Ray Reece pointed out a recent episode of the webcomic The Underfold – looks like the artist would have been happy with a slightly more upbeat ending to Halo: Reach…(Louis Wu 16:28:05 UTC)

Pretty intriguing find by Willeth over at NeoGAF – Bungie invited Penny Arcade back for a ping pong rematch… and Jonty Barnes wore a shirt with a pretty intriguing logo on it. Does this tell you anything about Bungie’s newest project?(Louis Wu 15:42:34 UTC)

Sl’askia pointed out that Achievement HORSE #23 is now live. I think both Jack and Geoff are getting a bit tired of these… I’m not sure how long the series will continue. Some of these maps, however, look pretty cool!(Louis Wu 15:16:58 UTC)

Jordan117 noticed a pretty interesting page over at the website of graphic designer Sean Haas – it’s a look at the signs found in Reach, with commentary on their design. (He looks at many, many fewer signs than Stephen Loftus has – but he includes discussion and connections, which is intriguing.)(Louis Wu 15:14:29 UTC)

Goose Checka let us know that signups for GrifballHub’s Good Games League are now open – swing by their site for full details. There’s even a highlight reel!(Louis Wu 15:10:39 UTC)

Last month, I mentioned that Jason Evans had completed some Master Chief sculpts in cold-cast bronze, and sometime earlier, I mentioned that he was interested in selling them to help him pay for the mold. They really seemed pretty cool to me – so I bought a pair. One is for me – it goes on one of my Halo shelves. The other will be given away in an upcoming HBO contest/giveaway. (I have no idea when; I’d first have to come up with a plan for the contest itself.) I took a few shots of this bad boy out in front of our newly-sprouted flowers – because what’s more warriorlike than a flowered background? If you can’t wait until we actually give the second one away, swing by Jason’s gallery here at HBO – there’s an email link that will let you get ahold of him directly, and you can buy one right now.
(Louis Wu 18:31:57 UTC)

Arithmomaniac continues to make our forum more useful – his latest script for your viewing pleasure adds a local timezone to forum posts. No more need to do the math yourself! (He’s also upgraded the more general HBO Forum Enhancer script – it now sports a fancy options box.)(Louis Wu 17:46:12 UTC)

There’s a new Top 10 Halo Reach Kills vid over at IGN – fun tosee that sometimes the weekly Blame Stosh comes from Top 10 vids, and other times clips for the Top 10 vids come from Blame Stosh. Totally loved the Pro-Pipe bomb carrier kill, and the unlucky Rocket ricochet. Go watch! Thanks, ChrisTheeCrappy.(Louis Wu 17:41:21 UTC)

Bart Wagner pointed out that the Halo: Faith Facebook page is giving away 200 tickets to the theatrical premiere of the movie (“Locations to be determined”) – if you want in on this, swing by and check out the post!(Louis Wu 16:32:14 UTC)

SEspider found some nice Halo artwork from DeviantART’s Spank-Me-Elmo – an additional look through her gallery shows off an Arbiter pic, a Spec-Ops Elite, and an Avatar-inspired aviation concept she calls the ‘HawkMoth‘. Go look!(Louis Wu 14:01:26 UTC)

Norm Scott from 1UP wanted to share the latest addition to his growing series of “point & click” conversions of popular games. If it’s on this site, you can probably guess what game he’s given the treatment to this time. Very funny, go and check it out!(GrimBrother One 13:01:54 UTC)

Machinima has a pair of Forge-highlight videos today:

• Episode two of “Halo: Reach Top Ten Maps of the Week” spotlights an impressive airplane forge, an air hockey rink and a bridge that reminds me of the Assault on the Control Room.
• The new “Halo Reach Forges” focuses on The Destructaur, an Infection map made by Buddah Crane & Mander A1.

Go watch! (Hitmonchan 19:18:32 UTC)

Little by little, infomation surrounding Bungie Aerospace is bubbling to the surface. GameSpot reports that newly incorporated Bungie Aerospace has trademarked “Crimson.” The trademark filing lists it as “computer game software downloadable from a global computer network.” Sounds like Joseph Staten’s comment about “a world that was always there for you” is becoming clearer. Thanks to NeoGAF’s HiredN00bs for the tip.(Hitmonchan 18:55:10 UTC)

munky-058 let us know about a new piece of concept art from the Halo: Faith crew, this time a Jackal. Check it out and see what you think!(GrimBrother One 12:38:47 UTC)

CNN has a meaty piece on Halo after Bungie – and Bungie after Halo. Even comes with a short video interview with Frank O’Connor. Go read!(Louis Wu 11:39:03 UTC)

For the next three days, Weta’s Master Chief and Flood sculpture is only $99 (in US dollars) – this is significantly off the normal price of $297. (We last mentioned this sculpture in September 2008, when it was still in the preorder phase.) The silver-plated version brought over $1,800 at auction… this might be your last chance at one of these! (Headline shamelessly stolen from Grim’s now nonexistent double post, because it’s pretty tasty.) (Louis Wu 11:17:12 UTC)

Ritchie Martin let us know that Team Four Star, the guys behind the Dragon Ball Z Abridged videos, has started playing Halo: Reach with their ‘Let’s Play’ series. You can see a trailer here – or jump right in with the existing videos on their Let’s Play page. Oddness…(Louis Wu 11:16:37 UTC)