It’s Friday, so it’s time for another Aesthetic Artist Interview – this week jdars sits down with Dusty Boy T, and discusses the fine art of Campaign screens. There are 30 examples to mull over when you’re done reading!(Louis Wu 17:35:29 UTC)

New movies, courtesy of the Bungie Blog:

• CARmakazie put up another GooseTage – splatter central.
• Scarecrew has a montage that’s just bloopers. I think he’s been piggybacking on my Xbox LIVE matchmaking. (I gotta say, though, it’s pretty impressive to stick yourself without bouncing the grenade off something, or throwing it straight up…)
• ALPHA PHEONIX put together a fun-to-watch vid showing the building of a pyramid on Sandbox, block by block. MAN, I wish Forging happened this fast.

Is that popcorn I smell?(Louis Wu 17:29:26 UTC)

Z pointed out a new DualTage at Halo3Forum.com – gameplay by Kimo and Krunchy, editing by Domino. About 10 minutes long. Nice gameplay and editing (though I had to turn it down a bit…). Take a look!(Louis Wu 17:20:22 UTC)

Heh – VERY cool. a website called ‘I Make Projects’ contains information about a working, real-life Halo oddball skull, for use in Airsoft/laser tag games (or whatever). The skull contains electronics that read the RFID tag that each player wears – so you gain time by holding the skull close to your chest, with both thumbs in the eye sockets (so you can’t shoot). You have to hold it in a certain way – I’d assume there’s no easy way to trigger two separate tags at once. There are full details and a movie showing how it works, along with plans to make your own. Awesome! Thanks to Dan O’Neil for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 16:16:10 UTC)

During the MLG Tournament coverage from the Meadowlands early this month, the latest iteration of the MLG/ESPN Top 10 was previewed – but if you weren’t watching the streaming feed, you missed it. Not to worry – it’s entered the archive, and contains another 10 amazing clips collected from MLG gameplay. Check it out!(Louis Wu 16:15:38 UTC)

Jake108 let us know that Geekscape has posted their next Teabag Prevention article – this one covers the Mongoose. Read it and suck less!(Louis Wu 15:55:58 UTC)

Big comic roundup today, since Wednesday’s came so early:

• ODS Steve #22 – Home was posted then. It’s sad. Thanks, Hawty.
• Dennis Powers told us about Shipwrecked Episode 63 – Turmoil – movements in multiple storylines.
• The Catfish let Bungie.net know that 2501 Episode 41 is live – they’re searching for someone special.
• anthraxgoon stopped in with word of X36 Chapter 2 Issue 11.
• Bloogyo announced the end of Episode 9 with the release of Rat’s Nest Episode 9 6 – it’s full of trash.
• TTL Demag0gue let us know about Reclaimer 178 – Unrest and Apostate. We’re learning new names for stuff we already knew about.
• Elnea’s posted Halo Action Figure Theater 170 – Now It’s A Party. (And geez… it is.)

That should do it!(Louis Wu 15:51:24 UTC)

Nabsuh stopped in to announce the Blackstone [Log 2] Trailer – it’s pretty vague, but if you remember back to July of last year, when Blackstone [Log 1] was released, you might be happy to know they’re working on continuing it! (Louis Wu 15:50:13 UTC)

Psychophan7 put together some printouts for forging Sandbox; they’re ideal for plotting your ideas on paper before committing to work. Details (and preview images of what you’d be downloading) are in his first post – download links for high-res versions are in this post. (Use local mirrors to save Pfordee’s bandwidth.) Check these out if you’re a forger!(Louis Wu 15:38:04 UTC)

It’s Friday, so it’s time for Hawty McBloggy’s Friday Caption Fun, now up to Round 43. Entertaining captions for last week’s pic, coupled with a potential-rife new shot, make this a worthwhile stop this morning.(Louis Wu 15:24:55 UTC)

Last week was light – but there are ten new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week… from poetry to Halo/Terminator crossovers. Go read!(Louis Wu 15:23:29 UTC)

The latest Breaking In article at Bungie.net focuses on Matt Richenburg, an Associate Producer working on stuff they aren’t talking about yet. Matt gets in-depth and dirty in describing how he got where he is… swing by if you want to be there too! Maybe some of his luck will rub off.(Louis Wu 22:03:36 UTC)

AoD deadite stopped in with word of a new machinima – ‘Close Quarters Battle Armor‘. Nice cinematography, and nice effects… go watch!(Louis Wu 21:46:30 UTC)