Author: halo@bungie.org

FyreWulff is going to try and hit 7,777 games played on Xbox LIVE on Bungie Day, July 7 – he’s starting tomorrow morning. (As of right now, he’s got 7,343 games played – I don’t think he could have asked for a better (more Bungie-ish) starting place.) He’s got 12 days to play 434 games……

Bungie.net has put up an article showing off a very cool large-scale Sandbox map created by GhaleonEB – go check out screenshots and an interview, with lots of good info from Ghaleon himself.(Louis Wu 21:12:15 UTC)

Wanna see a lot of people get run over with a mongoose? Go watch i like pie727’s third Mongoose Montage, over at YouTube. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 20:53:07 UTC)

Buttskunk noticed a feature at Pwn or Die – Master Chief gets some High School Senior pictures taken! Bizarro.(Louis Wu 14:54:26 UTC)

CaLL Me ZeNy, who, apparently, is angling for the HBO foreign correspondent position, let us know about an interpretation of the ODST mechanic in Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts. The guy’s still gotta work on that landing (I’d hate to be in the pod when it hits), but the drop is pretty cool!(Louis Wu 13:43:19…

Curtis Blakely sent word that the latest Lunchpail Platoon podcast, from nerdballoon.com, has an interview with Keith Gronning, the head of Canada’s Pro Gaming League. Discussion ranges from pro gaming in general to this weekend’s PGL tournament in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – swing by to listen, and if you’re in the area, join them at the…

CaLL Me ZeNy pointed out What the French, Episode 5 – another collection of ‘wtf’ moments in Matchmaking, this time with French titles. The action’s still universally understandable, though… go watch!(Louis Wu 13:42:15 UTC)

Bungie has posted their newest podcast, doing a post-E3 wrapup, discussing the highlights and low points of the week in LA, along with their normal shenanigans. The podcast weighs in at 1:17 long, 77 mb (COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT) – go grab a copy!(Louis Wu 22:58:34 UTC)

KillPie put together an episode of Ten FTW – this one is Top 10 Halo 3 Sniper Kills. While a collection like this will NEVER feature me, I can still appreciate the lightning-fast reflexes and pinpoint accuracy in some of these clips. Go watch! Thanks to Hawty McBloggy, who brings her own special brand of…

bluerunner noticed a Top 10 feature at Architects Journal that looks at architecture in computer games – and Halo/Halo 2 show up in the fourth position. Nice!(Louis Wu 22:24:00 UTC)

Two more vids for you on the Bungie Blog this afternoon – it’s wonderful when I leave! Walshypru built a Rube-Goldberg golf ball path… and Lanman94 posted a montage of the Forge Cafe vs Forge Hub faceoff last week. Go watch!(Louis Wu 22:21:04 UTC)

Fragclone noticed a new page over at Spawn.com – it discusses the upcoming Series 6 exclusive images in McFarlane’s Halo 3 Action Figure line. The image links don’t work – but the text is fine, and contains information about where each exclusive will be sold.(Louis Wu 18:54:25 UTC)

It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for another Community Spotlight – this week, it shines on Major League Driving, a group committed to vehicular mayhem in Halo 3. Go read about the group, and check out their Favorites!(Louis Wu 18:51:38 UTC)

A couple more movies for you today, courtesy of the Bungie Blog:Neir Productions whipped up ‘The One’, less about The Matrix than about that emoution you always think of when you think about Halo… love. …wait, what?Project Rooster released an introduction for ‘8-Bit Halo’, a look at what Halo might have been like had it…

Paul ‘Bzerker01’ Shelley let us know that Outpost: Isil Episode 12 – Losing Faith – is now available for download from the Treeskunk Productions website. Lots of plot developments!(Louis Wu 18:18:08 UTC)

Halopen Films has released ‘The Death of Fantasy’ – a very long (33 minutes) silent, black and white Halo 3 machinima, done in the style of early silent movies. Ambitious! You can find a full-length version on Vimeo, or a four-part version (1 | 2 | 3 | 4) on YouTube. There’s also audio commentary…

darthbob pointed out a new YouTube video, purporting to show off the Halo 3: ODST Achievements. If this were real, I’d hesitate to post it; Bungie has not released this information yet, and many Bungie fans don’t take kindly to being spoiled early. However, I’m pretty confident this is a fake – albeit a really…

Angryfacing let us know that he’s launched a Halo RPG game – you need to sign up on the forums to be allowed in.(Louis Wu 13:10:40 UTC)

Tommy92L put together ‘Tomorrow’, a Halo CE machinima built to provide the feel of Halo 3: ODST. Very moody… feels great! Go watch, it’s only two minutes.(Louis Wu 12:46:18 UTC)

Let’s see what we’ve got today…Adam Susskind let us know about Chaos Theory Episode 24 (End of the War) – it’s the second-to-last episode!Bloogyo told us that he’s still got a few screenshots left – Rat’s Nest 19 3 is live.TTL Demag0gue announced the posting of Reclaimer 197 – Foreign Languages – and something might…