Author: halo@bungie.org

BlueNinja created a few really nice ODST-based panoramas – swing by Views from the Edge to see ’em!(Louis Wu 17:20:40 UTC)

It’s been a few weeks, but the Aesthetic Artist Interview series is back – COL0NEL SANDERS sent along an interview with (and some sweet screenshots from) The U2 RoKKeR, a relatively new screenshot artist who’s got quite an eye for composition. Check it out!(Louis Wu 17:08:31 UTC)

There’s a fun montage linked from Bungie.net – Salaya’s The Experience has some very enjoyable clips. Go watch it!(Louis Wu 17:01:50 UTC)

Adam Pavlacka let us know about an interview with Nathan Fillion over at WorthPlaying – he talks about how he got into Halo in the first place, how the voice acting went, and more. He’s got more problems than you do when he plays ODST:When I’m playing the campaign with my friends — I was…

So yesterday I posted a little clip from ‘Deference for Darkness’, one of the most gorgeous tunes on the ODST soundtrack, because a riff in it had reminded me of the 90’s song ‘Macarena’. Most readers were amused, but a couple suggested they couldn’t hear the resemblance. If you’re one of those… Postman has your…

thebruce0 (the guy behind The Haunted Apiary) noticed some interesting graphics during his search through the streets of New Mombasa. (I’m not marking this with a spoiler tag, because I’m guessing it’s more of an easter egg than a story spoiler.) It looks like Braille… but it’s not. If you read through his posts, you’ll…

Hawty McBloggy has a couple of things for you this morning – there’s her standard Friday Caption Fun (the new image is lolcat-grade)… and there’s a birthday greeting to an old (in software years) friend. Go read!(Louis Wu 14:32:15 UTC)

Wesley Burket pointed out a thread on Bungie.net being used by folks finding ODST discs to be unreadable by their 360. If you’re in this boat, swing by!(Louis Wu 14:29:12 UTC)

Yesterday was Thursday, so there’s a new Breaking In article on Bungie.net – this week, it’s Senior Animator Tom Saville – he passed on a promising career in werewolf training to work for Bungie, so go see how he got there!(Louis Wu 14:11:15 UTC)

There are seven new stories for you this week in the Fan Fiction section – give ’em a read! (And don’t forget to check out the Feet First Into Hell Contest winners announced a couple of days ago, if you haven’t already…)(Louis Wu 14:06:57 UTC)

We neglected to mention an article posted yesterday afternoon on Bungie.net: ‘Link Up with the B.net’ seemed, at first glance, to be aimed at newcomers who wanted to tie their in-game experience in to Bungie.net’s amazing stat tracking system. It didn’t really seem like ‘news’ for the average HBO reader. A closer read, however, shows…

NeoGAF regular GhaleonEB pointed out that yesterday afternoon, a pretty cool milestone was hit, according to Bungie.net’s stats: Players (All Time): 15,000,231. Wow!(Louis Wu 13:20:06 UTC)

Nearly missed this – the Double XP Weekend Playlist is called ‘Prepare to Drop’, and it’s an “ODST-inspired” list. 4v4 social list, with lots of magnums and SMGs. Potentially interesting VIP mode… check it out!(Louis Wu 22:35:38 UTC)

Jordan117 wants to know how well you know your Halo map names. There are 102 of them in the Halo Trilogy (including ODST Multiplayer, but not its Campaign). Swing by sporcle to test your skillz!(Louis Wu 21:35:20 UTC)

mmm… I love me some pan-cammin’…(Louis Wu 21:28:29 UTC)

Looks like running a website has its perks – we made noise, so Bungie made noise, and Amazon decided to Do the Right Thing. Check it out. (We’ve heard reports of other vendors having other issues – not being able to get enough codes for the preorders they placed, for example – hopefully, those will…

Okay, not really. But in a discussion about the ridiculous lengths you could get to in a Firefight game, JonnyOThan estimated that scoring would stop after about 4 months of continuous play – but that you’d probably run out of disk space, because Bungie didn’t code in a max size to the film generated with…

The New York Post posted an article about gaming widows… and their junkie husbands. I’m pretty sure I saw this in 1997. The Lame Game, indeed…(Louis Wu 18:32:58 UTC)

It’s time for the Fight Like a Girl Tournament, that annual fundraiser that lets you frag friends and acquaintances to raise money to save… well, boobs. And who doesn’t want to save boobs? 22 days until the contest kicks off – go read about it, register, and get ready to rumble!(Louis Wu 18:18:46 UTC)

Soundtracks Examiner reviewed the Halo 3: ODST Official Soundtrack – very, very positive. Go read it. Thanks, Greg. (Louis Wu 18:12:29 UTC)