Author: halo@bungie.org

Hawty McBloggy, unhappy with Bungie’s requirement that user-designed armor emblems be sexually innocent, has kicked off a new contest – the Unofficial Inappropriate Halo: Reach Emblem Contest. Read the post for full rules and prize descriptions. And go be inappropriate.(Louis Wu 18:53:34 UTC)

pete_the_duck’s tale of sidekick rivalry ended this morning – in a very surprising way. Swing by the final forum post to see it!(Louis Wu 18:29:52 UTC)

AngelicLionheart found some poetry he’d written a while back – call these ‘Gravemind, Revisited’.(Louis Wu 18:18:53 UTC)

Document noticed a new book for sale on Amazon.com – it’s called ‘Factions of Halo’, and it’s selling for $49. It weighs in at a meager 75 pages… and a large green stamp on the cover proclaims “High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA Articles!” Aglor nailed down the rationale behind buying this, I think.(Louis Wu 18:16:12…

Life is, once again, getting in the way of Halo. Sorry. Yesterday, the Mythic II Map Pack (Longshore, Heretic, Citadel) were released, for 800 MS Points, on Xbox LIVE – if you never bought ODST, here’s your chance to get your hands on some great multiplayer maps!(Louis Wu 18:13:09 UTC)

Hellforge put together their list of Ten of Gaming’s Greatest AI Characters – Bungie took five of those slots, all by themselves. W00T! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 18:04:41 UTC)

Yep, there are more…Ich tat es für das lulz has a lot of non-BR kills.Volitation is a Rocket Race montage.IMS: Halo 3 Trailer takes the whole murderous cone idea just a step too far.Rewind is a quadtage, so you don’t get bored of one playstyle.Should keep you busy for a while…(Louis Wu 18:03:59 UTC)

pete_the_duck’s back with the second installment of Bob vs Oonsk – I can’t tell who I’m rooting for!(Louis Wu 13:32:32 UTC)

So a few days ago, we mentioned a pretty cool painting of Master Chief on a college dorm room wall – Hedgemony had dug it up on DeviantART, and shared it with our forum. Turns out, Hawty McBloggy had already contacted the artist at that point, and was waiting for permission to release very cool…

Sqorck updated his ‘Little Chief’ game – he’s added a menu and a few other things. He still doesn’t know where this is going, gameplay-wise, but in the meantime, it’s fun to look at! Swing by YouTube to see the latest.(Louis Wu 13:30:06 UTC)

Halo Waypoint is running a sweepstakes – GrimBrother One noticed a note on the Waypoint Twitter feed announcing this. Prizes include a trip to 343 Studios, along with a bunch of smaller prizes (Xbox 360s, copies of the video). The Sweepstakes itself is running on Facebook, but codes (to help unlock new content, like poster…

Forrest let us know that the Halo 3: Legendary Edition is on sale (for the next 15 hours, anyway) at 1saleaday – for under $30. Doesn’t your cat need a helmet?(Louis Wu 13:28:49 UTC)

Pyrosmile has released Master Chief Theater 3000 Season 4 Episode 3 – they take a look (and a few shots at) the Uplift Reserve scenes. There are also releasing content that was originally ‘member-only’ on their YouTube channel – outtakes and such.(Louis Wu 13:28:17 UTC)

fxguide has an interview with Rob Moggach, visual effects supervisor and lead compositor on the Halo 3: ODST live-action trailer, about the work his team did to make that piece come alive for us. Fascinating read!(Louis Wu 22:31:05 UTC)

Is Fergie a Cortana fan? Hawty McBloggy thinks so. Go see why!(Louis Wu 22:26:30 UTC)

Bungie posted a new ‘Tag and Release’ collection – the word of the week is ‘Cool’. Fun shots!(Louis Wu 22:25:08 UTC)

Grin + Bear It continues its edgy storyline – not my taste, but the readers seem to love it. That’s your only Halo comic update of the day… Update: eep – what am I saying? Halo Action Figure Theater just updated, as well! (I have to say, I have no idea at all what’s going…

360Junkies’ Jonathan Heier let us know that you can win a Halo Legends poster – and maybe even a copy of Legends. Their contest starts today, and runs through February 15th at Midnight (PST). Go sign up – free is good!(Louis Wu 22:07:52 UTC)

We missed the afternoon’s video dump on Bungie.net – but never fear, we’re catching up now!SpitFIReKyD ‘friends’ decided to mess with him. He gets the better of them – I guess he’s not someone you should mess with.Twisted Metal made a solo trickjumping vid. Some pretty cool ones!Eamonn made a Halo 3 montage – HD…

pete_the_duck dropped by with some heart-stopping pics – go look!(Louis Wu 14:49:03 UTC)