Author: halo@bungie.org

LORD ARKADIUSZ had an extra Recon Helmet code (from a Legendary Edition) for Reach – so he’s decided to give it away. All you’ve got to do is sign up; we’ll pick a winner at random on Monday evening. Toss your name in the hat!(Louis Wu 13:19:56 UTC)

There are just two new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read ’em!(Louis Wu 13:19:25 UTC)

Shadow8P told us about his series called ‘Pro Fail Wat’ – it contains clips that show off pro play, fails (by either Shadow or his opponents), and ‘wat’s – bizarre occurances in-game, all accompanied by commentary. Take a look!(Louis Wu 13:18:58 UTC)

SK1LL4XED sent word that the Postgame Carnage Report crew has posted their Christmas Special episode – Halo discussion, gaming news, and really disturbing holiday songs. Two hours – go listen! (Louis Wu 13:18:37 UTC)

Joshua Allen stopped in with a link to a VERY expensive statue from Toys on Fire – a half-height Halo 2 Master Chief statue, for $1,200 (canadian). These have gone for $300-600 on eBay in the last couple of years, so unless you need noe RIGHT NOW, thi…

Jimbothy let us know about Halo Effect 3, a Halo/Mass Effect machinima mashup. (Audio is from the Mass Effect 3 trailer, video is from Halo.) Not bad!(Louis Wu 22:04:33 UTC)

Achievement Hunter has released Achievement Horse #3 – another set of fan-made challenges are attacked by Geoff and Jack, with great commentary. What an awesome series! Go watch, and go download the maps so you can try these yourself. Thanks, overdozi…

=SW=Warlord let us know that development for Project Aftershock, the Halo themed mod for Crysis, continues apace. They’ve hit the 1000-files mark, with lots of new visual assets for you. If you check out this page of the thread on the CryMod forum, yo…

Thanks much to Archilen for noticing that the first two chapters of Greg Bear’s Halo: Cryptum novel are available online! Go here for chapter 2 on Waypoint’s web portal, and to Tor’s site to register (it’s free) and see chapter 1. What are you waiting…

More new Halo jobs available at 343 Industries, as of yesterday – are you hunting? Thanks, Alienshogun.(Louis Wu 16:54:05 UTC)

GrimBrother IV noticed a Facebook Wall photo from Greg Bear – looks like he’s gotten his advance copies of Cryptum. (For folks who don’t have a Facebook account, and can’t see this – a localized version is here, and the caption reads “Is it even okay t…

They’re on vacation, so Bungie.net’s front page isn’t being updated… but Bungie put out their last podcast of the year yesterday, you can find it on the Podcast page. Marcus, Joe Tung, Lee Wilson, and Chris Carney join urk in the recording booth to …

NASA recently published photos of various spacesuit variants, some that have been used, and some that never made it into service. There are even some very cool x-ray shots taken of them. What’s the Halo connection? Take a look at picture number 5, a…

CruelLEGACEY sends word that he has a new Reach guide available, and this time it’s for the Noble Map Pack Achievements. If you’ve been having a time with trying to recomplete Reach’s Achievement list, definitely go and give this a look!(GrimBrother O…

You might rememeber that fundraising package we mentioned last week – a collection of Halo goodies, signed by Bungie devs, put on eBay to raise money for Jen Taylor’s Seattle theater company? Bidding closed yesterday – and the final price was $3000, w…

Chris101b noticed an article at The Big Pixels – it’s a picture of addiction. Addiction to Halo: Reach…(Louis Wu 11:35:04 UTC)

One of the roughest Reach Achievements is ‘If They Came to Hear Me Beg’ – where you need to jump onto an Elite and assassinate him from a height that would otherwise kill you. Most people try this on Reach’s 9th mission – and an AWFUL lot of Spartans …