Author: halo@bungie.org

Heh – Yahoo has put up a feature called ‘Games are Good for You’, which points out some positive benefits that games have had (with specific examples). Halo gets mentioned as a tool to help students “understand the complexities of Homeric epics” (check…

Nick Paton pointed out a large (4′ x 5′) Halo canvas painting for sale right now on eBay; if you’re looking for a gigantic acrylic, this might help! No bids yet, but there’s still almost a week left.(Louis Wu 16:27:22 UTC)

In the spirit of yesterday’s wall poster, Zerowind117 put up pics of his own wall hanging… Halo is gracing walls everywhere! (Louis Wu 16:23:54 UTC)

Master Kim stopped by our forum yesterday to point out a new Halo 2 headset, made by Plantronics, for your PC – presumably in conjunction with the release of Halo 2 Vista. Looks good! (Thanks to rapture, who pointed out that MK also posted this at the …

A couple of weeks ago, it became known that Luke Smith was leaving 1Up, and soon after that, he announced he was being hired by Bungie. Yesterday, Kotaku posted a an article explaining how it all happened. Sounds like Luke will soon be helping to bring…

New top story at Bungie.net – it’s an interview with the crew from Shadowrun. Wait, you say – how is this Halo-related? Well, see, it’s Bungie doing the interviewing – so half the questions tie back to Halo in some way or other. And oh, yeah, the Lead …

Littlebigman noticed that Toy News International has posted some early pictures of the new figures coming from Gentle Giant this fall – there’s a set of Halo Kubrick figures (they’re so cute!), and a Master Chief mini-bust which is for the moment liste…

Okay, just to clear up a small misunderstanding that might come back to bite Bungie (unfairly) in the future… yesterday, we mentioned that halo3.com had been updated with new content about the game, its characters, weapons, story, and so on. One thin…

Wow, cool. Xbox Australia and Bungie have gotten together to make some money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation – there’s a charity auction for a custom-painted, signed-by-Bungie Xbox 360 on eBay.au right now. Auction runs for another week and a half, bid …

Beorn printed out Bungie’s latest graphical offering on a nice large-format printer… wow, that looks nice. (Louis Wu 16:21:28 UTC)

Another Tuesday, another Tied the Leader update. Dweezle hits on another gamer chick – this time it’s Becky ‘Aktrez’ Young, part of far too many websites to list here – and XerxdeeJ waxes poetic about Halo – again. (Great graphic, too.) Go read!(Louis …

Mister Froggy pointed out that Halo, Articulated #36 is available – remember, kids, when it’s time for your closeup, floss first.(Louis Wu 15:48:12 UTC)

SEspider stopped by our forum to point out 5 new Halo-related contests sponsored by 360style.net – visit his post (or their site) for more details!(Louis Wu 15:41:48 UTC)

Sigafoos let us know about The Riot 46 – 35 minutes/14.5 megs worth of clan news, challenges, and poetry. And of course peanut butter.(Louis Wu 15:33:07 UTC)

Halomega sent us word of updates on their site – there’s a Q&A with one of their members, a new montage, a Stick of the Week contest, and a sponsored tournament – and look around for more!(Louis Wu 15:25:04 UTC)

Jman sent us a nice scan of the Halo 2 Vista ad appearing in many magazines this month; if you haven’t seen it, check this out (166K).(Louis Wu 15:21:28 UTC)

3Suns sent along a TON of MLG links – let’s see if I can get ’em all: Coach Profile: Apoc (FBI Are You Ready), Sound Arguments 12 (breakdown of Charlotte), Charlotte by the Numbers (fun stats), Halo Standings Update (summary on last page for the impati…

Another small Halo 2 Vista impressions article at GameDaily – once again, they like it.(Louis Wu 13:40:48 UTC)

Gamespot has a video comparison of some of the improvements in graphical quality to Halo 2 – clips from the Xbox, Xbox360, and Windows Vista are all shown. Does a nice job (at least in the HD version of the vid) of really showing how much better the Vi…

The Daily Egyptian (student newspaper of Southern Illinois University Carbondale) has a look at Halo 2 Vista – see what the college students think.(Louis Wu 13:32:18 UTC)