Year: 2011

DeviantART’s SamuriFerret has been modding Nerf guns – check out his Brute Spiker! Awesome. (Thanks, thezerofire)(Louis Wu 17:43:35 UTC)

NeoGAF’s MrBig pointed out a YouTubeDoubler page showing a side-by-side comparison of the beginnings of the Pvt Jenkins cutscene in the first Halo (putting the original up against the Halo Anniversary version). Looking at them side-by-side, I DO see a…

IGN wonders if Halo can avoid the issues faced by the Star Wars franchise after the story arc built by the original trilogy had ended. (I think the answer is pretty simple – sure, stay away from Gungans and soap-opera scripts.) Thanks to NeoGAF’s Psych…

Dani took a look at the in-game advertising that’s appeared recently in Deus Ex, and speculated about how lessons could be learned from the situation to allow advertising in future Halo games. Here’s hoping he’s wrong. (Louis Wu 17:39:14 UTC)

Genius ANime posted a list of their Top 10 Genre Defining Game Franchises of all time. Halo, unsurprisingly, made the list.(Louis Wu 17:36:08 UTC)

Mid7night ordered some adorable Hornet models from Shapeways (we mentioned these back on September 3) – and if you just love ’em, you can get one yourself! (Mid7night doesn’t make any money if you order one – you’re getting it for the cost of material…

Insanmiac put together a loltage using community clips – entertaining!(Louis Wu 17:32:01 UTC)

D’awwwww…(Louis Wu 17:30:49 UTC)

The latest Arby ‘n’ the Chief is a new Hypermail episode – user mail, and a cry for money from the Chief. And a punch. Go watch. Thanks, robofin117. (Louis Wu 17:29:01 UTC)

The Classic Customs group played Ultra MLG Vehicles on Friday night… Schooly D has a quick writeup of how things went. (I laughed.) (Louis Wu 17:25:40 UTC)

Nak3d Eli posted a commentated game of Arena Matchmaking (Onyx division) – I found it pretty fun to watch!(Louis Wu 17:24:20 UTC)

HBO’s very own krem de la kermi7 brought word that his awesome No Regrets comic has now been published in French! Flicitations mon ami!(GrimBrother One 13:09:29 UTC)

In case you haven’t seen them, or would at least rather watch them in glorious TV-mode, the folks at Halo Waypoint have added most of the HaloFest Panels to their Waypoint viewing suite. At first glance there are a couple that are missing, but most of …

Thanks to mr mcmurder for noticing this absolutely awesome fan-created Lego Wraith. The details in it are incredible. The opening/closing plasma mortar and the led grav pods are the highlights for me. Go give it a look!(GrimBrother One 12:47:49 UTC)

Kaidon is back with more awesome custom figure goodness. His newest addition is a recreation of the Master Chief appearing in Reach motif and sporting everyone’s favorite hot blue girlfriend/sister/ma’am. Kaidon also showed off another awesome Jetpack …

The good folks over at SmileAndDealWithIt put up a pretty funny machinima short the other day called “You Look Different”. I laughed. Go check it out!(GrimBrother One 12:38:38 UTC)

The HaloFest love train just continues to plow through the tunnel of memories as our beloved Avateur brings us an excellent writeup of his experience there. Check out his posts detailing Friday and Sat/Sun. Awesome stuff!(GrimBrother One 13:16:23 UTC)

McFarlane Toys recently announced the Series Six lineup for it’s Halo: Reach collection. Some pretty awesome additions in there! Also of note was that the Halo Anniversary Series 1 line has officially dropped. I’m staring at the Anniversary Cortana and…

The high-spirited folks over at The Drunken Halo Podcast wanted to let us know that Episide 28 is now online. This episode sees Justin and Travis discussing various threads on the Halo Waypoint forums, as well as revealing how a recent play through of …