Author: halo@bungie.org

ElusiveEagle519 found a video discussing the Red Bull Stratos project – an attempt to break a bunch of humans-falling-to-earth records that have stood for 50 years. Felix Baumgartner is looking to become a modern-day Helljumper! Pretty cool.(Louis Wu 17:31:59 UTC)

Morpheus stopped in to announce the HaloContest January Montage (and his attempt at 50 front-page mentions) – swing by to watch and see who won!(Louis Wu 17:31:43 UTC)

Yesterday there was a Halo-specific version of 1 vs 100 on Xbox LIVE – if you missed it, FyreWulff streamed it on Livestream. (It starts in this video, about 9 minutes in, and finishes up in this video.) You can’t win anything by playing today – but you can see how up-to-snuff your Halo knowledge…

bluerunner found an old meme, updated with a new bit of news. No more Halo 2? Call Eva! Update: bah. Looks like this vid has been yanked already.(Louis Wu 17:30:48 UTC)

Domino Theory noticed the Reach Dev Blog, a joint project from Marcus Lehto and Joe Tung – it seems to have been live for over a week now! Check out some cool concept art from Reach, and some tidbits about where development currently stands. This will be a site to watch!(Louis Wu 21:26:19 UTC)

SketchFactor (who posts as ‘ManCannon’ on NeoGAF) confirmed that Bungie will be present at X10 in San Francisco this week – and that they will be showing off a brand-new ViDoc. (This ViDoc will hit Marketplace on February 12 – Friday.) Thanks, Robbert014.(Louis Wu 20:56:26 UTC)

Stalid Autumn has built a lot of Halo-themed creations out of LEGO – check ’em out in his Flickr stream. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 20:25:39 UTC)

Bunch of vids available on Bungie’s Comm Chatter:Community Montage Week 2 is a bunch of clips tagged ‘Extermination’, put together (with minimal editing) by Alec944Orange and Blue is a Halo 3 montage from a bunch of different players – lots of sticksRemembered is a Halo montage from another bunch of players – all MLG gameplayOne…

Hawty McBloggy found a pic that explains why you can’t sprint in Halo…(Louis Wu 20:24:54 UTC)

Jon CJG has the latest episode of One Life Remaining (S1E9) online now – thanks, Hyokin. Sort of weird to see Halo characters playing MW2…(Louis Wu 20:24:35 UTC)

Apologies – the Hide, Seek, Snap contest has been on hold, sort of, for the past week. (Life is not always gentle, and Halo is not always priority one.) Congrats to CrudeDiatribe, who was the first to submit a correct answer for the second of the Round 10 shots – the first one hasn’t been…

newguy2445 sent word of a new update for Halo: Out With a Whimper, the sidescroller being developed by TriBlox. Looks like they’ve added Firefight to their game! Check it out. (Louis Wu 21:21:38 UTC)

Bungie.net has posted a new Tag and Release feature – this one has unique insights into the map Guardian. Beautiful stuff!(Louis Wu 21:20:51 UTC)

CVG is giving away an Xbox 360 Elite with every available Halo game – just put your name in the hat. (Louis Wu 20:38:21 UTC)

ElzarTheBam found a review of Halo Legends. Frankie found another one.(Louis Wu 20:35:59 UTC)

The Halo fan who’s been showing up at Saints games all season long (we last mentioned him in October) made the front page of CNN.com yesterday. Avateur grabbed the shot. (Louis Wu 18:12:28 UTC)

Wired Magazine looks at how age affects players of First-Person Shooters; they talk to ‘Grandpa Walsh’ – a 25-year-old pro. Apparently, it’s not really that older players are worse – it’s that younger players are better.(Louis Wu 18:03:45 UTC)

ZaneZavin put together a few clips that he calls ‘Luck Halo’ – fun moments! Just two minutes long. (Louis Wu 18:02:58 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy’s Inappropriate Halo: Reach Emblem Contest is over, and she’s posted the winner (and a gallery of honorable mentions). That woman can make ANYTHING sexual…(Louis Wu 18:02:30 UTC)

The Top Ten Halo 3 Screenshots theme this week is ‘Strike a Pose’ – I’m lovin’ these!(Louis Wu 16:02:07 UTC)