Author: halo@bungie.org

Bungie interviewed Todd McFarlane, the man behind the company that will be making new Halo 3 figures next spring. There’s a bunch of information about how they decide what markets to target, and how they go about making the figures. Interesting read! T…

This is a pretty bizarre prank call – I’m not sure what else to say about it. The tech support guy… seems gullible.(Louis Wu 12:10:21 UTC)

Today’s Guest One One Se7en from ZZoMBiE13 actually made me laugh. Out loud. I think Stuntmutt better consider cutting that paternity leave short…(Louis Wu 17:03:12 UTC)

Nabsuh has reworked his original CHASE video (we mentioned the old one here). Different ships this time around – way cooler effects. Check it out – it’s quite small!(Louis Wu 16:52:25 UTC)

Shishka has updated his 1Up blog with some questions people ask about the Blastacular Map Pack maps. (There’s also some head-shaking stories about people getting fired – I’m sort of glad I don’t work in the games industry.) Good read. Thanks to Certain…

Heh – the boys at Penny Arcade turn their sights on the Halo 3 ARG – always good to get the cynical viewpoint. Thanks, Russ Robey.(Louis Wu 13:20:13 UTC)

Interesting. So back in May, Xbox Australia and Bungie auctioned off an airbbrushed 360, signed by Bungie, to raise money for Make-A-Wish. They pulled in almost AU$25,000. Now, there’s a box for sale on eBay in the US that seems to claim to be the sam…

Wow. This story would almost be funny… if it didn’t involve a poor, uninvolved bystander whose life was turned upside down by a series of coincidences. (As someone who is still – more than 9 months in – dealing with calls from the Xbox Live service c…

Nathan Gibson pointed out Maximum Fear, a summary of the Alternate Reality Game started with Adjutant Reflex’s appearance a bit over a week ago. It’s concise and clear, and pulls its data for the most part from the Bungie.net group CompoundIntelligenc…

RyanUltima has created a Mjolnir suit out of Legos – it looks pretty amazing. The YouTube video found by Wolverine Monkey is pretty low quality – we’ve contacted RyanUltima, who’s agreed to try and get us higher-resolution footage. We’ll keep you post…

James Falcon sent along another few pictures of his in-progress Mjolnir suit – there’s a belt, some gloves, the glove plates, and the beginnings of a chest plate. Go see!(Louis Wu 11:50:55 UTC)

Hmm… I think I might have done the math wrong – but the Parody selection for the Zune Giveaway is now available for voting. (I know, I said 8pm PDT – but I coded the page for 5pm EDT, subtracting 3 hours instead of adding them. Oops.) Don’t worry th…

Legendz sent us a news update about Halownage – they’re currently looking for replacements for a 1v1 ladder they’re running (cash prize) – check details here. They’re also hosting what they consider to be the best montage trialer to date – Brohan’s Fi…

bs angel (you may recognize the name – she’s a Cavegirl that hangs with the Bungie guys sometimes, she’s played some Humpday challenges) recently had a custom Halo faceplate created by Pavel Dolgov. (Search our news for him for other artwork he’s done…

Kostas Tzounopoulos has put the preloaded pictures you can find on a Halo 3 Zune online on his website, Zune-Online.com; these are extracted directly from the Zune, so the quality is as high as is available. There is some spectacular artwork in here. …

Wow. Not sure where the info came from – but Xbox360Achievements.org has posted a full list of 49 achievements for Halo 3. Peripheral information that can be gleaned from the list is enormous (including level names, gameplay hints, and more). Do not lo…

Major League Gaming has expanded into Canada! MLGCanada.com opened today – you can check the press release at MLGPro.com, GameBattles or Marketwire, or a story on CTV’s Canada AM – or just check out the new site. There’s tons of new content already – …

HaloGrid is running a series of Caption contests – week one kicked off 5 days ago, and the top captions for the first picture are now up for public voting. Thanks, Trindacut.(Louis Wu 13:25:13 UTC)

vnunet.com has reviewed Halo 2 Vista – they felt it took too long, and it offered too little. 3/5.(Louis Wu 12:24:12 UTC)

Wow. Now THAT’S cheap. sorahn points out a deal at Slickdeals.net whereby you can pick up Halo (the original Xbox version) for $6 – $5 for the game, plus a buck to ship it.(Louis Wu 12:21:28 UTC)