Author: halo@bungie.org

Heh – some guy showed up at at New York public library, with his Xbox and a monitor… and put some effort into setting up the gear so that he could leech off the public wifi to play a little Halo 3. According to the person who snapped the photo, it took him 20 minutes…

Captain Spark sent along another few dozen dialogue snippets for our Dialogue Databank, mostly from Marines. Some really funny stuff in there! Go listen.(Louis Wu 20:05:19 UTC)

It’s Thursday – so it’s time for another Double XP weekend playlist. Still missing any early Halo achievements? Mythic Brawl is ranked FFA – go earn ’em!(Louis Wu 18:47:21 UTC)

95 SS pointed out a fun audio link – if you swing by the podcast page of JV Mornings (the morning show at WILD 94.9, a radio station in San Francisco), and search down the page for ‘LIL JEFFREY’, you’ll find a remix of Beyonce’s Halo… though with maybe more Bungie content than the original.…

Not enough video footage to sate your multimedia obsession yet? Never fear, the Bungie Blog has even more:Anoj has released the next Top 10 Halo 3 Series vid – Episode 40 covers Killionaires.Bipolar Nick released a montage that weighs in at 11 minutes, though 4 minutes of that is credits.)Herbal T has posted ‘I Should…

The ODST content deluge continues – urk has kindly provided links from 1UP.com (6 movies, including one that reveals a character not discussed much before now), IGN.com (two movies (one a video preview of the Firefight mode) and an article, focusing on that same undiscussed character), and GameTrailers.com (four new movies). Go watch, and drool!…

In the wake of the announcement that Future Publishing will be bringing you a World of Warcraft magazine, deftangel wonders about the possibility of a Halo magazine at some point. (His conclusion: it won’t happen, and we’re to blame.) Read the article, and comment either directly there or on his HBO forum post with your…

An article at Gamesindustry.biz has Jordan Weisman (founder of FASA) talking about Microsoft’s handling of the Bungie acquisition back in 2000, and what he (Weisman) did to try and keep MS Corporate from destroying Bungie’s soul. Thanks, reprobate.(Louis Wu 17:05:30 UTC)

Morpheus stopped in with word of a new site – HaloContest.com. You submit film clips and screenshots from Halo 3, and you win stuff. Seems pretty straightforward… (Submissions are accepted for the first contest now, voting begins in early September.)(Louis Wu 17:05:01 UTC)

ManKitten whipped up a rockin’ montage – I’m pretty sure he stole footage from my fileshare for this, but I forgive him. Go watch. It’ll brighten your day.(Louis Wu 16:27:19 UTC)

Tommy92L released Inside District 9, a Halo machinima that looks at what might happen after the end of the District 9 movie. (If you haven’t seen the film yet, this video will contain spoilers, obviously.) He did a great job pulling off the documentary look – check it out!(Louis Wu 16:12:38 UTC)

The 360Junkies are still planning their halo.bungie.org community playdate this Saturday – ikillbambis wanted to remind you to contact him if you’re interested in participating!(Louis Wu 16:12:11 UTC)

Buttskunk ran across an article at Bam! Kapow! – 11 gamer personalities, and what they look like in real life. #4 is pretty Halo-centric. (Louis Wu 16:11:52 UTC)

Bryan Simon is facilitating a giveaway of a custom-painted controller from The Controller Shop – you just need to make a video explaining why you need this. (His example vid uses Halo 3 footage, sneaking this news in as ‘Halo-related’.) (Louis Wu 16:11:29 UTC)

Ah, bummer – yesterday, we mentioned that ODST would be available to be played at Fan Expo this weekend in Toronto – turns out it’s been pulled. If you were going just to play ODST – save your cash.(Louis Wu 16:11:02 UTC)

RVideo pointed out an 8-player, 3-director montage being promoted over at Halo3Forum.com – only the third segment is available in HD right now (the whole thing can be streamed from WeGame) – but after watching it, the third segment is by far the most impressive, so if you want to see some cool editing effects,…

It’s Wednesday – Bungie’s Favorites are updated. This week is the second batch of files from Tactical Gaming – go read about the map Sacrifice, and then look at everything else that’s up!(Louis Wu 19:07:13 UTC)

If you haven’t preordered Halo 3: ODST yet, Bungie has actually put an Amazon link in their blog – looks like if you use it to order, they get a cut! (Sort of makes you wonder if MS is actually paying them for this game…) Go support Bungie – order with their link!(Louis Wu 19:03:02…

Inside Gaming has an interview with CJ Cowan, recorded during Gamescom last week – go listen! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 17:29:25 UTC)

The Bungie Blog has word of 2nd Degree, a Halo 3 montage featuring gameplay from Nightmare and Assault. Nearly 10 minutes long, all MLG gameplay. Pretty impressive multikills! (Louis Wu 17:27:17 UTC)