Author: halo@bungie.org

G4TV.com has posted the Sarkathlon 4 Wrap-Up – it details the top three finishers in the competition (actually, the top 4, because second place went to two separate people, who turned in IDENTICAL times – down to the 1/100th of a second – for COMPLETELY different routes), plus a couple of honorable mentions. Who won…

Hawty McBloggy has posted Round 70 of her Friday Caption Fun feature – I got a nice laugh from the captions to last week’s pic – and this week’s pic should provide a decent challenge! Go look, and see what you can contribute!(Louis Wu 13:27:26 UTC)

IGN’s posted their next ‘Top 10 Halo 3 Kills’ for the week of November 4-11; as usual, the kills are not spectacular, but they’re fun, and the vid’s under 3 minutes. Go take a look!(Louis Wu 13:22:46 UTC)

Another retailer will be offering a really nice price on Halo 3: ODST on Black Friday, November 27 – Target’s price on the game will be $37 that day. Cheap! (Remember, we mentioned a couple of deals from Kmart already…)(Louis Wu 13:21:44 UTC)

The most recent ‘Broken In’ article at Bungie.net is focused on Natalya Tatarchuk, an engineering architect at Bungie – there’s not a lot of Halo content (read: none), but her views on the industry as a whole (and what she’s up to now) are fascinating. If you’re interested in a job in the graphical fields…

Just four new pieces this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read ’em!(Louis Wu 13:09:34 UTC)

Cody Miller is kicking off a 4v4 double elimination tournament – you need the Mythic disc from Halo 3: ODST to play, and you can win some cool t-shirts (that I assume he’s making himself). Swing by the High Speed Halo forum for all the details!(Louis Wu 22:10:13 UTC)

The Double EXP Playlist this weekend is Team Control – Land Grab, Territories, and King rule until Monday. Swing by Bungie.net for a full list of gametypes and maps!(Louis Wu 19:53:57 UTC)

rolandk73 stopped in with word of an arrangement of the Halo theme, for clarinet and bassoon, created by a friend of his. You can download the 5 pages off of TwitPic, or you can grab local copies from us: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5. If you play this… record it and…

urk let us know about a fan-made puzzle game – go read the blog post to find links to the game and map variants, along with the solution (for those of you who simply can’t wait).(Louis Wu 18:36:55 UTC)

Ready Up Live has a Sgt. Johnson Firefight code to give away – so they’re hosting a screenshot contest. Bungie.net has all the details.(Louis Wu 18:35:25 UTC)

Late start here… let’s begin with the daily video offerings of Bungie’s Comm Chatter:Kblocker and Outcold have a montage for you to watch – lots of sniping, not too heavy on the editing. Just under 5 minutes.Ten FTW modified Halo 3: ODST cutscenes by adding some bleeps and pixellation – changes the whole tone of…

Monochron is back with another Firefight Solo Guide – this one focuses on Lost Platoon. Tips, tricks, and great screenshots – swing by and use this to pile up the points on your own!(Louis Wu 20:16:45 UTC)

Bungie’s community feed offers you the following tidbits today:’Beauty of Halo’ is a Scenery Screenshot Montage put together by several community groups – pretty pics.’Whatever’ is a tritage (every time I hear ‘tage’ now, I think of Pure Pwnage’s Taji) – Axilo, Magix, and Mick put some of their best clips together to give you…

The Running Riot is back next week – and this one is special. Kete’s calling it “The Firestream Firefight”, and it’s gonna be Firefight with some community names. Bigwigs like bs angel, Insane54 from Forge Hub, and Jironimo from Ascendant Justice (and some schmuck from HBO, too) will be online playing live. Mark your calendars!…

Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris continues his Mythic Walkthrough, v2.0 – the latest chapter is the easiest level to play in all of Halo 3: Floodgate. Swing by and see how to beat this level in less than 5 minutes, even on Legendary, with All Skulls On! Only two levels remain – Crow’s Nest, and The Ark.…

c0ld vengeance pointed out an article over at Destructoid – someone wondered what sort of role sexual orientation should play in games. Interestingly enough, a character with NO visible sexuality (Master Chief) was less ‘real’ than one with a sexual preference that differed from the writer’s (Uncharted 2)! Not sure I understand that…(Louis Wu 15:00:32…

Reclaimer’s back (thanks, TTL Demag0gue) – Episode 224 (Uncloaked Mysteries) was even posted a bit early last night, to make up for the dry spell. The Reclaimer is beginning to see the lay of the land… and over at Hawty McBloggy’s, ODS Steve #48 (Plan Alpha) is online – with a plan that I wouldn’t…

Leviathan noticed a very cool LEGO construction – dark angel built the Aegis Fate (the UNSC frigate hanging over Sand Trap) out of 3500 LEGO blocks… insane!(Louis Wu 14:53:56 UTC)

No Halo goodies – but there ARE some Superintendent ones… swing by the Bungie Store to see the new stuff they’ve added. (Remember; Bungie no longer owns the rights to Halo, so they can’t sell Halo-branded stuff there; don’t get on their case TOO much about this. Hey, urk – how about a Superintendent plushie?…