Author: halo@bungie.org

ncsuDuncan dropped by last night with a new song parody – I think this is the most I’ve liked Beauty and the Beast… ever! Go give it a read (and listen to that candlestick sing it in your head).(Louis Wu 14:34:57 UTC)

More action figure news – the latest Mega Bloks offerings showed up at New York Toyfair 2013, which kicked off yesterday. Some pretty interesting stuff in there! Thanks, Dielectric. (Louis Wu 14:06:44 UTC)

Word on the next batch of McFarlane Halo figures came out yesterday (thanks, Grim) – if you swing by Halo Waypoint, you can see pics of the full set. That Didact is amazing!(Louis Wu 14:03:21 UTC)

RC Master is back AGAIN with another Spartan Ops run-through – this time, it’s Ep 8, Chapter 3, Lancer. He manages a no-deaths solo run on Legendary – go watch how!(Louis Wu 21:14:19 UTC)

We got a couple of new tidbits from Firestream – first off, he redid his site to make it easier to get all of his desktops in one place (works great with mobile devices, even!), and second, he’s released a new desktop focusing on Sarah Palmer. Go check…

Dust Storm let us know that the Podtacular crew has been cranking out shows with abandon this week – swing by to listen to:Ep 341 – Mini-series Mash-up covering Campaign’s Requiem, SpOps’ Artifact, and War Games’ HavenEp 343 – History of GrifballEp 344…

I don’t have much to say about this other than how ridiculous it looks. Thanks, CyReN.(mastrbiggy 10:12:26 UTC)

t00lbox stopped by with a tutorial showing how you can do a Pelican crossover glitch on Shutdown – this trick lets you get out of the map and explore some neat spaces. Oh, you can have two pelicans instead of one!(mastrbiggy 09:40:30 UTC)

XyloxHD posted a video video showing off a weird trait zone glitch on the map Rail. One of the player trait zones allows radar to appear for a moment – should be handy for Doubles Pro (no radar.) He also shows off a neat jump that I had no idea about. …

Fuchsdh is working on a Forerunner iPhone theme – he still has lots of work to do, but even in its current iteration it looks pretty darn slick. That lock screen! (mastrbiggy 15:58:56 UTC)

pete_the_duck is looking for specific types of Forge maps for his top secret Forge Project. Pete has 10 Knight and 10 Watcher avatar codes (courtesy of BS Angel) that will randomly be given away to authors of maps that impress him. Submit your maps by …

deathmcgunz let us know that the latest episode of ‘MLG’ is now live – Cameron confronts Remey about the doubles match and Vincent has something to say about his actions. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 15:43:55 UTC)

Jack and Geoff from Achievement Hunter present Fails of the Weak volume 125 – this one has a lot of vehicle based clips, particularly vehicular physics fails. Watch it on AH or YouTube. Thanks, Nikko B201 .(mastrbiggy 15:39:20 UTC)

Back in 2009, Leviathan made his ‘A Sangheili’s War’ graphic novel available in PDF format. Today, I learned from bs angel that an Italian fansite has made this available… in Italian. Check it out! (For what it’s worth, Levi gave his blessing to the …

343i’s Frank O’Connor and Kiki Wofkill share what it was like building a AAA game studio from scratch, rebuilding the Halo franchise and expanding Halo beyond video games. 343 Industries is really unique in terms how the studio was formed and the chall…

The Tyrant continues to power through Spartan Ops with friends – CruelLEGACEY has joined him for two more Episode Two chapters, For Science and Hacksaw. Go see how they did!(Louis Wu 18:36:43 UTC)

Clever Musings continues their series of ‘interviews’ with in-game characters from Spartan Ops – Episode 8’s installment is live now. Thanks, Carmelo M.(Louis Wu 15:28:01 UTC)

I wasn’t around yesterday afternoon, but Halo Waypoint put up a couple of great tidbits – there’s a video from a Halo 4 tourney held in Afghanistan at a Forward Operating Base, to blow off steam, and there’s a Halo 4 emblem generator put together by Fu…