Author: halo@bungie.org

Sirkan let us know that Halo.Fr has interviewed Pete Cooper, the man behind the Operation: Chastity fan film (the one with the working Warthog) – you can read the original in English, or a nicely-formatted French translation. Both versions have some pretty cool photos of the Hog. Swing by and check ’em out!(Louis Wu 12:01:01…

This is a couple of months old… but I’m just stumbling across it now. BlandKitten whipped up a staged version of the Halo: Reach poster in Halo 3 (his buddy thumbtac posted it on ForgeHub about three weeks ago). Really nice shot! (There are others – rolyaT13 did one, so did ViVo 444, and GearsCarnage…

A few comics for your viewing pleasure this morning:The Catfish got back in touch with urk to point out a bunch of 2501 strips that had been made since his last update – you can find links in the B.net post.Chaos Theory started a 4-day finale to the series yesterday Episode 25 is called ‘Epilogue…

As many have realized, today is the 10th anniversary of the revelation of Halo at MacWorld 1999 – what a long, strange trip it’s been!(Louis Wu 21:56:41 UTC)

Frogwart noticed a new posting put up today on the writer job site, Poewar – Microsoft is looking for a Senior Writer for their Halo team. Could this be you?(Louis Wu 21:54:03 UTC)

Futur Life stopped in with word of a French HD montage featuring editing by Heimdall and gameplay by Tilou. Seven and a half minutes. Swing by MLGPro.com’s Game Room to watch. If you like what you see, you can talk to Futur Life about your own.(Louis Wu 21:48:13 UTC)

Weta’s ramping up its Halo offerings – the Cortana statue we heard about last year is now shipping, and three new helmets – Mark VI Spartan (green), EVA (white), and CQB (silver) will be shipping later this year. (Folks at Comic-Con this week will be able to see these live.) The new helmets are 1/4…

JonCGJ released a trailer for a new machinima series a couple of weeks ago – but we didn’t hear about it until this morning, when urk posted a link to the first episode of the series on Bungie.net. Anthony Heitzmann graduates high school… I guess teenage angst isn’t one of of the things that gets…

The Bungie Blog highlighted a new Halo 3 Trick Jumping montage – it’s only 3 minutes long, but contains some very nicely-timed jumps. Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:21:38 UTC)

Halo Wars’ latest DLC drops today – and both ComputerandVideoGames and TeamXbox have writeups, images, and (in TXB’s case) video. Thanks, 2900d4u.(Louis Wu 16:04:52 UTC)

Last night was a standard release night for a Red vs Blue video – but because it was the fifth week of the new series, we got a PSA instead of a standard episode of Recreation. Fire Safety gives you lots of tips for extinguishing fires – if you’re currently on fire, go watch it!(Louis…

Over at HawtyMcBloggy.com, a new issue of The Katonian Press details what happened recently when a Blue soldier attempted to steal the Red flag. I don’t remember most of my games going this way… but hey, it’s the Press, it MUST be accurate.(Louis Wu 11:31:38 UTC)

Gamespot has a ‘rumor control’ post about a newly-uncovered company name filed for by Microsoft – 343 Industries. Microsoft isn’t commenting… but it sure seems like a Halo-related company name.(Louis Wu 21:49:53 UTC)

CaptainTony brought word of the cover of Helljumper #4 – blocky, but powerful. Swing by Marvel.com and see it for yourself.(Louis Wu 19:59:16 UTC)

Most of the ‘Tag and Release’ features Bungie’s released in the last nine months or so have been chock-full of epic screenshots – pictures to take your breath away. Today’s iteration looks for pictures tagged ‘Fail’… and it’s pretty funny. Go look!(Louis Wu 18:25:35 UTC)

Our own Miguel Chavez noticed a mention of the Halo movie project in a recent Entertainment Weekly, from Peter Jackson – and he wasn’t very happy with the sentiment! Go join the conversation.(Louis Wu 18:21:50 UTC)

A couple of new videos for you, courtesy of the Bungie Blog:’Brothers’ is a Halo 3 dualtage from a pair of brothers – nice gameplay, minimal editing. 6:45 long.My Halo Life: Episode 8 is another 4 minutes of community clips that we can all appreciate.Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:19:32 UTC)

We haven’t heard of many comics since Friday – in fact, just this note from Bloogyo, mentioning new episodes of Rat’s Nest. Funnyless Monday!(Louis Wu 18:18:49 UTC)

A visit to Hawty McBloggy’s this morning will show you some super-cool clay Halo figures created by Antithesis – these are just adorable. (I guess it’s the morning for cute…)(Louis Wu 11:32:18 UTC)

Leviathan and UNSC_Trooper are back with another graphic treatment of a Halo story; this one is a preview of Ghosts of Onyx, and what a great start it is! Take a look.(Louis Wu 11:24:40 UTC)