Odd, but cool – there’s an article written by Jack Shulze, discussing his influences for the Here & There project, over at his firm’s website. The project presents urban spaces in a combination of third-person overhead and first-person plan views – and the end result, a horizonless projection, looks a lot like a ringworld. It was, indeed, partly inspired by Halo – and Halo shows up in other parts of the discussion. Interestng article! Thanks to GrimBrother One, who found it at Kotaku.(Louis Wu 13:44:59 UTC)

A goodly collection for you today:

• Dennis Powers told us about Shipwrecked Episode 66 – Paradise Lost. The S&R team is getting closer…
• urk posted word from The Catfish about two new episodes of 2501: 48 – Is Falling Apart was out Monday night, and 49 – Invaders was out yesterday.
• Bloogyo mentioned that not only is Rat’s Nest 12 3 online, but the website is cleared up, too.
• TTL Demag0gue told us that Reclaimer 182 – The Mother of Invention is now available. Looks like being super-advanced doesn’t always mean you’re right.
• Hawty McBloggy sent word that ODS Steve 24 – Better Than a Food Nipple – can be found on her site. Go easy on the tea…

That’s it for this morning! (Louis Wu 11:55:10 UTC)

Anthony Hanses was at Bungie Studios yesterday, applying for a job. He brought a cake. It nicely matches the Legendary Helmet, and word has it that it tasted really good, too. Thanks to BlueBlur for the heads-up, and Ken Taya and Andrew G Davis for the pics. (Louis Wu 11:10:45 UTC)

A couple of days ago, we mentioned some work the Custom Mapping Team had been doing to their SPV2 mod for Halo Custom Edition – AvatarAang stopped by again with word of two new animation vids, and I gotta say, they look fantastic! This is a project to keep an eye on!(Louis Wu 10:45:32 UTC)

Reluctant Chaos1212 ran across a really, really nice Halo Wars Spartan render, created by Alessandro Baldasseroni, a member of CGSociety.org. Check it out!(Louis Wu 10:31:00 UTC)

Arithmomaniac has updated some Halo playing cards he created – check the post for a preview and download links! (He’s looking for better images – can you help?)(Louis Wu 10:30:38 UTC)

Stuff from the Bungie Blog this afternoon:

• a new Sandbox Sky Bubble-based racetrack – Typhoon’
• A Forging contest from Mjolnir Battle Tactics
• A screenshot montage from TheMoleN1 and the crew of Aberrant Designs

Explore!(Louis Wu 23:52:28 UTC)