Author: halo@bungie.org

A third comic update for the day – TTL Demag0gue stopped by to announce that Reclaimer 243 was online. Ferial gloats, while the Reclaimer waits to see what will happen.(Louis Wu 14:33:25 UTC)

If you don’t have a copy of ODST yet, but really want to particpate in the Reach Beta in just over a month, you might want to swing by GameFly – they’re offering used copies of ODST (with both discs) for $20. Nice deal! Thanks to NeoGAF’s giga for noticing.(Louis Wu 12:38:28 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a cute Grunt tattoo on DeviantART – don’tcha just wanna hug him? (Well, except for the fact that he’s about to explode…) (Louis Wu 12:37:57 UTC)

Back in December, we mentioned a PBS special on VideoGamesLive, to be recorded on February 5 in New Orleans. As far as I can tell, this was postponed until April 1 – you can read the latest press release for it on their website. (Broadcast is slated for July 31.) Marty O’Donnell will be among…

ODS Steve #64 (Fizzle) went live this morning – don’t you just hate it when your equipment malfunctions?(Louis Wu 12:34:36 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla posted another of his older Halo music videos – this one is set to the Buffy theme; he put it together for Halloween 2008. Seems a bit more disjointed than some of his newer work…(Louis Wu 12:21:34 UTC)

V10L3N7 JAY stopped in yesterday with a new episode of UNSC Section 3 – we haven’t heard from him since November 2007! Go catch up.(Louis Wu 12:19:25 UTC)

This went live yesterday, but it’s 10 minutes long, and it took until today to find the time to actually watch it: NOKYARD, known for his Grifball maps and his speedrunning, was interviewed by the Halo Waypoint team, letting him show off some of the maps he’s built (Grifball and non-Grifball alike). You’ll have to…

Bungie has updated their Reach Project page – new information revealed recently is now summarized for posterity. Swing by to read about Arena, Armor Abilities, and easy links to all the Reach trailers!(Louis Wu 19:11:46 UTC)

AnTi PROx sent word that Arm The Flag is running a new contest – create a demotivational poster-style Halo 3 screenshot (Halo 3 or Halo 3: ODST), and you could win a 1600 point card. There are some rules – swing by their forum for full details. (Louis Wu 18:48:46 UTC)

Last summer, we mentioned some Halo t-shirts from Marc Ecko – they’re all gone from the ShopEcko.com website, but according to xoools, who works at Hot Topic, a couple of them (Halo Babes and UNSC Sniper) are still available in those stores. Probably not a universal taste kind of thing…(Louis Wu 18:43:32 UTC)

Omnicent is the subject of the latest ‘Average Joe’ interview at Bungie.net – go read which Halo games he liked, and why! (Along with plenty of other stuff about his life.)(Louis Wu 18:02:43 UTC)

A foursome of new vids for you, courtesy of Bungie’s Comm Chatter:LaCoz3 released The Fresh Feeling 2 – video quality could use some work, but there are some slick sticks in there.Mirific has created his last Halo 3 montage – editing is a tad overdone, mb.Another LaCoz3 montage – this one is called ‘Shine’, and…

We missed this when it went live, on March 5 – but over at NeoGAF, squidhands pointed it out today: Virtual Shackles posted ‘Halo: ODTB’, introducing a new feature for Halo: Reach multiplayer. Just what we need!(Louis Wu 16:53:40 UTC)

Hedgemony has an interesting roundup of Halo creations he found on DeviantART today – sculpture, artwork, modded nerf guns. Go look!(Louis Wu 12:04:04 UTC)

So according to IGN, there’s a new service out there – GameCrush says they’ll hook you up with a girl gamer to play with online… for a fee. Four 360 games are included in the list of playables… and Halo 3 is one of those four. $8.25 buys you 6-10 minutes of 1v1 time. GameCrush…

mattroe bought a Microsoft mouse and keyboard… and was amused by the use of Halo imagery on the PC products. I guess when you own an intellectual property, you might as well get it out there…(Louis Wu 11:28:20 UTC)

Avateur noticed a Spartan Gundam at Kotaku – yes, it’s custom-made.(Louis Wu 11:26:42 UTC)

MattDratt is working on a HaloCE single player map – his AI is driving warthogs already. (Get off the road – NOW)(Louis Wu 11:23:43 UTC)

Pretty cool little animation from Nabsuh this afternoon – check it out!(Louis Wu 20:43:40 UTC)