Author: halo@bungie.org

Over at GamingTV, you’ll find an interview with machinima creator MMaster, conducted by GTV moderator Soupa. Check it out!(Louis Wu 16:55:23 UTC)

Black Aye pointed out a new film by a new machinima clan, Mystik Films. Go see what they’re up to.(Louis Wu 15:26:32 UTC)

Sane Intolerant let us know about a new Halo Toy Box episode – given that Marvel’s going to be doing an episodic Halo comic soon, he thought it might be good for Halo denizens to meet their new neighbors.(Louis Wu 14:51:11 UTC)

Hellhawk created a custom Halo-flavored Xbox 360 Theme – check it out in this post! (The most interesting part, for me, is the ease with which one of these can be created…)(Louis Wu 14:49:28 UTC)

There’s an interview with Shane Kim over at Gamasutra; they asked him about projects Bungie might be working on outside Halo 3, and he mentioned the upcoming episodic content announced at X06 last fall:I know that we are working with Peter Jackson on the next installment in the Halo series and that we’ve had that…

ActionTrip wrote up a piece looking at the upcoming roadmap for the Halo franchise in the near future (Halo 2 Vista, Halo 3, and Halo Wars). There are a few questionable facts inside (there’s a discussion of DX10 enhancements for Halo 2 Vista, for example; I was pretty sure there WERE no DX10-specific features included…

Stuntmutt fills in the missing pieces of the Next Generation interview we mentioned – check today’s One One Se7en for details.(Louis Wu 14:18:03 UTC)

Next Generation sat down with Frank O’Connor to talk about the Halo 3 development process. It’s an interesting read – even if it doesn’t answer some of the loudest questions people are asking (“when is the beta coming out?”, for example). Bungie learned a lot from Halo 2 – looks like they’re actually USING that…

Devrous is back with another FS2H update – FS2H, you might remember, is his Halo mod for Freespace 2. This one lays out his vision for the project, and introduces a number of flight craft that will be available. Some are familiar… some are not. Check it out!(Louis Wu 12:27:53 UTC)

Glasser stopped by to mention a vid he’d made – he set ‘The Ultimate Showdown’ (a song created for a popular Newgrounds Flash) to Halo action. Interesting cuts; all footage comes from cutscenes, but the sync with the song is quite good. The vid is available at YouTube.(Louis Wu 12:23:58 UTC)

Narcogen has put up the second of his three-part series comparing Gears of War to Halo – this one focuses on friendly AI and weapons. It’s more a summary of Gears of War than a comparison, actually – but read it so that you’re ready for part 3.(Louis Wu 12:16:14 UTC)

Paul Maestri let us know that Halo Heads 56 was up – the things that can go wrong when you’re on the bleeding edge…(Louis Wu 20:42:34 UTC)

Tuesday – hey, it’s Tied the Leader Update Day! XerxdeeJ came by to point out the new content put up since our last mention. There’s a 22 Questions interview with JVB. There’s a bizarre Halo-laced travelogue that will make you wonder for XerxdeeJ’s sanity – or maybe glow with the warmth of reflected kinship. And…

Okay, I figured that the little bits of text visible in the recent Warthog QuickTime VR were obvious enough that they didn’t need a news post – after all, they were pointed out in the same forum post that announced the article in the first place (and quickly corrected with an accurate transcription). However, There…

Turtle Mann dropped into our forum to point out a music video he’d made, setting Nelly Furtado’s ‘Promiscuous Girl’ to Halo action. Nice editing, heavy use of filters and effects – take a look! 66 mb in QuickTime format, 60 mb in WMP9 format.(Louis Wu 10:22:01 UTC)

Mid7night stopped by again last night to drop off pictures of a Phantom, his latest Halo-into-X-Plane vehicle. A little dark – but pretty cool!(Louis Wu 10:05:11 UTC)

There’s a cool new Top Story over at Bungie.net – the Warthog is taken apart for your viewing pleasure. There’s a cool QuickTime VR file – and a TON of stats. (Who knew that puppy could hit 125 mph, and run almost 500 miles without a fuel resupply?) Thakns to Pkmnrulz240, who noticed it first.(Louis…

Strongside has become the newest member of Final Boss, one of the top Halo pro teams – if you swing by MLGPro.com, you can listen to an audio interview with him. Check it out! Thanks, Tyger.(Louis Wu 23:52:07 UTC)

Mister Froggy has posted Halo, Articulated #25 – that Arbiter sure is a whiny one!(Louis Wu 23:48:05 UTC)

Machinima.com is running a new contest, in honor of the upcoming flim ‘The Condemned’. (The movie is about a reality game where 10 hardened criminals fight to the death for the right to be pardoned.) Submit a machinima video telling them why you should be one of ten Condemned, win cool prizes. (nVidia graphics cards…