Author: halo@bungie.org

Over at Xbox360Fanboy, they found ANOTHER set of Master Chief armor for sale on eBay – this one is being sold by Devastator, and the armor itself (including upgrades) has shown up a few times in our news. Current bid is a bit over $2000, with 9 days to go in the auction. (He mentions…

Columbia (MO) Daily Tribune’s Game Over Blog reviews Halo 3 – 8.5/10, “the title by wich all other console multiplayer FPS will be judged”. And the Albany Times Union felt that the multiplayer matchmaking was too slow, but that otherwise the game was great. (The first paragraph of this review threw me for a loop,…

Sam told us about H3 Customs, billed as the First Halo 3 Custom Game Search. Bungie talked about public custom games at one point, but it didn’t make the final cut of Halo 3 – now some fans are stepping up to help. If you add a game to the list, you still have to…

Saved Films functionality is a HUGE part of the wonder that is Halo 3; it lets you relive spectacular moments, it let’s you figure out exactly HOW you died (and which walls that bullet ricocheted off before it went through your skull), it lets you create gorgeous machinima with a minimum of setup. In order…

Brad, from Soundproof.com, let us know that he’s created a screensaver that “scrapes the user submitted screen shots from bungie.net and shows them as a slide show.” It’s a Windows-only app, and there are two versions – one that just shows you the pics, the other that “takes your gamertag and uses that to gather…

Larry Larson (of Microsoft’s Channel Ten) recently blogged about a bunch of tips that went out over an internal Xbox distribution list, which might help you become a better Halo 3 player. It also answers some basic questions that might have you puzzled. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 00:09:52 UTC)

Weird – this site has created a bunch of “Halo 3 high resolution Photoshop brushes” – I guess for more quickly whipping up that cool wallpaper you’re working on. Check it out! (Louis Wu 00:09:34 UTC)

Jack Thompson got himself on a TV morning show, decrying the church-using-Halo-to-recruit issue; Kotaku decided to break his claims down and look at how accurate they are. Not surprisingly, Jack’s made a few untenable declarations. You could have knocked me over with a feather – I never would have guessed it. Thanks, GryphonOsiris.(Louis Wu 22:39:55…

Laird points out that Combat Part 2 (Neil Blomkamp’s 3rd short) is finally downloadable in HD – head over to GameTrailers.(Louis Wu 22:02:51 UTC)

Heh – G4’s Adam Sessler has some choice words for Halo haters out there… they’re not polite, but they’re choice. Thanks, PHANTOMFIRE X.(Louis Wu 21:58:07 UTC)

Wow, amazing. Over on Bungie.net, MC187 noticed that one of Gilbert Arenas’ gamertags was climbing funny in experience points. (Read the post for the details on the scam; they’re pretty unimportant to the story.) Arenas is a pro NBA player, and the sponsor of pro MLG team Final Boss; he’s high-profile, and big in the…

The latest Bungie podcast has been posted – in it, Jonty Barnes talks about what it’s like being a producer at Bungie. This was recorded well before the split announcement, so don’t be looking for juicy details about that here. About an hour long, 73 mb.(Louis Wu 21:18:31 UTC)

Interesting – over at 24/7 Wall St., there’s an article about Electronic Arts buying BioWare and Pandemic – the article interprets this move as “EA wants its own Halo”. In contrast to what happened to Microsoft’s stock recently (it rose when Halo 3 was released, and rose again when Bungie split away), EA’s stock has…

Hawty McBloggy found a pretty nice Master Chief costume on eBay – ready to wear! Opening bid is $900, Buy it Now price is $2000 – if you’re in the market, you’ve got a week!(Louis Wu 17:57:32 UTC)

ScrewAttack posted a video showing the 10 best games available this holiday – that aren’t Halo 3. (Halo 3: so overmarketed, you can even use it to sell OTHER stuff.) Thanks, Linkmaxwell.(Louis Wu 17:29:56 UTC)

GameDaily has a photo montage of a bunch of ways Master Chief can enjoy his retirement, now that the current Halo arc is finished. Thanks, John McGovern.(Louis Wu 17:26:05 UTC)

RefinedSolid pointed out a clip at MLG’s Gameroom showing a pretty funny betrayal. You couldn’t make that shot if you TRIED.(Louis Wu 16:53:04 UTC)

op_ivy noticed a couple of characters playing through part of the first campaign level of Halo 3 on last night’s Sarah Silverman Program. (Louis Wu 16:51:30 UTC)

B!OHAZARD announced a new vid by Biohazard Producitons – it’s called Last Man Standing, and it shows a fun mongoose race on Sandtrap. He’s got some comments about the film itself in the post – and I made some in a followup post. Go read – and watch. (Louis Wu 16:50:06 UTC)

Ross Mills again points out a Two Sides Wide episode that uses Halo – this time to comment on the church recruiting issue we mentioned recently. (Louis Wu 16:48:04 UTC)