Author: halo@bungie.org

Stingraid noticed a list at Guns Lot – The Fifteen Most Influential First Person Shooter Video Games. The comments would suggest that there are lots of fans that disagree with some of the choices – but hey, Halo’s there. And so’s Marathon… and Pathways, even!(Louis Wu 10:46:54 UTC)

Noticed this on Digg – Pontiac is running a Halo 3 promo with a bunch of options – visit the page, fill out your info, play the mini-games, and you might get a chance to play Halo 3 on September 13! (Hurry; the play events will have 2500 tickets distributed, but only 200 will be…

Anton P. Nym noticed that CJ Cowan will be speaking at //ADAPT 2007 in Montreal on September 27. It’s not an inexpensive conference – with an earlybird discount, prices are still up around $400 for the Masters programs – but if you were headed there anyway, CJ’s discussion of Halo 3 is a really nice…

Awesome new video at Game Invasion – 3:41 worth of Bungie employees (Marty, man, cut your hair) discussing what THEY think Halo 3 will give you, and what you’re going to be giving back. Hype? Sure. But good hype. Go watch. Thanks, GetOverIT Enor.Update: Schedonnardus points out that there are actually TWO new videos today…

1Up has put up ‘Revisiting Halo 2, Part 3’ – covers trough the end of the game. Thanks, Lichtonatus.(Louis Wu 20:39:49 UTC)

Game Revolver posted their list of the top 12 greatest soundtracks of all time (we’re talking games here, not movies) – Halo 2 did pretty well. Thanks, Raz0r.(Louis Wu 20:32:46 UTC)

James Falcon sent along another batch of pics of his armor in progress – this time we’ve got forearm guards, the start of his S108 Sniper Rifle, and some pics of him messing around with his AR5. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 20:22:31 UTC)

Whoa. A One One Se7en that references Halo 3, Red vs Blue, and Marathon, all at once! Watch the overload! (Speaking of Marathon – have you submitted your entry for the 7 on the 7th Contest yet? Deadline is in 8 hours!)(Louis Wu 19:55:43 UTC)

G-Kon (Arlington, TX) is hosting a Halo 3 Tournament on September 29th; 1v1 and 4v4 will both be supported. Registreation is $15 pp/per event. Check the website for more details.(Louis Wu 19:44:45 UTC)

Remember those hidden screenshots on Xbox.com? Gamersyde has giant versions of ’em… along with a very nice Multiplayer shot, as well. (Red Team FTW.) Thanks, Mike Carson.(Louis Wu 18:15:16 UTC)

A thoughtful, well-written article (typo in the first line notwithstanding) can be found over at Gamers with Jobs; Julian “rabbit” Murdoch discusses how Halo 3 simply CANNOT live up to the level of hype that’s been generated. The line that resonated most with me was his description of Guitar Hero 2; even though he enjoyed…

Swing by Tied the Leader for a special treat today – XerxdeeJ has a 12-minute interview with Steve Downes, who plays the voice of Master Chief in all three Halo games. Sound quality is awesome, behind the scenes discussion is beyond awesome. 11.5 mb in MP3 format – go grab a copy!(Louis Wu 11:40:44 UTC)

Dave Bergland let us know that the next Halo 3 Albania Project Webisode is now online (or you can watch it on YouTube) – it’s the second half of the ‘meet the crew’ segment.(Louis Wu 11:30:50 UTC)

RPG-TV.com jumped right on the Wikipedia edit thing we mentioned yesterday – today’s comic extrapolates. Thanks, chewpathingy.(Louis Wu 11:24:29 UTC)

Elnea bought some Kubrick Spartans, and decided they’d fit nicely into her Halo Action Figure Theater. I think she’s right.(Louis Wu 11:22:08 UTC)

RVideo pointed out a small gif you can include in your .signature that will show a countdown to Halo 3 with each pageload. (Don’t save a local copy; all you’ll get is the time to Halo 3 from when you saved it. You need to use the URL he provides.)(Louis Wu 11:18:53 UTC)

The Australian Herald Sun has an article about the Saved Films feature of Halo 3, with some discussion from Frankie about the game in general and what Bungie tried to do with it. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 11:15:38 UTC)

Interesting. Several days ago, we mentioned an article in the current issue of Time magazine; we made note of the fact that it talked negatively about gamers… and moved on. I guess the paper issue hit the street today – I just saw three articles heaping scorn on the piece. (bits bytes pixels & sprites…

Hoovaloov noticed that the Bungie Store had gotten a facelift – and Spartan Jag picked out one of the new items there. (Hit the ‘Zoom’ button to see all 16 months’ worth of artwork.)(Louis Wu 21:47:53 UTC)

According to MAXCONSOLE, the latest EGM has a tidbit pointing out the smartest and dumbest AIs in upcoming games… Halo 3 takes one of those spots. Care to guess which? And what game gets the other one?(Louis Wu 18:40:07 UTC)