Author: halo@bungie.org

Halo Council’s Clicked occasionally tries user-suggested challenges in Matchmaking; he calls the series ‘UrDoingItWrong!’ The latest installment (and first Halo 4 episode) is called ‘Worst Loadout Ever’. Clicked tries a Regicide match with a Suppressor…

I’m not sure this is the best use of government resources… but I applaud the optimism. Thanks, Justin Inman.(Louis Wu 16:55:04 UTC)

Cody Miller is known on our forum for his… controversial style. However, I give him props for calling it like he sees it – and his latest critique, looking at Halo 4, highlights the good AND the bad. I enjoyed it!(Louis Wu 16:52:31 UTC)

Tex told us about a recent armor build at the 405th that is, in a word, amazing. LilTyrant kicked off her build in January, and posted painted pics last month – you can swing by Imgur to see a huge gallery (105 images) showing off all the incredible de…

After a few weeks of dribs and drabs, our Fan Fiction section gets three meaty additions this week – go read!(Louis Wu 16:43:38 UTC)

pete_the_duck discovered a little glitch with Dominion turrets that can lead to some hilarious situations. Go watch!(Louis Wu 21:33:37 UTC)

Almost two years ago, cbwilliams17 told us about Origins Abridged: Part I – today, he’s brought the story up to date with Origins Abridged: Part II. Always nice to see a funny take on a serious story! (Louis Wu 21:07:56 UTC)

Gamasutra has taken a look at the art direction of Halo 4 – pretty interesting read! Thanks, Quirel. (Louis Wu 21:02:33 UTC)

Achievement Hunter posted Halo HORSE 101 (AH.com | YouTube) – it’s a bit different than most of them. Prolific mapmaker Edo Sens created a pretty tough racetrack… and a bunch of AH staffers got three shots each at completing it. We won’t ruin the su…

Snipedown posted an Oddball game on Solace that shows why you really, really, REALLY don’t want to meet Halo pros in Matchmaking. (Snipedown goes 25-0 with 3 Overkills.) Thanks, CyReN. (Louis Wu 20:39:30 UTC)

Today is the 10th anniversary of Xbox LIVE – and for a lot of people, some of the earliest memories of that service are Halo-related. Bungie has put up a collection of thoughts from fans around the interwebs – and even though they chose to use this op…

Last night, as with most Wednesday nights, the weekly Halo Bulletin was posted at Halo Waypoint – it’s chock-full of stats. All kinds of stats. Go explore it! (There’s a local copy as well, as always.)(Louis Wu 19:08:30 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, Shadders mentioned that he’s giving away a very cool, you-can’t-buy-it Halo 4 Moleskine notebook – swing by his post – or his Little English Halo Blog – to read what you’d need to do to win it! (He’s also giving away a Limited Edition …

Yesterday, Tex mentioned that Halo made a significant appearance in Tuesday’s episode of ‘Go On’ on NBC – I’d forgotten to mention it until Dart3rocks sent us an online link to the episode. Matthew Perry’s character is addicted to Reach! Take a look. …

Dogiojoe reminded us that all three segments of her charity auction are live – the first part actually finishes up in the next 6 hours! Go look at what’s available! Proceeds benefit Child’s Play and Idaho Parent’s Unlimited. (Louis Wu 18:53:45 UTC)

Rockslider has expanded his Knock-Off fun in Reach Firefight – go see what’s online!(Louis Wu 18:44:51 UTC)

It’s a day for Halo comics – Postmortem pointed out a recent episode of Dorkly that looks at the merchandizing of Halo, while RedGrimRune announced a new Halo-themed 6th Circle comic highlighting one of the more entertaining skulls. Go read! (Louis Wu…

RC Master let us know about a picture his girlfriend drew – great stuff!(Louis Wu 18:32:11 UTC)