Author: halo@bungie.org

343’s bs angel sent word of some awesome-looking Halo-themed cookies – I couldn’t bring up the page on Halo Waypoint’s website, but pictures, and a recipe, are showing up just fine at Daydreamer Desserts. Mmmmmm….(Louis Wu 20:04:37 UTC)

Another montage, care of Bungie’s Comm Chatter: Nephrectomy and Nitsua teamed up to create Liftoff. Slo-mo plays a huge part.(Louis Wu 17:43:02 UTC)

Cool new T at ThinkGeek – thanks, Mid7night.(Louis Wu 16:44:58 UTC)

Longtime Halo fans will remember Hollywood Halo – a machinima clan from the Halo 2 days. They’re back, and HMV Hell: Reach has a trailer up now. Thanks, Joe Duplessie. Update: imSuck dropped us a line to explain that this entire film will be made usin…

Bandwidth is tolerable, so we’ve posted the rest of the Halo: Reach Cutscene Library – all cutscenes are available in both downloadable and streaming versions. If there’s anything you missed – now’s your chance to grab it!(Louis Wu 14:38:44 UTC)

Looks like MLG Team Carbon will be playing at a streamed LAN at Red Bull headquarters tomorrow – if you’re interested in watching, the link is here. Game times and more details are in this post.(Louis Wu 14:17:41 UTC)

DeepFrz49 was playing some golf – and an unexpected turn of events prompted him to make a short vid. Made me smile!(Louis Wu 14:16:53 UTC)

IGN has posted its Top 10 Halo: Reach Kills vid for the week – some fun clips in there! Thanks, zewone. (We neglected to mention them, but they have episodes from last week and the week before, as well.)(Louis Wu 14:15:18 UTC)

SK1LL4XED sent word that Episode 48 of the Postgame Carnage Report is now live – discussion topics include the future competitive landscape on Xbox LIVE, and how that will affect Reach. Just over 90 minutes, and (as always with PCGR), not safe for wor…

Missed a bunch of movies this afternoon – Bungie’s Comm Chatter is a fine place to find them…ForgeHub put together a Best of Halo 3 Forge vidTranquility made his first Halo: Reach minitageFlawlessNSP also made his first Halo: Reach minitageurk found…

Stuntmutt’s revival of One One Se7en continues, with a strip that does nasty things to a nice option Bungie offers the player.(Louis Wu 15:30:48 UTC)

The new Reach Cutscene Library has been expanded – scenes from Sword Base, Nightfall, Tip of the Spear, and Long Night of Solace are now available for viewing and download. Again, we’d like to thank Cody Miller for his work here, and again, we’d like …

Brian Kerr sent word of Noblestats.com – a new statistics aggregator. Swing by and register, and get a better view of your Reach stats! (Louis Wu 14:42:45 UTC)

Tex combined her love for Halo with her love for Lady Gaga, and the result is ‘Killing Spree’. She rocks.(Louis Wu 14:41:44 UTC)

Busy Gamer News’ Dave Kramer let us know that BGN has yet another Halo giveaway up right now – this one’s called ‘Halo Relics’, and includes goodies including Halo 3, Halo First Strike, Grunt console stickers, a Halo 2 calendar and a rare Xbox Live he…

tomp1000 has a Reach Promotional Stand, starring Emile, for sale on eBay; it’s local pickup in Liverpool, in the UK – but if you’re in the area, this is a pretty cool gameroom addition!(Louis Wu 14:38:22 UTC)

Jane McGonigal is a game designer with a bent towards scholarly study of games – and Scanner Darkly noticed an article she wrote a few years ago called “Why I Love Bees: A Case Study in Collective Intelligence Gaming.” It’s a great read! (Deep – and m…

After a short delay, the Reach Stats API has been released on Bungie.net – you need a Bungie Pro account to apply for a key (though you won’t need to MAINTAIN that acccount for your key to continue working). More info can be found at the Reach Stats A…

This Spartan Life’s Fyb3roptik has got a Noble 6 Helmet Avatar code to give away – all you have to do is come up with an interesting backstory for why one of the characters’ voices changed in the TSL series. Read the post for full details! (Louis W…

If you aren’t happy with your chances to win a free Reach soundtrack from Domino Theory, swing by Game Informer – they’re giving some away, as well. (Ten copies, to be exact.) Thanks, Greg O’Connor-Read. (Louis Wu 14:34:55 UTC)