Author: halo@bungie.org

Blaidd Drwg noticed a site that’s selling custom shot glasses… gotta love the Emile one.(Louis Wu 16:14:57 UTC)

trappeddark1 dropped in with word that Episode 18 of the popular Achievement HORSE show is now up. As always, some beautiful successes, and even better failures. Give it a look!(GrimBrother One 05:50:32 UTC)

Black Six let us know that Isaac Hannaford has a new blog update. If you want to see some very cool big gun concept art, then clickey the linkey. Check it out!(GrimBrother One 05:45:16 UTC)

Ooh, pretty. New pano from Croqueta. Me likey.(Louis Wu 20:56:36 UTC)

uberfoop wants to help you keep your grunts alive. To that end, he’s put together a video of what NOT to do. This, too, is a farewell gift to HIH.(Louis Wu 20:35:55 UTC)

Sylar Stewart sent word of a discussion between a pair of grunts – is this how it would really go? Yeah, maybe.(Louis Wu 19:48:25 UTC)

Goodies from Bungie’s Comm Chatter today: HaloCharts is kicking off a racing league – first event is in less than 3 weeks. Swing by for details and to sign up. Raaascal has Map Spotlight 18 shined on Jackal Creek, created by A 3 Legged Goat. Go read…

Halo Waypoint put up their OWN tribute to High Impact Halo – a pair of videos, one each for Campaign and Multiplayer, touching on some of the highlights of the past 7 years. Go watch – and be happy that the Halo franchise is in the hands of folks who …

NOKYARD let us know that High Speed Halo has a parting gift for High impact Halo, as well – scurty and slYnki got together to create Halo 1 Done Segmented (a speedrun through the entire Halo 1 campaign, with an aggregate time of JUST under 117 minutes…

Longtime HIH denizen Grumpy has two final vids compiling all the different ways to get the Halo 2 Scarab Gun in Outskirts and Metropolis. HIH Forum post on Outskirts is here, and Metropolis post is here. Enjoy his parting gift!(Louis Wu 18:43:40 UTC)

SK1LL4XED sent word that there’s plenty of new Halo-related stuff up over at the Post Game Carnage Report – Episode 73 of their podcast is heavy on the Team Classic discussion, there’s a separate Team Classic review, and they’re running a Halo video c…

NeoGAF’s Hitmonchan107 (who’s gonna get hired if he keeps this up) pointed out a couple of news bits – an MLG video producer is looking for feedback to improve their live stream offerings, and Tor is giving away four Halo prize packs – you’ve got unti…

Over at NeoGAF, Mikasangelos pointed out some new stills from Halo: Faith on their Facebook page – along with this first test composition from their vfx department. Gotta say… looks pretty good!(Louis Wu 18:32:50 UTC)

Back in February, we mentioned The Art of Video Games, an exhibition coming next year to the Smithsonian Institution – Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo Wars are all up for voting. This is a reminder that the voting was SUPPOSED to have ended tomorrow – but ha…

Today is the last day that High Impact Halo will have new content; as planned, content will be frozen and the site will be archived here for posterity. Anakade stopped by with a farewell vid from DWT Productions. Glitchin’ forever!(Louis Wu 14:29:34 UTC)

In case you didn’t notice yesterday, the Community BTB playlist went live as planned – some great maps in there! In the games I played, Tank/Banshee domination was NOT a problem (as it is in standard BTB). Check ’em out. (The full list of maps can be …

shadow8p put together ‘Planko’, a Pachinko-type game built in the Halo engine. You can watch a video showing how it works; the download links are in the description. It’s set up for team play, even! Has a couple of issues – but even so, it’s pretty co…

munky-058 posted a few video clips yesterday, as part of a farewell to the HBO community for the coming month (real life intrudes, apparently) – they’re all fun, but it’s the last one I’m calling attention to. In a quiet moment after the battle on the …