Author: halo@bungie.org

It’s Friday, so it’s time for another Friday Caption Fun episode at Hawty McBloggy’s – captions from last week’s ep, plus a new pic (‘You Sank My Battleship’ was taken within 20 minutes of the image going up) for your captioning pleasure. Go play!(Lou…

Finals must be over, or something… there are 13 new pieces available in the Fan Fiction section this week. Go read ’em!(Louis Wu 15:50:05 UTC)

Black Six noticed a link at Bitmob – a pair of doctoral students at Ohio Universitys School of Communication Studies looked at gender-based interaction in Halo 3. (Not surprisingly for anyone who’s played in a game with women, they found that women re…

OMG OUT ALL DAY TIME TO CATCH UP ON COMM CHATTER VIDS:Top 10 Halo Reach Beta Glitches and Bugs: Episode 7 (from Anoj)Halo: Reach Beta Super Fun Time (montage from rowboat000)Halo: Reach Beta Montage (from Intactility)Tea n’ Crumpets (Halo 3 trick jump…

Hawty McBloggy found a Halo Ringworld… made of LEGO. It’s amazing. After checking out her highlights, be sure you follow the link to the full Flickr set – amazing details.(Louis Wu 14:26:51 UTC)

Last weekend, Cake Wrecks put up a gamer-themed series of cakes for their ‘Sunday Sweets’ series (non-wrecks, all) – there are some really spectacular cakes in there, including a very nice Spartan Helmet! Check ’em out. Thanks, GhaleonEB.(Louis Wu 14:…

Dani has set up an E3 hub for Forward Unto Dawn – looks to be a decent place for keeping up on any Reach news that comes out of E3 next week. There’s already a bit of content he’s managed to glean from various sources (and an E3 Bingo card you can use…

There’s a bunch of sheet music from Halo Wars posted up on Rampancy.net today – it’s all from roddypatooty. If you’re logged in, you can download Status Quo Show, One Problem At A Time, and We’re Burning Sunshine. Looking back at the Beta Gravemind con…

Xbox Product Director Aaron Greenberg crowed on Twitter yesterday that Halo 3 outsold (in the US) Resistance 1 and 2, Uncharted 1 and 2, Killzone 2 and God of War III – combined. I’d seen it mentioned in passing on a random site, but passed on it beca…

ElusiveEagle519 noticed a tweet from Marty O’Donnell yesterday afternoon: “Just about finished the music.” Nice, Marty!(Louis Wu 14:23:20 UTC)

The second batch of favorite files from Owners of the Katana is now up in the Bungie Favorites section at Bungie.net; swing by and read about one of their maps, then download the whole batch!(Louis Wu 20:20:16 UTC)

According to SHOOTonline, the Halo 3 ODST short “The Life” was honored for Production, Cinematography, Editorial and Visual Effects at the 19th Annual AICP Show “The Art & Technique of the American Commercial”, which opened yesterday in New York. …

Busy morning – no time to collect news. Let’s see what’s available at Bungie.net… looks like a boatload of videos. Here’s a summary:d4psa1 has put together some 3D screenshots – you either need glasses or crossed eyes to see ’em. (Really, you need g…

Hawty McBloggy has taken over the updating of The Chronicles of ODS Steve this week, since DeepCee is on vacation. I’m not sure this was a really good idea…(Louis Wu 16:46:14 UTC)

Bunch of new vids available in today’s Comm Chatter at Bungie.net:’Pure’ is a Reach Beta montage from Sandman – Sandman likes him some Sniper and DMR action.Believe Me 2.0 is a Reach Beta Montage from BilzozANinja – he already released this montage, bu…

Tied the Leader has a new piece up for your reading pleasure – XerxdeeJ explores the need for (and pitfalls of) a public beta for a top-tier game release – it’s an interesting thought-provoker. Check it out! (Thanks, deeJ.)(Louis Wu 15:01:13 UTC)

Not long ago, OboeCrazy kicked off a site she called ‘Musiter’ – it was inspired by Twitter… but it uses music, not text. She posts musical tidbits of 140 notes or less. Her most recent addition? The Halo theme, played on an English Horn. Kickass!(L…

Red vs Blue Revelation Chapter 9 (Backup Plans) is online now – Wash continues to be antisocial, Red Team gets inside, and Caboose is surprisingly insightful. And surprises! Check out the surprises. Funny!(Louis Wu 14:59:08 UTC)

So you bought the Halo 3 Legendary Edition, and somewhere on a shelf, you’ve got a helmet that might or might not fit your cat. Hawty McBloggy wants to get your creative juices flowing. (CREATIVE juices, you sicko. She wants you to make stuff. ART stu…

We got word from HCDPAMF that there’s a new Halo Zero Evolved Tech Demo – this link was supposed to be removed June 3, so although it’s still up, there’s another link here. Check it out! (If you haven’t heard of this project, search our news.) (Louis …