Author: halo@bungie.org

urk’s filling the airwaves with Halo-related videos:Blasting Off for Christmas is a 7-minute Rocket Race Double EXP Weekend Montage – kaboom.360Cinema’s Top 10 Halo 3 Kills shows off… well, the top 10 kills as picked by the crew of 360Cinema. Duh. (Quality could use work, but the kills are fun.)What’s Going On? is a 30…

Microsoft is hosting the Imagine Cup 2010 student competition – win and you’re $25,000 richer. Registering can win you $10,000 instantly, which is cool… or you could be one of 100 winners of a copy of Halo 3: ODST just for entering! What are you waiting for?(Louis Wu 13:42:56 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a fan who built an entire Halo environment… for his fish. Lucky Fish! Update: DOH! Chris101b reminded us that we posted pictures of this aquarium five months ago. WHERE’S MY STEEL TRAP?(Louis Wu 13:38:47 UTC)

Narcogen has had a chance to take Halo 3: ODST’s Firefight mode for a spin – and he has some bones to pick. Go read his critique, and see how much of it you agree with!(Louis Wu 13:38:24 UTC)

Zee-V70 stopped in to announce a trailer for ‘Division Zero’, a machinima he’s building with tie-ins to the Reclaimerverse (that’s the universe created by TTL Demag0gue and his “Reclaimer” comic). Check it out!(Louis Wu 13:37:37 UTC)

Minime637 pointed out an article over at IGN – a hardcore Halo fan discusses why, in his opinion, Halo 3: ODST doesn’t deserve the ‘Game of the Year’ title. Agree or not, the article is well-written; give it a look! (There’s a pretty lively discussion going on in our forum, as well.)(Louis Wu 13:36:56 UTC)

Co-Optimus wants to help you get through the Vidmaster Challenges in Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST – this Friday is a ‘Halo Waypoint Co-Op Night’, focusing on the Vidmaster Annual, Vidmaster Endure, and Vidmaster Déjà Vu Achievements. Swing by to see how you can play!(Louis Wu 13:36:25 UTC)

hnc pointed out an academic article that looks at how our processing speed increases as we play video games (Halo gets a direct mention). It was published in Current Directions in Psychological Science (if you have a subscription, the article can be downloaded here), but it’s also available on the author’s website. Give it a…

The Girl Gamer posted their Top Ten Games of 2009 – Halo 3: ODST came in at #5. Who says girls don’t play first-person shooters? (Louis Wu 22:13:24 UTC)

Bungie’s also back with a new ‘Tag and Release’ – this one highlights screenshots grabbed on Chasm Ten. Great stuff!(Louis Wu 22:12:49 UTC)

Bungie.net has a couple of vids for you in the queue that built up while they were on break – Christmastage 2009 is a four-player montage with a yuletide flavor, and Firefight: One More Night is sort of a stylized ODST Firefight montage. Go watch!(Louis Wu 22:09:52 UTC)

What is this I don’t even(thanks, I guess, to gunluva) (Louis Wu 14:50:02 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy also has news of a new Arbiter tattoo – it’s the start of what will eventually be a full Halo sleeve. Pretty nice work! (Louis Wu 14:49:09 UTC)

Check out The 10th Dancetage – there’s a lot in there to shake your head at, but there’s also a ton of funny stuff (and a very clever use of Puckett pro commentary). Don’t take it too seriously (and turn the volume down if you’re at work).(Louis Wu 14:47:33 UTC)

Been a while since we had an actual roundup…TTL Demag0gue let us know about Reclaimer 231 (Best of Intentions) – someone new is on the scene. Elnea’s posted another episode of Halo Action Figure Theater – Episode 192 (‘Tell Me Why’) gives Jason some pretty unfriendly options. Hawty McBloggy made sure we knew about the…

Mr. Ri sent word that progress continues apace on Halo: Out With a Whimper – you can find a report on where things stand on the TriBlox forum. We haven’t heard from them since July, but from the looks of the screens in the latest update, they’ve been pretty busy!(Louis Wu 14:46:21 UTC)

The PsH Team has been working on Spartan armor – a test shot is up in the DeviantART space of PsH Bling. Interesting poses!(Louis Wu 14:45:37 UTC)

We didn’t notice right away, but a new episode of Darkspire’s ‘The Candy Coated Wonder Road’ – ‘Neighborly Love’ – went live a couple of weeks ago. A life lesson about neighbors is included…(Louis Wu 14:45:17 UTC)

Morpheus dropped by with the HaloContest November montage – these are the screenshots and clips up for prizes this month. Check ’em!(Louis Wu 21:51:24 UTC)

If you haven’t visited Bungie.net today, here’s what’s new in their Comm Chatter:Anoj from the Top Ten Series will be the next guest on the Running Riot Podcast, recorded live on December 22 (that’s next Tuesday). Put it on your calendar!Honor Guard’s Halolympics is up to Episode 5 – there’s a new map variant to…