Author: halo@bungie.org

io9 wasn’t thrilled with Halo Legends – go read why. Thanks, Toxic Mayhem.(Louis Wu 14:55:58 UTC)

The Game Audio Network Guild has announced finalists for the 8th Annual G.A.N.G. Awards – winners will be announced at the GDC in San Francisco on March 12. I couldn’t find the press release online, so we posted it here – Halo 3: ODST is up for Music of the Year, and Best Interactive Score.…

Heh – I can see the kid in this video becoming a new Halo meme – check out his Halo Assault Rifle! Thanks, Trasher.(Louis Wu 14:41:18 UTC)

Back in October, ThingFling offered a package of 10 assorted Halo wallets and belt buckles for $10 plus shipping. The deal’s back today – you’ve got about 16 hours left. Thanks, Zerowind117.(Louis Wu 14:40:49 UTC)

serpx noticed another Marcus Lehto interview – this one is over at GameTrailers.(Louis Wu 14:40:32 UTC)

Can you mix love and war? Of course. Swing by Hawty McBloggy’s for a Master Chief decked out for Valentines Day. A little late, but hey – love is timeless!(Louis Wu 14:39:59 UTC)

Jussy117, of the H3ITWP forum, transcribed the 1UP Podcast interview with Marcus Lehto and Brian Jarrard. Since you have to be a member of the H3ITWP group to read Jussy’s post, squidhands kindly reposted it at NeoGAF, where everyone could read it. Good stuff. (You can listen to it yourself, but it’s not very long,…

It’s mid-February, but that doesn’t mean that a Halo-themed Christmas Tree isn’t welcome – this one even has Flame Grenades hung on it! Thanks, Hawty.(Louis Wu 14:38:56 UTC)

A blogger with Destructoid sat down with Marcus Lehto at X10 and asked him to bring him back into the Halo fold. Go see how successful Marcus was!(Louis Wu 14:38:27 UTC)

I missed this nsfw-ish video highlighted by (who else?) Hawty McBloggy on Monday – but it’s pretty funny. Can you get jiggy on Xbox LIVE? This song seems to think so…(Louis Wu 14:38:01 UTC)

Eurogamer has a preview of Halo: Reach, based on what they saw at X10 – swing by for yet another take on that material.(Louis Wu 14:37:36 UTC)

The Average Joe interview at Bungie.net this week is with Anelf3 – I last saw him at PAX 08, nice to catch up!(Louis Wu 22:23:17 UTC)

Some videos that showed up in Bungie’s Comm Chatter today:Out of Work Spartan Ep 4 – this is a fun series. Spartan Z06 is doing his best to show you how to make French Toast. Nice mix of live and videogame footage.Capture That Flag 3D shows you a flag cap with stereographic video – cross…

pete_the_duck has decided to try and suss out what the first level of Halo: Reach looks like, based on the screenshots we’ve seen so far. It’ll be a while before we know if he’s right or not – but it’s a pretty cool thought experiment in any case!(Louis Wu 15:18:53 UTC)

The annual BAFTA awards will be announced on March 19 – but nominations went live today. Halo 3: ODST is up for the Multiplayer award, and Halo Wars is up for the Strategy award. Nice!(Louis Wu 12:54:48 UTC)

This isn’t Halo-related, but HBO’s always been a family, and sometimes family needs help. We got word from ICDedPpl (search our news if you don’t remember him) that his fiancée, Aimee, has been diagnosed with a tumor inside her skull – you can read about it on his blog. There’s a PayPal link up if…

XerxdeeJ let us know that Tied the Leader has awakened – they want to unite Halo gamers with an umbrella of gaming networks that never leaves you without playing partners. Go read ‘Calling All Lone Wolves’ – and get ready for Reach with Friends!(Louis Wu 12:53:29 UTC)

Air Force Hero whipped up another Reach wallpaper – this one is called ‘Jun’s Story’. Take a look!(Louis Wu 12:53:09 UTC)

Treeskunk Productions has posted ‘Bleepers, Episode 1’ – take Crow’s Nest cutscenes, add strategically-timed bleeps, and you get something that may or may not be funnier than the original. (Actually, how can you improve on ‘To War.’?) Go watch, and decide for yourself. (Louis Wu 12:52:13 UTC)

Worth Playing has an interview with Marcus Lehto – it’s amazing, but there’s still MORE to ask (and be answered about) that hasn’t been hit by the other 342 interviews in the past week! Marcus, my hat’s off to you – the ability to talk to this many outlets and still find something different to…