Author: halo@bungie.org

Apparently, Fred Van Lente (the writer behind the Blood Line comics) went out drinking with ‘Team Halo’ last night. Bungie? 343i? Master Chief and Cortana? Thanks, Hedgemony.(Louis Wu 12:37:52 UTC)

Pyrosmile sent word that Master Chief Theater 3000 Episode 405 is now up – they’re looking at the cutscenes from ONI Alpha Site. I’m getting a hankering to play some ODST Campaign…(Louis Wu 21:25:25 UTC)

Man, those look yummy. DeviantARTists RubyQuinn and SolitaireLost whipped up some Red vs Blue cookies a couple of weeks ago – you can see more of the process (and LOTS more cookies) at Photobucket. Thanks to bs angel for the heads-up! (Louis Wu 21:04:40 UTC)

There’s a new Tag and Release feature up at Bungie.net – the term is ‘UFO’, and the screens are varied. Go see!(Louis Wu 21:04:21 UTC)

Black Water Ops is hosting ‘Fight for the UNSC Horizon’, a three-contest extravaganza where you can submit writing, a Forged map, or a picture contest (using pics taken from an online game to be played by the winners of the other two rounds, among others). Full details can be found at BWO’s website (see above…

Brighton rebuilt his ODST model (we mentioned it on Friday), incorporating feedback he received from viewers. It’s still a work in progress… but it looks FANTASTIC. Go see.(Louis Wu 19:30:01 UTC)

Just one montage today on Bungie’s Comm Chatter – ‘Scaling Death’ has some great gameplay, though if you’re not a screamo fan, you might want to use your computer’s volume controls before you start it up. The gameplay… wow.(Louis Wu 19:29:46 UTC)

karebearstare set word of an article at GamingBolt – 20 Games That Will Make Your Jaws Drop At E3. The number one title? We’ll let you guess.(Louis Wu 14:58:57 UTC)

ElzarTheBam stopped in with word of a Reach preview at Computer and Video Games. Not a huge amount of new info (on first glance, none, in fact), but a nice summary of what we know so far.(Louis Wu 13:05:07 UTC)

serpx pointed out some concept art by Gary Huang, showing off an in-game model for a human soldier. Awesome work! (Apparently, these came to light yesterday, when Split-Screen used them as evidence that Reach can’t even match Killzone 1’s head poly count, much less Killzone 2’s… there are a lot of reasons why that argument…

Cody Brigan is back with more progress shots of the cool trophies he’s creating for a Halo 3 tourney in April. (If you missed the first batch, check this post from last Thursday.) These are shaping up to be pretty awesome prizes – I hope the participants appreciate the work! Update: Cody posted another large…

Cody Brigan is back with more progress shots of the cool trophies he’s creating for a Halo 3 tourney in April. (If you missed the first batch, check this post from last Thursday.) These are shaping up to be pretty awesome prizes – I hope the participants appreciate the work!(Louis Wu 13:03:27 UTC)

FyreWulff created a tribute vid to BerserkerBarage – clips all come from ActionSack, and the love shines through. Go watch.(Louis Wu 13:02:30 UTC)

FyreWulff created a tribute vid to BerserkerBarage – clips all come from ActionSack, and the love shines through. Go watch.(Louis Wu 13:02:30 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy ran across a video showing off a Halo 3 mod that would be a BLAST to play with; a couple of guys created a functional 1950’s style UFO, and removed the killzone between the Sandbox Sky Bubble and the main level. Check it out!(Louis Wu 13:02:02 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy ran across a video showing off a Halo 3 mod that would be a BLAST to play with; a couple of guys created a functional 1950’s style UFO, and removed the killzone between the Sandbox Sky Bubble and the main level. Check it out!(Louis Wu 13:02:02 UTC)

Bungie’s Dev Blog has been updated with a short summary of the beginning of the ‘first full campaign mission play-test’ – Marcus looks at what’s still missing, and how things have changed over the years. Go give it a read!(Louis Wu 18:59:29 UTC)

James Potts let us know about VirtualFlicks, a new machinima site – swing by to see some exclusive machinima. Swing by and try it out – see what they’re offering, and how you can contribute!(Louis Wu 18:59:12 UTC)

Today’s Grin + Bear It, at HMB, moves away from tasteless jokes and into the realm of tasteless disability jokes. At least it’s consistent…(Louis Wu 18:58:53 UTC)

Morpheus put together a quiz that asks you about the names of Halo series medals. How good is your multiplayer memory?(Louis Wu 18:56:59 UTC)