Author: halo@bungie.org

FyreWulff stopped in yesterday with word of a screenshot contest running on the Penny Arcade forums – it’s to commemorate 5 years of Halo love there. Swing by and read the rules – you might win yourself 1600 points!(Louis Wu 14:32:39 UTC)

Stuntmutt simply couldn’t resist the bait offered by 343 Industries with The Babysitter; a special Sunday One One Se7en looks at the issue. (Personally, I’d hesitate making comments like that next to a guy who obviously knows his way around a sniper rifle…)(Louis Wu 16:49:28 UTC)

A week or so ago, FireDragon04 told us about a teaser poster for an upcoming machinima project, Star Fell – today, there’s a Teaser vid up on YouTube. Nice work, if a little light on content! Take a look – it’s only a minute long.(Louis Wu 16:01:58 UTC)

DesignCritique has a look back at the Halo 3: Believe ad campaign, to see how it worked with the benefit of hindsight. Not surprisingly, it holds up, two years later. Amazing stuff!(Louis Wu 15:58:08 UTC)

Back in January, 2008, we mentioned a mod for Halo PC called ‘Halo FTW’ – Pepsi and Nessa were adding lots of shiny new textures to the game. The original screenshots and the fly-through movie are long gone – but they’re working on releasing FTW 2, a remade version of the mod. If you swing…

Mid7night officially released a playable F99 ‘Wombat’ for X-Plane 9.40 – if you want to fly it yourself, swing by and download a copy!(Louis Wu 15:52:17 UTC)

I <3 Halo 3 Screenshots has their newest Top 10 Halo 3 Screenshots feature online – this one is called ‘Nom Nom Nom’, and focuses on taking a bite! Lovin’ the shots – some are old, some are new, all are great!(Louis Wu 13:31:32 UTC)

Aymeric Neau let us know that Pete Cooper sent three new shots of a Marine helmet being worked on for Operation Chastity to Halo.fr; swing by to see ’em! (Louis Wu 13:30:55 UTC)

Saturday, November 7 is the release day for ‘The Babysitter'(the first of 7 anime pieces that will comprise Halo Legends) on Halo Waypoint (on Xbox LIVE) – it’s already online in New Zealand. Stuntmutt couldn’t let the occasion pass without comment… swing by One One Se7en and sigh.(Louis Wu 02:36:28 UTC)

GrimBrother One also let us know about an article on Kotaku in which 343 Industries’ Josh Holmes holds forth on the future of Waypoint. It can be what you make it – ask, and they’ll try and add. Give it a read! (Louis Wu 02:33:34 UTC)

KP pointed us to a Motorcycle News page (and GrimBrother One pointed us to a Kotaku page pointing to the same MN page) discussing a helmet that will be worn by Jorge Lorenzo as he competes in the 2009 MotoGP World Championship race in Valencia. It’s said to ‘replicate [the helmet] worn by the main…

Bungie wanted to remind you that MLG Anaheim is being streamed all weekend from mlgpro.com – swing by for the schedule, and watch yourself some sweet pro action!(Louis Wu 02:08:56 UTC)

Bungie Weekly Update is live – mostly, it’s urk, trying to weasel out of his promise to offer Grunt Plushies at a reasonable price. There’s a nice interview with a US soldier in Iraq. Go see! (It’s in our Weekly Update Archive, too.)(Louis Wu 01:59:54 UTC)

Just a quick reminder: voting is still open for the Guilt O’ Lantern entries; we’ll likely close it on Sunday afternoon, so that we can sort through the stats for the winners to announce on Monday morning. If you haven’t voted yet, do it soon!(Louis Wu 21:03:05 UTC)

It’s been on hiatus for almost four months – but the second edition of Tyrant’s Halo 3 Mythic Guide (Solo, Legendary, All Skulls On) marches forward with a brand-new chapter for Sierra 117! This contains tips and tricks not included in the first guide – techniques that will shave minutes, nay, HOURS from your mythic…

Were you missing Friday Caption Fun over at Hawty McBloggy’s? Don’t worry, there’s a new one up today! Good stuff from the fans on Dare’s Dramatic Chipmunk image from last week, plus a shot just BEGGING for a caption… check it out!(Louis Wu 18:42:09 UTC)

Teabag Prevention is back with a new Firefight guide – this one focuses on Lost Platoon. Go read it for tips on staying alive! Thanks, Brian Gilmore and Jake108.(Louis Wu 18:40:20 UTC)

QuickTactical pointed out a new trailer for Infiltration (a film in the works for a year and a half) – looks like the final product has a fixed release date (coming in a week). Go see!(Louis Wu 18:39:36 UTC)

New videos, courtesy of urk and Bungie’s Comm Chatter this Friday: IGN’s Top 10 Halo 3 Kills for the week of October 28 has some fun moments (I especially like 3 and 4)Volcomsocom has a five-minute montage called ‘Lifeline’ – decent gameplay, not too heavy on the editingWafflebrains and Tropical Punch put together a dual…

Mark Turcotte, a host with the Avault Podcast, let us know that the latest episode of that Podcast (#54) has a hefty interview with Bungie’s Joseph Staten; it starts about 11 minutes in, and runs for nearly half an hour. Joe discusses motivations, inspirations, and inside tidbits from the Halo development world – go listen!(Louis…