Author: halo@bungie.org

Wanna see a gross grunt? Visit Hawty McBloggy. (Gross, as in “I wouldn’t want to meet one”, not gross as in “wow, that’s a crappy piece of work.”)(Louis Wu 21:03:56 UTC)

coreross liked the new Reach Achievement medals Bungie posted on Friday so much that he turned them into OSX Icons. The link is in his forum post. (Louis Wu 13:39:18 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla asked a friend, Monkeystorm9, to create some Halo artwork – you can see the result at DeviantART. (Louis Wu 13:21:46 UTC)

Missed this yesterday, but hey – better late than never. TheClockworkRat pointed out a second Halo-related panel at Comic-Con later this month (we mentioned the Bungie panel last week) – 343 Industries and a bunch of friends will be discussing the Hal…

As mentioned in the recent Podtacular episode with Chris Burke, This Spartan Life’s interview with OK Go went live on Halo Waypoint yesterday. It’s a fantastic discussion of the creative process, and how that’s changing with social networking… but th…

The latest Grin + Bear It recreates an iconic piece of Americana… I don’t remember the Battle Rifle in the original, though.(Louis Wu 15:26:17 UTC)

This week’s Top Ten Halo 3 Screenshots is called ‘Brute-tastic’ – fans have taken a huge variety of cool Brute shots… and Hawty’s collected ten great ones here. They range from awesome to funny.(Louis Wu 19:44:58 UTC)

pete_the_duck brought us word of a Twitpic done by Penny Arcade’s Gabriel (and retweeted by Bungie) – it’s Noble Team, in Gabe’s inimitable style. Yeah, it’s true, Emile stole Jun’s sniper rifle… but dang, it’s still a great pic!(Louis Wu 16:21:44 UTC)

Confused about DLC armor for Reach, and what’s available to you? FyreWulff whipped up a pretty slick little matrix that should help you figure out exactly what you’ll get, depending on where and how you buy.(Louis Wu 16:21:09 UTC)

TDSpiral pointed out Spawn’s full-on Reach Series 1 Action Figure photos; lots of poses of each figure, and where you can get them. Some of these are killer!(Louis Wu 16:20:48 UTC)

Tycho2001 stopped by with word of a remixed version of The Siege of Madrigal, a piece of music that Marty originally wrote for Myth, but has included in every Halo game as an easter egg. I like this version! Give it a listen.(Louis Wu 16:20:15 UTC)

xxjuicesxx was the first (that I saw) to point out a new tidbit from IGN – it’s an IM chat between fans of a couple of heavy-hitting shooters, and it might make you chuckle. (I enjoyed it.) Thanks to Avateur for pointing out the full article. (Louis W…

We got word from neo56695 about a ‘Halo Action Comic Chapter 1’ on YouTube; it’s a story told in screenshots, with added fades and music. There’s no dialogue, and no motion… but it’s still an interesting experiment! Chapter 2 is live, as well.(Louis…

Yesterday’s Bungie Weekly Update went live, as expected – the Chris Opdahl Q&A is still happening, just not until next week. Luke Smith stepped back in to fill in the fans – and though it’s short, it’s still pretty sweet. Bungie will have its firs…

FyreWulff dropped by with word of the latest Fire Team Zulu challenge – Flying Ace is a Campaign run suggested by a fan (Kikowani Station, Heroic, bunch of skulls, but the critical one is Iron), while Blowhards is a Firefight challenge on Windward. Go …

pete_the_duck posted pages 11-12 of his ongoing ‘Fall of Beta’ storyline – he apologizes for the artwork, but it looks fine to me!(Louis Wu 15:57:36 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue stopped in to let us know that the newest Reclaimer is live – gotta watch those exploding things…(Louis Wu 15:52:32 UTC)

Brian Gilmore sent word that the latest Teabag Prevention article is up – ‘How to Play Well With Others’. He figured it would be helpful, given that the Double EXP Weekend list is team-oriented…(Louis Wu 15:47:21 UTC)

Dust Storm let us know that Podtacular 230 is out – it features Damian Lacedamian from This Spartan Life. Discussion includes upcoming TSL offerings on Halo Waypoint (the next one launches tomorrow!) – good stuff! Go listen.(Louis Wu 14:07:29 UTC)

Well… she hit it. (Geez. It’s impossible to make a statement about Hawty McBloggy without a potential double entendre, it seems.) Friday Caption Fun has made it to 100 rounds, and in honor of the extra digit, she’s broken the ‘no photoshop’ rule. Ch…