Author: halo@bungie.org

Trooper905 has a Halo schwag collection that differs from the norm in one major respect – it has lots of standee displays (his dad works for the company that makes these). Take a look – some really cool stuff!(Louis Wu 13:41:50 UTC)

Fails of the Weak 91 (AH.com | YouTube) has Jack teaming up with Joel for some funny commentary about funny fails. (Well, not all commentary or fails are funny – but some of both are.) Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 13:41:24 UTC)

The Tyrant showed off a run done by a friend, VincentKurayama – it’s a Mythic run through Reach’s Tip of the Spear on Mythic… with every possible enemy killed. Now THAT’s some dedication. The plan is to play the whole GAME this way. (This is just th…

gunn3r11 let us know that The Spartan Force has a new community montage – it’s 3 minutes of fun gameplay. (Could have been set to a less-overused soundtrack, but hey.)(Louis Wu 13:40:40 UTC)

Totally forgot to look in the Fan Fiction queue this morning – there’s one new piece this week. Go read!(Louis Wu 16:31:52 UTC)

Kiki Wolfkill talked to Inside Gaming’s Adam Kovic at the after-hours party during E3 – you can watch this at Halo Waypoint (or directly on YouTube). Topics of discussion include Spartan Ops and story across modes. Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:30:16 UTC)

pete_the_duck stopped in this morning to encourage folks to enter the Community Cartographers Forge Contest – he doesn’t want you to think that your entry would be a waste of time, because an awful lot of what he’s looking at (as a judge) is… well, …

Bungie’s head of User Research, John Hopson, looked back at an article he wrote more than 10 years ago, when he was still a graduate student, and talked about its relevance in today’s game design. The article discusses Behavioral Game Design, and whil…

RC Master is pretty unhappy with what he’s seen so far of the Halo 4 Campaign HUD. So much so, he’s written a four-thousand-word essay on how bad it is! Go see what he thinks.(Louis Wu 15:12:38 UTC)

So… the Halo 4 60-second TV spot (which had its world debut during the England vs France Euro 2012 game this week) made its US debut during last night’s basketball game between the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Today, if you visit ESPN.c…

IGN’s Rewind Theater took a close look at the Spartan Ops trailer – watch it for a chance to see tidbits you missed when you watched it at full speed! Thanks, ChrisTheeCrappy.(Louis Wu 14:06:41 UTC)

Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry took a look at the tech on display in the Halo 4 E3 demo – go read it, you’ll come away reassured! Thanks, Deadly Cyclone.(Louis Wu 14:05:47 UTC)

Gamespot put up some new Halo 4 gameplay/commentary – Pros are playing and discussing, Kevin Franklin is on hand to answer questions. CyReN found a YouTube version, and a second one with some sniper footage – go watch! (Louis Wu 14:02:31 UTC)

MASSAIKUR let us know that the second episode of Spartan-Man is up – he’s a superhero with… well, go watch.(Louis Wu 14:00:28 UTC)

Gandhi and DMAQ discuss Spectator Mode in the latest episode of The Great Deb[8] – go listen! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 13:55:54 UTC)

Jordan Bell alerted us to a new Top 10 video from Anoj – this one focuses on multikills. There are some fantastic ones in there (Number one, especially). Go watch! (Louis Wu 13:53:59 UTC)

Gametactics interviewed Dave Ellis at E3 last week – there’s a summary of all the content revealed over the week, and a focus on Spartan Ops (which is what Ellis spends most of his time working on). Most interesting tidbit i heard that I didn’t know be…

This week’s Halo Bulletin went live last night (it’s got a timestamp of 15:00 PST, but I’m pretty sure that’s a lie) – it’s almost entirely a Q&A, with fans asking and Frankie answering. Some really cool info in there – be sure and read it careful…

Robowski told us about Post Game Carnage Report 118 – Sucker Punch. (The title refers to what the team thinks Halo 4 will do to Call of Duty… check out the episode pic on that page.) Coverage includes everything revealed at E3.(Louis Wu 16:11:34 UTC)

Dogiojoe was excited and wanted all fans to know that the final comic in the Halo Fall of Reach series – Invasion #4 – was released yesterday (it’s been almost two years since this started!). If you want more info on the overall series, Halo Nation has…