I enjoyed a pair of picture-filled retellings of epic battles this evening – I appreciated them both, though I must say the Avalanche piece was more satisfying. Hawaiian Pig told the story of a flag battle on Facing Worlds, and reminded us that for every winner, there’s a loser. And GhaleonEB created a chronicle of success and failure that has a distinct Watchmen-like feel to the images – the final one is particularly poignant. Go read ’em both.(Louis Wu 06:55:02 UTC)

Video Games Live will be playing an extra concert in Los Angeles during E3 this year… and special pre-sale tickets are available right now. (Use the word ‘HALO’ in the ‘Promotions and Special Offers’ box in order to activate the pre-sale.) Hear lots of great video game music (including a significant Halo segment) at the Greek Theater on June 4!(Louis Wu 06:52:37 UTC)

Doom3killer drew and handpainted a mural of Master Chief on his wall. Way to go!(Louis Wu 06:50:55 UTC)

A couple of days ago, we mentioned the Bungie writeup of a matchup between Bungie and Joystiq – it’s only fair to show you the Joystiq writeup of the same event. Condolences go out to Dustin “SuperDunner” Burg, who is apparently still without Recon.(Louis Wu 06:45:28 UTC)

Z sent us on a nostalgic journey – he pointed out a thread on Halo3Forum.com of videos he’s never hosted, and specifically a ‘behind the scenes’ vid made by OscarMayerNinja and SnapTactics back in 2005, just after the release of ‘Ninja Tactics’, a Halo 2 montage they’d made. It’s a fun film, showing their hijinx at Orlando’s City Walk one night, and it might just make you want to go back and play Halo 2 a bit. It’s called “OscarMayerNinja’s Behind the Montage”, and download and streaming links are near the top of the first post. Give it a shot.(Louis Wu 06:41:25 UTC)

This news made the rounds of the big gaming sites, but I saw it first at Joystiq. They’d run across a job posting at CareerBuilder.com that looked for people to “blend console, web, and mobile to create an immersive Halo world that follows the dedicated Halo fan wherever they go. We need engineers that can build connected technology while working in a startup environment.” Mobile?(Louis Wu 06:39:48 UTC)

I The Slushy I sent word that he’d created a new screenshot montage – nice effects, great shots. Swing by YouTube to watch it. (You should watch it in HQ – the standard version has different music.) It’s sort of a ‘love’ montage, in honor of Easter.(Louis Wu 06:38:01 UTC)

These… are weird. (The second one’s quite good – but weird.) Enjoy your Easter – see you Monday!(Louis Wu 05:41:31 UTC)

Z let us know that over at Halo3Forum.com, there’s a new dualtage from Fragtality and Sticktality, edited by Fragtality. It’s called (not surprisingly) ‘Dualtality’. The hi-def version is an enormous 600 mb… but quality’s great. Go watch!(Louis Wu 05:32:32 UTC)

CaLL Me ZeNy stopped in to announce a pair of interviews of interest to the Halo community, done by Halo3Infinity.net – they talked to both Dave ‘Evil Otto’ Candland, Bungie UI guru, and Eric Nylund, Halo novelist. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 05:31:43 UTC)

Urban Reflex pointed out an article at Blue Realm Studios with lots and lots and lots of details on how to create a Spartan helmet. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 05:30:16 UTC)