Author: halo@bungie.org

The Bungie Weekly Update this time around is chock-full of info that might make your Firefight games less frustrating – but there’s lots of other stuff too. An appeal for donations, some info about sports bigwigs getting special treatment, details about a group of former Bungie guys starting their own team, cool cars from Forza…

milesprower whipped up a five-minute montage showing off some of the highlights of their Vidmaster: Endure effort – check it out, and then go make your own memories!(Louis Wu 18:05:39 UTC)

Recently, we mentioned a screenshot contest from Black Water Ops – today, according to Bungie.net, they’ve announced the winners. Go see!(Louis Wu 17:49:32 UTC)

Tons of movies for you today, courtesy of Bungie’s Comm Chatter:Carratti’s gameplay and Astiun Media’s editing turned out ‘Tellier’, a Halo 3 montageThere’s a ‘Halo 3 Community Snipetage’ from Katana1310 (not sure what community, or specifically where the clips came from)Adamack’s Halo 3 montage was edited by Insight Media|Rodzilla| got a sweet Banshee beatdown in…

Regular Halo comics seem to be on holiday right now, but there are a bunch of ODST mentions in non-Halo-specific strips:Rob Tracy pointed out that Least I Could Do kicked off a new ODST storyline on Wednesday – so Thursday and Friday’s strips are also related.DiscipleN2k found a couple of mentions: The AppleGeeks Lite strip…

VentureBeat has written up a history of Sadie’s Story, the tale within a tale in Halo 3: ODST – great read! Lots of background on the company that built it, and how it fits into the overall game. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 15:07:08 UTC)

It’s Friday – so it’s time for another round of Friday Caption Fun, over at Hawty McBloggy’s! Last week’s captions take shots at Gamestop and Dare – and this week’s image is sure to generate some Lonely Island quotes. Go play!(Louis Wu 14:34:59 UTC)

Geekscape’s Teabag Prevention has posted their second entry in their Road to Recon Armor series – this week, they’re giving you tips on how to complete the Vidmaster: Déjà Vu Achievement. Go give it a read – and then go earn yourself 25 more points!(Louis Wu 14:34:22 UTC)

The big news yesterday came from a USA Today article published on Tuesday. (LordGideon pointed it out then, I passed because it seemed like news we already knew – oops.) The focus has been on two tidbits: first, that Halo 3: ODST sold 2.5 million copies in its first two weeks (not too shabby), and…

Tashi0106, over at NeoGAF, pointed out a Forza 3 car that’s been gorgeously decked out with ODST bling. Check it!(Louis Wu 14:32:01 UTC)

nomis78 was browsing Twitter, and ran across a tweet that showed off a pretty cool theme for your iPhone/iPod Touch.(Louis Wu 14:31:09 UTC)

A new Breaking In article is live at Bungie.net; Test Lead Dave Gasca talks about how testing games might not be the cushy job you thought it was – but it can be a lot of fun. If you like being on fire. And don’t smell like anchovies. Go see if you’ve got what it…

Seven new pieces are available for your reading pleasure in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read.(Louis Wu 14:15:36 UTC)

We neglected to point out that this week’s Double EXP Weekend playlist went live yesterday – get your Grifball on.(Louis Wu 14:15:05 UTC)

urk noticed a new episode of College Humor’s Bleep Bloop – they play some Firefight, but get bored awfully fast and go back to vanilla Halo 3. And do stupid stuff there. If you’re REALLY bored, it might be worth the four minutes it takes to watch. (Louis Wu 19:20:08 UTC)

SexyJosh stopped in to mention that his band’s regular podcast devoted its last episode to Halo 3: ODST – go listen!(Louis Wu 16:50:55 UTC)

Movies to watch via Bungie’s Comm Chatter:Drag Racing includes a new gametype you can play with your friends. (It looks REALY hard – you KNOW you’re gonna die, your job is to make sure your opponent does, too.)Sploosh shows why you should be careful when Ghost-jacking.Panic is a really short, really heavily-edited minitage. It didn’t…

According to Bungie.net, Forge Hub is hosting a mapmaking contest for Infection maps. Prizes are all Forge Hub epinion-related. Check it out!(Louis Wu 16:48:19 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy thought she’d help you with your dating – she’s whipped up the Top Ten Halo 3: ODST Pick-Up Lines for your romantic pleasure. (Some of these will get you seriously slapped unless your partner has a sense of humor.) If your boss likes to read over your shoulder, this might not be safe…

Darkphibre brought a retail stand-up Master Chief to the midnight launch at the Redmond Town Hall Gamestop – and Bungie did some product signing. He got some great pics – go look!(Louis Wu 12:03:36 UTC)