Author: halo@bungie.org

Nabsuh has announced High Charity, the first of a four-part machinima miniseries called ‘Emerald’ from AVCOM Productions. A mix of in-game footage and generated CG, this looks to have great effects, solid voice acting and some nice camera work. Check it out!(Louis Wu 17:01:14 UTC)

John_117 put together a short video which does a good job of explaining why Elites should be banned from matchmaking. (No, it’s not what you think. Really.)(Louis Wu 13:50:59 UTC)

A couple of days ago, cEe let us know about Power Hour, a video blog from Super Baldilox HD – Episode 3 (where he’s joined with Doctor D) reviews Halo 3. It’s a pretty solid look back at this influential game – I probably could have done without the teabag montage, and maybe the Christian…

Escapist Magazine put up a short review of the HaloScreenshots printing service (because of a blog post they found at Offworld, who in turn found it on another blog – I guess word is getting around) – if you haven’t made up your mind about these pics, give this a read.(Louis Wu 13:48:41 UTC)

Tonight’s Bungie Weekly Update is devoted, for the most part, to a recap of the Bungie vs the World shenanigans that took place on Tuesday – Bungie Day 2009. The studio gave out over 1000 sets of Recon armor to lucky players – which really isn’t that much, considering that over 7 million player-games ticked…

DOH! I totally managed to miss the ‘Broken In’ article with Vic DeLeon posted on Thursday afternoon – it’s a great read with the Senior Environment Artist, a fantastic look back at a pretty long career and some inside information on a pretty funny incident during the creation of Halo 2. The man’s got a…

Mid7night created a gallery full of Halo craft in X-Plane – check out a sample (and a link to the gallery) in his forum post!(Louis Wu 20:18:29 UTC)

The Summer Mythic Recon Challenge rolls on – Tyrant issued the Vth installment (did u c wut I did thar?) today, over at Bungie.net. You’ve got a week to beat Halo 3’s 7th level, The Covenant, on Mythic (SLASO) difficulty, and do it better than anyone else; do so, and you win Recon. In addition…

A few new movies for your enjoyment, courtesy of the BungLog™:Community Funtage 6, from the Funtage Crew, shows off fun/cool/entertaining clips compiled from the community at largeThe Halo 3 Ban remixes Eminem’s ‘The Way I Am’ – pretty well done, and some very nice social gameplay.WaffleBrains whipped up Goose on the Loose, a Goosetage -…

If you haven’t pre-ordered Halo 3: ODST, but you’re still planning to (because who DOESN’T want the ability to play as Johnson in Firefight mode?), you might want to consider a new deal from Walmart – you get the game, the Johnson bonus… AND a $10 eGift card. (It’s only good for online purchases, at…

San Diego Comic-Con is coming up in a couple of weeks (July 23-26, to be precise), and there’s a panel on Thursday’s schedule that will probably be of interest to Halo fans:4:30-5:30 The Halo Franchise: What’s Next — Frank O’Connor (franchise development director for Halo) will be joined by a number of special guests to…

Gilver was the first to let us know about a new video from IGN – “Five Ways Natal Will Ruin Halo”. You might like it, you might hate it. It’s only a minute long, so what do you have to lose? (Besides a minute, of course.)(Louis Wu 15:10:13 UTC)

The latest installment of Hawty McBloggy’s Friday Caption Fun is now online – and along with captions from the community for last week’s pic, there’s a new – and potentially hilarious – pic up for you to caption this week. Get over there!(Louis Wu 15:08:10 UTC)

neoxdonut117 sent word of ‘Shimmer’, a music video using Fuel’s song and Bungie’s cutscenes to portray a sad love story.(Louis Wu 14:58:26 UTC)

There is only one new story for you in the Fan Fiction section this week – but the community DID update the images that advertise their ‘Feet First into Hell’ contest. Go check it out!(Louis Wu 14:57:00 UTC)

Three new comics to mention today:Dennis Powers wrote to say that Shipwrecked Episode 78 – Reflection is online. There’s something out there…Bloogyo linked us to Rat’s Nest 20-6 and 20-7 – he’s right, 20-7 is nearly impossible to read.TTL Demag0gue stopped in with word of Reclaimer 202 – Rivers of Information. Ferial’s sharper than first…

A new Community Cartographer feature is live on Bungie.net – urk has talked to Blackprinze about his map, ‘The Kingdom’. Go give it a read, look at the pics, download the map!(Louis Wu 21:40:42 UTC)

Whoa, cool. We haven’t heard from Dan Baker since late March, 2008 – he was recreating the story of Alpha Halo, with all new artwork – but he’s back now, with a new page (thanks, UNSC_Trooper), and apparently is ready to pick up the pace again!(Louis Wu 19:02:47 UTC)

Captain Spark sent in another batch of dialogue snippets for our Dialogue Databank – some great stuff from marines, plus a really funny Grunt quote! Check ’em all out.(Louis Wu 18:55:09 UTC)

New artwork from Luke McKay – a couple of days ago, he welcomed back an old friend, and this morning, he summed up the Bungie vs the World experience most of us either had, or would have had. Nice work!(Louis Wu 18:16:42 UTC)