Author: halo@bungie.org

TeamXboox has posted their Readers’ Choice Awards for 2007. Halo 3 (or Bungie) was up for 4 awards – they went home with just the Multiplayer Game of the Year. Thanks, Halo Planet.(Louis Wu 15:04:55 UTC)

preinzi created a gingerbread Blood Gulch base – and provided pictures. Check ’em out – it came out great!(Louis Wu 15:00:07 UTC)

zugy pointed out a mod for Halo PC that basically reskins every level. Halo: FTW is (mostly) the work of Pepsi and Nessa, and adds shiny new textures to each level of the game. The HaloMods forum post contains a billion screenshots, or you can watch a fly-through movie for more dynamic info.(Louis Wu 14:56:16…

We’re back to straight puns with today’s One One Se7en. Minor story spoilers, even.(Louis Wu 21:17:52 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue is back with another installment of Reclaimer – Chapter Two, Part Twelve makes you wonder what Viper is up against… (Louis Wu 14:43:37 UTC)

While we’re discussing awards, don’t forget that the Second Foundation 2007 Community Awards have nominees posted, and votes will be accepted until just before midnight (GMT) on January 13. Check out who’s up, and add your vote!(Louis Wu 14:33:00 UTC)

Gamertag Radio has presented their 3rd Annual Xbox Community Awards (the audio was made available yesterday), and three stars in the Halo firmament shone brightly. The Halo 3 Beta took the XBL Marketplace Download of the Year award, Tied the Leader took the Team Community of the Year award, and Hawty McBloggy took the Community…

Nice – there’s a company that makes military patches; one of them (for a detachment of the 15th Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron, based in Udairi, Kuwait) has chosen some Halo imagery to make its point. darthbob found this at Kotaku.(Louis Wu 14:10:59 UTC)

John_117 stopped by to point out a Halo 3 rap he’d put together. You can watch it on YouTube.(Louis Wu 14:05:17 UTC)

RVideo continues with his stunning panoramas – today you can find Last Resort and Isolation on our forum. I find the skyboxes of both to be intriguing.(Louis Wu 13:56:03 UTC)

1UP Features Editor Jeremy Parish, has been posting his personal Top 7 games of 2007, and a couple of days ago he listed Halo 3 as Number 6. What makes this news is the insightful way he’s chosen to pin down the hurdles Halo 3 faced before it even hit the stands. His discussion of…

ZZoMBiE13 is proud of the latest episode of Another Halo Comic Strip – the first strip of 2008 also marks the longest he’s ever stuck with a webcomic. I know I speak for many when I say I hope there are many more!(Louis Wu 20:47:37 UTC)

Joystiq posted their Top 10 Games of 2007 – Halo 3 came in at number 6. (Before you get all upset about that, understand that they felt it was the one game you should have with you on a desert island. It lost points because it was the third go-round, not for anything else.) The…

Hawty McBloggy has relinquished control of her blog for a day (or a post) – there’s a guest strip from -S-, aka IX Fall0ut XI, on what the pro gaming community wants. I wish there’d been less unsubstantiated rationalizing (I don’t know why people can’t just say “this is what I want”, but instead need…

deftangel found a video which appears on YouTube, GameVideos, and Mythica.org. It’s a montage – but it’s not like any montage I’ve ever seen. It was created by UnfilteredNoise (his YouTube handle)/krushedNsorted (his GameVideos/1UP handle), and although the music grates strongly on my nerves, the camerawork is amazing. It’s not about awesome snipes, or triple…

Halo Babies hasn’t been in the news much in the past year – but they’re back, and launching a new comic strip, Larry the Marine. Swing by to check it out, along with an interview with the strip’s author!(Louis Wu 18:47:25 UTC)

RVideo created a really nice image showing Epitaph… from way outside the gameplay portion of the level. He’s included the raw version (before perspective correction), as well. What a nice New Year’s present!(Louis Wu 18:45:04 UTC)

pooberry wrote up a travelogue of his experience at a LAN event that occurred here last weekend – sounds like he had a pretty good time. There are pictures, too.(Louis Wu 18:35:53 UTC)

Xbox Family says Halo 3’s ‘rehashed [campaign] gameplay and storyline similarities’ held it back from being their Game of the Year – but its multiplayer component made sure it didn’t fall below the number 2 slot.(Louis Wu 21:25:25 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy is getting tired of muting idiots, so she wants everyone on Live to take a simple survey. Your answers will determine your automute status when playing with her. (For what it’s worth, I want this too.)(Louis Wu 20:59:56 UTC)