Author: halo@bungie.org

Wow. gamecheat13 sent us a link to a video showing off gameplay on Vadum, a map he converted from Halo 3’s campaign’s Shadow of Intent playspace (with some help from Lord Zedd) – this is not playable without a modded Xbox, but it shows the sort of thin…

Kal let us know that GrifballHub’s Kickstarter to bring a booth to RTX has hit its initial goal of $4800 in just 72 hours – now they’re shooting for $8,000 to double the size of the booth. Go help ’em get there! (Louis Wu 22:19:41 UTC)

MixMaker1 put together the four Grunt easter eggs (from Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, and Reach) into one video – if you’ve missed any of these, it’s a fine way to catch up! Loved this blast from the past… go watch it yourself!(Louis Wu 20:50:59 UTC)

I noticed this at Halo Waypoint: Gugga Leunnam mashed up audio from The Winter Soldier trailer with Halo visuals… really nicely done. Check it out! (Louis Wu 23:28:03 UTC)

The Verge got hold of a couple of screenshots of the upcoming ‘Cortana’ digital assistant for Windows 8 phones – looks like Microsoft is going with an animated circle instead of a female avatar. Thanks to Revenant1988, who found this at Engadget.(Louis…

I… I don’t even know how to describe this. The ‘Doge’ meme which exploded on Tumblr spawned a cryptocurrency last December – Dogecoin is an alternative to Bitcoin, and even though it’s satire, you can buy stuff with it. Halo-related stuff, even. Like…

On Friday, Halo Waypoint highlighted a 7-foot-long model of the Spirit of Fire, created entirely out of Halo Mega Bloks. Very cool! (Compare it to the 7-foot Spirit of Fire we mentioned a month ago… made of LEGOs.)(Louis Wu 17:59:17 UTC)

We got a pretty funny email from Tim ‘343 Guilty Spark’ Dadabo this morning – guess what he found at the market?Here’s hoping he doesn’t destroy them all!(Louis Wu 17:19:11 UTC)

Jack and Geoff are back for Fails of the Weak 180 (that’s a lot of FotW episodes!) – you can watch it on AH.com or YouTube, as always. My favorite this week – the massive Red Death on Exile. Both Jack and Geoff saw the slaughter coming when 6 Reds got …

The Tyrant pointed us towards the latest Women of Xbox video – Ceulex gets her hands on Halo 4 for the first time, and reviews it. Better late than never, right? Go watch! (Louis Wu 17:12:47 UTC)

Wondering when you’ll get OFFICIAL word about what’s coming next from 343 studios? Phil Spencer tweeted to a fan that news would be coming to E3: @MarvelousJoJo Halo news will be coming at E3. 343i has a great plan in place, will be cool to share wi…

Flügel Meister sent word that the first of his Halo community interviews is now online – it’s done in the style of an ONI interrogation, and the subject is macca chief, fan and artist. Go check it out! (Louis Wu 22:05:14 UTC)

Kal sent word that GrifballHub is once again running a Kickstarter to fund a Grifball booth at RTX, the Rooster Teeth convention in Austin, TX this summer. Swing by their page to see what it’s all about! (Louis Wu 22:02:00 UTC)

Robowski let us know that Post Game Carnage Report Episode 198 is live – it’s an experiment. It was run by (and hosted by) listeners. Go check it out! (Louis Wu 21:58:32 UTC)

The Weekly Halo Bulletin was posted last night at Halo Waypoint (and, of course, in our Halo Bulletin Archive) – go give it a read! There’s stuff about upcoming Matchmaking updates (Medal Madness seems… well, a little mad), some great stuff on Halo: …

Mohammad Haque drew a couple of fantastic Cortana pics back in 2012 – swing by his Tumblr to see them! Thanks, Max.(Louis Wu 22:31:38 UTC)

Andrew Gagnon sent word that Post Game Carnage Report is hosting a Halo Wars and Spartan Assault challenge in March. Head on over to PGCR for more details!(mastrbiggy 18:52:34 UTC)

TheSparbiter remade his Halo music video based on Linkin Park’s Iridescent – nice work!(Louis Wu 19:30:52 UTC)

Ifafudafi, from CMT, sent word that The Silent Cartographer: Evolved now has a release date – you can read about it (and see some new screenshots) at Halomods. This impressive-looking package should be ready in July, 2014!(Louis Wu 19:28:53 UTC)