It’s time for another round of Friday Caption Fun over at Hawty McBloggy’s – there are some captions from last week’s entry, along with a pretty funny new pic to work with. While you’re there, be sure to wish her a happy anniversary!(Louis Wu 14:59:03 UTC)

Bungie has put up another ‘Breaking In’ interview – this one has Joe Spataro, whose job title is ‘Technical Designer in Animation’. Go read about how he got started, what his interview process was like, and what he thinks you should know if you want to work for Bungie! (Louis Wu 13:55:56 UTC)

We haven’t heard from Pyrosmile in a little bit – but they’ve been busy. We got three separate alerts yesterday: Master Chief Theater 3000: Episode 209 is now online, covering the Gravemind cutscene from Halo 2. They were interviewed recently by Machinima.com – you can get some information about the interview (and links) on Pyrosmile.org. And they’ve posted Episode 3 of Smiley’s PAX adventure, which includes a meetup with Halobabies’ Gruntsbane. (Minimal Halo content, but we were covering the rest of the stuff anyway…)(Louis Wu 13:54:54 UTC)

Six new pieces await you this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 13:54:03 UTC)

Z let us know that you can find a new trailer from Robosteeze and CitriC AcID over at Halo3Forum.com – it’s called ‘Psylence’, and the filmwork is quite nice! The full montage it advertises will be out sometime in 2009. Check it!(Louis Wu 13:51:35 UTC)

There’s been a LOT of confusion about Recon armor, and the Mythic Map Pack, and how it all works together, ever since it was made clear yesterday that you’d be able to earn Recon armor through Achievements once Halo 3: Recon is released. We went to SketchFactor for some answers – you should go read ’em.(Louis Wu 19:38:33 UTC)

This week’s Double XP Weekend is Grifball – and it’s live. Get warmed up for the Winter League (starting in about a month)!(Louis Wu 19:30:16 UTC)

Unreality Magazine has put together a look at eight of the coolest uses of Halo’s Forge – check ’em out! Thanks, skellOBISSIS.(Louis Wu 18:42:38 UTC)

NOKYARD let us know about a cool new feature of this year’s Grifball Winter League – your team can build a customized Home Court! The official map has been designed to allow teams to customize the large wall so that ‘home’ games are more comfy – and you’ve got permission to get started on the customization. Full instructions and rules can be found in this ForgeHub thread (ForgeHub is working with Grifball.com to make this process smooth, and to ensure that none of the changes affect actual gameplay). Check it out!(Louis Wu 17:31:56 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has taken a solid look at the whole “you can get Recon armor with Halo 3: Recon” revelation, and tried to pin down what this means to various types of Halo players. Go see what category you’re in!(Louis Wu 17:22:16 UTC)

LostRock11 was the first to let us know about a new article at Wired.com – “The Best Fictional Doomsday Devices” covers eight pretty nasty pieces of equipment… and everbody’s favorite ring-shaped galaxy cleaner is on the list.(Louis Wu 17:17:38 UTC)

AnTi PRO let us know that Arm The Flag and Bryan Simon have gotten together to create a music video using Bryan’s ‘One Shot on my X’ – funny stuff! Go watch. (Louis Wu 17:16:29 UTC)