Author: halo@bungie.org

This video showed up on NeoGAF… and made me laugh a LOT. If you wondered what Frankie does when he’s not facilitating Halo anime… wonder no more. (Louis Wu 11:53:35 UTC)

We haven’t had a lot of comic news recently – and today’s not a whole lot different. Hawty McBloggy let us know about ODS Steve #37 (POW) (Sarge might be in trouble)… and gunluva noticed a minor Halo reference in the latest VG Cats. That’s all we go for ya! (Louis Wu 11:53:12 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy posted a pair of Halo-related articles yesterday – a fan noticed the similarities between Halo 2’s ship-to-ship bomb and a particular type of fruit… and Hawty has come up with a series of Halo multiplayer-related drinking games. (Halo and alcohol don’t mix, unless you don’t really care about hitting your targets…) This is…

urk continued posting late into the night last night – check out a nearly 2-minute-long ‘bicycle’ in a Warthog from A Man Canon, and a link to Sandman’s Sandstorm, a lightly-edited montage with some pretty sweet gameplay. Go watch!(Louis Wu 11:52:18 UTC)

Dennis Powers let us know that his Halo CE Chronicles series ‘The Ring of Life’ has been updated with episode 3. The Commander and Andrea join the marines in the field to investigate the latest discovery. You can stream this or download it in WMP9 format – your call.(Louis Wu 18:06:10 UTC)

urk’s posted a link to another episode of Spartans vs Beanies – Episode 3 is ‘Freedom or Something More?’ Don’t worry, this one is no less silly than the first two, and again has a nuke. If you don’t want your episodes meted out to you in dribs and drabs… you can watch all 37…

He’s running later and later (give him a break, real work is real work!), but Tyrant has put up a note on Bungie.net about the last leg of the Summer Mythic Recon Challenge – the Ark. It’s definitely the hardest level on Mythic difficulty – but don’t worry, he’s provided you with a set of…

Kotaku got word from a Microsoft spokesperson that despite the rumors of a Spielberg-produced, Beattie-written Halo project, the Halo Movie project “remains on hold as [they] focus on projects like Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach.” (Louis Wu 13:32:33 UTC)

More from Cockatoo Island, in Sydney Harbor; Kotaku Australia has a short interview with Curtis Creamer describing how ODST went from an expansion pack to a full game. (Louis Wu 13:32:12 UTC)

Lando Griff1n let us know about a new trailer from Hazmat v2 – it’s for an upcoming montage called ‘Question Reality’. It’s quite short (under 90 seconds), but it’s LOADED with special effects. (Way more effects than gameplay, in fact.) Swing by Halo3montage.com to stream or download. (Louis Wu 13:31:47 UTC)

Red vs Blue Recreation Chapter 8: Directions went live last night. Grif, Sarge, and Caboose are in a minefield… Simmons manages to offend Lopez. Looks like everyone’s in trouble. (Grif’s gonna have some explainin’ to do if they get out of this…)(Louis Wu 13:12:17 UTC)

urk let us know that the next episode of Zoxin it Up! LIVE is scheduled for August 21 at 9pm EST – guest will be Adam Grumbo, the man behind the 405th. And if that’s not enough, the next night, they’ll be doing a live interview with CMNeir, of NeirProductions. More details, though oddly no…

According to this article at Joystiq (and many others around the gaming press), Halo 3: ODST will be playable at MLG Dallas – for spectators. Nice bonus for the ticket! (You’re not guaranteed a spot to play; it’s first-come, first-serve.)(Louis Wu 12:59:07 UTC)

Azrael stopped by to mention that another chapter of his massive ‘Minutemen’ saga is live on his blog – you can read a quick excerpt in his forum post.(Louis Wu 12:57:48 UTC)

Major League Gaming Pro-Circuit is giving away a ton of schwag in preparation for MLG Dallas, coming up on August 28. You’ve got two opportunities at the moment: the first involves visiting the Dr Pepper Facebook Discussion Board and telling them why you love Halo 3 (or what you’ve done that’s cool) – they’re offering…

OXCGN has another writeup of the Sydney Halo 3: ODST event, complete with pictures and a Q&A with Curtis Creamer. (They’ve also got more coming soon, apparently.) Go read.(Louis Wu 20:52:53 UTC)

Whoa, bizarre. According to G4TV, a ‘high-level Microsoft source’ confirmed that the reason you still have a 100-friend limit on Xbox LIVE is… Halo 2 compatibility. (That is: Microsoft would be fine upping the limit – if Halo 2 weren’t still a popular game, whose Friends functionality would break if the limit were raised.) Insert…

Dave Kramer let us know about another giveaway from Busy Gamer News – you can snag a free copy of Halo Helljumper #1 (and a copy of Gears of War Sourcebook, if you’re interested) by adding a comment to the page before Thursday, at 5:01pm PST. (You need to live in the US to enter.)…

AssaultGodzilla stopped in with word of ‘It Ends Tonight’, a Halo music video in which footage from sources as disparate as Blomkamp’s Landfall and 343 Industries’ Legends trailer, all set to the American Rejects’ song of the same name. Nicely put together!(Louis Wu 19:40:04 UTC)

Out all morning, half the afternoon – just enough time for Bungie.net to churn out a Prowler-load of new Halo content:The Running Riot Podcast is broadcasting live again on August 18, 9:30 pm EST. Guests are Jironimo and Cocopjojo from Ascendant Justice – should be fascinating!A Deaf Boy whipped up a new screenshot montage -…