Year: 2007

Hawty McBloggy tackles the mystery of the unlockable Katana you can add to your avatar with the right Achievements – why do people want it? DO people want it? Can it help you get to the middle of a Tootsie Pop? Some good questions in there – go read!(Louis Wu 10:35:45 UTC)

A couple of days ago, we mentioned an auction for a Topps original sketch card. That auction is still going on (5 more days, current bid is $150) – but there’s a new one: Kevin’s posted a sketch of a Spartan in EVA armor. You’ve got five and a half days on this one, no…

Another big Halo 3 fight took place last night – Gizmodo took on Kotaku, in a grudge match. (Here’s Gizmodo’s piece, and here’s Kotaku’s.) Ex-Kotaku writer Luke Smith (yes, the same Luke Smith who beat up on poor defenseless Bungie.net admins the night before) was there, playing for his old blog. Apparently, he played pretty…

Z let us know about ‘The Finale’, a Farewell-to-Halo 2 montage from Phurion, Drako, Kblocker & Kfost. Weighs in at nearly 300 mb – but there’s some pretty nice gameplay in the 13 minute monster. The last section has some less-than-successful trick attempts, which are fun to watch, as well.(Louis Wu 10:13:26 UTC)

Cinema Blend is giving away a copy of the Halo 3 Legendary Edition – swing by to read the rigorous rules! (Bottom line: if you live in the US, can read, and have an IQ above about 50, you’ve got a shot.) (Louis Wu 10:00:51 UTC)

Thirteen new pieces are up in the Fan Fiction section this week – go see what you can find! And while we’re on the subject of fan fiction, garbageman44 stopped by yesterday to point out a book written by his brother that they’re scanning and posting at DeviantART.(Louis Wu 09:47:07 UTC)

The September hardware and software numbers are out, as expected… and Halo 3 (and the Xbox 360) had a pretty amazing month. Visit this page at Video Game Chartz for a comparison between two of the bigger names in industry stats. Bottom line – as of a couple of weeks ago, Halo 3 had sold…

Ca’gerrin built a Lego Arbiter, and then stopped by to tell us about it. Pretty nice!(Louis Wu 09:28:03 UTC)

Bungie, apparently unwilling to face any of the hundreds of community teams clamoring for a shot at burying them in a Humpday challenge, went up against the Bungie.net moderators this week. No warmup game at all (I guess they were afraid they wouldn’t be able to pull off the same bait-and-switch tactic twice in a…

Not fully Halo-related… but interesting nonetheless. TeamXbox has put up some interviews with the voice actors that worked on Mass Effect – and one of those actors is Keith David, who also voiced the Arbiter in Halo 2 and Halo 3. He’s talking about voice acting in general; it’s not a long interview, but it’s…

Simpsons Rule pointed out a pretty cool kill over at the MLG Gameroom – Blackstar even made a new medal for it.(Louis Wu 20:42:22 UTC)

halowiki.net wants to know what your favorites are in Halo 3. Current options are Weapons and Maps. I can see this page getting pretty massive… thanks, PEZ.(Louis Wu 15:13:09 UTC)

GU Comics takes a look at the “Master Chief killed movie sales” argument in today’s comic – nice artwork. Thanks, Ross Mills.(Louis Wu 14:24:06 UTC)

Yahoo has put up an article for gamers who want to get their significant other into playing videogames. Halo is considered the graduate school program of the Xbox 360 curriculum. Thanks, Deten. (Louis Wu 13:32:12 UTC)

See… now THIS is why I love the Halo community. Cocopjojo let us know about a way he and a friend had stumbled on getting out of multiplayer levels in Halo… it’s ingenious. And the results are pretty darned interesting to look at.(Louis Wu 13:23:29 UTC)