Author: halo@bungie.org

What happens on Fridays? Oh, yeah, Bungie releases its Weekly Update – and this Friday is no different. This one focuses heavily on Crater[night], one of the maps you’ll be getting well acquainted with once you get your hands on ODST’s Firefight mode. It’s not all that’s in there, though – there’s also some important…

I received an email from mick, a friend of Marissa’s dad, Mike. (Marissa, if you haven’t been reading long, is a little girl with infantile spasms; her dad started a program whereby Fairfax, a stuffed bunny, has been visiting people and places around the world (and getting photographed doing it) to raise awareness about Marissa’s…

Wow – the Halo Uprising hardcover isn’t just doing well – it’s #1 on the New York Times Graphic Books Best Seller List for June 13. (Okay, okay, it’s the Graphic Book list… but still.) Little bit of a writeup, even…(Louis Wu 20:06:14 UTC)

Adam Grumbo of the 405th has interviewed Eric Nylund about writing, Halo, and what else is going on in his life. It’s got some meat, with respect to Halo tidbits we haven’t heard before (mostly where ideas came from and such) – give it a read! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 19:31:42 UTC)

wwm0nkey1 grabbed a Hyrule Temple map from ForgeHub and whipped up a ‘Super Smash Brothers: Halo Edition’ video. Sometimes, you gotta do what you gotta do…(Louis Wu 19:17:06 UTC)

The Aesthetic Artist Interview series is back – well, on its new bi-weekly schedule. The latest interview is with Alec 944, the man who started the whole ‘interview a screenshot artist’ idea in the first place. Go read – and check out some of his work!(Louis Wu 18:13:37 UTC)

Destructoid has put up an Impressions article about Halo Uprising – if you STILL haven’t made up your mind about getting this, go read.(Louis Wu 18:07:39 UTC)

Some goodies from the BungLog™ today:The Hope Unto Dawn charity event undertaken by Facility B5D was a success – over $2000 was raised for the Child’s Play charity, and fun was had by a lot of people. A ‘Supertage’ (screenshots, clips, and pics commemorating the event) is linked, along with the thank-you message from the…

It’s Friday! Wanna play? Hawty McBloggy does. She’s posted Round 51 of her Friday Caption Fun series – go check out last week’s responses, and show off your with and style with the newest pic!(Louis Wu 13:21:09 UTC)

Brooks Kuester was the first to let us know about an article at IGN entitled ‘What to Expect from Halo: Reach’ (though a thread started up not long afterward on our forum, thanks to GrimBrother One). The article contains a nice summary of what we know about Reach from all sources (books, games, trailers), and…

The comic list today is short, so far:Dennis Powers has once again updated Shipwrecked to Episode 72 – Weather War – the marines look to be pawns in a much bigger fight.The Catfish let urk know about 2501 Episode 68 – a long-thought-about scene comes to fruition.Bloogyo stopped in with word of Rat’s Nest 19…

Nine new pieces in the Fan Fiction section today – lots of meat! Go fill up.(Louis Wu 13:09:46 UTC)

Over on Bungie.net, Maximum FEAR is putting together a ‘Guide to Canon in the Halo Universe’ – he’s collecting quotes from Bungie employees (and others closely associated with canon issues) in an attempt to nail down what is, and what is not, ‘official’. Swing by to see what he’s got – and if you know…

The latest Breaking In story (well, Broken In, I guess) is the one told by Bungie Character Engineer Max Dyckhoff. Max talks about his time in the industry – but he neglects to mention that he was a big player in the VERY early days of Halo fandom; it was Max who set up the…

The latest MLGPro/ESPN Top 10 is online… amazing gameplay. Go watch!(Louis Wu 22:04:15 UTC)

If you’re looking for Double Experience in your online Halo playing, look no further than Living Dead, this week’s Double XP list. It went live a couple of hours ago. Mmmmm…. brains.(Louis Wu 19:31:08 UTC)

chris10023 let us know that Halo 3 Fails: Episode 21 is online – there are some GREAT clips in there this time. I think my favorite is the ‘Let It Go Fail’ that starts around 50 seconds in. Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:57:24 UTC)

The Summer Mythic Recon Challenge marches on – Part II is getting ready to kick off – this one involves the level Halo. Check out this post on Bungie.net for full details!(Louis Wu 18:55:53 UTC)

Bry has been watching prices on Halo 3: ODST at UK outlets – and it looks like several places are dropping their prices to match the recently-mentioned price at Argos. Coupled with the retailers recently listed at Bungie.net as participating in the Johnson pre-order promotion, it looks like folks in the UK might be able…

Rick Mesler noticed a motorcycle helmet at LikeCool.com that he thinks would be useful for the Master Chief if he lived on earth and commuted on a motorcycle. I’m not sure I fully agree, other than the color… but check it out and decide for yourself!(Louis Wu 18:38:02 UTC)