Author: halo@bungie.org

Bleet Tameheart let us know that Roomies had a Halo reference this week – but you might have to start at the beginning of the story arc to actually understand it. (Don’t worry, it’s only a couple of extra strips.)(Louis Wu 11:35:01 UTC)

Matt6908 wrote to tell us that High Resolution Halo has posted all but two of the Halo 3 Rank images (they’re missing General Grade 3 and 4) in high resolution (1000×1000). There are also some other items, like medals and HUD pieces – poke around!(Louis Wu 11:28:19 UTC)

Calliope got word that musicnotes.com is marketing the official sheet music for Halo (they’ve got the Halo theme and the Halo theme (Mjolnir Mix). Cost is about $5 each (a little more or less, depending on which one, and whether you’re a ‘Digital Club member’ or not).(Louis Wu 11:25:13 UTC)

Spartan Jag pointed out that Master Chief Sucks at Halo 3 (Part III) is now up – it made me laugh.(Louis Wu 11:13:37 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue stopped by to say that Abstrakt, the relatively new blog devoted to artistic screenshots taken in-game, now features a guest ‘artist’ on Fridays… and he’s the first one. Go visit to see the new work!(Louis Wu 11:12:49 UTC)

Captain Milk let us know that red rant has a new podcast up which discusses Halo 3 in depth – he’s featured as a cohost. An hour and three quarters long, 60 mb. Go listen!(Louis Wu 11:11:01 UTC)

Wow. Sep7imus was faster noticing the Bungie Weekly Update than my RSS feed was. Happy Birthday, Luke and Frankie! (Ya big cheaters!) This one is mostly housecleaning: explaining how the ranking system works (again), working on why the Marathon Man achievement doesn’t unlock for everyone, an explanation of Bungie Favorites, some lack of pants, a…

It took WAY too long – but the 2007 Guilt O’ Lantern Official Contest Page is live. Go check out the prizes we’ve got lined up for you… and get to planning!(Louis Wu 20:23:41 UTC)

The lesson from today’s One One Se7en is “make sure nobody gives Stuntmutt a copy of the Strategy Guide”.(Louis Wu 17:30:56 UTC)

Australia’s PC Magazine compared Bioshock to Halo 3, to see which was the better buy. I can’t argue with the analysis, because I haven’t played Bioshock… but to call Marty’s sound design ‘beer’ to Bioshock’s ‘wine’… eh. Thanks, Anton P. Nym. (Like Steve, I’ll let you see what they decided on your own.)(Louis Wu 17:04:42…

Zelahn has been frustrated with the crowd who plays Halo 3 in the afternoon hours – so much so, that he’s written a song about it. Go listen to Real Gamers of Genius – Mr. After School Halo Player.(Louis Wu 16:45:21 UTC)

Josh Nichols pointed out Halopic.com, new site that lets you caption uploaded screenshots – easier than firing up Photoshop!(Louis Wu 16:37:31 UTC)

Injunfett kicked off a blog that is devoted specifically to screenshots of the Bungie team getting killed in Halo 3. Makes you wonder what his childhood was like… (Blog title left out of this newspost because it’s not particularly pleasant.)(Louis Wu 16:34:28 UTC)

Conan O’Brien had a bit with God playing Halo 3 last night – darkendes pointed it out, and PHANTOMFIRE X linked to the clip itself on YouTube.(Louis Wu 16:30:14 UTC)

Koholint was the first to point out Luke Smith’s lying writeup of the Halo 3 Humpday Challenge we played against Bungie on Wednesday night. They were so embarrassed to be beaten by ‘the old men of HBO’ they had to cheat – and claim that the warmup game (Slayer on Construct, Bungie wins) was actually…

Jake Seaton’s romp through Halo 3 continues – Day 7 is now up. He’s fighting through probably the biggest and most expansive battle level in the game… he wanted to give it a perfect grade, but was unhappy with a single aspect (read it to find out what), so it gets a 4.5/5. This one’s…

Fifteen new pieces for you in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 15:34:31 UTC)

Rampancy.net has put up a guide to grabbing the Famine Skull, from NThro_Sraom. Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:57:07 UTC)

Marines in Okinawa want to play Halo 3 – but the exchanges can’t get enough copies. Ouch!(Louis Wu 14:52:32 UTC)

Elnea fails to come up with a French translation of ‘pistol-whipped’ for today’s installment of Halo Action Figure Theater – but she makes up for this oversight with some plain old-fashioned brain-eating. Go read.(Louis Wu 13:52:13 UTC)