Author: halo@bungie.org

Wanna see some really cool battle pics? Search Bungie.net’s screenshot collection for ‘Firefight’-tagged images. Or just check out the specimens urk found in his latest Tag and Release feature. Hunters look so sad when their armor gets cut off ’em…(Louis Wu 18:04:33 UTC)

A couple of new vids for you to watch, courtesy of urk and Bungie.net: Stewie2552 created ‘Halo 3 Wars: Attack of the Cones’ (the cones fight back), and Lost Media whipped up ‘Ambush’, a really nicely filmed short machinima – amazing camera control. Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:50:32 UTC)

Torchwood Tex dropped a line to Bungie.net’s Comm Chatter about her wedding – it was totally Halo-themed. Halo dress, Halo banners, Halo cake, even his-and-hers bridal cat helmets! (Halo music, too.) This is a serious pair of fans!(Louis Wu 16:44:13 UTC)

Bungie.net user One One Seven posted a pretty extensive Guide to Networking, Matchmaking, and Host in Halo this morning – it’s actually version two of this guide for him. It’s full of useful information, and because he gives permission for its hosting on other sites, I’ve taken the liberty of putting up a local copy,…

Master Chief showed up at the Saints/Jets game this weekend – and you KNOW what people were making jokes about… thanks, GrimBrother One.(Louis Wu 13:48:33 UTC)

Just a couple of comics for you today – Hawty McBloggy has the latest episode of Grin + Bear It (I don’t agree with the sentiment in this one), and TTL Demag0gue announced the existence of Reclaimer 222 (Weakness) – Bold might have a chink in his armor after all. Go read!(Louis Wu 13:44:58 UTC)

Hold X to Trick got out of Mombasa Streets – very cool! (Suggestion: mute the audio.) Thanks, Ducain, for the heads-up!(Louis Wu 12:59:15 UTC)

aklay47 and friends were at the ODST Launch Event in Seattle last month – and whipped up a 6 minute video capturing the feel of the evening. Well-done piece! Go watch it. (Louis Wu 12:54:27 UTC)

Archilen pointed us to a clip from the movie Chicken Run (courtesy of a blog post by JonCJG a week or two ago) – fair warning, if you haven’t played through the Halo 3: ODST Campaign yet, this contains story spoilers. If you have, though, it’s hilarious. Now I have to play through again, looking…

If you checked out the thread yesterday about the New Mombasa license plates, Omega and friends have honed the list and the interpretations… and check out this post from Hedgemony, and the followups from DrDoctor and Hedge again for some speculation that might or might not come true in a few weeks.(Louis Wu 12:44:02 UTC)

PyroSmile Productions is back with Road2Recon, Part 7 – the Déjà Vu Achievement. Watch the video for hints on earning this last Vidmaster. It also shows how to unlock your Recon armor once you’ve completed all seven Vidmaster Achievements (this part should be pretty basic, but it seems to give some people trouble).(Louis Wu 12:38:57…

Omega posted a very interesting list last night – it contains all the license plate numbers he could find in Mombasa Streets (28 of them)… and what he thinks they might be referencing. If he’s right, Bungie went pretty all-out on this easter egg. If he’s wrong… he’s discovered the biggest coincidence I’ve seen in…

IGN wants to know if you’re an ODST Fanboy – they’ve used the live-action short as a test. Go watch. Thanks, xmoosev3.(Louis Wu 13:41:15 UTC)

Dratt pointed out that Arby ‘n’ the Chief, Endgame (Part Five) is now online (it’s really Season 4, Episode 7) – lots of chocolate syrup. Out of hand? Yep. Dratt says there’s only one more part after this.(Louis Wu 13:40:55 UTC)

ZayneH ran across an interesting page at Bungie.net; it shows off Bungie’s Trademark list. Interestingly enough, The Superintendent belongs to Bungie… not Microsoft. Keep it Clean! (Louis Wu 13:40:19 UTC)

Think you have the coolest dad ever? You DON’T – unless he turned your PowerWheels into a Warthog. Rawkin’! Thanks, Burnie.(Louis Wu 16:16:51 UTC)

Ben Heck (we’ve mentioned the guy before) decided to make some custom Xbox 360 controllers for a new movie – and Destructoid has a clip of them in use playing Halo 3. They actually look quite nice!(Louis Wu 15:10:45 UTC)

We mentioned a tourney hosted by Blast a couple of days ago – it went down last night, and they’ve got a writeup online.(Louis Wu 15:09:36 UTC)

Hedgemony was wondering about a snippet he found in the Australian OXM article about Halo 3: ODST:If you stumble upon Engineers hanging out without Brute guards, turn on your vision mode to spot the mysterious glyphs they’ve graffiti-ed on the walls. Creative director Joe Staten tells us: “These tell stories, not very clear cut stories…

gunluva noticed someone playing the Halo theme in Lord of the Rings Online – amazing what you can do!(Louis Wu 14:54:52 UTC)