Another Comm Chatter tip-off – last month, a Halo 1 LAN was organized by the OGREs, and the five best games are now online at MLGPro.com. Just… wow.(Louis Wu 18:24:19 UTC)

GodlyPerfection continues his Forge Lessons; he released Lesson 43, “Lasting Impression”, yesterday. (We heard about it from urk.) Read it, and make your maps more memorable!(Louis Wu 18:22:56 UTC)

It’s Monday, it’s afternoon, it’s time to party.

PARTY ON GEOFF!

PARTY ON JACK!

**Guitar noises**

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Five from one thousand.

Now with 50% more Top Gun!

The importance of how veterans play your map.

Last week, Stosh tweeted that someone should use the Reach stats API to create a ‘Hot or Not’ type Spartan Rating app – and Mad Cow took him up on it. Behold… Rate My Spartan! (Louis Wu 13:13:12 UTC)

RVideo stopped in with word of a new release from the Jump Tactics crew – at first, I felt that a jump video on a custom-made map, using unlimited ammo and invulnerability, would be dull to watch… but I quickly realized I was wrong. Maluu has a grace with the Concussion Rifle that’s simply a pleasure to behold. Cody Miller mentioned a flashback to the Deprivation Chamber in the first Marathon game – I have to say, it’s what came to my mind, too. Definitely worth a watch!(Louis Wu 13:09:43 UTC)

Podtacular’s Dust Storm has just finished up a 50-part Chronological Campaign Run-through of Halo – starts on Reach, runs through Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3: ODST, and then Halo 3. A labor of love! (Louis Wu 13:02:15 UTC)

masugn is doing a fine job keeping track of new concept art being posted by Isaac Hannaford at both his personal blog (trooper development) and his CG Hub gallery (Noble Team armor and Sabre variations, most recently). Check this stuff out – it’s glorious!(Louis Wu 11:58:28 UTC)

An old friend returns with a Halo/Inception mashup – nicely done! (Louis Wu 11:56:28 UTC)

paulmarv recently posted a treatise at Bungie.net, defending the decisions made by Bungie and 343 Industries with respect to the concept of ‘canon’ in the Halo extended universe. When I first ran across this (on our forum), I wasn’t sure if this was serious or a joke – but paulmarv has since contacted me about it, and it’s clearly serious. You can read a standalone HTML version here, or download a PDF version here. At the very least, it’s an impressive display of fan love! (Louis Wu 11:54:36 UTC)

So a couple of years ago, we posted a note about Jason Evans, and his Master Chief sculpture – the gallery in that link is (unfortunately) offline now, but we’ve got copies of the pics. And last week, we heard from him again – he’s got a new sculpt, one that’s quite a bit better, overall, and he wants to cast it in Bronze, or maybe white epoxy. He’d also like to sell a few, to pay for the mold… so check out the pictures, and if you’re interested, contact him!(Louis Wu 23:07:52 UTC)

Hey guys, let’s start off our Monday with a quick look at the hidden items in chapters 5 and 6 of Dead Space 2. Yeah, that sounds good, doesn’t it!

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Teo was looking for an old tricking video, and stumbled across a little diversion called ‘Punt the Grunt‘ – use a Master Chief-operated Shade to shoot a poor little grunt as far as you can. PC-only. It’s just a 4mb download – if you’ve got a couple of minutes, give it a shot!(Louis Wu 19:02:17 UTC)

A few new movies for you, courtesy of Bungie’s Comm Chatter:

• Bungie All Stars Submissions Week 3 shows off lots of fan-created takes on the “Helmetless Master Chief” theme. Some are pretty good. Some… not so much.
• I’ts been a little while since we saw a Rube Goldberg Forge creation… this one’s Star-themed.
• Dutchy’s latest montage is Blue Skies, a mix of Reach and Halo 3 footage. Very short clips.

Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:56:18 UTC)

Yeah, it’s explicit.

Do your homework!