Author: halo@bungie.org

Pwn or Die got their hands on a new product announcement from Lipton – it’s Halo 3: ODST Diet Tea, and the description should make you smile. The price, too. (Louis Wu 12:02:30 UTC)

There’s a tiny taste of an upcoming panoramic video using ODST images on YouTube – thanks, Decadence Night.(Louis Wu 21:11:48 UTC)

The Top 10 Halo 3 Screenshots feature this week on I <3 Halo 3 Screenshots focuses on ‘Creatures of the Night’ – some truly spooky shots in there! Go look.(Louis Wu 21:01:30 UTC)

nico (the guy behind Red vs Blue’s music, among other things) was cleaning out some old projects recently, and found a funny version of Blood Gulch Blues – its existence owes itself partially to a new (for nico, at the time) guitar, a ’73 Fender Telecaster Deluxe, and partially to alcohol – the end result…

Mad Cow went all out for his college football team (the Boise State Broncos) – he repainted his Spartan Armor orange. Check out the photo!(Louis Wu 19:53:15 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla is back with another Halo Music Video – this one is set to This is Halloween (originally from The Nightmare Before Christmas, here performed by Marilyn Manson), and (as usual) is nicely timed. Go watch! (Louis Wu 19:52:04 UTC)

Remember – you’ve got a bit less than 6 hours, as of the time of this writing, to get your pumpkin pics into our Guilt O’ Lantern contest… carve like the wind!(Louis Wu 22:24:20 UTC)

After Marty publicly challenged the world to find the Siege of Madrigal, he posted an extended challenge in the Marty Army fanclub – first person to upload a movie showing the egg would win a signed copy of the Halo 3: ODST OST. PyroSporker16 and ZPO4O were the first to the finish line… and for…

The Bungie Weekly Update went live a bit early this week – you can go read it on Bungie.net, or in our Weekly Update Archive. What’s in it? Oh… good stuff. Discussion of the recent Reach playtest, lots and lots of in-game Halloween shots, lots and lots and LOTS of real-life Halloween shots. Good stuff.…

Hawty McBloggy and friends are participating in an Xbox LIVE Community Playdate at the end of November – you can find full details at Xbox.com. Swing by to see how you can play! Thanks to mendicantbias00 for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 20:03:12 UTC)

If you’re not in on the Xbox LIVE Preview, you can swing by Kotaku and view a video of Waypoint, as viewed by Stephen Totilo. A view of some of the awards you can snag, and more. Thanks, dCon V. Update: there’s a screenshot-based walkthrough from FyreWulff on our own forum!(Louis Wu 19:05:18 UTC)

FrekldThunder has a pair of kids that wanted to be ODST characters for Halloween – check out how he did!Framework Framework (Closeup) First Layer All Grey Final – Side Final – Front(His daughter’s helmet started as a standard ODST helmet, but she convinced him she wanted Recon – he did a decent job just with…

If you’re participating in the Xbox LIVE Preview that’s currently going on, you now have access to the Halo Waypoint beta – it went live this morning around 2 am Pacific. (If you’re not a part of the Preview, you’ll be able to access Waypoint next Thursday, November 5.) darthbob stopped in with word of…

Willy let us know that there’s a new 20 Questions up on CE United – he’s talked to Mad Villager, of Mad Villager Films. If you’ve never heard of them, this is your chance to learn more. If you have, this is your chance to get to know them better!(Louis Wu 13:39:11 UTC)

gunluva was impressed by the drawing skills of his cable guy – he took a pic, and you can judge for yourself!(Louis Wu 13:38:23 UTC)

HaLo2FrEeEk has recorded all the Sadie’s Story audio logs in mp3 format, and made them available for download from his website, Infectionist.com. (This is just audio – no video.) Swing by his forum post for details!(Louis Wu 13:37:16 UTC)

Geekscape is back with a new Teabag Prevention article – this one teaches you how to Kill a Zombie/Human in the Living Dead playlist. Read it and stay alive!(Louis Wu 13:35:47 UTC)

It’s Friday, and Hawty McBloggy is back with another episode of Friday Caption Fun! Episode 68 has some pretty funny captions for the last entry, along with a great screenshot we featured recently – here’s your chance to caption it! (Louis Wu 13:35:03 UTC)

Out of Work Spartan is back – episode 2.5 has our hero giving you tips about surviving Living Dead. Thanks, jake108. (Louis Wu 13:34:31 UTC)

Rampancy.net member jacques B has arranged ODST’s “Another Walk” in .MUS format – only vocals, percussion coming later. Check it out!(Louis Wu 13:34:00 UTC)