RandomSauce has written up the latest Director Dialogue – in this one, he sits down with TM22. Go read what drives this montage creator!(Louis Wu 14:29:06 UTC)

Pwn or Die has a short clip from Aisha Tyler’s Comedy Central special in which she explains how having a baby might interfere with her Halo playing. Funny stuff!(Louis Wu 14:25:32 UTC)

Longtime forum regular Pynion has been working for Blur for a little while, and was involved in creating assets for Halo Wars. He sent along his Covenant Spirit dropship – front (1620×920, 204k) and back (1615×915, 201k) – very slick! (Pynion points out that the Banshees, the Ghosts, or Forge – just the dropship.) Check out his portfolio at DeviantART for more goodies. (Louis Wu 14:17:54 UTC)

Pete Cooper stopped in with new progress shots of the Warthog they’re building for Operation Chastity. Looking great!(Louis Wu 13:59:13 UTC)

InnerRayg noticed a scan of a page of GamePro’s table of contents from the June 2009 issue over at the Spawn.com forums – it shows off a shot from Halo 3: ODST with what looks like a new pistol. You can visit the original post for the full image – or (to save yourself a 2 mb download) check out a cropped version of just the ODST and his pistol. Our forum is buzzing with speculation…(Louis Wu 13:56:56 UTC)

FPSBuddy has posted a series of images showing some common Halo 3 multiplayer map callouts; if you’ve found yourself wondering how to tell your teammates where that guy who just killed you might be (or you’re having trouble figuring out THEIR callouts), you might want to check these. They’re limited – but it’s a a start.(Louis Wu 13:36:44 UTC)

Kral let us know about a new Dualtage he’s edited – gameplay is from DarkAng3lz and Hell Bound411, action is primarily sticks and snipes. And more snipes. With some beatdowns – and more snipes. About five and a half minutes, available in HD on YouTube. (Louis Wu 13:33:46 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a pretty funky-looking piece of Halo fan love – it’s a wreath, made up of lots and lots of Halo collectible bits. I will say one thing for it; it’s very unusual! (Louis Wu 13:28:59 UTC)

BigVariable sent word of a very cool little Pelican (and Warthog) over at The Brothers Brick – work done by Alex Schranz. Check it out! (Louis Wu 12:54:15 UTC)

Wired.com has an article that bids good riddance to Duke Nukem Forever (the eternally-in-development game that finally got cancelled last week) – it discusses how our tastes (as a society) have changed since this game began its life. Halo is held up as an example of a blending of action and drama, as opposed to pure shoot-em-up fun. Interesting – are we really more sophisticated than we were 15 years ago… or are we just good at faking it?(Louis Wu 12:50:20 UTC)

urk posted word of a charity Halo 3 tournament in Dillsburg, PA (it’s a suburb of Harrisburg, in Central PA) – it’s happening on May 23, costs $10 to get in, has prizes available courtesy of Gamestop, and benefits the Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank. You can preregister for the event at this page.(Louis Wu 12:45:54 UTC)