Another busy week of community hosted gaming events, so without further ado:

First up, Ashish397 is going for the Vidmaster and Firefight achievements in Halo 3: ODST.
March 26th and 27th, all day on GMT.
Send a message over XBL to Gamertag: Orange397

Next is afuzzyninja is going to be playing Halo 3: ODST and Halo 3, going for the Vidmaster achievements and multiplayer ones in Halo 3.
From March 26th, 4pm EST and all day on March 27th.
Send a message over XBL to Gamertag: Afuzzyninja51

Next is a great one from The1337N00Bx, as he needs to rally 16 people up to get the Full Boat achievement in Homefront.
March 27th, 4pm EST.
Send a message over XBL to Gamertag: The1337N00Bx

Next, spiegbb32 is also going for Firefight achievements (and possibly vidmasters) in Halo 3: ODST as well as the Vidmaster achievement in Halo 3.
From March 26th, 2pm PDT.
Send a message here on AH or to Gamertag: Spieg89

Even more Halo action from Acewavelink, going for Candy from a Baby and other multiplayer achievements in Halo: Reach. All DLC’s will be required.
March 27th, 2pm PST.
Contact him via his Gamertag: Acewavelink

Last but not least, Jero31, is going for the DLC Zombie achievements in Call of Duty: Black Ops.
March 25th, at 5pm Central.
Send a message here on AH, or to Gamertag: Jero1331

If you want to host a future Weekend Hunt, post the details in this group thread to get some frontpage attention.

Another busy week of community hosted gaming events, so without further ado:

First up, Ashish397 is going for the Vidmaster and Firefight achievements in Halo 3: ODST.
March 26th and 27th, all day on GMT.
Send a message over XBL to Gamertag: Orange397

Next is afuzzyninja is going to be playing Halo 3: ODST and Halo 3, going for the Vidmaster achievements and multiplayer ones in Halo 3.
From March 26th, 4pm EST and all day on March 27th.
Send a message over XBL to Gamertag: Afuzzyninja51

Next is a great one from The1337N00Bx, as he needs to rally 16 people up to get the Full Boat achievement in Homefront.
March 27th, 4pm EST.
Send a message over XBL to Gamertag: The1337N00Bx

Next, spiegbb32 is also going for Firefight achievements (and possibly vidmasters) in Halo 3: ODST as well as the Vidmaster achievement in Halo 3.
From March 26th, 2pm PDT.
Send a message here on AH or to Gamertag: Spieg89

Even more Halo action from Acewavelink, going for Candy from a Baby and other multiplayer achievements in Halo: Reach. All DLC’s will be required.
March 27th, 2pm PST.
Contact him via his Gamertag: Acewavelink

Last but not least, Jero31, is going for the DLC Zombie achievements in Call of Duty: Black Ops.
March 25th, at 5pm Central.
Send a message here on AH, or to Gamertag: Jero1331

If you want to host a future Weekend Hunt, post the details in this group thread to get some frontpage attention.

Hey guys. I have a couple of videos for you here. The first is the Easy Come, Easy Go achievement in the new DaVinci Disappearance DLC for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood.

Up next is the second half of the hidden pineapples in Smuggler’s Den in Angry Birds: Rio. Enjoy!

A pox damn you, you muddy rascal, is that all the comfort you give me?

Goosechecka wanted to make sure you all knew about Grifball Hub’s latest awesome collaboration with Halo Waypoint. Definitely take time to check out The Grifball Highlight Frenzy. Some AWESOME ball-exploding, carrier-killing moments in there. Go watch!(GrimBrother One 19:47:22 UTC)

The second Halo Waypoint auction to raise money for Play Japan is online now; it’s called ‘The Ultimate Halo Reach Experience’, and I don’t think that name is too far off! You get a Limited Edition Reach Xbox 360 Slim, a Legendary statue, signed by Todd McFarlane and Bungie, Astro A40s, a second copy of Reach, a copy of Halo Wars, a copy of Halo 3, Xbox avatars, Reach DLC, and a LIVE membership. You’ve got 6 days – let’s hope you’ve got a big wallet! (Remember: 100% of the final sales price goes to the American Red Cross, for use in Japanese disaster relief.)(Louis Wu 18:56:58 UTC)

Over at Forward Unto Dawn, Postmortem has written up ‘Divinus Ruina‘, an overview of the San’Shyuum, known better to most Halo players as Prophets. If you haven’t kept up on all the ancillary fiction (or even if you have!), this does a nice job of summmarizing the history of the race. Thanks, Dani.(Louis Wu 15:19:07 UTC)

Richard Trammell sent a link from Techi – it’s a look at in-development military vision technologies that, when combined, end up producing a helmet that should look awfully familiar to Halo fans. Eeeeenteresting… (I wonder if they’ll have to unlock them via Waypoint? -Grim)(Louis Wu 14:43:34 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue drew our attention to the latest Reclaimer – Viper’s back, and Reclaimer might have some trouble on his hands.(Louis Wu 14:31:49 UTC)

The Examiner has an interview with Jared Pelletier, the director of the upcoming fan-created Halo film, Halo: Faith. Give it a read to see where they’re going! Thanks, ElzarTheBam. (Louis Wu 13:45:23 UTC)

CrazedOne1988 put together a video showcasing the entire Halo series, in honor of its upcoming 10th anniversary. It worked really well for me – go watch!(Louis Wu 13:43:31 UTC)

Mazz got a great shot of Noble Six from an angle we don’t normally see him (or her)… beautiful! (Louis Wu 13:43:15 UTC)

Hedge put together a nice little guide to creating panoramas, assuming you’ve got Photoshop CS2 or higher (or Elements). Handy! (Louis Wu 13:42:56 UTC)

Just two new pieces this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 13:41:42 UTC)

Ahoy folks. Geoff is in Orlando and I’m stuck here with Michael. He threatened to hurt me unless I put up this video for him. Don’t let him hurt me. Instead, watch this guide on how to pick up the “Uh Oh!” and “It ain’t like dusting crops boy” achievements in Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars. Enjoy!

You asked for it…so here it is. Rage Quit: QWOP!

kornman00 realizes that Bungie will eventually post the slides from their individual GDC 2011 talks online at Bungie.net – but if you, like korn, can’t wait for this to happen, swing by the GDC Vault. He pointed out a number of resources that are already available for download. All are in .pptx format.

• Xi Wang’s Automated Level of Detail Generation for HALO: REACH (164 mb)
• David Aldridge’s I Shot You First: Networking the Gameplay of HALO: REACH (518 mb)
• Chris Tchou’s HALO: REACH Effects Tech (434 mb)

Additionally, Jaime Griesemer gave his Design in Detail talk (the slides (84.5 mb) are different than the ones available on Bungie.net, and Jaime is no longer representing the views of Bungie). Joe Spataro and Tam Armstrong’s talk on The Animation of Halo: Reach is represented by the same powerpoint file as you can download from Bungie.net… and Marty O’Donnell’s talk entitled “From MYTH to HALO: Marty O’Donnell’s Adventures with Adaptive Audio, Creative Collaboration, and Geese” (audio-only) is available to GDC Vault members only. Go grab what interests you! (Louis Wu 22:58:07 UTC)