Author: halo@bungie.org

MLG has posted their MLG Gametypes v2 – tweaked maps, tweaked gametypes, lots of testing. Thanks to synide for stopping by to tell us about it – and check out the feedback so far; some people are happy, some are unhappy. I suppose that’s the way of the world…(Louis Wu 14:04:41 UTC)

Wow. Somehow we totally missed the fact that Wired Magazine was running a Halo 3 Supergeek contest, looking to give away cool schwag to the biggest Halo 3 geek out there. I found out about it today, when they posted the winners. I’m guessing we’ve got readers that could have cleaned up…(Louis Wu 20:22:54 UTC)

937 sent in over a hundred dialogue snippets for our Halo 3 Dialogue Databank; great stuff from Elites, Brutes, and Humans. Go listen!(Louis Wu 18:10:09 UTC)

Angry Robot has posted their Top Ten Disappointing Things About Halo 3 – while some of them seem sort of gratuitous, I gotta agree with the Achievement thing. See what you think. Thanks, Rock Opera Jr.(Louis Wu 16:56:20 UTC)

Last week, Achronos made it clear you wouldn’t be able to interact with the huge satellite dishes on Standoff – Stuntmutt suggests he’s wrong, in today’s One One Se7en. Oh, Stunt…(Louis Wu 14:34:07 UTC)

Nice – Hawty McBloggy found a pretty cool rendition of the Halo 3 menu music… along with a tuturial on playing the Halo 3 Announcement trailer piano solo without sheet music. Go watch!(Louis Wu 13:11:25 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that the next episode of Reclaimer (Chapter Two, Part Four) is now up. Hendricks? Who’s Hendricks? Update: DOH!(Louis Wu 12:38:20 UTC)

Treeskunk Productions has posted Episode 1 of Outpost Isil: Rekindle the Flames. We get a chance to meet three of the characters of the series, and the storyline has begun to be unveiled. It’s available in a bunch of different formats; you can pick the one you want from Treeskunk’s page (thanks, Bzerker), or Twilkey…

I haven’t posted too many Halo reviews recently; there were so many, coming so fast, that trying to process them all was pointless. They’ve slowed down, though, so new ones, usually written by people who’ve taken some time to digest the offerings of the game, are probably worth pointing out. Xbox Solution just put one…

This weekend, BobFlop pointed out a video on LiveLeak which showed off a new exoskeleton being tested by the US Army. It’s similar to other vids (and other human assistive tools) discussed in the past; I thought it was fun, but not really Halo-related. Well, that video made it to CNN yesterday, and our mailbox…

IGN points out that Details magazine has rated the top 50 men under 45… and Jason Jones comes in at #43. I guess heading the studio that released Halo 3 is worth something… thanks, Wolverine Monkey.(Louis Wu 23:26:22 UTC)

ViralSyris found a bunch of new stuff at the Bungie Store – swing by his post for direct links. Just in time for Christmas!(Louis Wu 19:06:15 UTC)

Eep, almost missed this. Hawty McBloggy has put together a list of the Top 10 Romantic Halo 3 Lines Useful for Forge Proposals. Some of them actually seem like they’d work better as pickup lines (if they worked at all)… but hey, whatever. Go check ’em out! (She takes no responsibility if using them gets…

Today’s Tied the Leader update from XerxdeeJ mentions some, but not all, of their new content. In addition to a genteel challenge issued to anyone who hasn’t faced the TTL Gunslingers, there’s a piece describing an AP article on gaming as social networking; deeJ was interviewed for it, and has quotes in it. (It’s definitely…

ZZoMBiE13 seems to be trying to outpun Stuntmutt in today’s episode of Another Halo Comic Strip. To make up for the awful punchline, he’s providing you with some killer artwork. Seems like a fair trade.(Louis Wu 16:10:53 UTC)

This looks pretty cool – an open-source stats manager for OS X. Unfortunately, I can’t get it to work on my machine; maybe it’s PowerPC only?(Louis Wu 14:01:01 UTC)

Halopen is hosting a Create-A-Hero contest; come up with a Halo-based superhero, right down to the costume, and you might find him (or her) featured in Halopen’s upcoming ‘Superheroes’ movie. (Winners will also get some prizes from Gamestop.) Go read all the details, and get to designing! (Louis Wu 13:59:32 UTC)

Looks like the Legendary Edition made it into Toms Hardware Holiday Buyers Guide this year – thanks, RVideo.(Louis Wu 13:57:06 UTC)

Whoa. Don’t know how long this is going to last… but today’s Gold Box Deal of the Day at Amazon.com is the Halo 3 Legendary Edition… for $59.99. If you want the Cadillac for the price of a Taurus… go buy. Now.(Louis Wu 13:12:17 UTC)

The New York Daily News needed help narrowing down your videogame choices for the holidays – so they went to the Penny Arcade team. Their advice? You can’t go wrong with Halo 3. Thanks, Quikthnkr.(Louis Wu 18:56:27 UTC)