Author: halo@bungie.org

Okay, this one’s really sort of odd. We got email from Boolean – he’d been flying around in Google Earth, and discovered a location that, with a Road overlay, looks remarkably (jpeg, 70k) like Adjutant Reflex’s Chrysopteron avatar on Bungie.net. (Remember the IRIS ARG?) If you want to explore the space yourself, grab the .kmz…

Bunch of movies announced recently on our forum (or via email) – Lordstemplar1 pointed out a teaser for Prophecy Episode 3, Harabek came by with his entry into the Broken Iris contest at HaloGrid, and MR from Running Gun Productions let us know that Spriggs Episode 5 (“Hammer Time!”) is now available for download from…

Elnea continues her astounding postage rate for Halo Action Figure Theater (there was a large gap before Episode 100, my guess is she was building the next 77 episodes during that downtime). Episode 112 brings hope back to Mudville (well, maybe). Check it out!(Louis Wu 19:05:48 UTC)

Sigafoos is down with a cold, but the Second Foundation crew still managed to put together Episode 82 of The Riot – 25 minutes, 10 mb, news, community events, and more. Today is the last day of voting for their Community Awards – you’ve got about 6 hours, as of this writing. There are a…

The last time we’d heard from VelocityTino, he was telling us about some elite armor he’d put together. He’s back – this time with a piece of machinima. He’s put the song ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’, the Spamalot version, to use with Halo footage. He did all the animation himself, which…

Xavier contacted us with a bunch of armor-related news from the 405th – let’s see what we’ve got.BishopX is creating an assault rifle and a helmet on his way to a full set of armor – he’s also got a website to document the progress. Professional grade!DMASTER has finished up his frag grenade and is…

Almost late – but not quite. ZZoMBiE13’s got a Another Halo Comic Strip for you. I hope it doesn’t give you nightmares.(Louis Wu 23:08:41 UTC)

The Halo Wars website has been updated a little – and some new concept art has been added. I like it! Thanks to Mike Smith for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 18:26:02 UTC)

Halo Action Figure 111 has been posted – and it contains quite a twist. (Well, it surprised me.) Go read!(Louis Wu 18:17:32 UTC)

Lani let us know that you can find a Halo 2/Halo 3 montage by Outlawz at Halownage – it’s called Outlawz Says Goodbye. While you’re there, read up on a service whereby one of their members is willing to record your content for you. Nice!(Louis Wu 18:12:47 UTC)

According to SketchFactor over at Bungie.net, Forge Hub has compiled their list of the Best Maps of 2007. Go download a few!(Louis Wu 18:01:15 UTC)

I hate hate HATE forgetting to post a regular One One Se7en – especially when they’re clever. Luckily, yesterday’s was not clever. (Okay, maybe a little.) Sorry for the delay.(Louis Wu 15:50:22 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update is now available at Bungie.net (and in our Weekly Update Archive) – tidbits about an upcoming podcast, the next batch of DLC, a large number of questions asked by fans (and answered straightly, for the most part), details on the next wave of McFarlane figures (including a few store-specific variants we…

HeySarah dropped in to point out a new site from Neilson, the ratings company. Hey! Nielson allows anyone who wants to to to give opinions about games, television, movies, whatever – Halo is nicely represented (as evidenced by her links). Check it out – and add your two cents!(Louis Wu 23:50:23 UTC)

Okay, so a few days ago, we mentioned a new contest at Xbox.com, sponsored by the Army – play Halo 3, register for the sweepstakes, maybe win some stuff. At about the same time, a bunch of big gaming sites posted news of a Halo 3 tournament sponsored by the Army – and pointed to…

ZZoMBiE13 has created a new wallpaper based on his Fantasia take from yesterday’s Another Halo Comic Strip. Take a look!(Louis Wu 16:55:55 UTC)

Elnea has posted the first “totally in its new home” episode of Halo Action Figure Theater – Episode 110 shows you why Chuck Norris pwns you. Let her know what you think of the new digs! (There’s a comment feature and everything.)(Louis Wu 16:40:42 UTC)

Spawn.com has updated their website with official information about the Series 2 Halo 3 figures we mentioned yesterday – and lots of screenshots. Swing by if you want to get better acquainted. Brian Curry was first with this news, but Smurfa got a thread started before I got this post up, if you’d like to…

Hawty McBloggy has posted another one of her Rorschach Inblot tests – this one is the heatmap from Epitaph. What does it look like to you? (She also pointed out, as a sidenote, that there’s a custom Transformers Halo crossover model up for sale on eBay. The last time we posted one of these, some…

Eight new stories for you in the Fan Fiction section this week. Go read. (Note to submitters; if there’s a rule about submitting that you feel you can violate because you’re a special case, please don’t expect to actually see your story posted. There are very, very, VERY few special cases.)(Louis Wu 16:00:58 UTC)