Author: halo@bungie.org

TDSpiral spent some time recently creating a tribute to Agent Washington, a character in the Red vs Blue machinima series. Go see how he did!(Louis Wu 15:10:05 UTC)

Dragon sent word that Grifballhub.com has posted the Grifball panel from PAX – 11 vids, high-quality. Swing by to watch! (While you’re there, remember to sign up for the Fall League – you’ve got until 11:59pm CST on September 16th.)(Louis Wu 15:09:25 UTC)

EazyB ran across a rather long video containing a whole bunch of Halo/Halo Wars vehicles, created in Banjo and Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts. Might have been easier to process had it been shorter – but there’s some nice stuff in there!(Louis Wu 15:08:12 UTC)

Stephen Loftus is entering the Canada’s Biggest Halo Fan contest (we mentioned it Thursday) – check out some of his stuff! Think he’s got a shot? (If he doesn’t win, he can always build his own prize. To scale.)(Louis Wu 18:14:50 UTC)

1UP.com has a great article on the music of Halo 3: ODST, including interviews with Marty O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori, and a pair of clips from ODST songs. Go read, go listen! Thanks, Kibbles. (Louis Wu 14:20:06 UTC)

Destructoid has a funny ‘Fanboy Friday’ article, in which they highlight some of the stupid ‘my game is better!’ ‘no, your game sucks!’ forum arguments you can find around the net in relation to Halo 3: ODST. They’ve got the right idea – laugh at ALL of them. (Louis Wu 14:18:54 UTC)

DeadperfecT has a signed-by-Bungie original Xbox in great condition he’s looking to sell. Check his post for pics, and let him know if you’re interested! (Louis Wu 14:18:06 UTC)

milesprower was at the Chicago stop of the ODST roadshow – he wrote up a journal about it on RvB, with lots of pics. Check it out! (Louis Wu 14:14:08 UTC)

elpolloguapo pointed out a sweepstakes at kongregate (you have to fill in the age gate info at the top to see it). Each week you play one of their games; qualify and you’re entered in that week’s drawing. Five winners each week will win a copy of ODST. Enter all four weeks, you’re eligible for…

More Halo 3: ODST hands-on articles are popping up – Joystiq has one – beware of minor early-game spoilers), a newspaper called ‘The North Bay Nugget’ has one. (This one looks syndicated; it should show up in any Sun Media paper.) 10 more days…(Louis Wu 14:08:41 UTC)

TeamXbox has posted ‘9 Things We Can Tell You About Halo 3: ODST’ – they played the game for two straight days, and have pulled out 9 tidbits that aren’t covered by NDA but might intrigue you. Go check it out! Thanks, Planet Halo. (Louis Wu 14:04:05 UTC)

The latest Bungie Weekly Update is live – a recap of PAX, new campaign screenshots, an interview with a fan that kicked some serious butt at Firefight, an interview with the creator of Mega Man (and a recent visitor to Bungie Studios). And a cool piece of art we featured earlier in the week. Check…

jake108 and the Teabag Prevention Team are back with a new article on ODSTs – it’s a summary of who they are and what they do.(Louis Wu 18:50:19 UTC)

Anoj is back with another best-of episode of his Top 10 Halo 3 sereis – this one is the top 10 moments of season 6 (episodes 36-41). Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 18:37:56 UTC)

The third Red vs Blue ODST commercial for Gamestop is now live over at IGN – watching it can teach you some interesting things about Sgt Johnson… Thanks to jurk for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 16:08:34 UTC)

XMixMasterX noticed that the Halo Interactive Strategy Game (originally released about a year ago – it’s been in our news a few times) is now available at a deep discount ($12, down from its original $45) at Best Buy. It’s up to you to decide if it’s worth it at that price.(Louis Wu 13:57:34 UTC)

Previews based on Campaign play are starting to appear – we saw two new ones this morning. Both of them looked at the same level (NMPD HQ) – neither contains story spoilers. IGN’s article (thanks, DancingJesus) summarizes how gameplay in the campaign actually works, and then discusses the level, with a focus on how gameplay…

CaptainTony pointed out a bit of ODST fanart he discovered at the Military Photos forum – done by someone who wasn’t much of a Halo fan before ODST was announced. Pretty cool!(Louis Wu 13:00:40 UTC)

As we mentioned yesterday, the most recent GameTrailers TV has a feature on the making of the live-action ‘We Are ODST’ short. It’s only a couple of minutes long, but you get a good look at the props they created for this film, and it’s fun to see the ‘set’ (a strip mine in Hungary)…

Hawty McBloggy let us know that this week’s Friday Caption Fun is a little different; rather than have you come up with pithy one-liners about an in-game screenshot, she’s provided a passel of pictures snapped at PAX – shots of her with various community members. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to…