Michael “Fluffaluffer” Karlsson, the long-time manager of Planet Halo, is stepping down – we’d like to take a moment to say goodbye. It’s been a good run, Fluffy!(Louis Wu 02:14:07 UTC)

Rockslider is back to playing fun games in the Halo 3 Campaign – this time, he’s behind enemy lines on The Covenant. Go see what he’s come up with!(Louis Wu 02:13:32 UTC)

Hype let us know that Podtacular 178 is up – Callins and Tales from the Foxhole. Go listen!(Louis Wu 18:18:26 UTC)

Stuntmutt manages to poke fun at Halo Wars and Marvel, all in one totally unexpected bonus strip – go check out today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 11:58:28 UTC)

naveeda stopped in to talk about IamDank’s latest creation – it’s a wonderfully-edited montage… with a 3 and a half minute intro. The intro isn’t just credits, though – it’s a cool collection of machinima shorts that work nicely to introduce the montage itself. A great way to spend a Sunday morning! (If you’ve got a Vimeo account, you can download the 720p version of this – definitely worth it.)(Louis Wu 11:55:56 UTC)

MasterCheifn was the first to let us know about Halo 3 Fails Episode 9 – mostly because he’s in it (as the first FAIL). Of course, he blames someone else. (In this case, he blames CYBRFRK – and since we blame him a lot too, maybe MasterCheifn isn’t exaggerating.) (Louis Wu 11:54:18 UTC)

The most-recently-announced Halo-related Game With Fame will be coming up on March 1, when you’ll get a chance to play with Southern/Christian Rock band Disciple. Swing by Xbox.com for full details.(Louis Wu 11:53:50 UTC)

Wow, this is just… silly. Back in mid-2006, Marvel announced that they’d be publishing a monthly Halo comic, starting a few months before the release of Halo 3. The delivery of these issues has become a joke – the fourth (and last) comic is STILL not out, having had its release date pushed back AGAIN, to March 4, 2009 (given that it’s been pushed back more than a dozen times, the chances that we see it in March are slim to none). With that horrible record, you’d think Marvel would stay pretty far away from the Halo franchise… but you’d be wrong. According to io9.com, they used New York Comic Con to announce that they’re launching not one, but TWO new Halo-based comic series, the first this summer (a five-issue run), the second, ‘Halo: Spartan Black’, next winter. Thanks to Bongo for the heads-up (and subsequent rise in blood pressure).(Louis Wu 21:17:57 UTC)

Psychophan7 put together a ridiculously detailed analysis of the management of resources in the Halo Wars demo. Read it if you’ve got a while.(Louis Wu 20:58:06 UTC)

A couple of movies for you this afternoon, brought to your attention by Master Ph0bia: Darkspire’s Matchmaking Episode 19 has been released, either streaming or downloadable in 720p, and stars a guy I met in Matchmaking last night. And Arby n the Chief Season 3 Episode 07 (“Panic”) is up – folks try and come to grips with the loss of achievements and unlocked armor (stick around to the very end for a funny moment).(Louis Wu 20:52:08 UTC)

Last night, ElusiveEagle519 did some searching and turned up some interesting information about Pete Cooper’s Operation Chastity. Pete had been hoping to dole out content a little more slowly, but since it’s been found, he was kind enough to summarize the useful stuff that was put up in several different posts across a couple of threads – swing by to see truly amazing concept art for the upcoming movie project. If they can live up to what their plans are suggesting, this is going to be one HELL of a fan project.(Louis Wu 15:55:52 UTC)

2900d4u used Halo Wars cinematic footage and audio from the GI Joe trailer to make a new video about Spartan Group Omega. He also figured out how to use the Elephant as a cannon. Check out both vids in his forum post.(Louis Wu 15:55:27 UTC)

The Catfish dropped in to announce 2501 Episode 12 – things are getting weird.(Louis Wu 15:54:02 UTC)

InnerRayg found a link on Action-Figure.com with a mini-review and some photos of the upcoming Halo Wars MEGA Bloks. Our forum denizens aren’t terribly impressed, it seems (except for maybe the Hornet and the Sparrowhawk)… but see for yourself! (Louis Wu 15:53:28 UTC)

Juesoni continues his live broadcasts of David segments – the fourth and final part of the machinima will be premiering at 12 noon PST (3 pm EST, 8 pm GMT/UTC). Check his forum post for links.(Louis Wu 15:52:39 UTC)