Author: halo@bungie.org

Two years ago, we posted a note about Peter Marks – a Bungie fan from the old days who became a Bungie employee (and later a Certain Affinity employee), and who was diagnosed with some pretty agressive cancer. We set up a website where folks could leave a few words for Peter – and 4500…

bobcast stopped in with word of a lan going on in Ida, MI (SE Michigan, near NW Ohio) this Saturday – admission is free. More details in his forum post!(Louis Wu 17:38:47 UTC)

Joystiq has word of new DLC for Halo Wars – 4 new maps, 4 new achievements, 800 points. The package will be available next week (July 21). Go read!(Louis Wu 17:36:55 UTC)

Vids for your enjoyment at the BungLog™ today:ChrisOfTheDead released Shenanigans 4 – stuff that just shouldn’t happen… but does.Dropship dude put a bunch of webcam shots he collected over the course of Bungie Day together in one vid.The Mad Villager let urk know about ‘Machinima, Explained’ – a how-to video helping newcomers create better vids.…

You might remember that last Friday, we mentioned that Tyrant’s Summer Mythic Recon Challenge Episode V was active, and that v2.0 of his Covenant Walkthrough was available for your perusal, to help with this task. Well, now it’s Tuesday, and you’ve only got a few more days – so if you’re one of those procrastinators,…

Red vs Blue Recreation Chapter 5 – Local Host – is now available for viewing at the Rooster Teeth site. Donut goes home, Grif doesn’t have to die, and Caboose finds… someone. The mysteries continue!(Louis Wu 13:17:08 UTC)

Mr Sark and the crew of G4TV’s X-Play have released a video preview of Halo 3: ODST – go watch to see a little more Firefight footage, and get some first-hand impressions of the game.(Louis Wu 13:07:18 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy ran across some very cool donuts – go take a look. I think her obsession with balls might be going a bit overboard… but these DO look delicious. (And the fact that they’re made by Hot N Creamy Donuts just made me laugh.)(Louis Wu 13:06:16 UTC)

If you live near Manchester, in the UK, you might be interested in a tournament to be held at the Manchester Gamerbase this Thursday – full details can be found in this Bungie.net blog post.(Louis Wu 13:05:12 UTC)

The TriBlox Team stopped by with an announcement about Halo: Out With a Whimper, the sidescrolling Halo game they’ve been working on for a while. (We last mentioned it back in January.) A new demo will be out at the end of the month, in time for the SAGE Convention (go and register on their…

A new Tag and Release feature is live at Bungie.net – ‘Boom’ seems to pull out some truly explosive shots. Go find your own!(Louis Wu 17:45:28 UTC)

Pierre Tartaix pointed us to Change of Scenery, a new machinima created by TGO GMBH. I have absolutely no idea what happened during this film… but the cinematography was great, the music was great, and the dialogue was at times very funny. Be aware that while the voice actors are predominately English-speaking, the group making…

Queso Man has whipped up a sixth montage – nice gameplay, liberally mixed in with moments of self-ownage. I particularly liked the betrayal at the top of Blackout, in the midst of a sniper spree – clearly, that grenade to the back of his teammate’s head mean “GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY”. Four…

Looking for fun Halo-themed creations this morning? Swing by Hawty McBloggy’s. She’s got word of a Halo 3 Pelican Cake (looks delicious, and that’s no lie), and a bunch of Halo/Nintendo mashups from CrazedOne1988 (some of these could be serious fun!). Go by and read for yourself!(Louis Wu 16:30:51 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has posted the winning numbers from the Fundfax Fairraiser – they were all picked live, last night, in front of a studio audience (the studio, this time around, being the internet). $6500 was raised for Marissa and her family – and 57 winning numbers were picked to give out a huge passel of…

ElusiveEagle519 is keeping up on changes in the Halo music sphere – the latest Bungie podcast has been added to his revamped Music Resources page here at HBO. A promising precedent – thanks, EE! (To all those who offered help recently, and were told that I’d get a list of things that need doing -…

CyReN stopped in to announce another Halo CE 2v2 Tournament at Unleashed Gaming in Canton, MI on August 2 – their first one took place yesterday, and given that they’re announcing another one, I think it can probably be considered a success! Swing by the Unleashed Gaming Center page at MySpace for more details.(Louis Wu…

ODST Sarge let us know that Unexpected Chapter 1 (Killed in Action) has been released – it’s a machinima about a soldier that resigns from an army that was fighting in the Canadian Civil War. (Yeah, right?) Check it out! (Louis Wu 13:52:31 UTC)

A couple of new comics for you this morning: Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked Episode 79 – Doubt is live (our Marines are second-guessing themselves, and may be meeting more trouble soon), and TTL Demag0gue informed us that Reclaimer 203 – Manipulation – is online as well… it ties some interesting astronomical theory…

LoneRanger 2.5 ran across a short article on an Indian website that summarizes some of the changes Bungie will be implementing in Halo: Reach, based on comments made during a talk at this year’s GDC. It’s unclear whether the comments were made specifically about Reach, or about gaming technology in general… but it’s out there.(Louis…