Author: halo@bungie.org

Yesterday’s Top Ten Halo 3 Screenshots collection is called ‘Brokeback Time’, and there are some AMAZING screenshots in there. I think ‘Fractured’ and ‘Demoralized’ are my two favorites – but there’s really not a bad shot in the group. Go look.(Louis Wu 21:48:16 UTC)

AngelicLionheart heard from Logan’s brother Tyler – info is here. If you want to help out the family, or you’re interested in attending the funeral, stop in.(Louis Wu 21:38:48 UTC)

There aren’t a lot of comics being updated regularly any more, so fixed-day updates make less sense. GandhiArnold stopped in with a link to MadAtoms, a humor blog. Video Game Speed Dating takes a funny look at various video game characters, and the trials they might have to endure. Master Chief is present.(Louis Wu 21:33:07…

Man, oh man… you write something down and put it on the internet, SOMEONE’s gonna find it. Matt Waggle is a 3D and Concept Artist that’s been working in the game industry for about 5 years. For the first half of 2007, he was working as a contractor on Halo 3. If you check his…

Halo: Reach made Gamespot’s “Most Anticipated Games of 2010” – whoa, what a surprise. Thanks, thatSeniorGuy.(Louis Wu 17:10:34 UTC)

What does it mean when you feel the need to update your dev blog with a line like “steve cotton is working on one of the craziest things ever in a halo game.” (and absolutely nothing else)? I guess it means Steve’s doing something droolworthy!(Louis Wu 17:09:51 UTC)

Bungie’s Weekly Update is live – lots of little Reach tidbits (most of which don’t actually SAY anything, but all of them will get you titillated), details about the Emblem contest, podcast woes, and voicework of the stars. And a sad farewell to BeserkerBarage. Go read! (It is, as always, also available in our Weekly…

Brighton rendered a turntable of his ODST model created with ZBrush; pretty cool! (It’s still a work in progress; he’s got more slickness to add.) Tell him what you think on our forum.(Louis Wu 20:43:40 UTC)

Ooh, almost missed this at Bungie.net – it’s a story about an obstacle course being hosted by HaloCharts. Prizes include a 12 Month LIVE card, Halo Legends, and McFarlane action figures. Go read about it!(Louis Wu 19:45:12 UTC)

The Escapist posted a video review of Halo Legends – go watch to see what Movie Bob thought. Thanks, Speedhuntr.(Louis Wu 19:13:04 UTC)

Looks like Geoff Keighley will be hosting a fireside chat for GamesBeat – the topic will be “How to Build a Blockbuster Franchise”, and one of the two guests is Joe Staten, Bungie’s design director. This will take place on March 10, in San Francisco, during the Games Development Conference. Sounds intriguing!(Louis Wu 18:05:36 UTC)

Couple of videos for your watching pleasure in B.net’s Comm Chatter today:Carpe Diem is a montage from Snowmann and Alien – heavy on the editing, but not to the point that the gameplay is unwatchable. (Some very nice effects.)Halography is a screenshot montage in high def – five minutes of great shots, at 1080p if…

HaloCharts Favorites are back – you can submit your best screenshot, video, or map variant for the weekly rotation. Winners get a cool Player Page award on HaloCharts (and the satisfaction of being favorited). Go read all about it at HaloCharts! Thanks to urk for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 18:02:16 UTC)

FyreWulff is hosting another Firefight Friday – this one is on Alpha Site, and it’s on Easy only. (Read the challenge details to see why.) Go get ’em!(Louis Wu 16:02:22 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has posted the top-rated captions from last week’s pic, and a new, nicely innuendoed pic, at her site for the latest round of Friday Caption Fun. Go play.(Louis Wu 16:01:52 UTC)

Five new pieces are up for your perusal in the Fan Fiction section – go read! (Louis Wu 16:00:38 UTC)

Logan Starline, known to the Halo community at large as BerserkerBarage, died yesterday from complications resulting from an infection. He was 27 years old. That’s simply too young to go. He’s been around the Halo scene (and has been a Bungie fan in general) for quite some time – you can read an ‘Average Joe’…

Okay, so remember when we mentioned that Greg Grunberg was going to be doing voice work for Halo Reach? Looks like it’s got at least ONE loud moment… (Thanks to NeoGAF’s Ssparks for the heads-up.)(Louis Wu 22:59:17 UTC)

Cody Ryan Brigan stopped in with some very, very cool pics; he’s hosting a Halo 3 tourney in April, and he’s going all out on trophies. Go see some of the work in progress!(Louis Wu 20:45:43 UTC)

It’s Thursday, so it’s time for another Double XP Weekend – as we mentioned yesterday, this week’s list is Grifball.(Louis Wu 20:43:40 UTC)