Author: halo@bungie.org

GhaleonEB has fired up his Forging blog again, over at Forward Unto Dawn – there’s a really interesting piece on the development of a large BTB map, and some of the pitfalls he found going forward. Check it out! (Louis Wu 15:20:22 UTC)

There’s a pretty interesting article in Edge Magazine about the Science of Usability Testing in videogames – and Bungie’s John Hopson (user research lead) gets some screen space. Go check it out! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 20:52:38 UTC)

If you’re jonesin’ for some MLG Montage goodness, swing by Bungie.net – Inactive is a new Reach montage from KayEmX. 3:44 long. (Louis Wu 20:35:47 UTC)

Jose, also known by his gamertag, TECJ0001, was surprised by his wife on his 29th birthday with a very cool Halo-themed cake, from Black Label Desserts. Click thumbs below for full-sized versions. Awesome! It’s a close call – do you eat it, or leave i…

Edge sent word that he’s posted a Halo: Reach Community Montage (based on content from the Halotracker community). You can rate and comment on it at Halotracker. (While you’re there, check out their latest challenges – they’re over 1000 HTR Challenges …

It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for another Reclaimer – TTL Demag0gue dropped in with word of a special search. (Louis Wu 15:54:59 UTC)

Shotgunchief let us know that a friend of hers customized a bag with Halo pins… and some awesome pen work. Go see! (Louis Wu 15:54:16 UTC)

radiant penguin polished up a simple, but gorgeous, panorama of Kat, from early in Winter Contingency. Fantastic work! (Louis Wu 15:53:33 UTC)

Kaidon’s back with another custom Halo action figure – this one’s a Mk V Spartan for Vader RX. Lookin’ pretty spiffy! (Louis Wu 15:52:18 UTC)

Jake108 let us know that he’s posted a review of Halo: Cryptum over at Geekscape – no spoilers, but if you haven’t bought it yet, this might help you decide. Give it a read! (Louis Wu 15:51:53 UTC)

Jake108 let us know that he’s posted a review of Halo: Cryptum over at Geekscape – no spoilers, but if you haven’t bought it yet, this might help you decide. Give it a read! (Louis Wu 15:51:53 UTC)

Another Comm Chatter tip-off – last month, a Halo 1 LAN was organized by the OGREs, and the five best games are now online at MLGPro.com. Just… wow.(Louis Wu 18:24:19 UTC)

GodlyPerfection continues his Forge Lessons; he released Lesson 43, “Lasting Impression”, yesterday. (We heard about it from urk.) Read it, and make your maps more memorable!(Louis Wu 18:22:56 UTC)

Last week, Stosh tweeted that someone should use the Reach stats API to create a ‘Hot or Not’ type Spartan Rating app – and Mad Cow took him up on it. Behold… Rate My Spartan! (Louis Wu 13:13:12 UTC)

RVideo stopped in with word of a new release from the Jump Tactics crew – at first, I felt that a jump video on a custom-made map, using unlimited ammo and invulnerability, would be dull to watch… but I quickly realized I was wrong. Maluu has a grac…

Podtacular’s Dust Storm has just finished up a 50-part Chronological Campaign Run-through of Halo – starts on Reach, runs through Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3: ODST, and then Halo 3. A labor of love! (Louis Wu 13:02:15 UTC)