Author: halo@bungie.org

Woaf sent word that the Dust and Echoes crew has released another installment of its podcast – this one covers the UNSC Weapons video, specializations, matchmaking updates, and general feelings. Go listen! (Louis Wu 18:20:31 UTC)

Fails of the Weak has hit 100 episodes – a serious milestone! You can watch it on AH.com, or YouTube – the whiffing Grunt was pretty amazing. Go watch! Thanks, Urban Reflex. (Louis Wu 18:14:10 UTC)

pete_the_duck let us know about Forge Quacks #17 – with a cool little factoid about monitor mode, and state saving. The more you know…(Louis Wu 18:00:46 UTC)

Achievement Hunter has a new episode of Achievement HORSE (AH.com | YouTube) – the fight for third place in the office HORSE tourney is resolved. Will it be Michael… or Adam? Go watch. Thanks, Urban Reflex. (Louis Wu 21:41:46 UTC)

CyReN stopped in to let us know that The Halo Council has combined the in-game footage from IGN’s recent Halo 4 video, and slowed it down. Great way to see the new tidbits!(Louis Wu 21:41:25 UTC)

serpx told us about a new video called ‘Making of Halo 4’ – I think it was shown at Comic-Con, but this is the first direct version we’ve gotten. Great music! (Louis Wu 21:40:54 UTC)

Shack News has an interview with Steve Downes – go read about what the voice of Master Chief thinks of the Halo series, and where he thinks it should go! (Louis Wu 21:40:34 UTC)

Ody, from PraetoriaGuard, let us know that this old-school Halo communmity (they’ve been around for 8 years!) is now holding an open recruitment session – swing by the newly-redone website to see how you can get in on the action!(Louis Wu 21:39:48 UTC)

Jimmy Jangles put together a great look back (and forward!) at the music of Halo – give it a gander! (Louis Wu 21:39:32 UTC)

Kal, from GrifballHub.com, sent word that GrifballHub is hosting a new weekly show on Twitch.tv showcasing a live match with play-by-play commentary every Wednesday night. We didn’t tell you in time to catch last night’s show – but bookmark the stream…

A really fun video from ZoxinTV – Halo vs. Minecraft. All animations are done from scratch! Go check it out. (Unfortunately, the contest he discusses has already finished up – sorry we were late!) (Louis Wu 21:38:42 UTC)

Halo Fix has posted Episode 4 of their Top 5 series – nice variety!(Louis Wu 21:38:19 UTC)

Robowski sent notes for two new episodes of Post Game Carnage Report – Episode 126 has a host v host Halo 3 battle, while Episode 127 looks at the UNSC weapons and specializations. Go listen!(Louis Wu 21:37:59 UTC)

Cox let us know about the newest Projet Alpha exploration – the team has compiled a huge group of glitches from Tip of the Spear. The full video is nearly 20 minutes long, but broken into two pieces (Part 1 | Part 2). If you missed any of the previous…

Joel Bentley let us know about a dub of The Commissioning, the Halo 4 live action trailer – go listen! (Louis Wu 21:36:06 UTC)

Okay, as I said, I’ve just come back from two weeks away from the internet, and Grim has left for his own time away – so step one is to try and catch up on news items that might have slipped through the cracks. I apologize in advance for anything that…