Author: halo@bungie.org

The GTTV episode from last night is now online at GameTrailers – the interviews with Brian and Marcus are right at the start of the show. The footage is all from the ViDoc (or of Geoff Keighley and the Bungie guys), but the discussion has some interesting tidbits. Go watch!(Louis Wu 15:27:26 UTC)

Hawty’s back with another round of Friday Caption Fun – high-rated captions from last week, and a new screen that should make you do a double-take. Go play! (Louis Wu 15:11:25 UTC)

Morpheus let us know that HaloContest will be closing down in March; it’s costing too much to run. It’s going out with a bang, though; winners of the latest contest will have a choice between 4000 MS Points, a 12-month LIVE subscription, or the 2-disc edition of Halo Legends. Submit your clip or screen! (Louis…

Leviathan stopped in with word of an interesting in-store display at a Best Buy in Missouri, courtesy of IGN. I think that would get ME into the store!(Louis Wu 15:08:55 UTC)

GrimBrother One pointed out a pair of articles at Kotaku – they both involve questions for Bungie’s Brian Jarrard. The first asks about Reach’s Beta (key tidbits to be picked up by the gaming press: the beta might hit 3 million people, the max number of players in a multiplayer game may be over 16),…

Very, very light week in the Fan Fiction section – one entry, consisting of a poem. Check it!(Louis Wu 15:06:34 UTC)

All the Right Moves is a cool new article on Bungie.net – Troy McFarland, Bungie’s Mocap Specialist, talks about his job (and how his work will make your Reach experience oh so much better). Go read! (Don’t mind urk’s obsession with spandex.)(Louis Wu 23:43:33 UTC)

Back in September, Open Season challenged Halo players to kill 7 billion grunts by Bungie Day, 2010. Apparently, we beat that date by 5 months. New challenge? 7 billion brutes by Reach release. More details at B.net.(Louis Wu 23:41:23 UTC)

Spent the day away from the computer – came back to a plethora of movie offerings at B.net:Anoj is back with Top 10 Halo 3 Guardian Kills: Ep 48. (Link in B.net post goes to Honorable Mentions – the actual Top 10 is here.)Sandstorm 2 is a montage from Sandman – heavy on the editing.Just…

Jimmy Jangles wants to know – are you a Halo fan or a Halo Fan? (Yes, it’s a subtle distinction, at least written down… but there’s an ocean of perception between the groups, in reality.) Check out his examples, and figure out which one you are!(Louis Wu 13:06:43 UTC)

minasodaboy, at NeoGAF, was the first (I saw) to notice that the Halo: Reach Dev Blog was updated a few hours ago – looks like the first Alpha release candidate is finished! Go read about what that means… and get excited!(Louis Wu 12:59:54 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has a pic of… well, you gotta go look. (Louis Wu 12:59:22 UTC)

A couple of new Halo Legends reviews – IGN seemed to like it a lot (thanks, Minime637), while Kotaku wasn’t so sure (thanks, Avateur). Go make up your own mind! (Louis Wu 12:58:51 UTC)

The MLG Halo 3 Forge Forum has put together a 12-map pack with some gorgeous work inside – swing by the MLG Forum for info and screenshots, or just visit the Forge Forum’s Fileshare to download the maps. (Actually, the count is a bit suspect; the PR and the MLG Forum post both say 12…

Yet another music video from AssaultGodzilla – this one pays tribute to Halo Legends. As always, great timing!(Louis Wu 12:57:25 UTC)

There’s a new Community Spotlight up at Bungie.net – in the spotlight this go-round are the Mythic Photographers. As you might guess, they’re big on screenshots. Read about what drives ’em on B.net’s front page, and then check out some of their favorite files in the Bungie Favorites section! (Louis Wu 12:56:35 UTC)

gex sent word that Clyde & Roy (the pilot) is online – this is something I’ve never seen before. Really nice editing! Go watch it on YouTube – here’s hoping there’ll be more eps in the future! (Louis Wu 18:30:09 UTC)

Tons of new movies highlighted today on Bungie’s Comm Chatter:IGN’s Top 10 Halo 3 Kills for the week of February 10 is full of funny moments.Frantic is… well, frantic (it’s a minitage). I have a headache.Remembrance is a Campaign Screenshot Montage from whitesoxrule.Community Carnage: The Show is a Halo 2 montage designed to remind you…

HB sa’ lamee, Grunty, surtic, and xlax007 have found a consistent way to get to the bottom of the Halo 2 Control Room pit – this is normally impossible, since there’s a death barrier at the top of the hole. They’ve figured out a rather amazing way of keeping that death barrier from spawning in…

This went up yesterday, but there were problems with audio synch – looks like this has been fixed. The Halo Waypoint team interviewed Marcus Lehto and Brian Jarrard (in a funkily-lit space) – the discussion is different from many of the other interviews we’ve seen recently. Looks like cutscenes are going to be scarce (or…