Author: halo@bungie.org

TTL Demag0gue continues his Reclaimer series – Chapter One, Part Six is now online. What does Ferial know?(Louis Wu 15:35:59 UTC)

EmpressCortana stopped by with pictures from her Bungie tour last week – and a link to an eBay auction of a signed copy of Halo 3. Swing by, look at the pics, bid on the game… she’s going to use the money for college textbooks. (Hey – that’s better than beer, right?)(Louis Wu 15:23:29 UTC)

Over at MLGPro.com, Brick has put together a bunch of user-created videos that can teach you some cool strategies and techniques. Go read, go watch, and get better! (Lots of jumping vids, but also grenading weapons to you, angles for throws from particular positions TO particular positions, etc. Videos like this were common for Halo,…

On October 8, we mentioned a Halo-related comic at Pixelated Pupils; every strip since then (starting here) has been Halo-related, and the most recent strip makes me wish I’d done more this Halloween. Thanks, AngelicLionheart.(Louis Wu 15:04:23 UTC)

Also at Planet Halo – they’re kicking off a weekly trivia game sponsored by Master Replicas; stop by on Tuesdays at 5:30 pm Pacific and play to win the Halo Weapons Replica Collection!(Louis Wu 14:53:14 UTC)

Right after Halo 3 was released, Planet Halo announced a contest whereby cool film clips could win you cool schwag. The entries have been tabulated, the internal votes are in – and they’ve got three finalists for you to look at and vote on. The original film clips have been turned into HD movie files…

Nine new pieces up for your perusal in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read!(Louis Wu 14:19:37 UTC)

MasterChief2829 has a talented little brother – the kid’s three and a half, and he’s playing Halo 3 online (and doing reasonably well). Go watch the movie.(Louis Wu 14:11:29 UTC)

The changes to your Stats page over at Bungie.net continue; mouseovers of the weapon images bring up great detailed pictures and text, and there’s a new tab available: Heatmaps (thanks, RevDotNed). You can see frequency plots of kills or deaths by location on each map. There are global maps, as well, showing the aggregate data…

The Bungie take on this week’s Halo Humpday Challenge with Podtacular (Podtac’s was already mentioned yesterday) is now online. You know how if you tell a lie long enough, you begin to believe it? Luke claims that they’re undefeated so far – it’s pretty clear from the reading of this one that they’ve forgotten that…

Fragclone was the first to notice a new post at the Spawn website (home of McFarlane Toys) – looks like next March, we’ll be seeing an exclusive McFarlane Spartan figure – he’s wearing CQB armor, but more interestingly, it’s removable (and interchangeable with other McFarlane Spartans). Awesome! You can build your own avatar.(Louis Wu 13:59:45…

John_117 has been working on a wall painting for the inside of his house, with his girlfriend; he posted a picture of the early progress on our forum. Great start!(Louis Wu 13:56:53 UTC)

We’ve added another set of cutscenes that have minor changes when playing in Co-op mode; go look at the first three cutscenes from The Covenant (one | two | three) and the opening from Cortana. Again, thanks to Cody, Simpsons Rule, and Psychophan7 for the recordings! (Louis Wu 22:22:11 UTC)

Warbirds pointed out a feature at AOL.com on living better – it outlines some of the things that keep us from being healthy. Page 7 focuses on video games, and mentions Halo specifically:”Your own imagination is the greatest entertainment device in the world – unfortunately it dies from lack of use when you live for…

Va1or posted a proposal for some changes to the Bungie.net stats page displayed for each Halo 3 player on Xbox Live. His ideas are actually quite good – take a look and see what you think! (I have no idea what Bungie thinks of these ideas, and even if they liked them how much work…

Swing by Xbox.com for a heartwarming story of love and acceptance among the rocket launchers. Thanks, KP.(Louis Wu 18:50:30 UTC)

Marty O’Donnell (bearded? Must have been a busy month!) sat down with Eurogamer just before the Video Games Live concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London a few weeks ago. They talked about the evolution of music through the Halo trilogy, and how Marty approaches music creation, be it for advertising or video games.…

PEZ let us know that there are a couple of new articles at halowiki.net you might be interested in – they deal with bad habits in multiplayer, and how to overcome them. Read Bad Habits in Team Games, and Bad Habits in FFA Games, and make your gameplay better!(Louis Wu 18:29:47 UTC)

RVideo found some interesting pictures at NASA – go see what you think! (There are minor story spoilers in these pics – don’t look if you haven’t played Halo 3.)(Louis Wu 16:49:42 UTC)

Ouch – looks like Podtacular was the next group to take on Bungie in the weekly Halo Humpday Challenge – and lose. The writeup’s not on B.net yet, but CapnKrunk has posted details on the Podtacular website. Thanks, Samus 117.(Louis Wu 16:46:50 UTC)