Author: halo@bungie.org

cchapman stopped by to point out a new Halo 3 multiplayer song he’d written (and performed) – you can find the .mp3 and the lyrics in his forum post. This is a creative way to work out your matchmaking frustrations! (Louis Wu 11:08:32 UTC)

According to Kotaku, you can apparently buy a ‘Halo 3 Bundle’ in a variety of European countries – it comes with an Xbox 360 (the ‘Pro’ – 20GB hard drive and HDMI), and a copy of Halo 3. Seems to run about €400 or so. Not a bad deal!(Louis Wu 10:56:20 UTC)

Jake Seaton’s level-at-a-time overview of the game is now up to Mission 6 – I can’t tell you much about what he writes without delving into spoiler territory, so if you’re following this, go read. This level got a 5/5 from him. (Louis Wu 10:50:21 UTC)

finalcuthalo let us know that HaloGrid, too, is getting into the continuous videostream business (we mentioned some channels at GamingTV yesterday). The news post is here, and the stream, composed of HaloGrid’s biggest hits, is here.(Louis Wu 10:44:38 UTC)

The Hushed Casket had a LAN party last weekend, to celebrate their 5th birthday – pictures, video, and ridicule of Mintz can be found on their website. Sounds like a fun time!(Louis Wu 10:35:12 UTC)

Rock Opera Jr points out that a clip from Space’s Hypaspace Weekly show in Canada, involving a quick Halo 3 match on Last Resort, is now online at the Spacecast website. The clip shows a single round (with one offense and one defense for each team) of Assault – with great angles and nice use…

Bungie’s posted a note about the first update to the Halo 3 playlist – it’s live now. Go read about it… then get on Live and play! Thanks, KP.(Louis Wu 18:16:08 UTC)

Around the time of Halo 3’s launch, Luke McKay whipped up a couple of doodles for his Red vs Blue Journal; I’m just getting around to adding them to his gallery here. Check out ‘Halo 3’ and ‘Unfinished Halo’! (Spoiler warning on that last one…)(Louis Wu 17:58:22 UTC)

trigger119 has set up live channels (basically, internet TV) over at GamingTV – go read his news post for a full explanation of how things work, and check out what’s on tap!(Louis Wu 17:45:43 UTC)

Sometimes I just hate how busy things get. A bit over a week ago, Tex turned 19… and had a cool Halo party. A day or two later, she showed me the cake, which totally rocked… and which I promptly forgot to post. So I’m posting it now. Sorry, Tex.(Louis Wu 17:31:16 UTC)

Microsoft has finally updated the Game Content Usage Rules that came out a couple of months ago; the current version contains clarified wording for where files can be posted, whether you can enter film festivals, how you can work with the game’s backstory, sound usage, and more. It’s a pretty reasonable set of rules at…

Some folks are having trouble viewing the ‘Gravesite’ Believe vid at Halo3.com; for them, we’ve posted local downloadable versions (WMP9, 8 mb | QuickTime, 7.5 mb). Hope this is helpful. (Read this post if you missed the original discussion.) (Louis Wu 13:52:27 UTC)

We got an email from Greg Haupt, who gave up Halo when he started dating his fiancée. He says, “i think i didn’t want her to think i was a video game freak.” That was three years ago. This weekend, she surprised him for his birthday by… well, watch the vid.(Louis Wu 13:41:39 UTC)

Hugh Hancock points out that Rooster Teeth will be performing live at the Machinima Europe festival, on Saturday, October 13 (this coming Saturday); according to Burnie, the plan is “to make a hilarious special video for the programme using our world-famous, award-winning Red vs Blue characters and our trademark humility.” If you haven’t registered, and…

Last week, we mentioned a photo exhibition based on the Believe ads; onebitrocket noticed that you could check out all the photos (and get info about the fictional photographer) at Xbox.com.(Louis Wu 13:20:54 UTC)

Just when you thought the plot to Halo Action Figure Theater couldn’t get any more convoluted… Elnea releases Episode 92.(Louis Wu 13:17:26 UTC)

It’s Tuesday, and XerxdeeJ is back! He wanted to point out new content at Tied the Leader. They’ve posted their official review of Halo 3 (the depth into which it goes is breathtaking), a Race variant, complete with downloadable material, and a close look at the changes to in-game chat in Halo 3. Get your…

Silly bs angel – she thought the ‘Social’ playlists were going to be friendly. Never one to shrink from a challenge, though, she’s written up the Noob’s Guide to Being Social – if just ONE person reads this and learns from it, Xbox Live will be a better place.(Louis Wu 12:50:14 UTC)

Wow, that was fast – according to SPOnG, Halo 3’s already been bumped from the top sales spot by FIFA 08 in the UK. Looks like most people who CAN buy Halo 3 have already done so.(Louis Wu 12:40:42 UTC)

MORE interviews with Frankie and Sketch about the split – TeamXbox with Frankie (thanks, Planet Halo), Wired with Frankie (thanks, Mc_Leprechaun), Business Week with Sketch. They’ve gotta be getting tired of this. (That said, there’s still little tidbits to be gleaned from these, and they don’t take long to read – go read ’em.)(Louis Wu…