I can’t tell you how long it’s going to last, but Stuntmutt’s turned in a few new One One Se7en strips… I’d advise closing your eyes now.(Louis Wu 12:54:58 UTC)

AriseChicken117 decided to pay tribute to the Halo franchise with a pretty cool piece of artwork – check it out!(Louis Wu 12:42:23 UTC)

IGN Australia has posted an editorial entitled “Is Halo Behind the Curve?” Our forum wasn’t very impressed with their reasoning. Go decide for yourself! Thanks, Avateur.(Louis Wu 12:41:05 UTC)

Defendthehouse has released Episode 2 of their Reach Mythbusters series – some very, very cool stuff in there. Go watch! (I gotta try that AA swap trick…)(Louis Wu 01:08:48 UTC)

Unsure about buying the Halo: Reach Official Soundtrack? Go check out the review at G4TV – they loved it. There are three pieces included in the article, so you can listen for yourself before committing. G4 calls it “the one video game music album you need this year”. Very nice! Thanks, Greg O’Connor-Read.(Louis Wu 00:59:20 UTC)

Bungie’s Weekly Update went live on Friday, as expected (and in fact even made it into our Weekly Update Archive on Friday) – but the newspost has been a bit delayed. If you haven’t read it yet, go do so – there’s info about upcoming matchmaking changes, corrections of bad intel released last week, advice to install your copy of Reach to the hard drive (and some teases at DLC that might be coming soon hidden in the screenshots for that section), advice on voice tweaks, discussion of credit limits and similar topics, melee info, cool vids, cool screenshots, and more. It’s chock-full of nutritious goodness! (Not too many calories, though.)(Louis Wu 00:55:25 UTC)

We also missed the Fan Fiction update this week – swing by the page for four new pieces, updated Sunday evening.(Louis Wu 00:55:04 UTC)

We missed a bunch of videos last week on Bungie.net… let’s see if I can summarize them here:

• JBSpudster created the Accelatron VFW – and you can fly in a Hog now.
• Mr Fizzl noticed a Moa saving Noble Six from a sticky blue death.
• A bunch of Elites show their ADD on Spire.
• CruelLEGACEY put together The Fails of Reach Episode 1, and I’m pretty sure I’m in it somewhere.

Actually, that wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be…(Louis Wu 00:54:39 UTC)

Taco Power stopped in with word of ‘Adieu‘, a montage celebrating Clan AB’s love of Halo 3, and a farewell of sorts. Go watch.(Louis Wu 00:54:16 UTC)

Ghost Faction recreated Assault on the Control Room, set up for Invasion – go look at the pics, then download the map!(Louis Wu 00:53:52 UTC)

Devin Olsen pointed out an odd occurance that appears near the very end of Reach’s campaign – forum consensus is that it’s just there for scale comparison, but who knows? (As should be obvious, watching this will spoil the end of the game if you haven’t played it.)(Louis Wu 00:52:51 UTC)

Frank Mackey and a friend are building a Halo Reach MLG Weapon Timer App, for learning the timing of weapon spawns on various maps. It’s Android-only right now, and free. (Louis Wu 23:30:25 UTC)

bs angel pointed out a few new features on Halo Waypoint’s website:

• Halo: Reach – Perspective II is a scenery montage (gorgeous)
• Halo: Reach Assassination Compilation is what it sounds like
• Sounds of Halo Reach is weapon noises used to a rhythmic effect

Go watch ’em all – good stuff!(Louis Wu 23:29:41 UTC)

Asian Inferno apologizes for it being a little late – but his writeup of the Seattle EMP/Gamestop Launch Night events is now live on Grunts R Us. Go read.(Louis Wu 23:26:33 UTC)

halosavior wanted to announce that he’s hosting a short story fanfiction contest over at Abyss Studios. Your job is to expand the history of Noble Six prior to joining Noble Team. You have until October 31, 2010 at 11:59pm CST, with submission rules outlined in that post. Prizes include 1600 MS points and Bungie Pro subscriptions. Go read about it – then write up your own redacted entry!(Louis Wu 23:24:54 UTC)

Maximum Fear let us know that he’s compiled the top speeds of all vehicles in Halo: Reach (along with calculations such as acceleration). Swing by Bungie.net to read all the details!(Louis Wu 23:24:11 UTC)

SK1LL4XED sent word that Postgame Carnage Report has released their Halo Reach Special podcast – they review and discuss the game. (Of course there are spoilers.) If you’ve spent any time on our forum recently, the story change discussions will be familiar to you…(Louis Wu 23:23:33 UTC)

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Halo: Reach is here and we’re as excited as a little kid on Christmas day. The best Halo Title has a lot to offer from campaign goodness, to matchmaking madness, to forge craziness. We asked you what you thought about the game and you responded with a resounding “OMG”. Joining us for this special episode is the founder, Foo Mo Jive. For the sake of spoilers, we do not talk about the campaign in this episode and are saving it for our next one. Enjoy

Have you ever wanted to earn Microsoft Points to buy Arcade titles and other items other items from the XBox Live Marketplace, every time you use your default search provided? Probably not, but this is exactly the deal Microsoft are offering to you! Download the latest Bing toolbar and sign up using your Windows Live ID (the same email address you use for your XBox Live Gamertag.) Once done you’ll earn 250 reward points.

You’re then free to exhcange these points for rewards, the most enticing t gamers being Microsoft Points. They’re available in demonations of 100, so you can get 200 points just for signing up. To earn more, use the Bing toolbar any time you search the worldwide web, you’ll get additional points up until October 2nd, so get started on it today!

The website notes that Bing is only compatible with Internet Explorer, but if you’re using a different browser, please give it a try and let us know so we can tell others they don’t have to switch.

If you want to know more about it, check out the FAQ page

UPDATE Hidden away in the FAQ was this:
Q: Am I eligible to join the Bing Rewards Preview if I am not a U.S. resident?
A: No, only U.S. residents (50 U.S. States and D.C.) are eligible to join the Bing Rewards Preview.
So turns out this is for US Residents only, apologies to anyone’s hopes I’ve just dashed.

Quick side note: There’s no planned Weekend Hunts for this weekend, people are probably too busy playing Reach and I don’t blame them. If you’re looking for Reach people to play with, leave your Gamertag in the comments and play with other awesome people in the community.