Author: halo@bungie.org

shiruken sent word that Episode 3 of Outpost: Isil Season 2 has been posted on YouTube. (It’ll be available on their website later this week.) (Louis Wu 20:35:00 UTC)

The latest Arby ‘n’ the Chief – “Femme Fatale” – went live this weekend; thanks to Ogan Panavo for the heads-up. 20 minutes long, will the second hacker go down to Arby and the Chief… or some other way? (And will Chief screw up EVERYTHING?) (Louis …

Congrats to STEEZYnairb – he’s the latest recipient of Domino Theory’s largesse; he’ll be receiving a new copy of Halo Anniversary this week! Thanks to everyone who participated.(Louis Wu 19:30:49 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY is celebrating the first anniversary of his site – swing by for a retrospective!(Louis Wu 15:16:59 UTC)

kornman00 discovered evidence that there WAS a 15th skull in Halo Anniversary – it was related to the sound code’s logic. (kornman thinks it might have been an attempt at an IWHBYD skull.) It wasn’t actually included in the final product – but it’s in…

KWDzero stopped in last night to let us know about an update to Halo: Out With a Whimper, the fan-created 2D sidescroller. Swing by for the latest details – it’s looking great! (Louis Wu 15:13:51 UTC)

Congratulations to mikimarquez – he won a Spanish contest by showing off his Halo collection (pics below, plus a video showing off his Halo DLC, and a blog devoted to Halo. The grand prize – a life-sized sculpture of the ODST Rookie (here it is, wrappe…

There are other great videos available this weekend at Halo Waypoint: RvB MIA Episode 4 is live – the Blues and the Reds form an uneasy alliance… and a hilarious moment from a very early RvB season is evoked. When you’re through with that, Impact’s A…

Firestorm12 sent word that Halopen has remade ‘Mission: Leave No Man Behind’, one of its first machinima pieces, to celebrate its 6th birthday. (You can see the original here, for comparison.)(Louis Wu 18:51:05 UTC)

Timgie stopped in to let people know about Aftermath, a new Halo 3 machinima he’s put together. Poignant. (He’s also got a new episode of Reach Customz up, focusing on a pretty fun-looking gametype – but this one was only announced at Halo Waypoint.)(…

Ty Coker stopped by to let us know that SYNAW Season 2 Episode 4 is now up – heavy use of invis. Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:38:52 UTC)

Time Glitch has a series called ‘Let’s Play’ – he’s now applying it to Halo Anniversary. You can go watch him play through The Pillar of Autumn – with commentary. Check it out!(Louis Wu 18:35:47 UTC)

Fails of the Weak Episode 63 is now live (AH.com | YouTube) – the New Alexandria fail was my favorite. Thanks, hezekiah.(Louis Wu 13:53:00 UTC)

MASSAIKUR figured out the REAL reason CruelLEGACEY built his ‘Grif Cannon’ for the Playtime machinima series… go watch. (Louis Wu 13:51:17 UTC)

DeeJ has instituted a new feature at Bungie.net – the Community Ride Along is sort of like the older Halo Humpday Challenges – except instead of playing AGAINST Bungie, community members are playing WITH them. Looks like fun! Go check out the writeup …

Beckx stopped by with a pic he took in Little Big Planet 2 – what a wonderful costume he found!(Louis Wu 13:41:16 UTC)

Just a pair of new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read!(Louis Wu 13:17:30 UTC)