s Little Tokyo. Thanks for the heads up!(Hitmonchan 20:42:00 UTC)

Not really Halo news specifically, but HBO Community nonetheless. A special congrats to HBO-poster Moorpheusl9 for completing his 4-year Masters Degree in Physics. Awesome stuff, man! Feats like that deserve at least a little shout-out. Now can you get on that FTL drive please?(GrimBrother One 20:31:10 UTC)

Do you need some summer Grifball lovin’? The International Halo: Reach Grifball League (IHRGL) wants to be your season in the sun. Check out Goosechecka’s post on GrifballHub for more information.(Hitmonchan 20:12:52 UTC)

Deviantart user linux2501 showed off his sweet UNSC tattoo, complete with realistic blood drips. Wait — is that actual blood? That’s just gross, man. Clean yourself up.(Hitmonchan 20:11:23 UTC)

T07WRX5 is selling a bunch of McFarlane and Joyride Halo stuff – check out the spreadsheet and see what you can grab!(Louis Wu 19:55:42 UTC)

Also from the Waypoint crew, the My Little Pony-riding, bubblewand-wielding bs angel brings us a few more awesome bits from around the ever-creative Halo Community. Check out the AWESOME Museum of Humanity Forge Map inspired by the Halo 3 BELIEVE campaign. While you are there, also don’t miss the next set of awesome Halo lockscreens for your smartphone done by FourteeTwo, and a pretty slick Brute Tatoo. Awesome stuff!(GrimBrother One 19:33:43 UTC)

In a direct answer to prayers (albeit trivial ones), Halo Waypoint announced today that the Covenant Energy sword is the newest addition to the Halo Avatar Collection on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Woohoo! Thanks to the honorable and immaculate GrimBrother IV for noticing!(GrimBrother One 19:28:55 UTC)

Podtacular is planning on hosting a live podcast to celebrate Halo’s 10th anniversary – should be a pretty entertaining event. Check out the full post – and mark June 18 on your calendar!(Louis Wu 17:41:53 UTC)

Sqorck found a pretty cool wire sculpture of the Master Chief at Reddit – I want one for my back yard! (If you’re near Sioux Falls, SD, you can see this for yourself on Phillips, between 11th and 12th. Heck – you can even buy it, if you’ve got an extra $14k.)(Louis Wu 14:27:03 UTC)

Normalcy Week continues at Fire Team Zulu – today’s challenge is, as expected, no Normal… you just have to get through Sierra 117, on Halo 3. The catch? No guns allowed. All kills have to be via skull kill! Sounds like fun. More details at FTZ.(Louis Wu 14:26:31 UTC)

The time has come to make a grand announcement that is sure to have everyone jumping out of their Warthogs.  In respect of the upcoming 10th anniversary of the Halo Franchise, we thought it appropriate to have a somewhat special podcast to commemorate this event.  We have had quite a few guests on our show over the past few years, some very prominent in the Halo and gaming communities.  Needless to say, we have put together a grand panel of Halo enthusiasts to help us take a walk down memory lane and talk about the grand experiences and memories we share.  On June 18th, we will be broadcasting a live panel with a chance for you all to be on the show in some way or form.  We will have Halo Community Celebrities like bs angel, Kete, CMNeir, JVB, Foo Mo Jive, Louis Wu, and many more.  Be sure to mark your calendars, cause this is going to be so huge, we may max out Skype’s capabilities.  Stay tuned for more news as it develops.

The time has come to make a grand announcement that is sure to have everyone jumping out of their Warthogs.  In respect of the upcoming 10th anniversary of the Halo Franchise, we thought it appropriate to have a somewhat special podcast to commemorate this event.  We have had quite a few guests on our show over the past few years, some very prominent in the Halo and gaming communities.  Needless to say, we have put together a grand panel of Halo enthusiasts to help us take a walk down memory lane and talk about the grand experiences and memories we share.  On June 18th, we will be broadcasting a live panel with a chance for you all to be on the show in some way or form.  We will have Halo Community Celebrities like bs angel, Kete, CMNeir, JVB, Foo Mo Jive, Louis Wu, and many more.  Be sure to mark your calendars, cause this is going to be so huge, we may max out Skype’s capabilities.  Stay tuned for more news as it develops.

Tuesday offerings on Bungie’s Comm Chatter: video 8 from the Forge Café Recap series – another night of community maps – and a commented video of gameplay on Synapse, a new community map you’ll run across in several playlists (the Arena, Double Team, and Team Slayer). Go watch!(Louis Wu 21:41:05 UTC)