Author: halo@bungie.org

NeoGAF’s BladedExpert (with some help from DualX) took a LOT of clips from HaloGAF members, mashed ’em together with some great Halo music, and turned out a 16 minute megamontage with some fantastic moments in it. You can watch it on YouTube, in two pieces (Part 1 | Part 2), or you can download it…

In light of the fact that the last few days of Halo 2 online play are upon us, Eurogamer has published ‘Better Than Halo: The Making of Halo 2’, a look back at the creation of the game. Bungie developers Jaime Griesemer, Joe Staten, Chris Butcher, Chris Carney and Brian Jarrard reminisce about the insanity…

There are a few nice tidbits this weekend at Hawty McBloggy’s – she found a customized female mohawked Spartan on eBay (sold yesterday morning for $8.50), a reminder to play Halo 2 this week (that picture scares me), and instructions for a Super Happy Fun Time Kit from Grin + Bear It (I can see…

Co-Optimus is kicking off a ‘Collectible Night’ – they’re teaming up with the Waypoint team this Friday night to ‘collect’ skulls, terminals, and audio logs in Halo 3 and ODST! Check out the page for details on how to participate.(Louis Wu 16:22:03 UTC)

Rampancy.net has posted the next episode of Anger, Sadness, and Envy, their podcast that looks at how Halo games play. Episode 13 looks at the first part of Halo 3: ODST, and features Narcogen, Blackstar, and Miguel Chavez. It’s 90 minutes long – go grab it! (I couldn’t make the in-page version play, but the…

Halochief89 stopped in to announce a Flash interface for his Halo Clairvoyance story; it’s not final, but it’s a start. Interesting!(Louis Wu 16:20:07 UTC)

}SoC{BrownSound noticed an article at Kotaku, in which a photoshop contest was egg-themed, for Easter… and our favorite super-soldier made the winner’s group. Nice work! (Louis Wu 16:19:45 UTC)

Nabsuh told us about Ashes of Betrayal, a Halo 3/CGI hybrid machinima telling the story of Major Daniel Graystone, and his betrayal of the UNSC effort. Nice work! (Louis Wu 16:55:00 UTC)

Tommy92l had some cool clips – Halo footage, with sweet after effects – but the full render was presenting problems. The solution? Release the clips. Check ’em!(Louis Wu 13:57:13 UTC)

The Top Ten Halo 3 Screenshots collection this week is actually visible on Halo Waypoint, on Xbox LIVE. Great shots, collected from the March releases – jump on and see ’em!(Louis Wu 13:56:42 UTC)

BuzzJuice pointed out the full interview that IGN did with Frank O’Connor (we mentioned the teaser quote Thursday) – if you’re wondering where Frank sees the Halo franchise going, this is worth a read.(Louis Wu 13:56:10 UTC)

As expected, the Bungie Weekly Update went live last night. (Even though we didn’t front-page it then, you could find it in our Weekly Update Archive within an hour or two.) As has been true for a few weeks, this update is chock-full of multiplayer goodness – the focus is on maps, and you get…

Brian Gilmore let us know that the last of the Mythic Map Pack has been covered by the Teabag Prevention Team – Longshore was the holdout, and with the newly-posted Tips page online, they can say that they’ve got a collection of articles that covers every weapon, vehicle, and map in Halo 3. Not bad!…

Joystiq has an exclusive trailer for the second episode of The Return, the latest story-turned-video on Halo Waypoint. Great-looking stuff… be sure to log into Waypoint on Xbox LIVE this Saturday to see the episode!(Louis Wu 19:16:40 UTC)

FireDragon04 let us know that he’s put together an in-depth analysis of the Reach Multiplayer trailer – yes, these have been done before, but he’s incorporated information released subsequently. It’s 20 minutes long – give it a look! (Louis Wu 18:18:00 UTC)

ChrisOfTheDead is back with another montage – this one is called ‘I am going to stick you! (even if it kills me)’, and it focuses on (surprise) sticks. I think I’d have liked it better if a smaller percentage of the clips showed the sticker actually survive the encounter… thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 18:17:34 UTC)

We forgot to mention this yesterday, but the Double EXP Weekend Playlist this week is ‘Prepare to Drop’, a list inspired by Halo 3: ODST. This is the third showing of this particular playlist. (Louis Wu 18:16:30 UTC)

Swing by Hawty McBloggy’s for yet another dose of Friday Caption Fun – Round 87 has some great captions for last week’s pic… plus two, two, two times the Johnson fun! (While you’re there, check out some of the absurd things people would do to get into the Reach Beta… right now.)(Louis Wu 14:51:31 UTC)

Just three new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week… go read!(Louis Wu 14:50:04 UTC)

Smyf let us know about a new tournament being run at Halocharts – the 1st Annual Big Team Battle Tournament is taking registrations until April 17. Sounds like fun! (Louis Wu 14:46:38 UTC)