Author: halo@bungie.org

Spu7n1k posted the cover of the weekly tech magazine from a Singapore newspaper – now THERE’S a pretty cool armor permutation! (As Luke mentions on Bungie.net, the customizations are cosmetic only; they won’t affect gameplay.)(Louis Wu 14:34:17 UTC)

A few months ago, Leviathan mentioned he was working on a 2D version of Halo – today he’s back with new screens. Looking good!(Louis Wu 14:28:44 UTC)

MLGPro has a Player Commentary vid from Carbon’s Shockwave, looking at their Losers Bracket Final series against FBI The Agency. Great tips for folks looking to better their game! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 14:20:56 UTC)

Today’s Penny Arcade comic (soon to be available at this permanent link) wonders whether the pleasant world of tabletop gaming will be adversely affected by the introduction of the Halo community. I’d like to hope not – but I’m not putting any money on…

Wolverine Monkey noticed a video piece by the Dutch program GameKings on YouTube – it’s an interview with Bungie, based on a visit they made earlier this year. Most of it is in Dutch – but the interviews are in English, and the background footage is a…

Stephen ‘SoundEffect’ Loftus wrote to let us know he’d picked up the Strategy Guide for Halo 2 Vista. Basically, they updated the Halo 2 Strategy Guide (for Xbox) with new screenshots, keyboard info (duh), and all the new maps released since 2004. Fin…

Mid7night has run out of flying vehicles to port to X-Plane – so he’s bringing in the rolling ones. (We already mentioned his warthog.) Last night, he pointed out preliminary shots of a Scorpion. I think he plans to take over the X-Plane universe by f…

Devrous put up a new update for his Freespace 2 Halo mod – a shot of the Seraph, and a second video tour. Check it out!(Louis Wu 12:06:03 UTC)

rapture wants to know what fans think of halo 2 Vista – the whole package. Swing by Halo2(pc).org for a poll, and make your voice heard!(Louis Wu 12:00:39 UTC)

jayWHY let us know that he ranted a bit about Halo PC in the wake of yesterday’s player stats update – there are some long-suffering fans out there.(Louis Wu 11:58:50 UTC)

There are Halo 2 reviews at Home Theater Magazine (liked it – 4/5), Game Informer (liked it – 8/10), and IGN (sort of liked it – 7.5/10). Similarly, there are Halo 3 musings at 24 Hours (they discuss an exclusive interview I can’t find), Monsters and …

Snave put together his own Xbox vs Vista graphics comparison for Halo 2 – does a pretty good job of showing what you’re getting!(Louis Wu 11:38:29 UTC)

Kotaku has announced the winners of their Halo 3 Beta t-shirt giveaway (thanks, madcowjim) – congrats to PostIt-Chief and to Sean Bradley (whose energy sword was featured here just last week). Nice going, guys!(Louis Wu 18:28:19 UTC)

XerxdeeJ surfaced on our forum to point out a sneak preview of an upcoming writeup – the Tied the Leader clan held a large event over Memorial Day weekend on the beach. Great pics (except for the naked guys at the end – can YOU prove they’re wearing b…

Over at Bungie.net, the winner of the Emblem Design Contest (remember?) has been revealed… it’s a Pirate Yang to the Flaming Ninja Yin. Thanks, Radiago713 and deadguy71.(Louis Wu 17:53:40 UTC)

Veegie found a pair of models posted by Ian Joyner, who did some 3D modeling work for the Halo Wars trailer last year. Gorgeous!(Louis Wu 16:06:05 UTC)

Heh – Major.Dump watched ‘I Want Master Chief’ and couldn’t help himself.(Louis Wu 16:03:45 UTC)

A couple of new pieces for you over at MLGPro.com – there’s an interesting article about ‘team killing’ (no, not the griefers that kill their own teammates, but the practice of working together to take down an opponent), and the surprising conclusions…

Mister Froggy pointed out that Halo, Articulated #45 is up. That Arbiter seems pretty resourceful…(Louis Wu 15:22:01 UTC)

Wow – two Fan Fiction contests announced in two days. Yesterday, we mentioned one at Halo Wars Heaven – today, we’ve got news from CommanderTony, of Halopedia, who points out a fan-run one there. As far as I can tell, there aren’t any prizes – but jus…