Author: halo@bungie.org

Heh – you might remember a post last weekend where KP and e tried hard to play Halo 2 with Guitar Hero II controllers; fugitivesoldier ran across a video of someone doing a whole lot better playing the ORIGINAL Halo with that controller. Check it out!(Louis Wu 11:23:44 UTC)

As could probably be expected, Bungie fans went a little crazy yesterday after the release of the Multiplayer Vidoc. Lots and lots and LOTS of tiny details were teased out of those seven minutes of footage. While many of these details were discovered one at a time, a few people have gone through the Vidoc…

darthbob noticed that a 720p version of the new multiplayer vidoc (clearly capped off a 360) is now available at TeamXbox.com. If you’re hankering for the giant version, but don’t have access to Xbox Live Marketplace, this is the next best thing!(Louis Wu 19:50:32 UTC)

Stuntmutt received some very nice mail (and a guest One One Se7en strip) recently; while we no longer host guest strips here, he occasionally puts them up in his own blog. Swing by and read the note (from a rocket scientist, no less!) – and check out the strip.(Louis Wu 15:21:00 UTC)

Mister Froggy let us know that Halo, Articulated 30 is now online. I gotta say… if the Master Chief really went into fights like that, I’d be rooting for the grunts.(Louis Wu 15:11:51 UTC)

Over at MLGPro.com, there’s an interview with Make it Rain, the 8th seed team going into Charlotte. Sounds like they’re looking to have a good time this season! Check it out. Thanks, Klank.(Louis Wu 15:10:00 UTC)

litereddonut pointed out an article at Wired.com that looks at parents who game, and how that affects the rules they make (or need to make) for their children. An interesting read, and Halo gets mentioned. Take a look! (Louis Wu 15:03:41 UTC)

Over at Bungie.net, a new top story has gone up – and it’s a doozy. The Halo 3 Beta finally has fixed dates: May 16 through June 6. (If you don’t have a calendar handy, that’s three weeks, Wednesday through Wednesday.) To give you a tiny taste of what’s in store (tiny as a percentage…

A couple of years ago, we were following a machinima series called ‘Silver Stars/Purple Hearts’ – it was being filmed in the HaloPC engine, and it told the story of a squad of female spartans. Elnea had written some music for it – but the series had died in production before her music saw the…

Computer and Video Games sat down with Chris Satchell, head of the Microsoft Development Group, and some of the questions discussed the Halo 3 beta, and the ramifications it might have for future beta tests for other games. Thanks, LordGideon.(Louis Wu 22:32:19 UTC)

GamingBits noticed that TriXie’s blog mentions a ‘Halo 2 challenge’ – you’ve got a chance to win one of 5 Xbox 360 Elites, playing in a Halo 2 tournament. Stay tuned!(Louis Wu 17:24:11 UTC)

…well, anyone who’s ever played with Stuntmutt knows the punchline to today’s One One Se7en. For the rest of you, go read.(Louis Wu 16:02:15 UTC)

Alexei TND modeled a new Covenant Frigate for the heck of it in Cinema 4D – the end result is pretty cool! Take a look.(Louis Wu 15:25:49 UTC)

Gryponosiris noticed a fan-made trailer for the Halo movie over at GameTrailers.com – it uses only officially released clips from Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo Wars, but it’s pretty nicely done! Very consistent.(Louis Wu 15:20:20 UTC)

jtdoepke created an animation in Lightwave showing off his concept of a UNSC ship entering slipspace. Local versions are about 3 mb each, in QT and WMP9. Nice!(Louis Wu 15:17:54 UTC)

Mid7night went back to his X-Plane Longsword – retextured, now. Check out the pics! If you want to see how it’s changed, here’s the original post.(Louis Wu 13:47:58 UTC)

All sorts of Halo 2 Vista info – Achieve360Points added to the achievement info released yesterday with pictures of the achievements (thanks, Mutated Waffle), evidence surfaces of a beta for Halo 2 Vista on Games for Windows – Live, and the system requirements for the game have been posted. (Thanks to rapture, at H2Vista, for…

Sigafoos told us that The Riot 101 is now available – 29 minutes (12 mb) of Halo wackiness. When you can fit Halo and the Princess Bride into the same program, you gotta be doing SOMETHING right. (Louis Wu 19:20:04 UTC)

bndud let us know that Robbers Unite, Episode 1, is now available on their website. It seems to have potential, though this episode dragged for me a bit. (Could be that I really, really, REALLY need sleep, so judge for yourself.) (Louis Wu 19:14:51 UTC)

TheGhost pointed out a thread on H2Vista.net’s forum that references a full list of Halo 2 Vista Achievements at MCGNews.net. (No guarantee these are real… but it’s quite possible.)(Louis Wu 19:11:01 UTC)