Author: halo@bungie.org

Sigafoos points out that The Riot 47 is ready for download – half an hour (12 mb) of clan stuff, PraetoriaGuard mocking, and Bungie news. And PraetoriaGuard mocking, again.(Louis Wu 17:40:36 UTC)

RVideo spent some time modding New Mombasa – making longswords flyable (along with In Amber Clad’s bridge). The end result is pretty cool to look at; you can download it at Halo3Forum.com (WMP9 format, 85.7 mb). For those of you hating WMP9, we’re host…

Ducain was out in the middle of nowhere last weekend – and ran across an interestingly-named church (even the FONT looks familiar). Makes me wanna go fishing…(Louis Wu 14:30:51 UTC)

Heh – yesterday, we mentioned some posted, but unlinked pictures darthbob found on bungie.net – the thread got bigger, and a number of other shots were discovered (including a pair of mongoose pics. This morning, when I got up, Google news pointed me t…

Alex Schwartz sent us word of ‘Waking’, a 4-part machinima he and some friends created for a machinima class at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It uses several different game engines (Halo 2, Half-Life 2, Second Life, and Unreal 2004), as well as outs…

Porsche6864 stopped by to point out that his team created a Halo-related soaring vehicle for a Red Bull contest – and now they need people to vote for them, to secure the final slot in the 31-contestant field. Swing by the Red Bull Flugtag site – and g…

Johnrap let us know that Games in Action has extended their One Liner Contest – contestants must record one of the finalists of that contest for the new Audio Line Contest, prize is a copy of the Halo 2 Original Soundtrack Volume 2. Go read the details…

Edgeworks has posted Episode 6 of the Heretic – some amazing CG work on the space scenes, and a powerful storyline twist. Top-notch machinima – go watch! Thanks to clippit for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 13:59:15 UTC)

Jared Rea points out that his girlfriend photo-blogged the making of the Mister Chief cupcakes shown in last night’s Weekly Update – yum!(Louis Wu 13:58:47 UTC)

Heh – look what darthbob found on bungie.net. 😉 (We’ve grabbed local copies, in case they mysteriously vanish again…)(Louis Wu 13:44:11 UTC)

Over at Red vs Blue, Burnie released Director’s Commentary for Episode 96 – it’s almost more of a podcast than actual commentary on the piece, but there IS some cool stuff about how various shots were put together. (They’re definitely getting fancier i…

The Hired Gun crew has put up a new blog entry, this time discussing dedicated servers for Halo 2 Vista. (The DS doesn’t need Vista – only Windows Server 2003. This should help tremendously in finding a host that can handle one.) There’s lots of other …

As usual, Friday night brought a Bungie Weekly Update last night – but I went to see Spiderman 3 instead. (Decent movie, but a bit too sappy in places. I guess that’s what you get when you’re trying to wrap up a storyline. Amazing effects, no matter WH…

Last week, we mentioned a ‘press event’ happening on May 11 – very few details. Yesterday, Gamerscoreblog released their latest podcast – and in it they’ve made a pretty amazing offer:”…one in New York, and one in San Francisco, for Halo 3. They’re b…

Some people have been expressing unhappiness about spoilers from leaks of Halo 3 gameplay. Stuntmutt thinks he might have a solution, in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 16:32:07 UTC)

If you live in Canada, boesman found a deal for you – $20 off the cover price of Halo 2 Vista, at Futureshop. (Louis Wu 14:27:29 UTC)

Big Goalie Dan pointed out that Podtacular 111 has been released – 60 mb, 90 minutes, focuses on leaked Halo 3 video stuff. That’s about as close as we’re gonna get to the leaks, ourselves…(Louis Wu 14:26:18 UTC)

James Falcon sent us a few pictures of the Shin Guards that go with his Mjolnir Armor outfit – you can find them on his Rifle/Armor page. Gettin’ there!(Louis Wu 14:23:33 UTC)

Z pointed out Lithium’s 1v1 montage over at Halo3forum.com – 8.5 minutes, 155 mb, nice editing, and some sick sticks and snipes. The use of fusion cores as placement engines is great – haven’t seen much of that before. Check it out! (Louis Wu 13:56:54 …

Fan Fiction offerings this week are slim – only 4 pieces. Shouldn’t take you long to read!(Louis Wu 13:49:25 UTC)