Author: halo@bungie.org

I think maybe it’s time to call it quits with the Hide, Seek, Snap contest – a shame, really, since we still have seven codes left to give away, but there’s nobody left submitting solutions. We’ll give it another couple of days, I suppose. If you’re still missing a Johnson code for ODST’s Firefight, we…

rolandk73 went hunting through eBay in search of Halo goodies – he found some funky stuff. Check it! (Louis Wu 13:06:11 UTC)

Yesterday’s Ctrl-Alt-Del’s ‘silly’ makes an analogy I’m pretty sure I’d never have thought of myself… thanks, gunluva. And while we’re doing comics, we should (hmm, wrong word) mention Grin + Bear It, over at Hawty McBloggy’s – Luke is clearly a frustrated XXX scriptwriter.(Louis Wu 13:05:29 UTC)

Not surprisingly, the Top Ten Halo 3 Screenshots collection this week is love-themed… go check out ‘Partners for Life’. Mostly safe for work (seeing as how they’re all wearing armor). (Louis Wu 13:03:21 UTC)

Hedgemony recently got a copy of ZBrush – and what’s the first thing he decided to model? Yeah, it’s Halo-related, baby! Go Hedge!(Louis Wu 13:01:33 UTC)

Batou has been creating custom Warhammer 40k models – check out some recent ones! Detailing is amazing…(Louis Wu 12:59:26 UTC)

PsH Bling walked around down in his MJOLNIR armor, and filmed it (maybe with a phone cam?). You can watch. There’s also a thread on the 405th Forums. (Louis Wu 12:59:00 UTC)

T51b noticed that a new Rooster Teeth series is coming to Halo Waypoint, starting next week – the trailer for ‘Grifball: Expansion’ is online now, and the first episode will be aired on February 20. We’ve put up 720p versions of the trailer on the web, for folks who want to see what they’d be…

GameTrailers posted a video countdown of the Top 10 Games of the Decade – Halo came in at #4. Nice! Thanks, Gtag=Reluctant Chaos.(Louis Wu 12:53:16 UTC)

Two early topics of discussion (and worry) about Halo: Reach were the presence (or absence) of class-based warfare and the presence (or absence) of Elites in Multiplayer. In a video interview over at Gamespot, Marcus Lehto nails down both of these issues, pretty clearly. (Fast-forward to about 1:30 in, if you’re impatient, though the whole…

We didn’t post this last night – but you should go read the Bungie Weekly Update, cause there’s lots of good stuff in it. There’s a recap of the Reach reveal this week (with some tantalizing comments about changes in how things work), along with a summary of the cash raised for Haiti, some information…

Laird stopped in with a preview of a new project he’s working on with John Graham (Jon CJG) – nice rendering! (Louis Wu 20:43:46 UTC)

In all that drooling while we waited for the Bungie ViDoc, we neglected to notice the start of the Team Control Double EXP weekend playlist yesterday – swing by Bungie.net for a full rundown of the gametypes and maps.(Louis Wu 20:42:10 UTC)

Hey – Friday Caption Fun is running again at Hawty McBloggy’s! Some great captions for last week’s pic, plus a nice Valentines-themed pic for this week! Go see.(Louis Wu 17:25:28 UTC)

Alessandro let us know that Halo Legends looks like it will actually appear in Europe dubbed in Italian, English, German and French – all in Dolby 5.1. (Apparently, Italy often gets standard Region 2 discs with an added dub/subtitle – but it looks like this time Warner’s going all out!) (Louis Wu 17:24:13 UTC)

Just 3 new pieces are up in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read ’em!(Louis Wu 17:23:16 UTC)

As many of our forumgoers have already discovered, the Halo: Reach ViDoc promised earlier this week is now online – swing by Bungie.net for download links. It’s a nearly eight-minute look at what Bungie hopes to accomplish with the release of this game – and it shows off the really polished documentary style Bungie is…

newguy2445 has posted another batch of Reach wallpapers – really nice work. You should check ’em out!(Louis Wu 15:30:48 UTC)

Willy from CE United interviewed Adam Grumbo from the 405th.com – you can read his 20 questions on his site. Solid interview!(Louis Wu 15:30:08 UTC)

Renegade_Squadron is selling a one-off ODST helmet he built – it’s nearly done, and if you pay the ‘Buy It Now’ price, he’ll finish it for you (or you can do it yourself). Swing by and take a look! Starting bid is $165, and there are about two and a half days left on the…