Hawty McBloggy was the first to let us know about ODS Steve #13 – I gotta say, I have no idea what’s going on.(Louis Wu 13:33:49 UTC)

FyreWulff and Beserker Barage will be hosting a podcast soon… and they’re looking for a guest that has submitted a map to ATLAS (Bungie’s community mapmaking group) who wants to discuss their work. Read his forum post for details on how to get involved!(Louis Wu 13:33:02 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has kicked off a community eValentine project – create a cool Halo-themed eCard you can give to a loved one, send it along to Hawty, and she’ll publish it on Friday. (Well, she’ll publish ‘worthy submissions’ – so try to avoid sending in naked pictures of yourself.)(Louis Wu 13:31:06 UTC)

Last night, Bungie put up a question and answer session with Tyson ‘Ferrex’ Green and John ‘JonnyOThan’ Cable, about the limits in Sandbox… or more accurately, the limits in Forge. Worth a read, if you’re considering building maps! It also contains every Forge object that will be available in Sandbox – and the list includes the makings of a golf course. Thanks, 2900d4u. (Louis Wu 13:27:15 UTC)

Anton P. Nym noticed that Halo Wars got a review at CTV.ca – it’s pretty positive. Take a look. (Louis Wu 13:22:15 UTC)

Spawn.com likes to make mini-sites for their collections of action figures; they’ve already done one for the Halo 3 Series 1 and Halo 3 Series 2 (never frontpaged here) figures. There’s a new one up – for their Halo Wars figures. Slick way to see what’s available! Check it out.(Louis Wu 13:19:38 UTC)

kabu let us know that the HBO Fan Fic Pick of the Week for the submissions on February 6 went up a couple of days ago – read the details from baneofdeath.(Louis Wu 21:08:53 UTC)

Adam Susskind told us that Chaos Theory Episode 11 is now up – go read!(Louis Wu 21:06:46 UTC)

Machinima’s Adam Kovic let us know that the last episode of Inside Halo (the 30th) is now online… and as a final ‘we love you’ to the fans, they’re giving you the option of watching the episode hosted by either sodaGoD or The Dead Pixel. Inside Halo is morphing to Inside Gaming… and sodaGoD is taking his leave. So go watch, while it’s still Inside Halo!(Louis Wu 20:54:20 UTC)

Goodies courtesy of the Bungie Blog: a ‘Goosetage from Nysco and iScotteh entitled ‘Twisted Metal‘, a very cool Average Joe segment (It spotlights TTL Demag0gue, and the interview is built as a comic), and a new song from Bryan Simon – this one focuses on Neighbor, the pro Halo 3 player. Thanks for making my job easier, urk!(Louis Wu 20:52:19 UTC)

Electricpig has posted some impressions of the Halo Wars game (full, not the demo). Go see what they thought! (Louis Wu 20:51:53 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue stopped in with word of a new article at Halo 3 Webcomics – this one helps you come up with pretty sets to take your screenshots on. Check it out! (Louis Wu 20:49:42 UTC)