Author: halo@bungie.org

Continuing where we left off from yesterday with news of a new Halo Fan Film: “Faith”, we bring you the first original music for it, composed by Daniel Ciurlizza. Definitely worth the listen!(GrimBrother One 02:31:30 UTC)

Chao created his first Halo: Reach montage. We heard about it on Bungie’s Comm Chatter. Lots of multikills, and some effort to time the action to the music. Go watch!(Louis Wu 21:06:03 UTC)

Greenskull has made a lot of Rube Goldberg machines in his day – now he’s ready to teach you how to do it. Swing by Xbox.com for a tutorial! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 20:39:51 UTC)

lostguru pointed out that the latest episode of Achievement HORSE went live yesterday – the maps look pretty cool, but it’s the commentary that makes this gold. Go watch.(Louis Wu 20:30:20 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY sent word that he’s kicked off a new feature – Community Spotlight provides focus for various Halo community groups. The first one, highlighting Halo 360x, a UK site, is online now.(Louis Wu 16:55:00 UTC)

Such a big Jerk sent word of ‘Games for Flames’, an upcoming MLG FFA tournament sponsored by Halotracker.com. Sign up for your chance to win a flaming helmet!(Louis Wu 16:13:15 UTC)

MaxRealflugel let us know that he’s kicked off a new Halo blog devoted to exploring the Halo storyline. there’s not much there now (just a couple of posts), but there’s more coming, and what IS there suggests this will be worth reading. Check it out! …

Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, noticed that Moonshot Games, a company founded by ex-Bungie guys integral in the development of the Halo series, will be showing their first product at PAX East next week. Intriguing! (Louis Wu 16:12:24 UTC)

Kaidon is back with another custom Spartan sculpt – this one is an EOD tricked out to match an in-game player. Amazing!(Louis Wu 20:18:42 UTC)

Okay, thanks to the generosity of the Waypoint crew, we’ve got a passel of avatar goodies (armor, t-shirts) for both male and female Xbox LIVE avatars… but we haven’t come up with a good way to distribute them. Jump into this thread on our forum, an…

TTL Demag0gue is back with the latest episode of Reclaimer – isn’t it always about the Benjamins?(Louis Wu 14:25:13 UTC)

Hedgemony’s most recent panos inspired Bry to creat a couple of awesome shots of Anchor 9 and its environs – and Hedge followed up with yet ANOTHER pair of cool pics. It’s artucopia!(Louis Wu 14:23:55 UTC)

doober187 noticed the Waypoint-hosted 3D screenshots we mentioned yesterday, and posted a bunch he’d made himself, right after ODST came out. Eye-popping! (Save yourself the headache, and use our local link for downloads.) (Louis Wu 14:23:18 UTC)

weedwacker13 pointed out a Halo version of Wiz Khalifa’s Black and Yellow – a drinking game based on Halo 3 gameplay? That seems… dangerous.(Louis Wu 19:50:05 UTC)

weedwacker13 pointed out a Halo version of Wiz Khalifa’s Black and Yellow – a drinking game based on Halo 3 gameplay? That seems… dangerous.(Louis Wu 19:50:05 UTC)

Dani decided to take a statistical look at the multiplayer maps released with each Halo game, breaking down which camp the architecture comes from. Some interesting patterns emerge…(Louis Wu 15:21:15 UTC)