Sweet mother of pearl: M2KLink posted a YouTube video showcasing a “Twilight Princess” map and mod for Halo: CE. The Banshee is a little out of place, but other than that, this is incredible. Zelda customs, anyone?(Hitmonchan 19:30:22 UTC)

Episode 21 of Anoj’s “Halo Reach: Top 10” series has some ridiculous armor ability moments. Go watch!(Hitmonchan 19:22:19 UTC)

If you want some samples of the artwork inside ‘The Art of Building Worlds’ (the upcoming Halo art collection), swing by Kotaku – they got a few shots. Nice! Thanks, Steven Carson.(Louis Wu 19:15:25 UTC)

Just warming up.

Tips and tricks from some of the community’s finest Mythic Conquerors.

Mythical teamwork at its finest!

The e is fancy!

For everyone that follows the show, you know that we use Skype to talk to each other and record the show. An interesting bit of news came out today that Microsoft has entered into an agreement with Skype to acquire Skype for $8.5 billion (USD). Skype is one of the leading Internet communication services providing free and premium accounts to home and business users. As with all acquisitions, things are bound to change somehow. Question is, will we still get the same great service as we do with Skype right now, and what kind of integration they plan to do with their other services, like Outlook and Messenger.

Microsoft Press Release: http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2011/may11/05-10CorpNewsPR.mspx

Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris sent word of Tyrant’s Mythic Tips & Tricks – Volume II – five tricks that can make speedruns or LASO runs far more feasible for mere mortals like you and me. Winter Contingency, Exodus, ONI Sword Base, and the Package just got a bit easier! And while we’re on the subject of Mythic news, check out Quad Nightfall, a run Tyrant did with Michael Archer, Leumas Loch, and X Factor 51. It’s not the first Quad Mythic run of this level (MATCLAN and friends completed it last week), but all players stay together – great teamwork! Worth a watch – it’s only 5 minutes long.(Louis Wu 14:30:52 UTC)

Hitmonchan collected a bunch of new links about the Halo: Faith project – but he didn’t get around to posting them to our front page. I guess I’m gonna scoop him with his own work. Check out some concept art of Hunters in action (we pointed out the model a few days ago), an interview with one of the Faith actors, and a call for Visual Effects Artists – they’re churning along! Go explore.(Louis Wu 14:01:00 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY sent word of The Grif Cannon, a weapon envisioned by RvB’s Sarge that could use Spartans as… well, bullets. Still needs work.(Louis Wu 14:00:30 UTC)

Quirel was the first to tell us about new updates at Isaac Hannaford’s blog – check out some early Spartan concepts, and a tie-in with a current DARPA starship challenge!(Louis Wu 13:59:35 UTC)

Today, I received a pretty cool sculpture in the mail – fansites can leave such a strong imprint on their creators that they want to honor the memory with a gorgeous piece of custom art. High Impact Halo will not be forgotten, for at least as long as my Halo shelf is visible…(Louis Wu 21:19:11 UTC)

Last month, we mentioned ‘The Art of Building Worlds’, a new Halo art book. Today, Halo Waypoint has more information about the book – looking forward to this! Thanks, CaptainTony.(Louis Wu 21:12:45 UTC)

Marissa’s Dad, of Marissa’s Bunny fame (have you visited recently?), recently had Halcylon (once of the Hawty McBloggy forums, now working for Bungie) on the 20 Sides of Nerd podcast – interesting discussion! Go listen. (If you want to hear the rest of the podcasts in the series, you can find the full list on iTunes.)(Louis Wu 20:55:21 UTC)

It’s kind of a slow news day, so I leave it to Bungie to pick up the slack:

• Halo biggest fan painted a portrait of B.net’s omnipotent overlord, the Bungie Webmaster.
• Forge Spotlight is back with a bonus round episode. This one features the maps briefly seen in the opening title sequence.
• x 7revorBlack x travels further down the rabbit hole with his third Reach Portal video.

If you guys have anything you’d like to share with me (montages, photos, personal secrets), drop me a line on my Twitter. It’s cold, lonely and needs attention.(Hitmonchan 17:02:32 UTC)

I was taking a pee-break!