Month: April 2009

urk wants you to get to know the Bungie.net ninjas (aka moderators) – the latest spotlight rests on Skibur. Swing by and see what his interests are! (His Halo haunts read like a who’s who of Halo community sites. Well, except for us. Sadface.)(Louis Wu 18:02:03 UTC)

According to the Bungie Blog, the Running Riot is recording another live podcast… and they want your help. Swing by their site for full details – and reserve April 28th, 9:30 EST for the recording!(Louis Wu 17:58:56 UTC)

Black Six noticed a LEGO Hornet on The Brothers Brick – pretty slick work!(Louis Wu 15:55:36 UTC)

The first Halo Wars expansion pack, including 3 new multiplayer modes and 100 achievement points, was announced today – no pricing info yet. Thanks, GrimBrother One. (Louis Wu 15:54:05 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has pulled together 16 Halo 3 Forge screenshots about TV shows. Why? You gotta ask her. Some cool ones in there, though!(Louis Wu 14:42:27 UTC)

InnerRayg noticed some new McFarlane figure prototypes from Chiller, posted at the Halofigures.com forum. ODST and Halo Wars stuff – pretty cool!(Louis Wu 14:42:02 UTC)

For folks not planning to pick up the fourth issue in Marvel’s Halo: Uprising miniseries, Avateur has written a pretty comprehensive summary. You miss the pretty pictures, but all the plot points are there. (It shouldn’t need to be said, but of course this means it’s loaded with spoilers.)(Louis Wu 14:41:35 UTC)

Over at Rampancy.net, Narcogen has commented (at length) on an article written by N’Gai Croal (normally of Newsweek, this time writing in Edge Online), about realism in games, and what we really want. Both the original article, and Narc’s musings on the topic, are interesting reading, if only tangentially Halo-related. (Halo is mentioned, though not…

It’s Monday, so Bungie.net has another Tag and Release feature – this time, the search term was ‘Banshee’. As always… great pics.(Louis Wu 22:45:43 UTC)

Couple of new vids for you today, courtesy of the Bungie Blog – another Rube Goldberg contraption on Sandtrap, and a slo-mo montage. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 22:43:21 UTC)