Author: halo@bungie.org

The Halo Bulletin is online for this week – and it’s a doozy. The appetizer is Tweets of how folks would wake up the Master Chief, but the entree is the March Matchmaking Playlist Update. There are a bunch of changes, but the two biggies are that ther…

Tashi’s Weekly Montage Series is back – he’s released Season 2, Episode 1. It’s 2 minutes of clips that have all been collected in the past 7 days. (That’s the significance of the ‘Weekly’ in the title – much more than the actual frequency of releases…

Looks like we missed an interview with Corrinne Yu, Principal Engine Architect at 343. Girl Gamer sat down with her some time in December… great read! Thanks to Boomwood, at NeoGAF, for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 14:23:13 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, CyReN pointed out a buddy, Cursed Lemon, playing In Amber Clad, from Halo 2. Nice work!(Louis Wu 13:34:28 UTC)

DeeJ went on another Ride-Along with a Bungie.net group – this time, it was Death By Mongoose, a group linked by their love of quad bikes. Nice interview, and a fun montage of some gamplay insanity. Go check it out!(Louis Wu 13:22:10 UTC)

pete_the_duck told our forum about a new puzzle he’s created – it’s a Forge map… with a secret message. This one’s sort of a test, to see how people like it – give it a shot! If there’s interest, he can make more complicated ones!(Louis Wu 13:16:28 …

While we’re on the subject of podcasts… 343 has released its 10th Sparkast. You can grab a copy on iTunes (thanks, bryan newman) or download the mp3 directly from 343 (thanks, laird). David Ellis and Frank O’Connor are joined by Josh Holmes (Studio …

robowski sent word that Post Game Carnage Report Episode 105 is now up – Halo 4, Reach, why custom games no longer exist… wait, what? Go listen.(Louis Wu 13:08:58 UTC)

Gavin’s return to the Rooster Teeth offices seems to have rejuvenated Achievement HORSE – Episode 64 is pretty fun to watch! Go check it out, on either YouTube or AH.com. Thanks, as usual, to hezekiah for the heads-up (though maybe not so much for the…

The Verge’s Vox Games has an overview of the 2012 lineup for the Xbox360, and it includes comments from some of the developers of the most-anticipated titles. Frankie has a few words to say about the past, present, and future of the Halo franchise. Th…

Those wacky guys at AchievementHunter have put together another ‘Things to Do In’ video – and this one is Halo-related. Gavin introduces Geoff to something he calls ‘Bum Bait’ (YouTube | AH.com)… and you have to watch the video to see what it’s all a…

The Lionheart ran across the personal page of a guy who does 3D art for DICE, by day… and lots and lots of Halo concepts on his own time. Very cool! (Fair warning – there are a couple of nudes in the portfolio, as well.)(Louis Wu 12:50:52 UTC)

kornman00 wanted to let us know about the newest issue of Game Developer Magazine, which runs a regular feature called “Postmortem” (not that one), where a developer breaks down their recent release to talk about the nuts and bolts of what went right, …

Das Kalk was the first to let us know about the opening motion comic from the new SSX title. At first I was like “What does this have to do with – ooooohhhhh! That’s bizarre.” See if you catch it too!(GrimBrother One 05:50:31 UTC)

…he drops something like this on you. Stay tuned for his next single “Ma’am Said Knock You Out” by LL Cool Jorge.(GrimBrother One 05:40:05 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, CyReN pointed out a minitage from MLG Pro Formal. If you like sniper kills (and one REALLY dirty evade-enhanced ninja), check this out. (It’s quite short – just two minutes.)(Louis Wu 17:20:55 UTC)

bluerunner had a little help in setting up the celebration for his son’s birthday. Looks like it was a lot of fun!(Louis Wu 17:18:23 UTC)