It’s Wednesday, so it’s time to update the Bungie Favorites – the second batch of Black Water Ops files have gone up, along with an interview with the group’s Commander-in-Chief, Ironskull. Go read, and look!(Louis Wu 21:00:35 UTC)

Eve-Films’ Nexus is Mental sent us word of Noobus Maximus 2, a ‘recent funtage with clips from FPS Glimmer & friends’. You can watch it on YouTube (in HD), or download it from the Eve-Films.com forum. There’s something awfully familiar about this – I feel like I’ve seen these clips before. (I can’t find any record of having posted about it, though.) Nice quality, fun clips. Check it out!(Louis Wu 15:28:27 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found the recent 1 billionth Halo 3 game stat to be interesting – because it means that 20% more Halo 3 games have been played than Halo 2 games, in half the time. And when she looks at her own stats (8500 Halo 2 games, 3500 Halo 3 games), she realizes that she’s not the norm… are you? Swing by and add your voice!(Louis Wu 13:51:47 UTC)

Comic Roundup for the morning:

• Adam Susskind stopped in yesterday afternoon with word of Chaos Theory 14 – Truths from a Saint. His description sounds complicated!
• Hawty McBloggy reminded us that it’s Wednesday, so it’s time for another episode of ODS Steve – Episode 16 is called ‘A Shade of Earl Grey’, and it provides one possible explanation for how Gears of War came into existence.
• TTL Demag0gue had word of not only Reclaimer 161 (with the naming of another member of the Cavalcade), but also a contest – come up with a new set for Reclaimer, using Sandbox, and you can win a bunch of goodies! Read the contest page for full details – both of the rules and the prizes.

Need some coffee for those funnies?(Louis Wu 13:51:03 UTC)

GamePro’s giving away a bunch of Halo Wars action figures – you just have to tell them what your favorite weapon is. Swing by for full details.(Louis Wu 13:50:36 UTC)

jdars1804 let us know that his Halo 3 Images blog has a Panoramas section with some pretty nice shots in it – go browsing!(Louis Wu 13:50:18 UTC)

Slim30 stopped by to point out that Lost Levels Episode 5 is up on YouTube. According to the description in Episode 1, “John, Anthony, and Danny have become trapped in the game known as halo 3. Watch their adventures as they try to find a way out while evading a mysterious organization who has taken an interest in the trio.” (Louis Wu 13:49:53 UTC)

I read this story in USA Today this morning, and came away with one thing – the Halo Wars giveaway (mentioned in the Halo Wars news roundup a few hours ago). Ars Technica read it, and did a better job – they noticed the quote from Frank O’Connor:

“I doubt we have seen the last of Master Chief.”

It’s been clear for a while that there’s more Halo coming from Microsoft down the road… it’s just a little bit of a surprise that the Master Chief will be there, too.(Louis Wu 19:28:42 UTC)