Author: halo@bungie.org

BSG Surgeon let us know that BSG’s MB012 and Tied the Leader’s TTL Locke were in Texas at the ODST truck stop – and took pics and wrote up impressions. Go look, go read! (Louis Wu 17:20:40 UTC)

Azrael stopped in with word of the latest chapter of his Minutemen: The Crucible fan fic. Swing by his blog to read it! (Louis Wu 17:19:15 UTC)

We forgot to post this yesterday – but Hawty McBloggy put up the latest Grin + Bear It (now hosted by her) on Sunday. Adult humor. Bad puns. What more do you want from a Halo comic? (Louis Wu 17:18:08 UTC)

Looks like Best Buy will be running midnight store openings to celebrate Halo 3: ODST’s release on the 22nd – swing by to see if your store is on the list.(Louis Wu 17:16:53 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has a set of pictures of folks in costume at PAX – more than enough of them are Halo-related to warrant a newspost here. (She’s in a few herself…) (Louis Wu 17:15:02 UTC)

HaloHolics is celebrating the release of ODST with a Forging contest – follow the rules, win, and you’re eligible for some prizes.(Louis Wu 17:14:25 UTC)

chris10023 let us know that Halo 3 Fails Episode 25 was live – three minutes of bad luck and bad decisions. My favorite was the Driving Failure Fail. I want that Mongoose.(Louis Wu 17:14:05 UTC)

JAY132 sent word of a thread at The RFP – Howlrunner bought the Toys R Us Plasma Blaster and did some work to it. Looks great!(Louis Wu 17:13:45 UTC)

Looks like Red vs Blue Recreation Episode 12 is up REALLY early for Sponsors (it’ll go live around 9 CST, as usual, for the rest of the world). Things are getting crazy – both back in the canyon, and in the desert. Old friends, old enemies, new acquaintances… things are heating up. Go watch! Thanks,…

Eurogamer got word from Brian Jarrard at PAX that Firefight could be included in Reach… if folks like it enough. Thanks to NeoGAF’s enzo_gt (who got this from Joystiq) for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 21:45:28 UTC)

Devin Olsen posted pics of his second day of PAX goodness (lots of Halo stuff) – as well as an offer for a bunch of PAX shirt codes for your Xbox LIVE avatar. (I’m guessing that by the time this hits the front page, they’re all gone – but it’s a pretty cool thing to…

ConK3rS let us know that Halo.fr found the extended version of the Halo 3: ODST live-action trailer – it’s got extra footage compared to the original 90 second version (and some scenes are slightly different, as well). Take a look!(Louis Wu 19:06:05 UTC)

Morpheus pointed out that in the latest ‘Major’s Minute’, Major Nelson and Lars Bakken discussed the new Vidmaster achievements, and how they’re going to affect your quest for Recon. You can watch it on Xbox LIVE (in the ‘Inside Xbox’ section), or you can download it in HD from us (WMP9 version is 44 mb,…

Schedonnardus was at a Texas stop of the ODST Roadshow – and took a bunch of pics. Go check ’em out on our forum! (He’s also added some personal impressions.)(Louis Wu 16:40:37 UTC)

The recent release of the Rupert-Sanders-directed live action ODST short has rejuvenated the question about a full-length Halo movie – Screen Rant wonders if it’s time to start talking about it again, and Examiner.com’s Justin Mack thinks that this release might be aimed at just such a goal. What do you think? (Louis Wu 16:40:17…

If you live in Aukland, NZ, ‘RVB’ might not evoke a Halo-based machinima series first and foremost in your mind – it might make you think of beer. There’s a bar called ‘Red vs Blue’, and they’ll be hosting a Halo 3: ODST Launch Party on September 21. If you’re in Aukland – get down…

ZaneZavin scoured the net to find ODST-related shirts you could buy. He found a few. (Louis Wu 16:39:41 UTC)

GameSpy has updated their Firefight impressions, based on playtime at PAX. Go check ’em out. (Louis Wu 16:39:24 UTC)

GryphonOsiris found a YouTube video with translated text for the Hungarian spoken in the live-action ODST short (along with sung lyrics – it’s still not clear to me what language that song is in). Nice work!(Louis Wu 16:39:08 UTC)

kabu let us know that the latest HBO Fan Fic Pick of the Week is live at the HBOFF forum. He also reminds you that there’s still time to enter the Feet First into Hell contest – deadline is September 18! (Louis Wu 16:38:13 UTC)