More awesome ODST stuff, courtesy of urk’s Bungie Blog Babblings (they’re much better than that sounds, but I needed a ‘B’ word):

• IGN has posted a 30-minute special on ODST – they interviewed Joe Staten and got facts and gameplay footage, and it’s available to the public. (Insiders get the HD version.)
• Brian Jarrard talked to G4TV in a five-minute segment with gameplay (Curtis Creamer does the playing) with more tidbits and goodies.

There’s gonna be more all day – but I have no clue how much access we’ll have. Keep an eye on Bungie.net for the best bits!(Louis Wu 16:41:53 UTC)

The More Deluded noticed three new gameplay vids at GameTrailers – two campaign walkthroughs, and a walkthrough of ODST’s new Firefight Co-op mode. You can get a great sense for how it works (and what the folks playing it at E3 this week are seeing). Swing by and watch! (Don’t feel too bad about missing the Campaign stuff – that is NOT being shown on the floor, you have to be a bigwig to get that.)(Louis Wu 16:31:59 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a pretty novel way to listen to your favorite tunes. Go look!(mnemesis 16:30:30 UTC)

A quick summary of comics since Monday, before running back out to E3:

• The Catfish posted 2501 Episode 59 (on Monday) and Episode 60 (yesterday) – thanks, urk
• Elnea put up Halo Action Figure Theater 182 (Puppet Masters) – and a new side of Cortana is revealed. (You can reveal MORE of her?)
• Adam Susskind let us know that Chaos Theory Episode 23 (Destructive Interference) is online – the series is winding down, only two episodes left!
• Bloogyo told us about Rat’s Nest Episode 16 6 – new questions asked
• ODS Steve #27 (Gnat a Problem) is live now over at Hawty McBloggy’s – I think the guys might be in trouble.

No Reclaimer yet… but we have to get out of here.(Louis Wu 16:25:10 UTC)

2good4u2 dropped by the forum with a batch of new panoramas for your viewing pleasure. Sweet!(mnemesis 16:23:46 UTC)

Leviathan adds another episode to his graphic novelette, “A Sangheili’s War Is Never Over” on the forum. Nice. Check it out!(mnemesis 16:16:21 UTC)

There’s a MONSTER FLOOD of content at Bungie.net – let’s see if I can delineate it all before the HBO day ends:

• Black Water Ops released a 40-second machinima short showing Spartan cruelty to… pets
• Halo 3 Mythbusters is giving away 1600 points to the person who can get the highest Campaign score on Floodgate (read the full post for details)
• Bungie has posted another podcast – an hour of riffin’ and joshin’ and discussin’ ODST, you should listen
• Ascendant Justice has pulled together an obscene amount of information on ODST, and reviewed it in the context of the new info released yesterday – those guys aren’t human.
• Meet the Squad is a Bungie.net article detailing the Rookie and his squadmates – know who you’re playing with before you drop!
• Brian Jarrard talked on camera to Gametrailers about Halo 3: ODST – tasty!

If you missed any of this over the course of the day (sorry, I was walking the floor of E3, and the number of unlocked wireless networks available inside South Hall is… less than one) – go check it out now!(Louis Wu 23:33:21 UTC)