Parka Blogs has posted a short review of the Art of Halo 3 book; if you’re on the fence about picking this one up (you shouldn’t be, it rocks), this might help.(Louis Wu 17:03:48 UTC)

It’s Monday, so TTL Demag0gue has come by with word of Reclaimer 129 – the weirdness gets a Ferial injection.(Louis Wu 17:01:15 UTC)

Tyler, from Young Street Productions, let us know that Forecast Episode 9 (the season finale), is now online. Craig and crew needs to stop Timmy before the weather station is destroyed! (Take a gander at the bonus Zoom video, Tunnel Time, when you’re done – unless you’ve got a weak stomach.)(Louis Wu 16:57:58 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has finished up the nominations phase of her 2008 Best of Halo Awards… and is on to the voting phase. You’ve got until January 7th at 11:59 pm PST (almost 10 days from now) to cast your votes – it’s pretty straightforward, and folks who vote in all categories are eligible for a bonus prize! Go add your voice, and let’s pick the best Halo goodies from this past year!(Louis Wu 14:20:14 UTC)

Max Capo told us that he’s created a Miley Cyrus parody – he’s redone the song ‘See You Again’ as a Halo 3 montage called ‘Pwn You Again’. (I had to do a YouTube search for the original to compare.) His singing could use a little work – but it’s not a bad effort! Take a look.(Louis Wu 14:18:44 UTC)

GameDaily’s put together a list of the Top 50 Hottest Game Babes – and yes, Cortana makes the list. (To GD’s credit, the picture they use is not exploitative in the least. Then again, she’s only at #36…) Thanks, Morpheus. (Louis Wu 14:15:25 UTC)

Patrick Wood decided to model some of the environment concepts Bungie posted from Halo 3: ODST last Friday. His first attempt is now up on our forum – check it out! (Louis Wu 14:14:11 UTC)

Oh, man… at first glance, Ollie looks like he’s related to Sebastian (from Disney’s Little Mermaid), but look closer and he’s something… else. Thanks, ZZoMBiE13. (Louis Wu 23:05:13 UTC)

sharpsniper99 noticed that Xbox360Achievements.org has posted the Halo Wars Achievements – some provide interesting insights into the campaign gameplay. Hold off if you don’t like spoilers.(Louis Wu 21:27:24 UTC)

Whoa. Hawty McBloggy highlighted a cake made by Saiyan-Silk for her husband’s birthday… that’s an awesome cake.(Louis Wu 20:58:14 UTC)

This was released on Thursday, but it’s pretty funny – DigitalPh33r posted the first half of a Holiday Special, riffing off his work (at least one of the jokes requires having watched the Machinima.com Holiday Video to get). It’s only 2 minutes long – go watch!(Louis Wu 16:09:20 UTC)

Shadowfox ran across some pretty cool video of a deap-sea siphonophore… it looks like a single large organism, but is actually “a colony of numerous individual jellyfish-like animals that behave and function together as a single entity.” Sounds (and looks!) an awful lot like Halo’s Hunters! (A tidbit that surprised me – the relatively common Portuguese Man o’ War is a siphonophore.) (Louis Wu 15:40:48 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy told us about some more Halo/Nintendo mashup artwork from CrazedOne1988 – he’s followed up his screenshots (we mentioned them a couple of weeks ago) with cover art. Go see!(Louis Wu 15:32:26 UTC)

Looks like I missed a ‘Game with Fame’ announcement last week – but never fear, the actual day of gaming isn’t coming up for another week and a half. Innerpartysystem will be playing Halo 3 with folks on January 8 – if you’re into their electro-punk, here’s a great chance to get to know them better!(Louis Wu 15:31:55 UTC)

Ben, the web guy over at Rooster Teeth, has been recreating the RvB Recovery One miniseries in the Halo 3 engine. I think he’s doing a pretty impressive job, especially considering he’s not using any of the extra post-production stuff that the Rooster Teeth crew used. You can watch Episode 1 here, and Episode 2 here. (Both are in 720p goodness.)(Louis Wu 15:28:33 UTC)