Author: halo@bungie.org

Hawty McBloggy has posted a holiday-themed Friday Caption Fun – some funny entries for last week’s pic, plus a fun new picture just ripe for abuse. Go play!(Louis Wu 14:03:02 UTC)

There was a new Breaking In article posted last night – Chris Opdahl (Campaign Design Lead for Halo: Reach) discusses how he got his current job (and I gotta say, there’s potential for a sexual harassment lawsuit in there), and what you can do to increase your chances if you want to follow him.(Louis Wu…

Hawty McBloggy is putting together another community-driven Bungie Day project, to be delivered on July 7; if you want to participate, check out her post explaining what you need to do – and by when. Time’s a’wastin’… get to work!(Louis Wu 21:24:43 UTC)

Cool stuff in the Bungie Blog this afternoon:The latest Double XP Weekend is live now – in honor of the signing of the US Declaration of Independence, it’s 4th of July Weekend, with Flag, Rockets, and VIP. Get to playin’!Tyrant continues challenging you to complete sections of Halo 3 on ‘Mythic’ difficulty (Solo, Legendary, All…

Albetta sent us this link; normally, I’d have nothing to do with a RickRoll-type video, but that’s not really what this is. It’s… well, you have to watch it. Yes, it’s got Never Gonna Give You Up. No, I’m not RickRolling you. It works surprisingly well (despite the horrible video quality).(Louis Wu 19:27:32 UTC)

urk pointed out a new episode of Lagout – I guess if you quit out of Matchmaking the right way, you get cool powers. Personally, I’d rather be able to shoot webs out of my wrists, but whatever…(Louis Wu 17:05:56 UTC)

Fragclone mentioned that 8-Bit Halo Episode 3 was released – but I hadn’t even realized Episode 2 was up. A little searching turned up both Episode 2 (released last week) and Episode 3 (released yesterday). It’s getting weirder…(Louis Wu 13:02:24 UTC)

Arithmomaniac printed out his Halo Cards at Staples – nice looking work! (Louis Wu 12:58:30 UTC)

urk posted another couple of vids last night on the Bungie Blog – TheCaptnAwesomee turned a game of Stab-Out in Action Sack into a machinima, and passTHEword whipped up a really nicely done montage with awesome gameplay by Woooly and some very classy editing. Go watch!(Louis Wu 12:56:05 UTC)

You might remember a little feature we hosted last year – Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris created a Halo 3 Mythic Guide, showing you how to get through the game on Legendary difficulty, with all skulls on. Well, he hasn’t been resting on his laurels – he’s been putting together a new version of this guide, with…

Hawty McBloggy sent along an update for the Fundfax Fairraiser, the charity event she hosted for a few days last week – an amazing chunk of change was generated in the few days she was able to keep it running (over $6000!), and she’s still working on a method of picking the winners publicly. Swing…

We’ve posted a couple of batches of panoramas from dutch Halo player 2good4u2 (here and here) – now his brother 2good4u is doing it, and his first batch is on our forum. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 21:27:25 UTC)

Mr Sark sent word that he’d been interviewed on the gameblog Digital Kuroko – it’s an interesting discussion about the creation of his Sarkathlons, the Halo 3 obstacle courses that have generated interest from thousands of gamers. It’s just 20 minutes long – go listen!(Louis Wu 21:15:57 UTC)

Another Dev Blog went live at HaloWars.com yesterday – Designer Joe Gillum discusses how a mission took shape, from concept to enactment. Interesting read! Thanks, 2900d4u.(Louis Wu 18:35:33 UTC)

Bungie.net’s updated the Bungie Favorites section, using another batch of goodies from Major League Driving. Swing by to see what they have to offer!(Louis Wu 17:58:19 UTC)

Lando Griff1n let us know about a new montage from HAZMAT v2 – it’s 17 minutes long, and REALLY heavy on the editing. The HD download weighs in at a seriously meaty 600 mb (but there’s a streaming version available on the Halo3Montage.com page). I liked the ‘Unexplained’ section (though I wish it had been…

In early June, we mentioned a charity tournament being organized to raise money to help search for a missing teenager in Tennessee. The tournament scheduling is much farther along now – looks like it’ll be taking place on July 18, in Newport, TN. Swing by JeSteR 343’s forum post for full details.(Louis Wu 16:47:18 UTC)

A couple of new movies for you, courtesy of the BungLog™:Top 10 Halo 3 Splatters HD shows off (surprise, surprise) ten splatter vids. I’d say number 8 was the best of the bunch, unfortunately.Halo 3 Crudbusters takes a relatively unsubtle approach to parodying the Halo 3 Mythbusters videos – but I like the last one…

It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for a summary of Halo comics released in the last 48 hours:Dennis Powers let us know about Shipwrecked Episode 75 – Wishful Thinking; sometimes, apparently, you get what you wish for.Hawty McBloggy sent word of ODST Steve #31: Falling Angel – and the new Lieutenant has a surprise.Bloogyo stopped in…

GrimBrother One noticed a new Developer Blog at HaloWars.com – this one discusses how the Halo Wars team matched the art style of the Halo universe… with minimal help from Bungie. Interesting read!(Louis Wu 22:37:29 UTC)