Author: halo@bungie.org

There are a few comics for you today – a couple of regulars seem to be missing (Reclaimer’s still MIA and ODS Steve never got posted this week), but here are the rest:The Catfish has posted 2501 – Episode 57 (on Monday) and 2501 – Episode 58 (on Tuesday) – violence and story progression.Dennis Powers…

Thanks to RedBlueFire, who pointed out a new giveaway at High Impact Halo; if you live near Miami, Infinite Bits is a Video Game convention to be held there in late October, and HIH will be providing two free tickets/month – all you have to do is post in the thread. Read for details!(Louis Wu…

Stuff you might be interested in, over at the BungLog™: Pup and Friends captured some Grifball highlights during a recent Double XP WeekendGamers Outreach is hosting a Summer LAN event in July – details are here, including dates/times/benefit specificsjmh9072 likes him some Halo, and some coding – swing by his Average Joe interview for more…

DE4TH DEAL3R would like to remind you that you’ve got just five days left for The Halo Gophers’ Forge contest – get your submissions in if you’re interested in winning! (Louis Wu 21:19:30 UTC)

SBG Gaming is hosting a Failtacular Failapalooza Showcase – screenshots and videos showing off spectacular bad judgement can win goodies like Xbox LIVE subscriptions and MS points (and some silly games). You need to be a member of their community – but you can certainly sign up now. (Louis Wu 14:50:03 UTC)

Another Halo-related Community Playdate over on Xbox.com – the crew from Rooster Teeth will be playing Halo Wars with folks who’ve purchased the latest HW DLC. Details can be found in the Playdate announcement. Thanks, JeSteR 343.(Louis Wu 14:49:39 UTC)

The BBC Radio 1 Big Games Weekend has picked its top games (we mentioned the vote on Saturday)… Halo 3 made 8th on the list, while Halo: Combat Evolved made 25th (and 39th, oddly), and Halo 2 didn’t make the top 50.(Louis Wu 14:48:53 UTC)

KP mentioned a new Play & Win Sweepstakes on Xbox.com last week – but I’m pretty sure the page wasn’t live until this weekend. It’s a promotion of the new Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 movie (can Washington and Travolta outdo Matthau and Shaw?), and if you register before May 31 (and play a…

Willy stopped by to announce that a winner has been picked in the one-year-anniversary contest for CE United (mentioned here)… and also that CE United will not be shutting its doors. Nice!(Louis Wu 14:47:56 UTC)

Narcogen points out that R.net has passed its 10-year anniversary at this point… it seems amazing that Halo’s been in our lives for so much time! (Louis Wu 14:47:29 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a Mario Cart/Halo mashup on YouTube (with an accompanying downloadable map on Bungie.net) – I’d have to agree with her general assessment: great job with the combining of games, too long. Give it a look-see, though – it’s a lot of fun. Update: wow… apparently that was just Part 2. Part 1…

The latest episode of DigitalPh33r’s Hard Justice is now live on YouTube – looks like Bernard’s in trouble… and Max is still in Canada. Nearly 12 minutes long. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 14:46:31 UTC)

Even though yesterday was a holiday, Bungie posted a new Tag and Release feature, showing off screenshots using the tag ‘fun’. I’m not sure that term is properly used in all cases – but it can’t be denied that the shots are well-composed! (Louis Wu 14:45:34 UTC)

A Halo fan bought a Halo toy and filled it with Lazer Tag internals, ending up with a laser tag gun that looks like a Halo assult rifle. Nice work! (Finished product is here, a shot with the creator is here.) Thanks, LazerBlader.(Louis Wu 14:58:21 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a tiny (7-second) clip that shows off the true magic of Halo 3. Literally. (While you’re there, check out the Lovehog.)(Louis Wu 14:57:31 UTC)

It’s a holiday, so new comics are sparse: Bloogyo’s continued Rat’s Nest with Episode 15 6 (MC’s got a new sidekick), and Elnea’s posted Halo Action Figure Theater 180 (‘Arrowed’ has Chuck Norris being Chuck Norris). Enjoy!(Louis Wu 14:54:22 UTC)

Optimusprime117 noticed an article at Kotaku describing the future US soldier – and noted that we’re converging towards our own Master Chief. Check it out! (Louis Wu 14:51:34 UTC)

Zola, the director behind one of the most-respected Halo 3 montages ever to be created (the Str8 Rippin team montage – you can find links here), recently sat down with RandomSauce for another Director Dialogue. This interview was ready for release on Thursday, in accordance with the regular DD schedule… but I completely forgot to…

ANUBIS x MT recently passed 25,000 sniper/beam rifle kills, and when he did, he had BLACKOUT edit some of them into a montage. This is a guy who’s really mastered the long gun… (Louis Wu 14:16:48 UTC)

Forecast The Series is nearly ready to kick off Season 2 – and a teaser is up now, courtesy of Young Street Productions. Swing by and watch!(Louis Wu 14:12:51 UTC)