Author: halo@bungie.org

urk has word of Good Life – a Halo 3 montage from Axilo and Stealthy. Very light touch on the editing effects; this one focuses on the carnage. Go watch. (Louis Wu 18:25:42 UTC)

We last mentioned Cody Brigan’s Halo tattoo back in December – he posted a new shot, and now it’s got some color! It’s not done yet, but it’s looking pretty amazing.(Louis Wu 17:23:37 UTC)

Devin Olsen found a Hardcore Gamer’s IQ Test – almost 500 video game characters, illustrated. A bunch of them are Halo-related. Can you name them all? (Not just the Halo ones – those are easy.)(Louis Wu 17:18:06 UTC)

TripleZeroFilms let us know that the next episode of “Core Tempature”, starring that 70s superstar, Mandlbaum, is online – you can learn about cheese. And other stuff. And the world. And really, REALLY stupid heroes.(Louis Wu 14:08:35 UTC)

There’s a new Friday Caption Fun up at Hawty McBloggy – hammer innuendos and big, hard, cylindrical things are all over this one. Oh, Hawty…(Louis Wu 14:07:35 UTC)

Harmanius went through the Multiplayer trailer, specifically looking for armor permutations. His resultant image is a bit tough to read, but contains a LOT of information. Take a look!(Louis Wu 14:06:32 UTC)

A new Firefight Friday has been announced by FyreWulff – this one takes place on Crater (Night), and is available on a pair of difficulties. Go read about it – and then beat it!(Louis Wu 14:05:26 UTC)

CrazedOne1988 put together a tribute to Halo 2, to say goodbye. I think we’ve seen this sort of thing a few times already… but it’s good to be able to say goodbye.(Louis Wu 14:04:01 UTC)

Not sure what this is all about – but Attack of the Fanboy noticed a new trademark by Bungie, for ‘Bungie Aerospace’ (no, they’re not getting into the ship-building field; the registration itself mentions computer game software and hardware). Nice logo! What does it mean? Your guess is as good as ours! I found this…

Pepsi sent us a note about a new project undertaken by his HaloPC modding community, Halo Modding – they’ve overhauled Gephyrophobia with a space battle, water-filled pit, and lots of pretty eye-candy. There’s a movie showing off the changes, as well as a download link for the new map, in this thread. If you like…

February 2010 is a milestone month for Microsoft – because for the first time since Halo 3 was released, the Xbox 360 has outsold both of its competitors. (This seems to be more a function of lackluster sales overall than a killer exclusive crushing the competition… but it’s still a big deal for them.) (Louis…

Co-Optimus has a review of Halo Legends online – a bit odd for a site devoted to cooperative gaming, but I suppose watching videos can definitely be done cooperatively. They liked it. (Louis Wu 13:59:35 UTC)

One of the talks at the GDC this week was from a Microsoft researcher who studies Achievements and how they affect players’ actions. One interesting tidbit from his talk: more than 93% of Halo 3 players finish the first level of the Campaign – and nearly 72% finish the entire campaign. Those numbers are MUCH…

AssaultGodzilla posted an older Halo HMV he’d created – this one is called ‘Earth Invasion’, and uses footage from an impressive array of sources. Go watch!(Louis Wu 13:57:17 UTC)

The Escapist Magazine recently hosted a contest for webcomic artists – ZZoMBiE13 submitted four strips from a comic he called ‘Wasting Potential’. Two of his submissions are Halo-related, but you should check out all four. (They start here.) I’d have loved to see this on the web!(Louis Wu 13:56:28 UTC)

The latest IGN Top 10 Kills vid is online – think of these as popcorn for the brain. Thanks to NeoGAF’s dilatedmuscle for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 13:56:01 UTC)

Just two new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week – shouldn’t take you long to read ’em!(Louis Wu 13:55:00 UTC)

Bungie has released another retrospective – a look back at the evolution of Sandtrap. Art Director Justin Hayward talks about what this map meant to him, and where he wanted it to go – and where it ended up. Fascinating read! (Louis Wu 00:55:08 UTC)

Thursday is the day that new Double XP Weekend Playlists kick off on Xbox LIVE – this week, it’s Rocket Race. Zoom zoom. Boom.(Louis Wu 00:54:50 UTC)

urk also pointed out a very cool idea – LEGO construct of Halo Reach concept art. Now THAT’S meta. (Louis Wu 00:54:05 UTC)