DeepCee let us know that ODS Steve #86 is live – Steve continues to have tricks up his sleeve.(Louis Wu 14:48:03 UTC)

Frank O’Connor sat down with Gamasutra to talk about the future of the Halo franchise – it’s an interesting read, and while Frank doesn’t seem to be able to nail down WHY Halo managed to become the transmedia megalith it is (exactly), he does a good job of describing the pieces that made it all happen. Thanks, ChrisTheeCrappy.(Louis Wu 14:45:01 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY let us know that The Fails of Reach Episode 8 is now online – several minutes of what NOT to do in mulltiplayer (and Campaign, too!). Fun stuff. (That racing guy at the end should really consider his timing…)(Louis Wu 14:22:54 UTC)

This week’s big challenge is a LASO run through New Alexandria. (Amazing timing there, Tyrant.) If Quad Mythic is a bit too overblown for you to follow, RC Master has a sub-13-minute run that might help. (The absurd Banshee-through-the-hospital shortcut was highlighted on Tyrant’s Mythic Tips and Tricks Vol 1 vid, last week.) I gotta say… these people are ridiculous. (But I’m really, really glad they do what they do.) (Louis Wu 12:03:48 UTC)

Eep – almost forgot a custom-painted McFarlane figure that Sl’askia put together – really pretty! Check it.(Louis Wu 12:03:21 UTC)

Interesting – local artist TDSpiral created a pretty killer image called ‘Faith’… but we needed onebitrocket to find it on DeviantART before we could enjoy it! (Yes, it’s fan-art for the upcoming fan-movie. So that would make fans of the piece… whoa. A bit too meta for me.) (Louis Wu 12:01:35 UTC)

If you have inordinate amounts of time to spend, and you’d like to try out some (really) classic gametypes… check out Classic Customs Night. Tex wrote up the sixth iteration of these happenings, complete with screenshots and videos that make her look good. Go read! (Louis Wu 12:01:11 UTC)

General Vagueness got some really bizarre screenshots from Tempest, Highlands, and Forgeworld – go look! (Louis Wu 12:00:46 UTC)

SonGoharotto continues his rewrite of the original Halo script – he released The Silent Cartographer last night. Seems like we’re pulling away from the original… (Louis Wu 11:57:42 UTC)

padraig stopped in yesterday to point out a tweet from thevowel, who was present at RvB Canwest. Looks like we know the next short story from Evolutions to be released in graphic animated form! Update: in case anyone was unsure whether this was official or not, Waypoint’s Alison Stoll confirmed it.(Louis Wu 11:54:03 UTC)

The Tyrant had a bit of trouble getting his normal Quad Mythic team together, but he did pull Matclan, Michael Archer, and Leumas Loch from the Mythic community to run New Alexandria in Legendary, with All Skulls On… and the resulting run gets The Tyrant one level closer to be the first person in the world to conquer a Halo game on Quad Mythic! They’re planning to do a cleaner run later this week – but if you want to see their first (successful) attempt, it’s available for download from Bungie.net.(Louis Wu 21:57:13 UTC)

Wow. I love my kids – but I don’t share any ink with them. This is not true of Gnuet and MikeyDog62 – this father/son team has matching NOBLE tats. That’s Halo (and family) love!(Louis Wu 21:53:27 UTC)

RVideo sent word of 48 Hours, a minitage from Toastyame that includes footage from a single 48 stretch. (That timeframe covers both the gameplay AND the editing.) It’s just two and a half minutes long – but it contains some pretty impressive gameplay and nice editing – go watch!(Louis Wu 21:48:25 UTC)

Community
–PSN and XBL Security Issues
–Achievement HORSE #21
–Fails of the Weak! Volume 32
–Weekend Hunt

