Author: halo@bungie.org

Stuff that showed up on the BungLog™ since I headed out this afternoon:The latest ‘Know Your Ninja’ feature looks at Butane123, who will ban you as soon as look at you. Wait, that’s not right. …who’s a really nice guy, and will buy you hot chocolate. No, that’s not right, either. Oh, go read the…

Bungie.net stats are offline today, for a short time, starting soon. (If that sounds vague, blame urk.) Just maintenance, though – don’t get all excited about new features or anything. Update: urk wanted to point out that it was actually Achronos who posted that vague note, not him. Way to man up, urk.(Louis Wu 16:21:34…

General Vagueness let us know about a followup article to the Seattle Times piece we mentioned yesterday; it contains edited excerpts from an interview with Bungie’s Harold Ryan. It’s really a fascinating read; Ryan doesn’t cross the line about what can and can’t be spoken of, but he certainly does a good job of fleshing…

Hawty McBloggy pointed out a pretty funny clip of some gameplay on Sandtrap; Swing by and give her the 28 seconds it takes to watch this, because it’ll make you laugh.(Louis Wu 14:33:03 UTC)

Red vs Blue Recreation Chapter 3: Visiting Hours is up for Sponsors now, and will be up for the general public later this evening. Donut seems to have confused Caboose (not that that’s really difficult)… and I’m not sure about the whole ransom thing. Sounds like the mystery’s getting deeper, though…(Louis Wu 00:21:46 UTC)

Servando Pena let us know about a multiweek Halo 3 2v2 slayer tournament being hosted by iGames (an organization of LAN gaming centers) being held on Thursdays around the US. The regular season starts on July 2, and the playoffs start 6 weeks later (August 13). More details can be found at the iGames website.…

Tony ‘ubald’ Marcotte sent word of another Halo render he’d completed – this one shows off the last of the armor permutations he hasn’t done. Rogue, Scout, and Mark V are all shown. We’ve added the image to his gallery here at HBO. Check it out!(Louis Wu 19:00:36 UTC)

It’s been a while since he sent along any new snippets, but Captain Spark was apparently driving pretty badly recently. Check out the results in our Dialogue Databank!(Louis Wu 17:43:01 UTC)

Leviathan seems to have gotten tired of the ‘one page every few days’ release schedule of his graphic novel-ish story called ‘A Sangeili’s War Is Never Over’ – he released the last four episodes all at once today. (Episodes 8 and 9, with a recap from episode 7, are in this forum post… and episodes…

The Tag and Release feature released today uses ‘HSSBOB’ as the flagged term – it’s screenshots submitted for HaloScreenshots.com’s Best of the Best competition. Check out the images urk came up with – and then search the tag yourself, for even more goodies! (Louis Wu 17:17:22 UTC)

Looks like the only updated comic we know about is Bloogyo’s mention of Rat’s Nest 19 7 – guess it was a slow weekend!(Louis Wu 17:14:09 UTC)

ForgeHub has kicked off a ‘Favorites’ section, spotlighting the best recent work from their members. Swing by and see what’s there for download! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 17:08:21 UTC)

tb2571989 pointed out that UK retailer Argos has upped their price for Halo 3: ODST from £26.99 to £36.49 – much more in line with the US price of $60. (Nearly exactly in line, in fact.) If you’re a UK buyer, and didn’t preorder when we mentioned the price war a couple of weeks ago,…

The Seattle Times has posted an interesting summary of Halo 3: ODST, with some nice background info on Bungie themselves. If you’re interested in where they are, and where they’re going, this is worth a read.(Louis Wu 13:36:29 UTC)

j m sent us a link to a tribute video he made, paying homage to the love between Cortana and the Chief. Starts slow, but the overall feeling is quite good.(Louis Wu 13:35:29 UTC)

This post, on a japanese forum, found its way into my Google Alerts folder. I have to say, it’s one of the hardest-to-read posts I’ve seen in a while (from a color/background standpoint)… and it’s one of the most out-there theories I’ve ever seen (from a crazy fan standpoint). Sort of fun to see all…

Alien Emperor sent us How B.U.N.G.L.E. Are You?, a Flash-based test to find out your suitability for Bungie’s B.U.N.G.L.E. – are you fit? Go see!(Louis Wu 17:06:43 UTC)

The latest Halo 3 Fails (Episode 22) is now life – the Throwing Fail on Blackout was pretty funny. (Lots of ’em are funny, actually – that one just made me laugh harder.) Thanks, Chris10023.(Louis Wu 15:24:48 UTC)

CaptainTony pointed out a bunch of new content he’s added to Halopedia, collected from an IGN Preview of the first issue of Halo: Helljumper, the next Halo comic coming from Marvel. Five pages (no dialogue) plus the cover – when coupled with Marvel’s own preview, that’s got to be a significant chunk of the issue!(Louis…

ikillbambis let us know that he’s written a review of the Bungie Pro Render to Video service over at 360Junkies – if you’re not really sure how easy it is to use this service, give this a read.(Louis Wu 15:23:50 UTC)