BlueNinja used Bungie’s pan-cam (and a bit of ingenuity) to break out of the play area in Exodus, and get some pretty cool pics – go read about it!(Louis Wu 19:37:30 UTC)

Cody Miller dropped by to remind folks that Awesome Games Done Quick is just 3 days away – he’ll be speedrunning Halo on the 6th at 8:10pm Eastern. As an added incentive to donate, folks who drop $5 or more into the pot are entered into a drawing to win a framed high quality print of Jay Faircloth’s awesome Halo artwork. (There’s no ‘Donate’ link on the Marathon page, but there IS one on the Speed Demos Archive homepage.) A fun activity, a great cause, and the chance to win cool artwork – what more could you want?(Louis Wu 18:50:07 UTC)

urk’s back from a well-earned holiday break, and Bungie’s Comm Chatter is full of news. Here’s some stuff that didn’t make it into our feed in the last couple of weeks:

• a rascal cat put up Week 8 of his Map Spotlight series – this one focuses on Joeski’s Exalted. Go read about it, then download!
• There’s a new Android app to track your Reach stats – go look at pics, and then grab a copy if you’ve got the phone!
• Two crazy people built a grunt with an exploding head – then shot it.

Fun all around!(Louis Wu 17:52:55 UTC)

SPU7N1K ran across a video of some folks in armor screwing around in a parking garage… and surprising some unsuspecting drivers!(Louis Wu 17:33:48 UTC)

Vlad356 (now posting on our forum as Computron) stopped in with a couple of new Forge effects – a Hall of Mirrors, and a Furnace. If you’d rather read about thse elsewhere, he’s posted the same info at Bungie.net and at Forge Hub. Fun! (Louis Wu 17:33:05 UTC)

Goosechecka wrote to let us know that GrifballHub is hosting 4 GRUNTs (Grifball in Reach Neighborhood Tournaments – cute, except missing a ‘U’) starting this upcoming Wednesday, January 5. These will help you prepare for the next Grifball Gaming League season, and everything you need to know is listed in an informative article on GrifballHub. Go read it!(Louis Wu 17:31:23 UTC)

Well, this takes the cake.

Inside the eye of the storm.

Can I keep you tonight?

The Long Night just got shorter.

Suck it!

Let’s learn how to show players the future.

We have comic, people.

Morpheus stopped in with word of a Halo 3 communitage that’s been years in the making – production values on the trailer are quite high, but as he mentions in his forum post, if you’re not a screamo fan, you’re gonna hate the music. (Louis Wu 19:41:20 UTC)

Morpheus stopped in with word of a Halo 3 communitage that’s been years in the making – production values on the trailer are quite high, but as he mentions in his forum post, if you’re not a screamo fan, you’re gonna hate the music. (Louis Wu 19:41:20 UTC)

Just yesterday, we pointed out a trailer for Siliconmaster482’s Precipice, his Halo CE map with custom lightmaps. Surprise – it’s already ready for download! You can find links in his forum post.(Louis Wu 14:38:45 UTC)

b0anerges is back with ANOTHER cool minigame – this time, you can play Skeeball in Reach! The scoring mechanism is really cool. Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:37:47 UTC)