Author: halo@bungie.org

trigger119 let us know there’s a new ‘interviews in Machinima’ episode for your perusal; this one is a discussion with Laird, who has created the ‘Halo: Unyielding’ series, among other things. Go see what makes him tick!(Louis Wu 12:30:06 UTC)

Only 5 new pieces this week in the Fan Fiction queue – go read ’em!(Louis Wu 12:10:29 UTC)

Sane Intolerant combined Transformers and Halo for his latest episode of Halo Toy Box.(Louis Wu 12:06:15 UTC)

The Gamepro Video Interviews continue – today’s entry is Jaime Griesemer, discussing Halo 3 equipment. Why they added it, how it’s not going to overbalance the game, why it’s so cool. Nice discussion! (Also, a discussion of the Needler, and how it’s c…

Noice. MasterChief2829 noticed a new image accompanying a story in the Wall Street Journal on upcoming video games – the Master Chief in front of a wall of vegetation. It’s just a tiny shot… but oh so beautiful!(Louis Wu 16:47:04 UTC)

Last week, we mentioned an inexpensive but impressively-done cardboard rendition of Spartan armor; it hit Digg the same day, and the site died. We’ve since contacted the creator, and gotten permission to put up a local gallery; if you missed it the la…

Over at Rampancy.net, Narcogen speculates about potential scoring systems for the single-player game in Halo 3. For the most part, it’s simply a discussion of possibilities – but if you’ve been scrupulously avoiding leaked info, you might want to pass…

Entertainment Weekly rated all three ‘Next-Gen’ consoles (360, Wii, PS3) last November; at the time, they’d given the 360 an A-, the Wii a B+, and the PS3 a B. They’re back with a ‘Midterm Report Card’, and everybody but the 360 has lost ground. (They …

ATL United Gamerz is hosting a Halo/Halo 2 tourney on July 21, in Marietta, GA – they’re really pushing the Halo 1 aspect. If you’re in the area, check it out! (No word at this point on prizes, or fees. Thanks BigSick.(Louis Wu 11:39:45 UTC)

Mintz read the article at Newspail yesterday, the one that complained about the racist and obnoxious kiddies you meet in Halo 2 Matchmaking – and decided to perform an experiment. It wasn’t a very extensive experiment… but the results were interesti…

If you haven’t gotten enough of the Kotobukiya action figure coming out this fall, Action-Figure.com has 119 new pictures of it. You could almost build a QTVR 3D image from this… except for the weird lighting.(Louis Wu 11:12:36 UTC)

Yesterday, an interesting report came out of Taipei – demand for components for the DVD-ROM drives that go into 360s began to rise… and they began to rise because the production of 360s is ramping up to handle the demand that will be generated by th…

Today’s One One Se7en is special, for a few reasons; it’s a Holiday strip, of sorts, celebrating the anniversary of the United States’ declaration of independence… it’s the first guest strip ever done by KP, and – well, you’ll have to read it for th…

You know, I gotta say, when I read Morpheus’ forum post about a video his buddy made, I wasn’t expecting much… but I found that the actual result was pretty funny. Go watch Master Chief’s United States of Whatever at YouTube – it’s 3 minutes of nice…

bs ‘Hawty McBloggy’ angel writes about another Pavel Dolgov Halo-themed faceplate – a friend of hers commissioned the artist to create a Clan-related faceplate, and the end result is pretty nice! Check it out.(Louis Wu 11:51:51 UTC)

Halownage really wants their own logo – so they’re offering a prize of $100 for anyone who can create one they really like. More details in this post. Thanks, HeisTeR.(Louis Wu 11:30:04 UTC)

Mister Froggy sent word that Halo, Articulated #53 is out – it’s July-Fourth related, and it makes more sense if you read yesterday’s Halo Toy Box. (Link is provided on the comic page, for your convenience.)(Louis Wu 11:02:41 UTC)

Newspail has an editorial discussing the shift in player attitudes between Halo and Halo 2 – with speculation as to why. Language is PG-rated, but the thinking is worth following. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 10:59:46 UTC)

It almost never works this way… but sometimes, ye can ask, and ye shall receive. rapture wondered if we had an RSS feed for One One Se7en – we didn’t. rapture said “but you should. It’s easy and useful.” rapture was right. So here you go. (If you are…

Over at Bungie.net, you’ll find another batch of high-res images – this time, it’s renders of various armor variations. Very nice! Thanks, MasterChief2829.(Louis Wu 20:03:41 UTC)