AH Videos
–Schrodinger’s Catch, Ship Overboard, Overclocker, Preservation of Mass, Smash TV, Portrait of a Lady, and No Hard Feelings video guides in Portal 2
–Good Listener, You Made Your Point, and Pit Boss video guide in Portal 2
-A presence I’ve not felt since part 2 in LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
-Babalities part 1, part 2, and part 3 in Mortal Kombat
-Stage Fatalities part 1, part 2, and part 3 in Mortal Kombat
–X-Ray Attacks part 1 in Mortal Kombat
–Top 10 Xbox 360 Easter Eggs
–Singing Turrets Eater Egg in Portal 2
–Rage Quit: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Community Videos
–Portal Conservation Society and Party of Three video guides in Portal 2 from BioHRay and Nand
–Smash TV video guide in Portal 2 from BioHRay and FlapNasty3
–Empty Gesture video guide in Portal 2 from shovelmage
–Ship Overboard video guide in Portal 2 from Ollie123456
–Getting Wood and Benchmarking video guide in Minecraft from L0rdVex
–Going For Gold video guide in Portal: Still Alive from shovelmage
–Tin Boy and Iron Boy video guide in Super Meat Boy from Soothersayer57 and BioHRay
–Fatal and Tragic video guide in Homefront from MrCheevo
–Preservation of Mass, Overclocker, Good Listener, No Hard Feelings, Scanned Alone, Shrodinger’s Catch, Made Your Point and Pit Boss video guide in Portal 2 from CreepyDoll
–Speedy Warrior video guide in Dynasty Warriors 7 from HGN_Kevin
–Pistol Whipped video guide in Homefront from Xngine
–Pit Master video guide in Mortak Komabt from Nand
–What Cat? video guide in Half-Life 2 from DexterGrif19

Xbox 360 Achievements
-Added achievements for LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean
-Added achievements for Brink
-Added achievements for History Channel: Great Battles Medieval
-Added achievements forDungeon Siege III
-Added achievements for MX vs. ATV Alive
-Added achievements for Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters
-Added achievements for The Adventures of Shuggy
-Added achievements for Captain America: Super Soldier
-Added DLC achievements for Fantastic Pets
-Added secret achievements for Operation Flashpoint: Red River
-Added secret achievements for Thor: God of Thunder
-Added secret achievements for L.A. Noire
-Added secret achievements for Hunted: The Demon’s Forge
-Added secret achievements for Red Faction: Armageddon
-Added secret achievements for The First Templar
-Added secret achievements for Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon

Windows Phone 7 Achievements
-Added achievements for Pitfall!
-Added achievements for Hydro Thunder Go
-Added achievements for geoDefense

Games for Windows LIVE Achievements
-Added achievements for Section 8: Prejudice

PlayStation 3 Trophies
-Added trophies for SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs

Steam Achievements
-Added achievements for Universe Sandbox

Web Game Achievements
-Added update achievements for Adventures in Ponyville

Attention, entire world. Why aren’t you in Vancouver right now? Kathleen (aka Tex), Nico (from Trocadero) and Luke (the artist of m*therf*ck*in’ RT Comics) are there. Go say “hi”.

katancik won a package of goodies from Bungie for his very early All-Star win – t-shirts, an action figure, and (best of all) birthday cards… with his own winning design. Awesome!(Louis Wu 23:13:17 UTC)

Stephen Loftus sent us another 20 signs for his “Signs of Halo” collection – they’re spread out amongst almost all groups. This brings the total for the collection to 200 – not too shabby!(Louis Wu 22:42:41 UTC)

Neeew Video! Earlier this week we had the pleasure of working with Jon Graham. Jon as many of you know is the creator of Arby ‘n’ the Chief. This mashup didn’t really start off all that great. We had never seen Jon before and we weren’t expecting him for a few days so there was… some confusion. We got it all sorted out later. Luckily, Sal Black, a documentary filmmaker from Austin, was at the office with his crew shooting a little featurette on Rooster Teeth life for a local film fest. He let us borrow the footage so we could share our embarrassment with you.