Author: halo@bungie.org

Thanks also to Narcogen for a link to this article – I’m not sure how you’d describe it, so I’ll just suggest you go read it. (Louis Wu 19:36:32 UTC)

Narcogen has written up his own Halo 3 Beta impressions article at Rampancy.net – it’s a look at how things have changed since Halo 2. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 19:33:55 UTC)

Wow, I’m sad now. Apparently, if you went to the SAN FRANCISCO Halo 3 Beta Press Event, you got a cool t-shirt. (They didn’t have these in New York.) Kotaku picked up a couple of extras, and they’re planning to give them away. madcowjim gets props for …

Penny Arcade has been playing the Halo 3 Beta, too – it’s doing things to them that they don’t like very much. Thanks to Stuntmutt for the first heads-up.(Louis Wu 19:26:58 UTC)

MTV has a piece explaining what you should do to prepare for the beta – thanks to JeBr0nie, who found it on Major Nelson’s blog.(Louis Wu 19:23:09 UTC)

Z let us know that Oxfire has whipped up a ‘minitage’ of Halo 3 beta footage; this isn’t straight gameplay, it’s more like a standard montage (but short). 33 mb, WMP9 format.(Louis Wu 19:04:04 UTC)

Kotaku had someone at the Syndey, Australia, event, as well – a short writeup and some pics are here.(Louis Wu 17:11:18 UTC)

halosavior pointed out an interview with Richard ‘Major.Dump’ Boisvert, the CGI guy behind some of the new space scenes in the most recent episodes of Edgework Entertainment’s The Heretic. There’s a bunch that’s been censored until the series is comple…

We got word from the Briar’s Armor folks that they’ve finished their BR design, and there are 5 models up on eBay right now for sale. Starting price is $200, there are about 6 days left in the auctions – go see!(Louis Wu 16:32:24 UTC)

Tanuki Kitsune let us know that there’s a French writeup of the Halo 3 beta at Halo.fr – seems quite long!(Louis Wu 16:25:38 UTC)

Today’s Ctrl+Alt+Del combines the Halo 3 Beta and one of the most popular shows on TV – made me smile. Go read – thanks, Black Six. (Louis Wu 16:22:50 UTC)

Urban Reflex has been blogging about the beta – read the details at Ordained Insight.(Louis Wu 16:18:39 UTC)

Spartan Erik pointed out a new Flash vid at Newgrounds – I got bored after a couple of minutes, but you might like it better.(Louis Wu 16:16:55 UTC)

CVG posted a review of Halo 2 Vista – they were very, very disappointed. It uses words like ‘soulless’, ‘tiresome’, ‘lazy’, ‘clueless’, ‘repulsive’… ouch. (They even claim it has bad music, which suggests to me that the reviewer got to the point wher…

Simpsons Rule has decided to give away a Halo 3 Legendary Edition package – to the person who can guess the release date of Halo 3. (He got the idea from c0ld vengeance.) He kicked this off last night, but it seems a lot of people aren’t bothering (or …

The flood of thoughts and impressions about the Halo 3 Beta continues to roar through the internet’s tubes, flooding the habitats of poor ferrets the world over: Associated Content discusses some of the changes between Halo 2 and Halo 3 (I don’t know w…

Sigafoos pointed out that The Riot 48 was released – discussions about – well, given that the Halo 3 Beta kicked off a couple of days ago, I bet you can guess what some of the discussion is about. 33 minutes, 13 mb. Go listen!(Louis Wu 21:22:45 UTC)

Now that the F&F beta preview is in full force, it’s time to come clean – I like to dress up like a gru.. oops, wrong confession. Look at my post here for all the details on how we contributed in getting some names on the F&F list – why the forum was a…

I know there’s more news out there – but it’s gonna have to wait. Last tidbit for a while – the Winnipeg Sun has a review of Halo 2 Vista; they think it’s more about the synergy between consoles and PCs than it is about the game itself. Hmm… maybe.(L…

Late Friday night, Red vs Blue Episode 97 was posted for sponsors. As you might expect, with the end coming soon, the action and storylines are heating up – this was a funny one. Only 3 left! (This should be available for the general public some time t…