Author: halo@bungie.org

Comm Chatter video roundup this afternoon: CustoM RecoN whipped up an MLG minitage.The guy who created ‘Master Chief vs Mortal Combat’ is back with ‘Halo vs Super Mario Kart’ – and we all learn something about the Princess.Ativan put 89 ODST screenshots together to make an ODST landscape montage.R for Rodzilla fired a Fuel Rod…

elzarthebam noticed a new ViDoc on Xbox LIVE Marketplace this morning – it’s called ‘Dramatis Personæ’ (well, that’s what Bungie calls it; Marketplace lists it as ‘Unmasking the story of Halo 3: ODST’). It’s just under 8 minutes long, and it’s FULL of story spoilers – but if you’ve played the game, it’s a great…

Leveling Down (a blog from an older gamer) has a series of tips and strategies for getting many of the Firefight achievements – check it out!(Louis Wu 13:54:40 UTC)

MasterChiefn has decided to take a more photographic approach to his pan-cam work in the Halo universe; you can find the beginnings of a collection that will eventually include at least one picture from every map on his DeviantART space. (Louis Wu 13:54:12 UTC)

A10M1C sent word that Mindless Distortion Productions has just finished up ‘I Can Haz Help?’ – a Halo 3 machinima that follows the travels and travails of a Halo 3 player looking to add Recon to his armor portfolio. Check it out. (Louis Wu 13:53:33 UTC)

Missed this a couple of days ago, but better late than never… Hawty McBloggy pointed out a pic she found on Flickr, showing off a couple of killer costumes. SOMEBODY’s got cool parents…(Louis Wu 13:52:55 UTC)

Yesterday was Wednesday – so the Bungie Favorites section on B.net was updated with a second batch of files from the Upper Echelon folks. Go look!(Louis Wu 13:49:57 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla is back with another Halo Music Video – this one is set to Thousand Foot Krutch’s ‘Phenomenon’. Timing is quite good.(Louis Wu 13:49:41 UTC)

Enjoyable things you can do with Forge today (thanks to urk for noticing): Forge Hub is offering a puzzle to challenge the soft squishy parts inside your skull, and Forge Cafe has got a Halloween Forge contest running (I have no clue what the prizes are, because you have to be a group member to…

Old Friends Week continues in the Halo Comic world. Current staples Reclaimer and ODS Steve have the day off, while old-timers One One Se7en, Calvin and Halo, and Halo Action Figure Theater all have new strips for you. Stuntmutt adds game spoilers to the latest One One Se7en in an attempt to give you excuses…

Hawty McBloggy has posted an article entitled “Top Ten Signs You May Be a Camper” – don’t feel bad if you are, it’s a legitimate strategy. Whoops!(Louis Wu 14:33:01 UTC)

Remember that short video (covered with ads and text) of the Master Chief dancing at a Saints game, taken from a CBS broadcast? Someone recorded a minute’s worth of the dance on their iPhone – much better look. Thanks, Dirtbag. (Louis Wu 14:32:15 UTC)

Willy stopped in with word of ‘Telecoasting’ – the art of jumping between carefully-arranged teleporters on Forge maps. (This technique has shown up in some obstacle courses, but here it’s just for fun.) Check the videos if you’re confused. (We last reported on this when it was called ‘Telerunning’, back in 2007.)(Louis Wu 14:31:34 UTC)

FassinTaak sent us two pieces of art that you might be interested in – the first is a vector PDF (177k) of the ‘Regret’ poster he released a couple of days ago – this can be scaled to any size for printing. The second is a very large, high-quality JPEG (3508×4961, 7.3 mb) of the…

chris101b inserted that dramatic picture of Dare he found yesterday into the video that seems to have inspired it in the first place. Metahumor!(Louis Wu 14:28:02 UTC)

SK CRISIS created high-resolution images and vectors of every emblem in the Halo 3 collection – you can recreate your character’s emblem in high-res for whatever use you choose. The uncompressed folder of images has 344 items, and weighs in at 18 mb; the compressed .rar file is only 5.3 mb. SK CRISIS made this…

Luke McKay doodled another scene from an RvB episode yesterday – this one comes from the most recent episode of Recreation, and we’ve added it to his gallery here. Learning you’re a god can only end badly… (Louis Wu 14:25:52 UTC)

According to Major Nelson, the next Xbox LIVE Preview will have access to a preview of Halo Waypoint – so if you’re interested in getting an early peek, swing by Xbox.com and sign up for the preview! (No guarantees; they’re not taking EVERYONE.) Thanks, KP.(Louis Wu 20:58:20 UTC)

There’s a new ‘Know Your Ninja’ up on Bungie.net – Sir Fragula holds forth on arms control, old age, and curry. There’s at least one Halo reference in there.(Louis Wu 18:44:14 UTC)

World Cyber Games is hosting the ODST: Locked and Loaded Tournament this weekend (October 24 and 25) in New York City. 24 top teams will duke it out for $5k in prizes. You can find more details on this page at TeamXbox.(Louis Wu 17:02:52 UTC)