Ascendant Justice has posted another intriguing article; it ties together disparate info from a variety of sources to provide a one-stop shop for the big picture behind Halo 3: ODST. What a great read! Check it out. (Thanks, voc.) (Louis Wu 14:52:51 UTC)

Bryan Simon has put together another Halo 3 song – ‘Girl Gamer on My Friends List‘ explains that the concept of ‘celebrity’ is flexible. We’ve posted the MP3 version (4 mb), if you’d rather have that.(Louis Wu 14:51:27 UTC)

Tony ‘ubald’ Marcotte sent word that he’s posted a new Halo render at Renderosity – we’ve put up a copy (with his permission, of course) in our local gallery. The Covenant can be imposing! (Louis Wu 14:50:45 UTC)

HaLo2FrEeEk stopped by to say that he’s in the process of uploading HD versions of all the Halo Wars demo cutscenes – they’re up on YouTube, and downloadable in WMP9 format right now, with SD versions and QuickTime HDs coming soon. (The links are all there now, but not all of them actually go somewhere.) Grab ’em while they’re hot! (Louis Wu 14:48:33 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue celebrates Friday with Reclaimer 146 – Ferial is getting his way, it looks like.(Louis Wu 14:48:06 UTC)

NartFOpc pointed out the most recent Top 10 Halo 3 installment – Episode 33 shows off 10 Mongoose kills (sometimes by splattering, sometimes because of the passenger’s skill). The number 1? Pretty amazing. Go watch! (Louis Wu 14:45:00 UTC)

It’s Friday, so it’s time for another episode of Friday Caption Fun at Hawty McBloggy’s – a selection of choice captions for last week’s image, plus a great new pic that’s ripe for satire. Do your worst! (Louis Wu 14:44:00 UTC)

Back in the day, the name ‘Dark Helmet’ was widely known in the Halo tricking community – and beyond. He faded from view at some point, though, and we haven’t heard much from him recently… until last week. He stopped by High Impact Halo to show off some harassment of Foe Hammer on the second level of the first game. Now THIS is why tricking is fun. Go watch! (Thanks, Ducain.) (Louis Wu 14:42:54 UTC)

Four new stories this week in the Fan Fiction section – go give ’em a read!(Louis Wu 14:41:57 UTC)

Rob Tracy let us know that the first of three Halo/Grifball-related comics is live now at the Remedy website; this one seems like a set-up strip. (Louis Wu 14:39:49 UTC)

Yesterday evening, Bungie posted the latest in its ‘Breaking In’ series – this one looks at Christian Allen’s road to Bungie. He’s a Design Lead, and came in during the Halo 3 crunch from a different gaming company. Make sure your hacky sack skills are up to par! (Louis Wu 14:38:50 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy highlighted a tiny little clip that should resonate with most of us – how many times have you lost an Oddball game because you ran away with an SMG instead of the ball? This guy had a slightly different problem… but the overall concept’s the same.(Louis Wu 14:38:04 UTC)

Bungie’s updated Halo 3’s Matchmaking on Xbox LIVE – the February update is now online. Information on playlist changes, Double XP weekends, and your next chances at Recon armor are all up. (Double XP this week is Grifball.)(Louis Wu 21:34:42 UTC)

The guys at SmoothMoveFilms took the song that went along with the commercial for Mercenaries 2 last summer, and set it to some Halo action. End result is fun. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 21:28:55 UTC)