Author: halo@bungie.org

Rockslider has written up an article about checkpoint delaying – ways to manipulate WHEN Halo gives you a checkpoint, rather than allowing the game to dictate how this happens. (As with all of his work so far, this information is relevant to Halo, not Halo 2.) Take a look!(Louis Wu 14:19:21 UTC)

BitMaP stopped by with a new, Halo-related episode of Strouperman – here’s hoping the prediction at the end is not true!(Louis Wu 13:33:22 UTC)

Is it becoming a trend? Seven new pieces in the Fan Fiction section again this week. Go read.(Louis Wu 13:28:22 UTC)

Sluty bk stopped by to point out a video he’d posted on YouTube; forum reaction was quite positive. (I’m not sure I ‘got’ it.) See for yourself!(Louis Wu 13:04:02 UTC)

Wow, cool. Bungie’s posted a new Letters to the Webmaster! (Last batch went up in January 2006 – been a while.) I’d say the Webmaster’s been drinking – but that would be uselessly obvious information. Thanks, Brodingo.(Louis Wu 22:35:39 UTC)

Over at GameSetWatch, you’ll find a short review of a new Halo book called ‘The Halo Effect’ – it was posted last week, but I’ve held off mentioning it because I wanted to post my OWN review. (The book includes significant amounts of work from two of the three Halo Story Page editors – Finn…

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…