Author: halo@bungie.org

DocOctavius and his buddies at the yayap.com forums were trying to work out the mechanics of the bubble shield shown off in last December’s Halo 3 ad; he rendered a local version, and it look pretty cool. Check it out! (QuickTime format, 232K)(Louis Wu 12:56:39 UTC)

The latest episode of Red vs Blue is now up for sponsors (thanks, Angrist) – Sister gets oiled up and nekkid, Simmons gets jealous, and Caboose tries to get dead. Or not to get dead. Go watch! (Unless you’re not a sponsor – in which case, come back in 48 hours, read this again, and…

ImmortalThree reminded us that Podtacular 102 (Customs and Call-ins) and Podtacular 103 (the Halo 3 Show, with George from aeropause.com) are now online – go listen!(Louis Wu 12:47:58 UTC)

We got word from SourceGuy, about a new website on the Halo modding scene – Halo Vicis. Right now, they’ve got a couple of exclusive tidbits you might want to check out – a new app known as H2Core, for working with Halo 2 maps, and a tutorial to help you convert a HaloCE map…

The Bungie Weekly Update this week has some cool H3 info (chetz and waters), a tiny bit of info about the upcoming Halo 2 maps, and some scary stuff about Marty. Really scary, in fact. And some stuff about Video Games Live. And some more scary stuff about Marty. Go read – either at Bungie.net,…

Mister Froggy pointed out Halo, Articulated #18 – in which a dirty secret is revealed.(Louis Wu 01:42:48 UTC)

Couple of different Halo tournaments mentioned on our forum today – Relentless Azn mentioned a pair of Gamebreakerz tourneys in Kent, Washington on March 23 (2v2) and March 30-31 (4v4), and Scooter let us know about Game Junkie’s “St. Patrick’s Day Massacre” near Cincinnati, OH on March 17. Get to playin’!(Louis Wu 01:41:22 UTC)

Some fans have expressed unhappiness with the spate of Halo-branded merchandise being announced in recent weeks… Stuntmutt, as usual, has his own take on the situation, spun off from a comment in last week’s BWU. Check today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 18:09:29 UTC)

This one’s DEEP in the rumor category – and remember, the Mole is right, at best, about half the time. According to Planet Halo, OXM’s Rumor Mole suggests that Certain Affinity, the team started by Halo Multiplayer Lead Max Hoberman that is currently working on some Halo 2 maps to be released soonish, is ALSO…

Later than usual, but there are now 13 new pieces available in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 17:49:52 UTC)

Yesterday afternoon, The J3ster noticed that the static-filled image at the bottom of the HaloWars update had changed; it still isn’t discernable, but it’s getting closer. Keep your eye on it!(Louis Wu 13:24:11 UTC)

Heh – Rockslider’s still at it. New section at Bad Cyborg today – gather 6 Hunters together on Silent Cartographer, and have some fun!(Louis Wu 13:10:48 UTC)

I was gonna wait on this, but the news is too good to sit on. MLGPro.com has made their Video on Demand service free. FREE! Thousands of matches, dating back 3 years (Halo 1 footage, even) – there for the watching. Mac and PC alike, since the DRM is gone. Go read the details (including…

Okay, rumor-busting time. There’s a doozy, going around (see QJ.net and Computer and Video Games, for example) that there may be two different Halo 3 beta groups; the first will be for competition winners (including the first two phases of the Rule of Three), the second will be for Crackdown purchasers. According to these articles,…

Bluestone figured out how to customize his Logitech G15 keyboard – nice!(Louis Wu 22:49:07 UTC)

Over at Xbox.com, you’ll find links for a video created by The Scissor Sisters, apparently inspired by the Halo Wars trailer. (I’m having trouble finding a link between the music and the video footage that accompanies it, but maybe it’s just me. If you’re using a Mac, the Microsoft movie links will fail (as usual)…

Paul Maestri takes a look at the whole Blogspot fiasco in the latest Halo Heads comic – we’re glad to have him aboard, and hope there’s never a related episode regarding us!(Louis Wu 17:38:59 UTC)

Colonel James Falcon, CO of the Halo PC Squad 9, sent in a set of pictures of an assault rifle he’s building, that will go along with a full suit of armor he’s also building. Check out the pics!(Louis Wu 15:20:57 UTC)

Luke Jeffery let us know that Mercenary is out now, as well – you can grab it from the Wandering Tiger website in WMP9 format (22.4 mb). I found the story to be a bit… disjointed, but the filming is pretty nice. Give it a look!(Louis Wu 14:06:24 UTC)

Simply Greg stopped by to point out Energy Episode One: Routine Drop – the opening of a machinima series in which humans discover that they might not be alone out there… It’s available from their website in WMP9 or QT format – 112 mb either way. It should be available on YouTube later today. While…