AvatarAang pointed out that there’s a new interactive video experience from Machinima.com – they’d created one back in February, this one is less like a ‘choose your path’ and more like an actual shooter. Apparently, not everyone’s enthusiastic about this. (Louis Wu 05:29:29 UTC)

Halo0001 X let us know that he’s starting a ‘Bungie Favorites Archive‘ on YouTube – he’ll be downloading Bungie Favorites films, recording them, then uploading them to YouTube. He plans to upload a few sets a week until he’s got them all (he’s already got the current set plus 3 sets back) – and you can subscribe to his channel if you want them sent to you weekly. Sounds like a big job! (And… that’s it. Leaving for the airport in 10 mins, no more Halo news before tonight.)(Louis Wu 09:22:14 UTC)

MtM9157 sent us links to a couple of movies – they have nothing in common but their maker, but they’re both fun to watch. Gears of Halo Theft Auto 5 is just a ridiculous concept for a game (that would probably make a fortune if it actually existed), and Lost World is… just strange. It vacillates between great melding of live video and Halo footage and utterly bizarre dance sequences. And stuff. Both of these are older – but we haven’t highlighted them before, so maybe you haven’t seen them either. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 04:28:02 UTC)

Heh – for those who feel that Bungie’s limits on Rank (Grade 4? pfft) are too hobbling, HaloCharts has cranked up the options – to Grade 7. Or even higher! Swing by this page for details on these expanded ranks. Thanks, Pete Venkman.(Louis Wu 04:26:13 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update is full of Mythic goodness – wait, is that a surprise? It shouldn’t be – their public release is the news of the week. Good stuff in there; highlights of cool fan maps, answers to frequently-asked questions, reminders of cool freebies, and more. Go read! (If you’re not happy reading it on Bungie.net, read it in our Weekly Update Archive.)(Louis Wu 01:31:09 UTC)

Jake108 pointed out the next episode in Geekscape’s Teabag Prevention Presents series – it’s all about how to suck less at the Ghost. Go learn how to fight WITH them… and AGAINST them. Good tips in here!(Louis Wu 01:30:37 UTC)

So last night, Bungie and Joystiq met in an epic battle of wits. I say wits, because fighting skill had nothing to do with winning. Bungie, unhappy with the way that Joystiq seemed to be stacking the deck, decided to do a little stacking of their own. Forge, apparently, can be used for more than good. Go read about the shenanigans over at Bungie.net – and pray you never get on their bad side.(Louis Wu 23:26:05 UTC)

Joystiq’s got some charts compiled from data provided by GamerDNA showing how Halo 3 and Halo Wars players fit in to the overall Halo fan pool. I’m not sure I understand the graphs; for example, the first graph shows that 17% of all Halo franchise players played Halo Wars, and 82% of those (14/17) played both games… but the second graph says that about 95% of Halo Wars players also played Halo 3. Maybe you’ll have better luck understanding it than I do – they’re certainly pretty.(Louis Wu 20:23:03 UTC)

If you’re an Xbox LIVE member with a Silver (free) account, you might be interested to learn that this weekend is a Free Halo 3 weekend – all accounts, Gold AND Silver, can play online! This situation is active until Monday, April 13, at 12 pm ET – so get going and play some Halo 3 for nothin’! Thanks to KP, who is putting in an overtime request for the extra work he had to do to nail down this info. Update: Looks like Ranked playlists are not included. Social and Double XP (and customs) only! (Still a nice deal…)(Louis Wu 19:02:21 UTC)