Author: halo@bungie.org

Andrew Nagy stopped by to say he saw copies of Contact Harvest in a local bookstore – looks like it might be out early!(Louis Wu 12:24:57 UTC)

Blackstar continues his spate of medal creation – ‘Cored!’ now covers death by Fusion Core. Awesome!(Louis Wu 12:24:33 UTC)

Elnea posted Halo Action Figure Theater #96 last night – she reintroduces a fantastic euphimism, but refuses to elaborate. You’ll have to go hunting through old journal entries, I think, if you need an explanation. Or… just enjoy it. (Louis Wu 12:16:59 UTC)

Last night’s Bungie Weekly Update was a pretty cool shout-out from a bunch of Bungie employees to the people (family and friends and fans) who made it worthwhile for them. (There’s also a mysterious warning to folks doing something they shouldn’t be doing.) Go read! Roflsalad was first. (As always, it’s archived in the Weekly…

Bungie posted a nice tidbit about the Waves Audio Plug-ins used in Halo 3 – Jay Weinland makes sense of the technobabble, and a movie with examples is included. Check it out! Thanks to Ibeechu for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 12:13:44 UTC)

Over at halowiki.net, XVxV3ndettA posted an article about controlling the game of Halo 3. Interesting read! Thanks, PEZ.(Louis Wu 12:09:41 UTC)

ST let us know about ‘Master Chief and his Johnson’, a movie by Sir Topham Hat. You can watch it at MLG’s Gameroom, as ST suggested, or you can download a full-sized version from Halo3Forum.com (in WMP9 format). And, because we’re like that, we’re offering a QuickTime version, as well.(Louis Wu 20:10:57 UTC)

Jordan117 found another real-world link between Bungie’s in-game assets and Africa. This sort of attention to detail (on Bungie’s part) is awesome. And on Jordan117’s part… wow. (Louis Wu 20:03:44 UTC)

Hawty “I scour eBay so you don’t have to” McBloggy found a couple of cool-looking Halo faceplates for your Xbox 360. Go spend money!(Louis Wu 19:33:04 UTC)

Log.TV has a new program called News Log, and a couple of weeks ago, they interviewed Master Chief. Well, sort of. I’m not sure if his mic was broken, or what… but the guy redefined the word ‘stonefaced’. Go watch!(Louis Wu 19:06:11 UTC)

Stuntmutt looks at one of our larger Halo 3 foes in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 17:06:26 UTC)

rapture went to Las Vegas. To gamble? Nope. To check out the 47 Cirque du Soleil shows? Nope. He went to check out Master Chief. And take pictures. Go rap.(Louis Wu 17:05:29 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy tackles the mystery of the unlockable Katana you can add to your avatar with the right Achievements – why do people want it? DO people want it? Can it help you get to the middle of a Tootsie Pop? Some good questions in there – go read!(Louis Wu 10:35:45 UTC)

A couple of days ago, we mentioned an auction for a Topps original sketch card. That auction is still going on (5 more days, current bid is $150) – but there’s a new one: Kevin’s posted a sketch of a Spartan in EVA armor. You’ve got five and a half days on this one, no…

Another big Halo 3 fight took place last night – Gizmodo took on Kotaku, in a grudge match. (Here’s Gizmodo’s piece, and here’s Kotaku’s.) Ex-Kotaku writer Luke Smith (yes, the same Luke Smith who beat up on poor defenseless Bungie.net admins the night before) was there, playing for his old blog. Apparently, he played pretty…

Z let us know about ‘The Finale’, a Farewell-to-Halo 2 montage from Phurion, Drako, Kblocker & Kfost. Weighs in at nearly 300 mb – but there’s some pretty nice gameplay in the 13 minute monster. The last section has some less-than-successful trick attempts, which are fun to watch, as well.(Louis Wu 10:13:26 UTC)

Cinema Blend is giving away a copy of the Halo 3 Legendary Edition – swing by to read the rigorous rules! (Bottom line: if you live in the US, can read, and have an IQ above about 50, you’ve got a shot.) (Louis Wu 10:00:51 UTC)

Thirteen new pieces are up in the Fan Fiction section this week – go see what you can find! And while we’re on the subject of fan fiction, garbageman44 stopped by yesterday to point out a book written by his brother that they’re scanning and posting at DeviantART.(Louis Wu 09:47:07 UTC)

The September hardware and software numbers are out, as expected… and Halo 3 (and the Xbox 360) had a pretty amazing month. Visit this page at Video Game Chartz for a comparison between two of the bigger names in industry stats. Bottom line – as of a couple of weeks ago, Halo 3 had sold…

Ca’gerrin built a Lego Arbiter, and then stopped by to tell us about it. Pretty nice!(Louis Wu 09:28:03 UTC)