I’d meant to post a reminder for a href=http://www.mogulus.com/halocommunitylivethe Halo Community Live event/a happening over on Mogulus earlier today… but time got away from me. It started an hour ago - but it’s still going on now. Swing by to watch the end (or if you’re reading this in the morning, watch it On Demand).(Louis Wu 01:14:23 +0000)

xianoa wrote to pointe out a a href=http://xianoa.googlepages.com/gallery of Halo 3 screenshot-based wallpapers/a; swing by and see what’s there! (My favorite is actually not on that page - it’s in a href=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=28201843this Bungie.net forum thread/a, and the final iteration is gorgeous.)
(Louis Wu 14:04:12 +0000)

Ensemble released a href=http://halo.bungie.org/images/halowars_beautyshot_800.jpga packshot of the Halo Wars Limited Edition contents/a recently (800×533, 106k); you can take a look if you’re interested in what’s inside the box. (Because the assets they released allow it, I’m also going to post a href=http://halo.bungie.org/images/halowars_beautyshot_huge.jpga ginormous version/a - 4608×3072 - that actually allows you to read all the text visible, including the small print on the DVD. It’s 1.6 mb, though, so only grab it if you must know the copyright dates of Dolby Laboratories’ trademarks.)
(Louis Wu 14:02:03 +0000)

GameDaily’s put together a list of the a href=http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/galleries/top-25-hottest-game-babesTop 50 Hottest Game Babes/a - 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 a href=http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/galleries/top-25-hottest-game-babes?page=16at #36/a…) Thanks, a href=http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=910372Morpheus/a.

(Louis Wu 14:15:25 +0000)

Patrick Wood decided to model some of the environment concepts Bungie posted from Halo 3: ODST last Friday. His first attempt is a href=http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=910369now up on our forum/a - check it out!
(Louis Wu 14:14:11 +0000)

A10M1C let us know that he’d created a few ODST wallpapers in response to Bungie’s concept art released a couple of days ago. You can find ‘We Stand Together’ in both a href=http://jasonabroussard.deviantart.com/art/We-Stand-Together-Standard-107524448Standard/a and a href=http://jasonabroussard.deviantart.com/art/We-Stand-Together-Widescreen-107524517Widescreen/a in his DeviantART gallery… along with ‘The Rookie’ (also in a href=http://jasonabroussard.deviantart.com/art/The-Rookie-Standard-107590456Standard/a and a href=http://jasonabroussard.deviantart.com/art/The-Rookie-Widescreen-107590321Widescreen/a). Nice work!(Louis Wu 15:28:04 +0000)

RandomSauce let us know that a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5Sp5j57srMamp;fmt=18the latest iteration of Halo 3 Mythbusters/a is now up - some really cool stuff in there! (One of the quirkier myths - not particularly useful, but interesting - is that a splatter in a Hornet on Avalanche will register as a cone kill on B.net - I just a href=http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=891414312amp;player=Louis%20Wufound this out myself/a, last night. My ‘cone kill’ in that game was actually a Hornet splatter.) This is one of my favorite series!
(Louis Wu 15:27:01 +0000)

Hawty McBloggy let us know that although she missed Friday again this week, you can still go by and participate in a href=http://hawtymcbloggy.com/2008/12/27/fraturday-caption-fun-round-28/the latest round of Friday Caption Fun/a - answers for the last round are up, along with a VERY odd screenshot for this round. Go see what you can come up with!
(Louis Wu 16:49:37 +0000)

A10M1C let us know that the ‘Tis the Season’ Screenshot contest kicked off at the Mindless Distortion blog a href=http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=24759last week/a is now over - and the winner has been announced. a href=http://mindlessdistortion.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/winner-of-the-holiday-themed-halo-3-screenshot-contest/Swing by to see the details/a!(Louis Wu 16:43:53 +0000)

FyreWulff is offering a copy of Halo 3: ODST (clearly not to be given away for a while) in a raffle that you enter by playing a game on a custom map/gametype of his. a href=http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=910208Swing by his post/a for full details - you won’t find an easier way to get hold of this game!
(Louis Wu 17:10:10 +0000)