Author: halo@bungie.org

We’ve mentioned the Volpin Props Needler before, in passing – but Revenant1988 pointed out a time-lapse video showing it being built. Awesome! A really amazing piece of work. (Louis Wu 21:28:14 UTC)

JoshuaKane visited DragonCon this year, fully kitted out as a Spartan with a really cool energy sword (created by our old friend Sean Bradley, no less) – you can read about it at Adafruit, or watch a short video of the sword, in all its colorful glory….

gamerguy2002 stumbled across some Halo Wars concept art I haven’t seen before – high-res renders of a Spartan. Pretty interesting armor variations! Take a look.(Louis Wu 21:21:11 UTC)

Halo Waypoint has pulled some information on Fireteam Majestic out of the Halo 4 Essential Visual Guide – go learn about the soldiers who play alongside you in Spartan Ops!(Louis Wu 22:48:35 UTC)

The Wall Street Journal has a short interview with Microsoft’s Phil Spencer – it’s mostly about the Xbox One, but Halo (and Microsoft’s grand plan for the franchise) play a role. It’s a pretty interesting read!(Louis Wu 22:46:04 UTC)

Beyond Entertainment is back with another Top 5 Plays of the Week episode, narrated by Clicked and edited by Jazzy. The gameplay is… scary good. Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 18:42:22 UTC)

Over at Rampancy.net, Narcogen and Blackstar took a look at 7 things that found their way into both Halo and Marathon… that Narcogen thinks might have been better in Marathon. Entertaining watch! (And for those who’ve never seen it, that’s really Bla…

Rockslider packaged up a bunch of fun clips from a variety of campaign levels for his latest video – it’s a smorgasbord of Covenant carnage! Go watch.(Louis Wu 21:24:50 UTC)

The Halo 4 Essential Visual Guide is hitting stores this week – but some people got their hands on it a little early. You can read some of the new tidbits over at the Halo Waypoint forums – thanks, zofinda.(Louis Wu 21:24:19 UTC)

ForgeWorldMaps stopped in with word of a video showing off ‘hidden skins’ for certain weapons… they look to be more like color glitches due to Champion Bundle assets, but either way, they’re fun!(Louis Wu 21:23:33 UTC)

Forward Unto Dawn is celebrating Reach’s 3rd birthday with a look back of their own – they’ve kicked off ‘Hindsight: Reach’, a retrospective analysis of the game. The first two chapters, Noble Actual and Winter Contingency, are online already. Thanks, …

Justin Bryce let us know that Episode 61 of the Drunken Halo Podcast is now online – main topic of conversation is the Halo 4 Champions Bundle DLC. Go listen! (Louis Wu 19:54:24 UTC)

Today is the third anniversary of the release of Bungie’s last Halo title, Halo: Reach. Bryan Newman kicked off a thread on our forum – and there is some fun reminiscing in there! Go join in. (Louis Wu 19:21:26 UTC)

As they are wont to do, IGN created a new ‘Top 100 Shooters’ list – and our forum denizens took umbrage with some of the position choices. Check the list for yourself, and weigh in! (Thanks, Kermit.)(Louis Wu 19:18:45 UTC)

It’s Friday, so it’s time for AchievementHunter’s newest offerings – Fails of the Weak 156 (AH.com | YouTube) has Gavin and Michael making fun of hapless players who make minor mistakes that end up costing them, while Halo HORSE (AH.com | YouTube) is a…

Rockslider continues to explore the possibilities of his Dustbowl Megabattle – there are two new videos, each looking at a different technique for enjoying this fight. Swing by his forum post for details… then go watch the videos!(Louis Wu 23:19:57 UTC)

Rockslider continues to explore the possibilities of his Dustbowl Megabattle – there are two new videos, each looking at a different technique for enjoying this fight. Swing by his forum post for details… then go watch the videos!(Louis Wu 23:19:57 UTC)

Kermit pointed out an article at Gizmodo which discusses an upcoming personal assistant for Microsoft mobile products… called ‘Cortana’. It’s an intriguing choice by MS, and the story would be even better if the Gizmodo article hadn’t included a puer…