Author: halo@bungie.org

Reinsoft sent mail about an auction on eBay for a bunch of cups and some Halo 2 memorabilia. (The cups – can’t you still get those at 7-11?) A couple of days left…(Louis Wu 19:45:03 UTC)

SeannyD wrote up a monster blog post about Halo 3 hype, and why it’s bad… AND good. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 13:45:01 UTC)

xATHENAx let us know that Halo2.junk.ws hosted a 4v4 tourney this weekend for communities that have participated in the past – 29 teams showed up. A full recap is on their forum (registration required to see it). Sounds like fun! Congrats to CsR Gaming for the top spot.(Louis Wu 13:43:10 UTC)

Samir Patel was the first to let us know about ‘Halo: Orions Spartans I’, a new Flash vid at Newgrounds. Very high production values, and this one’s unusual in that it’s a serious story, not a comedy. Go watch!(Louis Wu 13:26:11 UTC)

Cinema Blend has put up an article about how Halo 3 ain’t all that… and it’s our fault.Gamers are overly excited about a game that doesn’t give us anything new, so it won’t get more exciting than it already is. This is gaming standing still, and we are happy with it. It’s an opinion, that’s…

Herr Zrbo noticed a ton of Halo stuff available under the G4 label from Comcast On Demand (on your TV, if you have Comcast Cable). Check it out!(Louis Wu 12:58:58 UTC)

GameDaily is here to help make sure you have time to finish the fight; they’ve put up an article with some sample emails you can send to your boss to get out of work on the 25th. Warning: risk of firing imminent. Thanks, Morpheus.(Louis Wu 12:57:16 UTC)

Lots of people sent us word of this YouTube vid of someone playing the Halo theme using Mario Paint. (I guess it was Dugg.) Pretty cool! prometheus was first – thanks.(Louis Wu 12:52:31 UTC)

Over at Subnvova, simen has translated some Norwegian to explain more fully the situation of the ‘in the wild’ copies there. Doesn’t sound TOO awful…(Louis Wu 12:50:37 UTC)

A pillar of the gaming community, GamerDad, has had a heart attack, and undergone quadruple bypass surgery. His wife has put up a page on his website, explaining what’s going on – if you think you can help, there’s a donation link there, as well. Thanks, Ma1agate (and Penny Arcade) for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 15:21:27…

Hellhawk has created a second teaser for Floaty Silence 3 – you can grab copies in WMP9 format (1.5 mb) or QuickTime format (1.9 mb). (Louis Wu 15:17:36 UTC)

This was first reported to us by Thomas Wendelborg, but there’s an article in English up now on Product Reviews Net (thanks, Avateur); a Norwegian game shop has sold at least 2 copies of Halo 3 to customers, so beware, as always, of spoilers.(Louis Wu 15:15:44 UTC)

3Suns summarize a ton of new content on MLGPro.com for us – there’s some reflections from ShocKWav3, a ‘State of Str8 Address’ from Tsquared, a look back at the 2007 circuit (and a look ahead to Orlando) from Mimic, Walshy’s Chicago memories, a video interview with Strongside, Ten top plays from the top 10 teams…

A number of people have been letting us know that the Discovery Channel has started advertising a special Halo episode of their Future Weapons show. (Samusaaron3 was first with the news a couple of days ago.) This episode should air Monday. Major Silva noticed that the Sci Fi channel is airing something similar, the day…

1Up mentions some plot recaps and outside literature summaries – if you’re trying to catch up on the Halo storyline, check this stuff out!(Louis Wu 11:34:24 UTC)

Max Greenhall found ActionClix already on sale at his local Gamestop last night… so he bought some. (Plasmafrag confirms that his local Target is selling them too.)(Louis Wu 11:20:21 UTC)

Injunfett has kicked off a blog to discuss tips and strategy for Halo 3. Look past the spelling and grammar. (Louis Wu 11:15:57 UTC)

MTV News is looking for fans in the New York area who want to tell their story – no prizes, but they’re offering to publish the best ones. Google News was first with this, but Impervium wasn’t too far behind.(Louis Wu 11:14:18 UTC)

Geezer Gamers has a nice editorial about making room for new friends, soon…(Louis Wu 11:12:03 UTC)

More predictions about sales – they seem to get bigger each time someone opens their mouth. According to PC World, GamerMetrics is predicting 4 million units of Halo 3 sold in the US in the first 2 months.(Louis Wu 11:02:35 UTC)